Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 3 months leading to 7 July 2026.

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

3 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 489 378
Rank change year-on-year +88 -111 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 172 39 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.14% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.15% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 161 26 124
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,188 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% +8.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £88,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -4.76%

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 50,877 25,226 38,252
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 89.56% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 35,662 13,593 25,542
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%

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 3 months to 7 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Top 16 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 3 months to 7 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +71 144 £65,576 -12.57% 53
UK excluding London +66 131 £65,000 +13.04% 48
North of England +33 33 £70,000 +29.63% 12
London -6 33 £76,250 -10.29% 12
Work from Home +16 29 £70,000 -17.65% 17
Midlands - 26 £60,000 - 11
South East +3 19 £65,000 +18.18% 14
Wales -18 19 £50,000 +0.50%
East of England +3 16 £65,000 +8.33%
North West - 15 £70,000 - 6
West Midlands - 15 £60,000 - 5
South West -25 14 £65,000 +10.64% 8
Yorkshire - 13 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands - 11 £60,000 - 6
North East -36 5 £70,000 +29.63% 3
Scotland +34 4 £123,456 +49.64% 3

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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.

1 108 (37.63%) Firewall
2 102 (35.54%) Cisco
3 91 (31.71%) WAN
4 85 (29.62%) VPN
5 80 (27.87%) Cisco Certification
6 76 (26.48%) LAN
7 75 (26.13%) CCNP
8 64 (22.30%) Network Security
9 59 (20.56%) BGP
10 49 (17.07%) OSPF
10 49 (17.07%) Palo Alto
11 47 (16.38%) Azure
12 46 (16.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 46 (16.03%) Wireless
13 42 (14.63%) Python
13 42 (14.63%) SD-WAN
14 41 (14.29%) Security Cleared
15 37 (12.89%) CCIE
16 35 (12.20%) F5
17 34 (11.85%) DNS
18 32 (11.15%) Cisco ASA
18 32 (11.15%) VLAN
19 30 (10.45%) EIGRP
19 30 (10.45%) High Availability
19 30 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
20 29 (10.10%) SC Cleared
20 29 (10.10%) WLAN
21 28 (9.76%) Cisco ISE
21 28 (9.76%) Fortinet
21 28 (9.76%) Mentoring

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 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (7.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.38%) Azure
2 24 (8.36%) AWS
3 10 (3.48%) Datadog
4 7 (2.44%) GCP
5 3 (1.05%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.35%) GitHub
7 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 108 (37.63%) Firewall
2 91 (31.71%) WAN
3 85 (29.62%) VPN
4 76 (26.48%) LAN
5 64 (22.30%) Network Security
6 59 (20.56%) BGP
7 49 (17.07%) OSPF
8 46 (16.03%) Wireless
9 42 (14.63%) SD-WAN
10 34 (11.85%) DNS
11 32 (11.15%) Cisco ASA
11 32 (11.15%) VLAN
12 30 (10.45%) EIGRP
12 30 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (10.10%) WLAN
14 28 (9.76%) Cisco ISE
15 24 (8.36%) Cisco Wireless
16 18 (6.27%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (6.27%) DHCP
17 16 (5.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (11.15%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.53%) Finance
4 9 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (2.79%) Law
5 8 (2.79%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.39%) Banking
6 4 (1.39%) Police
6 4 (1.39%) Welsh Language
7 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.70%) Digital Health
8 2 (0.70%) Marketing
8 2 (0.70%) Retail
9 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.39%) ModSecurity
2 3 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.16%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.57%) PKI
3 15 (5.23%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.09%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.39%) CMDB
6 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.35%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.18%) Windows
2 11 (3.83%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (16.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (10.45%) High Availability
3 28 (9.76%) Mentoring
3 28 (9.76%) Network Monitoring
4 24 (8.36%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (8.36%) Project Delivery
5 22 (7.67%) Load Balancing
6 20 (6.97%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (6.62%) Business Continuity
7 19 (6.62%) Network Architecture
8 18 (6.27%) Computer Science
9 17 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (5.92%) Network Design
9 17 (5.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (5.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (5.57%) Customer Service
10 16 (5.57%) Security Architecture
11 15 (5.23%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (5.23%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.63%) Python
2 11 (3.83%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.39%) Bicep
4 2 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 80 (27.87%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (26.13%) CCNP
3 41 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 37 (12.89%) CCIE
5 29 (10.10%) SC Cleared
6 24 (8.36%) CCNA
7 19 (6.62%) Degree
8 18 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (5.57%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.09%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.05%) CISSP
12 3 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.23%) NIST
2 12 (4.18%) PMO
3 10 (3.48%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.09%) QA
5 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.39%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 21 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.18%) ProxySG
3 10 (3.48%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.44%) vSphere
5 3 (1.05%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.70%) Firmware
6 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.92%) FortiGate
2 16 (5.57%) Ansible
3 10 (3.48%) Terraform
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.70%) Nagios
5 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (35.54%) Cisco
2 49 (17.07%) Palo Alto
3 35 (12.20%) F5
4 28 (9.76%) Fortinet
5 27 (9.41%) SolarWinds
6 25 (8.71%) Infoblox
7 24 (8.36%) Arista
8 22 (7.67%) Microsoft
8 22 (7.67%) VMware
9 15 (5.23%) CheckPoint
10 12 (4.18%) Blue Coat
10 12 (4.18%) Motorola
10 12 (4.18%) ServiceNow
11 10 (3.48%) ForeScout
11 10 (3.48%) SevOne
11 10 (3.48%) Splunk
12 9 (3.14%) Meraki
13 8 (2.79%) Juniper
14 5 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.74%) Google