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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 548 562
Rank change year-on-year +45 +14 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 210 89 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.24% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 160 73 273
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 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,950 £89,500
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 83,677 37,745 90,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 89.30% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,852 23,399 66,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £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% -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 2 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 2 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 +24 176 £65,000 +5.44% 42
UK excluding London +20 147 £62,500 +13.64% 35
London +3 45 £70,000 -9.68% 14
Midlands -2 44 £60,000 +25.00% 8
Work from Home +19 42 £60,000 -2.67% 13
North of England -31 34 £67,500 -3.57% 8
West Midlands -4 29 £60,000 +25.00% 8
North West -1 21 £67,500 - 5
South East -20 19 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Wales -14 18 £50,000 +16.28% 2
East Midlands -29 15 £55,000 -8.33%
East of England -10 13 £65,000 +54.76% 6
South West -47 11 £75,000 +33.64% 1
North East -31 8 - - 2
Scotland - 6 £75,000 - 3
Yorkshire -60 5 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 103 (49.05%) Cisco
2 95 (45.24%) Firewall
3 83 (39.52%) WAN
4 74 (35.24%) Cisco Certification
5 71 (33.81%) LAN
6 69 (32.86%) CCNP
7 68 (32.38%) VPN
8 57 (27.14%) Network Security
9 56 (26.67%) BGP
10 47 (22.38%) Wireless
11 46 (21.90%) Python
12 42 (20.00%) OSPF
13 41 (19.52%) Azure
14 38 (18.10%) SD-WAN
15 37 (17.62%) CCIE
16 36 (17.14%) Security Cleared
17 34 (16.19%) SolarWinds
18 33 (15.71%) Cisco ASA
19 32 (15.24%) F5
20 30 (14.29%) EIGRP
20 30 (14.29%) Fortinet
20 30 (14.29%) Palo Alto
21 29 (13.81%) Infoblox
22 28 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 27 (12.86%) Cisco Wireless
23 27 (12.86%) MS Visio
24 26 (12.38%) AWS
25 25 (11.90%) Cisco ISE
25 25 (11.90%) Network Monitoring
25 25 (11.90%) VLAN

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 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (12.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.52%) Azure
2 26 (12.38%) AWS
3 9 (4.29%) Datadog
4 5 (2.38%) GCP
4 5 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.95%) GitHub
6 1 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 95 (45.24%) Firewall
2 83 (39.52%) WAN
3 71 (33.81%) LAN
4 68 (32.38%) VPN
5 57 (27.14%) Network Security
6 56 (26.67%) BGP
7 47 (22.38%) Wireless
8 42 (20.00%) OSPF
9 38 (18.10%) SD-WAN
10 33 (15.71%) Cisco ASA
11 30 (14.29%) EIGRP
12 27 (12.86%) Cisco Wireless
13 25 (11.90%) Cisco ISE
13 25 (11.90%) VLAN
14 22 (10.48%) Cisco Nexus
14 22 (10.48%) DNS
15 19 (9.05%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (9.05%) WLAN
16 18 (8.57%) SNMP
17 16 (7.62%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (8.10%) Social Skills
3 15 (7.14%) Finance
4 12 (5.71%) Law
4 12 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.29%) Banking
6 8 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.81%) Retail
7 6 (2.86%) Police
8 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.90%) Welsh Language
10 3 (1.43%) Marketing
11 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.90%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.33%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.71%) PKI
2 12 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.90%) CMDB
4 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.76%) Windows
2 9 (4.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (11.90%) Network Monitoring
3 23 (10.95%) Kalman Filter
3 23 (10.95%) Project Delivery
4 21 (10.00%) High Availability
4 21 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 20 (9.52%) Computer Science
5 20 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
7 17 (8.10%) Network Design
8 16 (7.62%) Analytical Thinking
8 16 (7.62%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (7.62%) WAN Optimisation
9 15 (7.14%) Customer Service
9 15 (7.14%) Mentoring
10 14 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (6.19%) Network Architecture
12 12 (5.71%) Business Continuity
12 12 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 46 (21.90%) Python
2 7 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 74 (35.24%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (32.86%) CCNP
3 37 (17.62%) CCIE
4 36 (17.14%) Security Cleared
5 23 (10.95%) SC Cleared
6 21 (10.00%) Degree
7 20 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (8.57%) DV Cleared
9 9 (4.29%) CCNA
10 8 (3.81%) Azure Certification
10 8 (3.81%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.48%) CCSA
12 1 (0.48%) CCSE
12 1 (0.48%) CCSP
12 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.62%) PMO
2 14 (6.67%) NIST
3 9 (4.29%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.95%) SLA
6 1 (0.48%) GDPR
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 20 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.62%) ProxySG
3 11 (5.24%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.81%) Firmware
5 5 (2.38%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.90%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (10.00%) Ansible
2 11 (5.24%) FortiGate
3 8 (3.81%) Terraform
4 5 (2.38%) Nagios
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (49.05%) Cisco
2 34 (16.19%) SolarWinds
3 32 (15.24%) F5
4 30 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 30 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 29 (13.81%) Infoblox
6 24 (11.43%) VMware
7 23 (10.95%) CheckPoint
8 18 (8.57%) Microsoft
9 16 (7.62%) Arista
9 16 (7.62%) Blue Coat
9 16 (7.62%) Motorola
9 16 (7.62%) ServiceNow
10 15 (7.14%) Juniper
11 9 (4.29%) ForeScout
11 9 (4.29%) Meraki
11 9 (4.29%) SevOne
11 9 (4.29%) Splunk
12 5 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (2.38%) Dell