Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £65,576 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 488 586 521
Rank change year-on-year +98 -65 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 306 85 328
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.17% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.19% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 263 60 245
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £56,121 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.82% +6.90% -

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 95,905 44,405 83,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 90.07% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,604 26,372 57,917
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.87%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +108 260 £65,576 +4.92% 52
UK excluding London +84 218 £65,000 +15.82% 31
London -8 68 £70,000 -17.65% 25
Work from Home +21 67 £70,000 -17.65% 16
North of England +16 62 £70,000 +21.74% 10
Midlands +7 52 £60,000 +23.71% 10
South East +11 32 £62,500 +8.70% 7
West Midlands +8 32 £62,500 +30.21% 4
North West +32 31 £70,000 +21.74% 3
Wales -37 28 £50,000 +0.50%
East of England 0 20 £65,000 +8.33% 2
East Midlands -4 20 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire -20 19 £70,000 +27.27% 7
South West -48 16 £65,000 +15.82% 1
North East -41 12 £70,000 +7.69%
Scotland +20 7 £123,456 +49.64% 1
Northern Ireland -68 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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.

1 111 (36.27%) Cisco
2 108 (35.29%) Firewall
3 96 (31.37%) WAN
4 82 (26.80%) LAN
5 79 (25.82%) Cisco Certification
6 76 (24.84%) VPN
7 74 (24.18%) CCNP
8 69 (22.55%) Network Security
9 55 (17.97%) BGP
9 55 (17.97%) Wi-Fi
10 53 (17.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 53 (17.32%) Palo Alto
11 49 (16.01%) Azure
12 47 (15.36%) Wireless
13 46 (15.03%) OSPF
14 38 (12.42%) Security Cleared
15 36 (11.76%) DNS
15 36 (11.76%) SD-WAN
16 35 (11.44%) Python
16 35 (11.44%) VLAN
16 35 (11.44%) WLAN
17 34 (11.11%) Mentoring
17 34 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
18 31 (10.13%) CCIE
18 31 (10.13%) F5
19 29 (9.48%) High Availability
20 28 (9.15%) Cisco ASA
20 28 (9.15%) SC Cleared
21 27 (8.82%) EIGRP
21 27 (8.82%) Technical Leadership

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 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (5.56%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (16.01%) Azure
2 19 (6.21%) AWS
3 9 (2.94%) Datadog
3 9 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.96%) Entra ID
4 6 (1.96%) GCP
5 4 (1.31%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 108 (35.29%) Firewall
2 96 (31.37%) WAN
3 82 (26.80%) LAN
4 76 (24.84%) VPN
5 69 (22.55%) Network Security
6 55 (17.97%) BGP
6 55 (17.97%) Wi-Fi
7 47 (15.36%) Wireless
8 46 (15.03%) OSPF
9 36 (11.76%) DNS
9 36 (11.76%) SD-WAN
10 35 (11.44%) VLAN
10 35 (11.44%) WLAN
11 28 (9.15%) Cisco ASA
12 27 (8.82%) EIGRP
13 23 (7.52%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (6.86%) DHCP
15 20 (6.54%) Cisco Nexus
16 19 (6.21%) Cisco Wireless
17 15 (4.90%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.31%) SQL Server
General
1 39 (12.75%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (3.92%) Finance
4 7 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.63%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.31%) Police
7 4 (1.31%) Welsh Language
8 3 (0.98%) Banking
8 3 (0.98%) Digital Health
8 3 (0.98%) Law
9 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.33%) Marketing
9 1 (0.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.31%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.69%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.90%) PKI
2 15 (4.90%) Security Posture
3 6 (1.96%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.63%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.31%) CMDB
5 4 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.58%) Windows
2 13 (4.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (17.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (11.11%) Mentoring
2 34 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (9.48%) High Availability
4 27 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
5 24 (7.84%) Network Monitoring
6 23 (7.52%) Project Delivery
7 21 (6.86%) Business Continuity
8 20 (6.54%) Load Balancing
9 19 (6.21%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.23%) Coaching
13 15 (4.90%) Computer Science
13 15 (4.90%) Customer Service
13 15 (4.90%) Network Design
13 15 (4.90%) Security Architecture
14 13 (4.25%) Root Cause Analysis
14 13 (4.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 12 (3.92%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.44%) Python
2 11 (3.59%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.31%) Bicep
4 2 (0.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 79 (25.82%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (24.18%) CCNP
3 38 (12.42%) Security Cleared
4 31 (10.13%) CCIE
5 28 (9.15%) SC Cleared
6 19 (6.21%) CCNA
7 16 (5.23%) Degree
7 16 (5.23%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.96%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.31%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.98%) CISSP
11 3 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.58%) NIST
2 9 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.61%) PMO
4 7 (2.29%) SLA
5 6 (1.96%) QA
6 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 20 (6.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.94%) VMware NSX
3 8 (2.61%) ProxySG
4 7 (2.29%) vSphere
5 6 (1.96%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.33%) Firmware
7 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.90%) Ansible
3 9 (2.94%) Terraform
4 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.65%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (36.27%) Cisco
2 53 (17.32%) Palo Alto
3 31 (10.13%) F5
4 25 (8.17%) Fortinet
4 25 (8.17%) Microsoft
5 24 (7.84%) VMware
6 23 (7.52%) Arista
7 22 (7.19%) SolarWinds
8 20 (6.54%) Infoblox
9 15 (4.90%) Aruba
10 12 (3.92%) Meraki
11 11 (3.59%) Zscaler
12 9 (2.94%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.94%) ForeScout
12 9 (2.94%) HP
12 9 (2.94%) SevOne
12 9 (2.94%) Splunk
13 8 (2.61%) Blue Coat
13 8 (2.61%) Motorola
13 8 (2.61%) ServiceNow