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 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 576 566
Rank change year-on-year +95 -10 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 261 73 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.17% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.19% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 210 58 261
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,992
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £46,500
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 £77,500 £71,757
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £56,121 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.82% +7.92% -0.95%

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 86,624 38,246 93,392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 89.23% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 57,551 21,495 68,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,750 £38,500
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 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -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 25 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 25 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 +87 220 £65,576 +4.92% 43
UK excluding London +82 188 £65,000 +15.82% 41
North of England +18 57 £70,000 +3.70% 13
Work from Home +53 56 £65,576 +6.38% 15
London +5 52 £70,000 -8.20% 12
Midlands +4 51 £60,000 +16.50% 7
West Midlands 0 39 £60,000 +25.00% 6
North West +29 32 £67,500 - 5
Wales -13 22 £50,000 -7.62% 3
South East -8 21 £75,000 +33.33% 9
East of England -1 18 £65,000 +58.54% 3
Yorkshire -34 15 £70,000 +27.27% 3
East Midlands -15 12 £57,500 -4.17% 1
South West -52 11 £75,000 +33.64% 2
North East -32 10 £67,788 -10.81% 5
Scotland - 6 £75,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 109 (41.76%) Cisco
2 108 (41.38%) Firewall
3 86 (32.95%) WAN
4 81 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
4 81 (31.03%) VPN
5 80 (30.65%) CCNP
6 72 (27.59%) LAN
7 64 (24.52%) Network Security
8 63 (24.14%) BGP
9 51 (19.54%) OSPF
9 51 (19.54%) Wireless
10 49 (18.77%) Python
11 43 (16.48%) Azure
11 43 (16.48%) SD-WAN
12 42 (16.09%) Palo Alto
12 42 (16.09%) Security Cleared
13 40 (15.33%) CCIE
14 39 (14.94%) Cisco ASA
14 39 (14.94%) F5
15 36 (13.79%) Fortinet
16 35 (13.41%) SolarWinds
17 34 (13.03%) EIGRP
18 31 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 30 (11.49%) DNS
19 30 (11.49%) Infoblox
19 30 (11.49%) SC Cleared
20 29 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
21 28 (10.73%) Cisco ISE
21 28 (10.73%) VLAN
22 27 (10.34%) MS Visio

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 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.48%) Azure
2 26 (9.96%) AWS
3 10 (3.83%) Datadog
4 7 (2.68%) GCP
5 2 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.77%) GitHub
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 108 (41.38%) Firewall
2 86 (32.95%) WAN
3 81 (31.03%) VPN
4 72 (27.59%) LAN
5 64 (24.52%) Network Security
6 63 (24.14%) BGP
7 51 (19.54%) OSPF
7 51 (19.54%) Wireless
8 43 (16.48%) SD-WAN
9 39 (14.94%) Cisco ASA
10 34 (13.03%) EIGRP
11 30 (11.49%) DNS
12 29 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
13 28 (10.73%) Cisco ISE
13 28 (10.73%) VLAN
14 25 (9.58%) WLAN
15 23 (8.81%) Cisco Nexus
16 20 (7.66%) Wi-Fi
17 18 (6.90%) SNMP
18 16 (6.13%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (10.73%) Social Skills
3 15 (5.75%) Finance
4 12 (4.60%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.45%) Law
6 8 (3.07%) Banking
7 5 (1.92%) Police
7 5 (1.92%) Retail
8 4 (1.53%) Welsh Language
9 3 (1.15%) Marketing
9 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.53%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.53%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.07%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.75%) PKI
3 13 (4.98%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.68%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.53%) CMDB
6 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.45%) Windows
2 8 (3.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.53%) Linux
4 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
2 27 (10.34%) Project Delivery
3 26 (9.96%) Load Balancing
4 25 (9.58%) High Availability
5 24 (9.20%) Mentoring
6 23 (8.81%) Kalman Filter
7 22 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (7.66%) Computer Science
8 20 (7.66%) Technical Leadership
9 19 (7.28%) Customer Service
10 18 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (6.13%) Analytical Thinking
11 16 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (6.13%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (6.13%) Network Architecture
11 16 (6.13%) WAN Optimisation
12 15 (5.75%) Business Continuity
12 15 (5.75%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (5.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.77%) Python
2 7 (2.68%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 81 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (30.65%) CCNP
3 42 (16.09%) Security Cleared
4 40 (15.33%) CCIE
5 30 (11.49%) SC Cleared
6 20 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (7.66%) Degree
7 18 (6.90%) DV Cleared
8 12 (4.60%) CCNA
9 10 (3.83%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.38%) CCSP
11 1 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.13%) PMO
2 15 (5.75%) NIST
3 10 (3.83%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.15%) SLA
6 2 (0.77%) QA
7 1 (0.38%) GDPR
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 23 (8.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.13%) ProxySG
3 11 (4.21%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.07%) Firmware
5 6 (2.30%) vSphere
6 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (8.05%) Ansible
2 15 (5.75%) FortiGate
3 9 (3.45%) Terraform
4 5 (1.92%) Nagios
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (41.76%) Cisco
2 42 (16.09%) Palo Alto
3 39 (14.94%) F5
4 36 (13.79%) Fortinet
5 35 (13.41%) SolarWinds
6 30 (11.49%) Infoblox
7 23 (8.81%) Arista
7 23 (8.81%) VMware
8 22 (8.43%) CheckPoint
9 16 (6.13%) Blue Coat
9 16 (6.13%) Microsoft
9 16 (6.13%) Motorola
9 16 (6.13%) ServiceNow
10 12 (4.60%) Juniper
11 10 (3.83%) ForeScout
11 10 (3.83%) SevOne
11 10 (3.83%) Splunk
12 7 (2.68%) Meraki
13 5 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.53%) Dell