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 20 October 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 567 486
Rank change year-on-year +61 -81 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 330 94 278
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.19% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.21% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 270 66 184
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,188 £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% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £56,121 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.82% +2.04% +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.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 110,883 43,839 65,925
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 89.78% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 74,898 25,844 37,668
10th Percentile £30,450 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -6.25% -6.67%
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 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 20 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 IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +65 304 £65,000 +8.33% 147
UK excluding London +52 246 £65,000 +15.82% 87
Work from Home +1 80 £65,576 -20.51% 75
Midlands +6 69 £60,000 +11.63% 19
London -52 69 £70,000 -17.65% 70
North of England -19 64 £70,000 +21.74% 20
South East -14 49 £60,000 +9.09% 26
West Midlands -29 38 £75,000 +39.53% 11
North West -20 31 £70,000 +12.00% 11
East Midlands - 31 £60,000 - 8
East of England -19 27 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Yorkshire - 24 £70,000 - 7
South West -65 20 £65,000 +15.82% 4
Wales -63 14 £50,000 +0.50% 3
North East -70 9 £70,000 +29.63% 2
Scotland +11 2 £123,456 +49.64% 8
Northern Ireland -79 1 £57,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 20 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco36.4%120
2Firewall33.0%109
3WAN26.1%86
4LAN25.2%83
5Cisco Certification21.2%70
6Wi-Fi20.0%66
7VPN19.7%65
8CCNP19.1%63
9Network Security17.9%59
10Infrastructure Engineering16.4%54
11BGP15.8%52
12Palo Alto15.5%51
13Azure14.8%49
14OSPF13.3%44
15Security Cleared11.8%39
16DNS11.2%37
17Mentoring9.7%32
17Problem-Solving9.7%32
19WLAN9.4%31
20Aruba8.8%29
21VLAN8.5%28
21Wireless8.5%28
23CCNA8.2%27
23EIGRP8.2%27
25Cisco ASA7.6%25
25High Availability7.6%25
25Microsoft7.6%25
28Cybersecurity7.3%24
28Technical Leadership7.3%24
30DHCP6.7%22

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%326
2Network Infrastructure Engineer10.9%36
2Senior Infrastructure Engineer10.9%36
4Senior Network Security Engineer6.7%22
5Cybersecurity Engineer5.2%17
6Azure Engineer4.2%14
6Senior Cisco Network Engineer4.2%14
6Switch Engineer4.2%14
9Infrastructure Security Engineer2.7%9
9Senior Firewall Engineer2.7%9
9SIEM Engineer2.7%9
12Data Centre Engineer2.4%8
133rd Line Network Engineer2.1%7
13Network Systems Engineer2.1%7
13Senior Systems Engineer2.1%7
16DV Cleared Network Engineer1.8%6
17Control Systems Engineer1.2%4
17Data Network Engineer1.2%4
17Senior IT Engineer1.2%4
20GCP Engineer0.9%3
177 Senior Network Engineer jobs Nationwide