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 6 months leading to 27 October 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 569 484
Rank change year-on-year +58 -85 +56
Permanent Senior Network Engineer jobs 325 99 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.20% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.22% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 264 68 175
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,313 £44,106
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,625 £90,750 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +8.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,695 44,509 64,871
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.14% 90.15% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 75,045 26,516 36,841
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%

Senior Network Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Network Engineer job postings 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 Senior Network Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 27 October 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 Senior Network Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 27 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +48 301 £65,000 +8.33% 18
UK excluding London +47 243 £65,000 +13.04% 17
Work from Home +7 82 £65,576 -20.51% 7
Midlands -12 69 £60,000 +11.63% 5
London -43 67 £70,000 -17.65% 3
North of England -21 64 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East -30 49 £60,000 +9.09% 4
West Midlands -21 38 £75,000 +39.53% 3
East Midlands - 31 £60,000 - 2
North West -13 30 £70,000 +3.70%
East of England -23 29 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Yorkshire -9 24 £70,000 +16.67% 1
South West -71 17 £65,000 +15.82% 2
Wales -61 12 £50,000 +0.50% 2
North East -59 10 £70,000 +29.63% 1
Scotland +8 2 £123,456 +49.64%
Northern Ireland -80 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, Senior Network Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Network Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco36.6%119
2Firewall32.6%106
3WAN26.2%85
4LAN25.2%82
5Cisco Certification21.2%69
6Wi-Fi20.3%66
7VPN18.8%61
8CCNP18.5%60
9Network Security17.8%58
10Infrastructure Engineering16.3%53
11BGP16.0%52
12Azure15.1%49
12Palo Alto15.1%49
14OSPF13.8%45
15Security Cleared12.3%40
16DNS11.1%36
17Mentoring9.2%30
17Problem-Solving9.2%30
19Aruba8.9%29
19VLAN8.9%29
21CCNA8.6%28
21EIGRP8.6%28
21Wireless8.6%28
21WLAN8.6%28
25Cybersecurity8.0%26
26Cisco ASA7.7%25
26Microsoft7.7%25
28Meraki7.4%24
29DHCP7.1%23
29High Availability7.1%23

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Network Engineer98.8%321
2Network Infrastructure Engineer10.5%34
2Senior Infrastructure Engineer10.5%34
4Senior Network Security Engineer6.8%22
5Cybersecurity Engineer5.2%17
6Azure Engineer4.3%14
6Senior Cisco Network Engineer4.3%14
6Switch Engineer4.3%14
93rd Line Network Engineer3.4%11
10Infrastructure Security Engineer2.8%9
10Senior Firewall Engineer2.8%9
10SIEM Engineer2.8%9
13Data Centre Engineer2.5%8
13Network Systems Engineer2.5%8
13Senior Systems Engineer2.5%8
16DV Cleared Network Engineer1.5%5
17Control Systems Engineer1.2%4
17Data Network Engineer1.2%4
17Senior IT Engineer1.2%4
20Senior IP Design Engineer0.9%3
23 Senior Network Engineer jobs Nationwide