Hybrid/Remote Network Engineer Job Trends

Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 304 267
Rank change year-on-year +82 -37 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 209 118 395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 0.77% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.84% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 142 94 321
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,101
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,121 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.37% +6.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,875 £88,375 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 18,682 14,102 33,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.10% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13,628 8,606 25,946
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Network Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Network Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Network Engineer job vacancies

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Network Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 June 2026, 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 119 (56.94%) Cisco
2 95 (45.45%) Firewall
3 71 (33.97%) WAN
4 62 (29.67%) LAN
5 55 (26.32%) BGP
6 51 (24.40%) Azure
7 46 (22.01%) Palo Alto
7 46 (22.01%) SD-WAN
8 43 (20.57%) Network Security
9 42 (20.10%) Fortinet
10 38 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (18.18%) Wireless
11 37 (17.70%) AWS
11 37 (17.70%) OSPF
11 37 (17.70%) Python
12 34 (16.27%) Cisco ISE
12 34 (16.27%) MPLS
12 34 (16.27%) VPN
13 31 (14.83%) CCNP
14 30 (14.35%) Cisco ASA
15 28 (13.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 27 (12.92%) WLAN
17 25 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
18 24 (11.48%) CheckPoint
18 24 (11.48%) VLAN
19 22 (10.53%) FortiGate
19 22 (10.53%) Jinja
20 21 (10.05%) F5
20 21 (10.05%) Network Design
21 20 (9.57%) Ethernet VPN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (24.40%) Azure
2 37 (17.70%) AWS
3 11 (5.26%) OpenShift
4 9 (4.31%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (4.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 8 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.35%) SaaS
7 6 (2.87%) Apigee
7 6 (2.87%) Kong
8 5 (2.39%) Cloudflare
9 4 (1.91%) GCP
10 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 95 (45.45%) Firewall
2 71 (33.97%) WAN
3 62 (29.67%) LAN
4 55 (26.32%) BGP
5 46 (22.01%) SD-WAN
6 43 (20.57%) Network Security
7 38 (18.18%) Wireless
8 37 (17.70%) OSPF
9 34 (16.27%) Cisco ISE
9 34 (16.27%) MPLS
9 34 (16.27%) VPN
10 30 (14.35%) Cisco ASA
11 27 (12.92%) WLAN
12 24 (11.48%) VLAN
13 20 (9.57%) Ethernet VPN
14 19 (9.09%) VXLAN
15 17 (8.13%) Cisco Firepower
15 17 (8.13%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (7.66%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (6.70%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.66%) Git
2 11 (5.26%) GitLab
General
1 48 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 28 (13.40%) Public Sector
4 24 (11.48%) Finance
5 13 (6.22%) Retail
6 12 (5.74%) Banking
7 11 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.78%) Marketing
9 8 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.39%) Law
11 3 (1.44%) Military
12 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.96%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Local Government
13 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.48%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.53%) Jinja
2 17 (8.13%) YANG
3 11 (5.26%) JSON
3 11 (5.26%) NETCONF
3 11 (5.26%) YAML
4 6 (2.87%) REST
4 6 (2.87%) XML
5 4 (1.91%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.44%) XMPP
7 1 (0.48%) LDAP
7 1 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.26%) Social Media
4 9 (4.31%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.35%) PKI
5 7 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.91%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.44%) FlexPod
7 3 (1.44%) Life Science
7 3 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.96%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.96%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) CMDB
9 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.57%) Linux
2 11 (5.26%) Windows
3 6 (2.87%) Unix
4 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (13.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (10.05%) Network Design
4 18 (8.61%) Zero Trust
5 17 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 17 (8.13%) Project Delivery
6 16 (7.66%) CI/CD
7 15 (7.18%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (7.18%) DevOps
8 13 (6.22%) High Availability
9 12 (5.74%) Agile
9 12 (5.74%) Cloud Security
9 12 (5.74%) Load Balancing
10 11 (5.26%) API Management
10 11 (5.26%) Containerisation
10 11 (5.26%) Data Science
10 11 (5.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 11 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (5.26%) Task Automation
10 11 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.70%) Python
2 6 (2.87%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.39%) Bash
3 5 (2.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (14.83%) CCNP
3 17 (8.13%) CCNA
3 17 (8.13%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.70%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.26%) CCIE
6 5 (2.39%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.91%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.91%) Degree
8 3 (1.44%) CCSE
8 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.96%) CCSA
10 1 (0.48%) CCSM
10 1 (0.48%) CCSP
10 1 (0.48%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.44%) QA
2 2 (0.96%) NIST
2 2 (0.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.48%) GDPR
3 1 (0.48%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.31%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.87%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.91%) KVM
5 3 (1.44%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.44%) Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) iptables
6 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (10.53%) FortiGate
2 8 (3.83%) Ansible
3 5 (2.39%) Proxmox
4 4 (1.91%) Graylog
4 4 (1.91%) Terraform
4 4 (1.91%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.44%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (1.44%) Grafana
6 2 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.96%) Nagios
7 1 (0.48%) CASB
7 1 (0.48%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.48%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.48%) OpenView
7 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.48%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 119 (56.94%) Cisco
2 46 (22.01%) Palo Alto
3 42 (20.10%) Fortinet
4 24 (11.48%) CheckPoint
5 21 (10.05%) F5
6 19 (9.09%) Meraki
7 17 (8.13%) VMware
8 16 (7.66%) Juniper
8 16 (7.66%) SolarWinds
9 13 (6.22%) Aruba
10 12 (5.74%) Microsoft
11 11 (5.26%) Red Hat
12 9 (4.31%) Arista
12 9 (4.31%) Dynatrace
13 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.39%) Veeam
15 4 (1.91%) HP
16 3 (1.44%) Avaya
16 3 (1.44%) Huawei
16 3 (1.44%) NETGEAR