Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 595 572
Rank change year-on-year +132 -23 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 271 75 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.17% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.19% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 220 58 272
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,649
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,563
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,875 £89,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,560 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.99% +5.83% -

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 87,195 39,235 96,338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 89.39% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 58,141 22,113 70,235
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,378
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +103 231 £67,500 +8.00% 52
UK excluding London +108 197 £65,000 +16.99% 42
North of England +24 61 £70,000 +3.70% 11
Work from Home +59 57 £65,576 +10.56% 20
London +4 54 £70,000 -9.68% 23
Midlands +8 51 £60,000 +16.50% 7
West Midlands +4 40 £60,000 +25.00% 5
North West +24 33 £67,500 - 5
South East -5 25 £70,000 +27.27% 10
Wales -17 22 £50,000 -7.62% 4
East of England -5 18 £65,000 +58.54% 4
Yorkshire -37 16 £70,000 +27.27% 2
North East -32 12 £72,500 -4.61% 4
South West -48 12 £75,000 +33.64% 2
East Midlands -27 11 £60,000 - 2
Scotland - 6 £75,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 110 (40.59%) Cisco
1 110 (40.59%) Firewall
2 87 (32.10%) WAN
3 83 (30.63%) Cisco Certification
4 82 (30.26%) VPN
5 81 (29.89%) CCNP
6 73 (26.94%) LAN
7 66 (24.35%) Network Security
8 65 (23.99%) BGP
9 54 (19.93%) OSPF
10 52 (19.19%) Wireless
11 49 (18.08%) Python
12 44 (16.24%) Azure
13 43 (15.87%) Palo Alto
13 43 (15.87%) SD-WAN
14 42 (15.50%) Security Cleared
15 40 (14.76%) CCIE
15 40 (14.76%) Cisco ASA
16 38 (14.02%) F5
17 35 (12.92%) EIGRP
17 35 (12.92%) Fortinet
17 35 (12.92%) SolarWinds
18 31 (11.44%) SC Cleared
19 30 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 30 (11.07%) VLAN
20 29 (10.70%) Cisco ISE
20 29 (10.70%) Cisco Wireless
20 29 (10.70%) DNS
20 29 (10.70%) Infoblox
21 28 (10.33%) Network Monitoring

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 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (9.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (16.24%) Azure
2 26 (9.59%) AWS
3 10 (3.69%) Datadog
4 7 (2.58%) GCP
5 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.74%) GitHub
6 1 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.37%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 110 (40.59%) Firewall
2 87 (32.10%) WAN
3 82 (30.26%) VPN
4 73 (26.94%) LAN
5 66 (24.35%) Network Security
6 65 (23.99%) BGP
7 54 (19.93%) OSPF
8 52 (19.19%) Wireless
9 43 (15.87%) SD-WAN
10 40 (14.76%) Cisco ASA
11 35 (12.92%) EIGRP
12 30 (11.07%) VLAN
13 29 (10.70%) Cisco ISE
13 29 (10.70%) Cisco Wireless
13 29 (10.70%) DNS
14 25 (9.23%) WLAN
15 23 (8.49%) Cisco Nexus
16 22 (8.12%) Wi-Fi
17 18 (6.64%) SNMP
18 16 (5.90%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (11.07%) Social Skills
3 15 (5.54%) Finance
4 12 (4.43%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.32%) Law
6 8 (2.95%) Banking
7 5 (1.85%) Police
8 4 (1.48%) Retail
8 4 (1.48%) Welsh Language
9 3 (1.11%) Marketing
9 3 (1.11%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.48%) ModSecurity
2 3 (1.11%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 55 (20.30%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.54%) PKI
3 14 (5.17%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.58%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.48%) CMDB
6 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.37%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.32%) Windows
2 8 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.48%) Linux
4 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (10.33%) Network Monitoring
3 27 (9.96%) Project Delivery
4 25 (9.23%) High Availability
4 25 (9.23%) Load Balancing
4 25 (9.23%) Mentoring
5 22 (8.12%) Kalman Filter
5 22 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (7.38%) Computer Science
6 20 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
7 19 (7.01%) Customer Service
8 18 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (6.64%) Root Cause Analysis
9 17 (6.27%) Network Architecture
10 16 (5.90%) Analytical Thinking
10 16 (5.90%) Business Continuity
10 16 (5.90%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (5.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (5.90%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (5.90%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.08%) Python
2 8 (2.95%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.37%) Bash
3 1 (0.37%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 83 (30.63%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (29.89%) CCNP
3 42 (15.50%) Security Cleared
4 40 (14.76%) CCIE
5 31 (11.44%) SC Cleared
6 20 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (7.38%) Degree
7 17 (6.27%) DV Cleared
8 14 (5.17%) CCNA
9 9 (3.32%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.37%) CCSP
11 1 (0.37%) CISSP
11 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.90%) PMO
2 15 (5.54%) NIST
3 10 (3.69%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.11%) QA
5 3 (1.11%) SLA
6 1 (0.37%) GDPR
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 22 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (5.90%) ProxySG
3 10 (3.69%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.58%) Firmware
5 6 (2.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (7.38%) Ansible
2 16 (5.90%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.32%) Terraform
4 5 (1.85%) Nagios
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 110 (40.59%) Cisco
2 43 (15.87%) Palo Alto
3 38 (14.02%) F5
4 35 (12.92%) Fortinet
4 35 (12.92%) SolarWinds
5 29 (10.70%) Infoblox
6 24 (8.86%) Arista
7 22 (8.12%) CheckPoint
7 22 (8.12%) VMware
8 17 (6.27%) Microsoft
9 16 (5.90%) Blue Coat
9 16 (5.90%) Motorola
9 16 (5.90%) ServiceNow
10 11 (4.06%) Juniper
11 10 (3.69%) ForeScout
11 10 (3.69%) SevOne
11 10 (3.69%) Splunk
12 7 (2.58%) Meraki
13 5 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.48%) Aruba