Senior Network Engineer Jobs in Wales

Senior Network Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in Wales is £54,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 102 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 2 24 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.18% 1.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 1.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £48,763 £37,101 -
25th Percentile £50,094 £40,061 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,125 £44,886 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.58% - -
75th Percentile £58,094 £46,133 -
90th Percentile £59,388 £49,425 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 982 1,995 1,454
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.14% 92.92% 86.04%
Number of salaries quoted 549 1,368 813
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Senior Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in Wales

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in Wales.

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in Wales

Senior Network Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
South Wales +17 2 £54,125 +20.58% 3
Senior Network Engineer
UK

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wales region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
2 1 (50.00%) CWNA
2 1 (50.00%) CWSP
2 1 (50.00%) CWAP
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) CWDP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Assurance
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) CWAP
2 1 (50.00%) CWDP
2 1 (50.00%) CWNA
2 1 (50.00%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint