Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £65,576 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 574 593
Rank change year-on-year +82 +19 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 242 81 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.18% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 192 67 252
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,400 £43,992
25th Percentile £58,750 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +12.08% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,757
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,150 £86,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year +18.18% +7.21% -2.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 85,613 39,653 91,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.71% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,627 23,002 67,400
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +68 206 £65,576 +6.38% 41
UK excluding London +76 171 £65,000 +18.18% 34
Work from Home +72 53 £65,576 +6.38% 17
London +8 52 £70,000 -9.68% 14
North of England +6 50 £67,500 -3.57% 9
Midlands +4 47 £60,000 +25.00% 9
West Midlands +5 36 £60,000 +25.00% 8
North West +34 27 £67,500 - 3
South East -7 21 £65,000 +18.18% 6
Wales -13 19 £50,000 +7.82% 2
East of England -7 15 £65,000 +58.54% 6
Yorkshire -31 13 £70,000 +12.00% 4
East Midlands -23 11 £55,000 -8.33% 1
South West -56 11 £75,000 +33.64%
North East -27 10 £67,788 -10.81% 2
Scotland - 6 £75,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, Senior Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 106 (43.80%) Cisco
2 102 (42.15%) Firewall
3 82 (33.88%) WAN
4 74 (30.58%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (30.17%) CCNP
5 73 (30.17%) VPN
6 68 (28.10%) LAN
7 63 (26.03%) BGP
8 60 (24.79%) Network Security
9 51 (21.07%) Wireless
10 49 (20.25%) OSPF
11 48 (19.83%) Python
12 42 (17.36%) SD-WAN
13 41 (16.94%) Palo Alto
14 40 (16.53%) Security Cleared
15 39 (16.12%) Azure
16 38 (15.70%) F5
17 37 (15.29%) CCIE
17 37 (15.29%) Cisco ASA
18 35 (14.46%) SolarWinds
19 33 (13.64%) EIGRP
20 31 (12.81%) Fortinet
21 30 (12.40%) Infoblox
22 29 (11.98%) Cisco Wireless
23 28 (11.57%) Cisco ISE
23 28 (11.57%) DNS
23 28 (11.57%) SC Cleared
24 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
24 27 (11.16%) MS Visio
25 26 (10.74%) AWS

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (11.16%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.12%) Azure
2 26 (10.74%) AWS
3 10 (4.13%) Datadog
4 6 (2.48%) GCP
5 2 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.83%) GitHub
6 1 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.41%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 102 (42.15%) Firewall
2 82 (33.88%) WAN
3 73 (30.17%) VPN
4 68 (28.10%) LAN
5 63 (26.03%) BGP
6 60 (24.79%) Network Security
7 51 (21.07%) Wireless
8 49 (20.25%) OSPF
9 42 (17.36%) SD-WAN
10 37 (15.29%) Cisco ASA
11 33 (13.64%) EIGRP
12 29 (11.98%) Cisco Wireless
13 28 (11.57%) Cisco ISE
13 28 (11.57%) DNS
14 26 (10.74%) VLAN
15 22 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
16 21 (8.68%) WLAN
17 19 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
18 18 (7.44%) SNMP
19 16 (6.61%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (10.33%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.20%) Finance
4 12 (4.96%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.55%) Law
6 9 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.31%) Banking
8 6 (2.48%) Retail
9 5 (2.07%) Police
10 4 (1.65%) Welsh Language
11 3 (1.24%) Marketing
11 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.65%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 55 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.37%) PKI
2 13 (5.37%) Security Posture
3 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.65%) CMDB
4 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.24%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.48%) Windows
2 5 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.65%) Linux
4 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (10.74%) Network Monitoring
3 25 (10.33%) Load Balancing
4 24 (9.92%) High Availability
4 24 (9.92%) Mentoring
4 24 (9.92%) Project Delivery
5 23 (9.50%) Kalman Filter
6 21 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (8.26%) Computer Science
8 19 (7.85%) Technical Leadership
9 18 (7.44%) Customer Service
9 18 (7.44%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (6.61%) Analytical Thinking
10 16 (6.61%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (6.61%) WAN Optimisation
11 14 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (5.79%) Network Architecture
11 14 (5.79%) Network Design
12 13 (5.37%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 48 (19.83%) Python
2 7 (2.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 74 (30.58%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (30.17%) CCNP
3 40 (16.53%) Security Cleared
4 37 (15.29%) CCIE
5 28 (11.57%) SC Cleared
6 20 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (8.26%) Degree
7 17 (7.02%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.72%) CCNA
9 8 (3.31%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.41%) CCSP
11 1 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.61%) PMO
2 15 (6.20%) NIST
3 10 (4.13%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.24%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) GDPR
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 20 (8.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.61%) ProxySG
3 11 (4.55%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.31%) Firmware
5 4 (1.65%) vSphere
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (8.68%) Ansible
2 15 (6.20%) FortiGate
3 8 (3.31%) Terraform
4 5 (2.07%) Nagios
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (43.80%) Cisco
2 41 (16.94%) Palo Alto
3 38 (15.70%) F5
4 35 (14.46%) SolarWinds
5 31 (12.81%) Fortinet
6 30 (12.40%) Infoblox
7 22 (9.09%) Arista
7 22 (9.09%) CheckPoint
8 20 (8.26%) VMware
9 16 (6.61%) Blue Coat
9 16 (6.61%) Motorola
9 16 (6.61%) ServiceNow
10 15 (6.20%) Microsoft
11 12 (4.96%) Juniper
12 10 (4.13%) ForeScout
12 10 (4.13%) SevOne
12 10 (4.13%) Splunk
13 9 (3.72%) Meraki
14 5 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.65%) Dell