Network Engineer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Network Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 June 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 126 181
Rank change year-on-year +31 +55 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 20 33 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.41% 1.03% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 1.07% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 27
10th Percentile £29,850 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,625 £32,500 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £52,125 £55,310
90th Percentile £90,000 £63,375 £65,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,258 3,082 3,951
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.90% 96.01% 92.36%
Number of salaries quoted 702 2,199 2,148
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +7.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £82,500 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £49,068 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.20% -6.54% +5.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in West Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in West Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in West Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
Leeds +52 14 £75,000 +53.85% 6
Brighouse -8 2 £30,750 +2.50%
Huddersfield - 2 £31,500 -
Bradford - 2 £44,700 - 2
Network Engineer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 Yorkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) TCP/IP
1 14 (70.00%) VPN
2 11 (55.00%) Firewall
2 11 (55.00%) Azure
3 10 (50.00%) Python
4 9 (45.00%) OSPF
4 9 (45.00%) BGP
4 9 (45.00%) VLAN
4 9 (45.00%) Ansible
4 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (40.00%) AWS
5 8 (40.00%) LAN
5 8 (40.00%) Cisco
6 7 (35.00%) DNS
6 7 (35.00%) Network Security
7 6 (30.00%) Load Balancing
7 6 (30.00%) Network Design
7 6 (30.00%) Wireless
7 6 (30.00%) WAN
7 6 (30.00%) DHCP
7 6 (30.00%) Task Automation
7 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (30.00%) GCP
7 6 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (30.00%) OCI
8 5 (25.00%) Palo Alto
8 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (25.00%) Fortinet
9 4 (20.00%) CCNA
9 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification

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

Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) AWS
3 6 (30.00%) GCP
3 6 (30.00%) OCI
4 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (70.00%) TCP/IP
1 14 (70.00%) VPN
2 11 (55.00%) Firewall
3 9 (45.00%) BGP
3 9 (45.00%) OSPF
3 9 (45.00%) VLAN
4 8 (40.00%) LAN
5 7 (35.00%) DNS
5 7 (35.00%) Network Security
6 6 (30.00%) DHCP
6 6 (30.00%) WAN
6 6 (30.00%) Wireless
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (10.00%) IPsec
7 2 (10.00%) PSTN
7 2 (10.00%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (10.00%) VoIP
7 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (10.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Local Government
2 2 (10.00%) Police
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) PKI
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Check Point GAiA
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Load Balancing
2 6 (30.00%) Network Design
2 6 (30.00%) Task Automation
2 6 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (15.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (15.00%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (15.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (5.00%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) CCNA
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) CCSA
3 1 (5.00%) CCSE
3 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Ansible
2 3 (15.00%) FortiGate
2 3 (15.00%) Terraform
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Cisco
2 5 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 5 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (20.00%) Aruba
3 4 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (15.00%) Mellanox
4 3 (15.00%) NVIDIA
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) F5
5 1 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (5.00%) Juniper
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow