Network Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Network Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £49,443 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 164 118 182
Rank change year-on-year -46 +64 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 29 157 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.71% 2.02% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 2.14% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 20 130 67
10th Percentile £44,600 £26,700 £31,500
25th Percentile £47,293 £31,250 £37,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,443 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,445 £55,938 £48,258
90th Percentile £53,919 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,723 7,339 5,520
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.44% 90.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 5,465 3,256
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +1 12 £49,000 -14.78% 5
Birmingham -17 6 £48,000 +11.04% 19
Staffordshire -1 3 £52,387 -4.75% 19
Willenhall - 3 - -
Herefordshire - 3 - - 3
Solihull +10 1 - -
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 West Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (72.41%) Cisco
2 19 (65.52%) WAN
2 19 (65.52%) VLAN
3 17 (58.62%) Network Monitoring
4 16 (55.17%) Network Security
4 16 (55.17%) Azure
5 15 (51.72%) SD-WAN
6 13 (44.83%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (44.83%) SolarWinds
6 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
7 12 (41.38%) Firewall
8 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
9 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
9 8 (27.59%) AWS
10 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (24.14%) Service Management
11 6 (20.69%) Avaya
11 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
11 6 (20.69%) VPN
11 6 (20.69%) ITSM
11 6 (20.69%) Supplier Management
11 6 (20.69%) Zscaler
11 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (17.24%) Degree
12 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (17.24%) CCNA
12 5 (17.24%) LAN
12 5 (17.24%) Juniper
12 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Azure
2 13 (44.83%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (27.59%) AWS
4 2 (6.90%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 19 (65.52%) VLAN
1 19 (65.52%) WAN
2 16 (55.17%) Network Security
3 15 (51.72%) SD-WAN
4 12 (41.38%) Firewall
5 6 (20.69%) VPN
6 5 (17.24%) LAN
7 4 (13.79%) BGP
8 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (10.34%) MPLS
8 3 (10.34%) OSPF
9 2 (6.90%) DHCP
9 2 (6.90%) DNS
9 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
9 2 (6.90%) VoIP
9 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (6.90%) Wireless
10 1 (3.45%) Internet
10 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (3.45%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) GitLab
1 1 (3.45%) Robot Framework
General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Legal
3 3 (10.34%) Police
3 3 (10.34%) Retail
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) German Language
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Local Government
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Jinja
1 1 (3.45%) OpenConfig
1 1 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Service Management
3 6 (20.69%) ITSM
3 6 (20.69%) Supplier Management
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Impact Analysis
5 4 (13.79%) Network Design
5 4 (13.79%) Network Management
5 4 (13.79%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
6 3 (10.34%) ITIL
6 3 (10.34%) Network Optimisation
6 3 (10.34%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (6.90%) SFIA
7 2 (6.90%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (17.24%) CCNA
4 5 (17.24%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) CCNP
6 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
7 2 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (3.45%) JNCIA
8 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 4 (13.79%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) ISO 9000
3 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Cisco
2 13 (44.83%) SolarWinds
3 6 (20.69%) Avaya
3 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.69%) Zscaler
4 5 (17.24%) Juniper
5 4 (13.79%) Aruba
5 4 (13.79%) Fortinet
6 2 (6.90%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.90%) Meraki
6 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.90%) VMware
7 1 (3.45%) ADVA
7 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (3.45%) F5
7 1 (3.45%) HP