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 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 541 555
Rank change year-on-year +15 +14 +182
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 180 101 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.25% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.27% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 128 81 264
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £71,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £90,000
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 72,225 37,083 84,557
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 90.02% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,541 23,357 63,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,573
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
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 £79,045 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 30 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 30 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 +6 160 £62,500 +1.39% 32
UK excluding London +17 124 £62,500 +13.64% 31
Midlands 0 40 £60,000 +25.00% 6
Work from Home +17 38 £60,000 +4.35% 15
North of England -21 38 £67,500 +10.20% 6
London +10 36 £65,000 -13.33% 9
West Midlands +7 28 £61,250 +27.60% 3
North West -3 24 £67,500 +17.39% 5
South East -27 19 £70,000 +27.27% 8
East Midlands -29 12 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North East -10 9 £50,000 -34.21%
East of England -21 9 £75,000 +78.57% 2
Wales -21 8 £62,500 +45.35% 1
Yorkshire -50 5 £67,500 -3.57% 1
South West -46 4 £66,550 +18.58% 2
Scotland - 4 £75,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 106 (58.89%) Cisco
2 88 (48.89%) Firewall
3 78 (43.33%) WAN
4 71 (39.44%) LAN
5 68 (37.78%) Cisco Certification
6 63 (35.00%) CCNP
7 57 (31.67%) VPN
8 53 (29.44%) BGP
9 44 (24.44%) Network Security
10 42 (23.33%) Azure
10 42 (23.33%) OSPF
11 40 (22.22%) Python
12 39 (21.67%) Wireless
13 35 (19.44%) CCIE
13 35 (19.44%) SD-WAN
14 31 (17.22%) Cisco ASA
14 31 (17.22%) SolarWinds
15 30 (16.67%) EIGRP
16 28 (15.56%) AWS
17 27 (15.00%) F5
17 27 (15.00%) Fortinet
18 25 (13.89%) Kalman Filter
18 25 (13.89%) Security Cleared
19 24 (13.33%) CheckPoint
19 24 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
19 24 (13.33%) Infoblox
19 24 (13.33%) MS Visio
19 24 (13.33%) Palo Alto
19 24 (13.33%) VLAN
20 23 (12.78%) Cisco ISE

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 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (13.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (23.33%) Azure
2 28 (15.56%) AWS
3 5 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.22%) GCP
5 3 (1.67%) Datadog
6 2 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.11%) GitHub
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 88 (48.89%) Firewall
2 78 (43.33%) WAN
3 71 (39.44%) LAN
4 57 (31.67%) VPN
5 53 (29.44%) BGP
6 44 (24.44%) Network Security
7 42 (23.33%) OSPF
8 39 (21.67%) Wireless
9 35 (19.44%) SD-WAN
10 31 (17.22%) Cisco ASA
11 30 (16.67%) EIGRP
12 24 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 24 (13.33%) VLAN
13 23 (12.78%) Cisco ISE
14 22 (12.22%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
16 18 (10.00%) SNMP
16 18 (10.00%) WAAS
17 16 (8.89%) Wireless Security
18 11 (6.11%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.11%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (10.56%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.33%) Finance
4 14 (7.78%) Law
5 10 (5.56%) Banking
6 9 (5.00%) Police
6 9 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.00%) Retail
6 9 (5.00%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.78%) Marketing
9 4 (2.22%) Welsh Language
10 2 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.67%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (1.67%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 41 (22.78%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.89%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.89%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 5 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.67%) CMDB
6 3 (1.67%) PKI
6 3 (1.67%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.89%) Windows
2 6 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.22%) Linux
4 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (13.89%) Kalman Filter
2 23 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (12.78%) Load Balancing
3 21 (11.67%) Computer Science
4 19 (10.56%) Project Delivery
4 19 (10.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 17 (9.44%) Network Monitoring
7 16 (8.89%) Analytical Thinking
7 16 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (8.89%) High Availability
7 16 (8.89%) WAN Optimisation
8 15 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 15 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 12 (6.67%) Network Design
10 11 (6.11%) Network Architecture
11 9 (5.00%) Change Control
11 9 (5.00%) Security Operations
12 8 (4.44%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 40 (22.22%) Python
2 7 (3.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 68 (37.78%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (35.00%) CCNP
3 35 (19.44%) CCIE
4 25 (13.89%) Security Cleared
5 23 (12.78%) Degree
6 21 (11.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (9.44%) SC Cleared
8 11 (6.11%) DV Cleared
9 10 (5.56%) CCNA
10 8 (4.44%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.78%) JNCIP
12 4 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.11%) CCSA
13 2 (1.11%) CCSE
13 2 (1.11%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.56%) CCSP
14 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.00%) PMO
2 7 (3.89%) NIST
3 5 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
5 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (8.89%) ProxySG
2 15 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.00%) VMware NSX
4 8 (4.44%) Firmware
5 5 (2.78%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (7.78%) Ansible
2 13 (7.22%) FortiGate
3 7 (3.89%) Terraform
4 5 (2.78%) Nagios
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (58.89%) Cisco
2 31 (17.22%) SolarWinds
3 27 (15.00%) F5
3 27 (15.00%) Fortinet
4 24 (13.33%) CheckPoint
4 24 (13.33%) Infoblox
4 24 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 19 (10.56%) VMware
6 18 (10.00%) Motorola
7 16 (8.89%) Blue Coat
7 16 (8.89%) ServiceNow
8 15 (8.33%) Juniper
9 13 (7.22%) Microsoft
10 11 (6.11%) Meraki
11 9 (5.00%) Arista
12 7 (3.89%) Dell
13 5 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (2.22%) Aruba
15 3 (1.67%) SevOne
15 3 (1.67%) Splunk