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 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 570 574
Rank change year-on-year +63 +4 +145
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 222 84 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.19% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.22% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 171 69 260
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £43,992
25th Percentile £57,062 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +12.08% -10.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,752
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,700 £87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -9.09%

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 84,369 38,923 91,211
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 89.45% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 55,003 23,201 67,042
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,777
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +9.90% -12.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +75 187 £65,000 +5.44% 60
UK excluding London +47 155 £62,500 +13.64% 47
London +2 50 £70,000 -9.68% 21
Work from Home +36 44 £60,000 -2.67% 27
Midlands -7 44 £60,000 +25.00% 9
North of England -30 37 £67,500 -3.57% 17
West Midlands -14 31 £60,000 +25.00% 9
North West +2 22 £67,500 - 7
South East -11 21 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Wales -15 19 £50,000 +7.82% 4
East of England +4 15 £65,000 +58.54% 6
East Midlands -13 13 £55,000 -8.33%
South West -44 11 £75,000 +33.64% 1
North East -38 8 - - 4
Yorkshire -48 7 £67,500 -3.57% 6
Scotland - 6 £75,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 107 (48.20%) Cisco
2 98 (44.14%) Firewall
3 84 (37.84%) WAN
4 76 (34.23%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (32.88%) CCNP
6 72 (32.43%) LAN
6 72 (32.43%) VPN
7 61 (27.48%) Network Security
8 57 (25.68%) BGP
9 51 (22.97%) Wireless
10 48 (21.62%) Python
11 43 (19.37%) OSPF
12 41 (18.47%) SD-WAN
13 40 (18.02%) Azure
14 38 (17.12%) CCIE
14 38 (17.12%) Security Cleared
15 35 (15.77%) Cisco ASA
15 35 (15.77%) Palo Alto
15 35 (15.77%) SolarWinds
16 34 (15.32%) F5
17 31 (13.96%) EIGRP
18 30 (13.51%) Fortinet
18 30 (13.51%) Infoblox
19 29 (13.06%) Cisco Wireless
20 28 (12.61%) Cisco ISE
20 28 (12.61%) MS Visio
21 26 (11.71%) AWS
21 26 (11.71%) Network Monitoring
21 26 (11.71%) VLAN
22 25 (11.26%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (12.61%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.02%) Azure
2 26 (11.71%) AWS
3 10 (4.50%) Datadog
4 6 (2.70%) GCP
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.90%) GitHub
7 1 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 98 (44.14%) Firewall
2 84 (37.84%) WAN
3 72 (32.43%) LAN
3 72 (32.43%) VPN
4 61 (27.48%) Network Security
5 57 (25.68%) BGP
6 51 (22.97%) Wireless
7 43 (19.37%) OSPF
8 41 (18.47%) SD-WAN
9 35 (15.77%) Cisco ASA
10 31 (13.96%) EIGRP
11 29 (13.06%) Cisco Wireless
12 28 (12.61%) Cisco ISE
13 26 (11.71%) VLAN
14 23 (10.36%) DNS
15 22 (9.91%) Cisco Nexus
16 21 (9.46%) WLAN
17 19 (8.56%) Wi-Fi
18 18 (8.11%) SNMP
19 16 (7.21%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (8.11%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.21%) Finance
4 12 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.95%) Law
6 9 (4.05%) Banking
6 9 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.15%) Retail
8 5 (2.25%) Police
9 4 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.80%) Welsh Language
10 3 (1.35%) Marketing
11 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.80%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.80%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.97%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.86%) PKI
2 13 (5.86%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.15%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.80%) CMDB
4 4 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.80%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.35%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.60%) Windows
2 7 (3.15%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.80%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (11.71%) Network Monitoring
2 25 (11.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (10.36%) High Availability
3 23 (10.36%) Kalman Filter
3 23 (10.36%) Project Delivery
4 21 (9.46%) Load Balancing
4 21 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (9.01%) Computer Science
6 18 (8.11%) Mentoring
6 18 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 16 (7.21%) Analytical Thinking
7 16 (7.21%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (7.21%) Customer Service
7 16 (7.21%) Network Design
7 16 (7.21%) WAN Optimisation
8 14 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (6.31%) Network Architecture
8 14 (6.31%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (5.86%) Business Continuity
9 13 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.62%) Python
2 7 (3.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 76 (34.23%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (32.88%) CCNP
3 38 (17.12%) CCIE
3 38 (17.12%) Security Cleared
4 25 (11.26%) SC Cleared
5 21 (9.46%) Degree
6 20 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (8.11%) DV Cleared
8 9 (4.05%) CCNA
9 8 (3.60%) JNCIP
10 6 (2.70%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.45%) CCSA
12 1 (0.45%) CCSE
12 1 (0.45%) CCSP
12 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.21%) PMO
2 15 (6.76%) NIST
3 10 (4.50%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.45%) GDPR
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 20 (9.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.21%) ProxySG
3 11 (4.95%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.60%) Firmware
5 4 (1.80%) vSphere
6 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (9.91%) Ansible
2 12 (5.41%) FortiGate
3 9 (4.05%) Terraform
4 5 (2.25%) Nagios
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (48.20%) Cisco
2 35 (15.77%) Palo Alto
2 35 (15.77%) SolarWinds
3 34 (15.32%) F5
4 30 (13.51%) Fortinet
4 30 (13.51%) Infoblox
5 23 (10.36%) CheckPoint
6 22 (9.91%) VMware
7 17 (7.66%) Arista
7 17 (7.66%) Microsoft
8 16 (7.21%) Blue Coat
8 16 (7.21%) Motorola
8 16 (7.21%) ServiceNow
9 14 (6.31%) Juniper
10 10 (4.50%) ForeScout
10 10 (4.50%) SevOne
10 10 (4.50%) Splunk
11 9 (4.05%) Meraki
12 5 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.80%) Dell