Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 534 549
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 158 135 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.32% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 113 91 230
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,644 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +14.16% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,500 £77,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +11.11% -10.00%

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 65,777 41,647 74,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.11% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,594 22,804 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £39,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,624
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 5 March 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 5 March 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 +18 148 £62,500 - 58
UK excluding London +25 111 £60,000 +9.09% 54
Work from Home +27 40 £62,500 +8.70% 27
Midlands +22 36 £60,000 +16.50% 8
North of England -16 34 £66,250 +15.22% 5
London +15 32 £65,000 -13.33% 17
West Midlands +21 26 £61,250 +27.60% 4
South East -14 23 £69,000 +25.45% 16
North West -4 22 £66,250 +15.22% 4
East Midlands -18 10 £55,000 -20.00% 4
East of England +7 7 £75,000 +78.57% 6
North East -10 7 £50,000 -
Yorkshire -38 5 £67,500 -3.57% 1
South West -26 4 £57,110 +1.76% 8
Wales -12 3 £50,000 +16.28% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -
Scotland - 2 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 5 March 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.

1 103 (65.19%) Cisco
2 80 (50.63%) Firewall
3 77 (48.73%) WAN
4 70 (44.30%) LAN
5 67 (42.41%) Cisco Certification
6 62 (39.24%) CCNP
7 54 (34.18%) VPN
8 50 (31.65%) BGP
9 38 (24.05%) OSPF
10 37 (23.42%) Azure
11 36 (22.78%) Network Security
12 35 (22.15%) SD-WAN
12 35 (22.15%) Wireless
13 33 (20.89%) Python
14 27 (17.09%) Cisco ASA
15 26 (16.46%) CCIE
15 26 (16.46%) SolarWinds
16 25 (15.82%) F5
16 25 (15.82%) Fortinet
16 25 (15.82%) Security Cleared
17 24 (15.19%) AWS
17 24 (15.19%) EIGRP
17 24 (15.19%) Palo Alto
18 23 (14.56%) Wi-Fi
19 22 (13.92%) Cisco ISE
19 22 (13.92%) Cisco Nexus
19 22 (13.92%) VLAN
20 21 (13.29%) CheckPoint
20 21 (13.29%) Kalman Filter
20 21 (13.29%) MS Visio

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 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.27%) nginx
2 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (13.29%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.42%) Azure
2 24 (15.19%) AWS
3 5 (3.16%) GCP
3 5 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.90%) Datadog
5 2 (1.27%) Dagster
5 2 (1.27%) GitHub
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 80 (50.63%) Firewall
2 77 (48.73%) WAN
3 70 (44.30%) LAN
4 54 (34.18%) VPN
5 50 (31.65%) BGP
6 38 (24.05%) OSPF
7 36 (22.78%) Network Security
8 35 (22.15%) SD-WAN
8 35 (22.15%) Wireless
9 27 (17.09%) Cisco ASA
10 24 (15.19%) EIGRP
11 23 (14.56%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (13.92%) Cisco ISE
12 22 (13.92%) Cisco Nexus
12 22 (13.92%) VLAN
13 16 (10.13%) Cisco Wireless
14 15 (9.49%) SNMP
15 14 (8.86%) WAAS
16 12 (7.59%) Wireless Security
17 11 (6.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.27%) Metadata
1 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.27%) MySQL
1 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.27%) GitLab
2 2 (1.27%) Jaeger
2 2 (1.27%) MLflow
2 2 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (12.66%) Social Skills
3 14 (8.86%) Law
4 13 (8.23%) Finance
5 10 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.70%) Banking
6 9 (5.70%) Retail
6 9 (5.70%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.06%) Police
8 5 (3.16%) Marketing
9 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.27%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Welsh Language
11 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (1.27%) FastAPI
2 2 (1.27%) Kafka
2 2 (1.27%) Keycloak
2 2 (1.27%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.89%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.70%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.80%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.90%) PKI
7 2 (1.27%) IoT
7 2 (1.27%) MPEG
7 2 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.43%) Windows
2 6 (3.80%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (13.29%) Kalman Filter
2 20 (12.66%) Load Balancing
3 19 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (10.76%) Network Design
5 16 (10.13%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (9.49%) High Availability
6 15 (9.49%) Network Monitoring
6 15 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (8.86%) Computer Science
7 14 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (8.86%) Project Delivery
8 13 (8.23%) Customer Service
9 12 (7.59%) Analytical Thinking
9 12 (7.59%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (7.59%) Mentoring
9 12 (7.59%) WAN Optimisation
10 10 (6.33%) Network Architecture
11 9 (5.70%) Change Control
12 8 (5.06%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.89%) Python
2 3 (1.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.63%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 67 (42.41%) Cisco Certification
2 62 (39.24%) CCNP
3 26 (16.46%) CCIE
4 25 (15.82%) Security Cleared
5 17 (10.76%) SC Cleared
6 16 (10.13%) Degree
7 15 (9.49%) CCNA
8 14 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (6.96%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.43%) Azure Certification
10 7 (4.43%) JNCIS
11 5 (3.16%) JNCIP
12 4 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.27%) CCSA
13 2 (1.27%) CCSE
14 1 (0.63%) CCSP
14 1 (0.63%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.86%) PMO
2 3 (1.90%) NIST
2 3 (1.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.63%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (7.59%) ProxySG
1 12 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.06%) Firmware
3 7 (4.43%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.16%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (1.27%) NFS
6 1 (0.63%) KVM
6 1 (0.63%) RHEV
6 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.63%) vSphere
6 1 (0.63%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (8.86%) Ansible
2 11 (6.96%) FortiGate
3 8 (5.06%) Terraform
4 5 (3.16%) Nagios
5 2 (1.27%) Argo
5 2 (1.27%) Grafana
5 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.63%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (65.19%) Cisco
2 26 (16.46%) SolarWinds
3 25 (15.82%) F5
3 25 (15.82%) Fortinet
4 24 (15.19%) Palo Alto
5 21 (13.29%) CheckPoint
6 20 (12.66%) Infoblox
7 18 (11.39%) Juniper
8 17 (10.76%) VMware
9 14 (8.86%) Motorola
10 13 (8.23%) Microsoft
11 12 (7.59%) Blue Coat
11 12 (7.59%) ServiceNow
12 11 (6.96%) Meraki
13 8 (5.06%) Arista
14 7 (4.43%) Dell
15 5 (3.16%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (2.53%) Aruba
17 3 (1.90%) SevOne
17 3 (1.90%) Splunk