Network Engineer Job Trends in Watford

Network Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Network Engineer salary in Watford is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 29 44
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 0.66% 1.70% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.76% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £49,875 -
25th Percentile £39,250 £57,188 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £40,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -15.09% +24.71%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 142 227 200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 96.60% 86.21%
Number of salaries quoted 113 157 168
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,600 £33,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -25.00% +18.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,500 £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year - -7.83% +1.40%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Watford

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Watford.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Watford

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, 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 Watford region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow