Network Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Engineer salary in Work from Home is £50,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 275 369
Rank change year-on-year -7 +94 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 370 506 623
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.09% 1.19% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.24% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 306 412 478
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,263 £32,350
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,063 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £83,000
UK median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,500 40,685 66,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 95.99% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,951 28,924 42,159
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,658 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,429 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Engineer.

Network Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Network Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 231 (62.43%) Cisco
2 226 (61.08%) Firewall
3 157 (42.43%) Cisco Certification
3 157 (42.43%) WAN
4 149 (40.27%) LAN
5 100 (27.03%) VPN
5 100 (27.03%) CCNP
6 98 (26.49%) CCNA
7 94 (25.41%) Wireless
8 93 (25.14%) Network Security
9 88 (23.78%) Azure
10 82 (22.16%) MPLS
11 78 (21.08%) BGP
11 78 (21.08%) Wi-Fi
12 77 (20.81%) Palo Alto
13 76 (20.54%) Juniper
14 75 (20.27%) SD-WAN
14 75 (20.27%) Social Skills
15 63 (17.03%) TCP/IP
15 63 (17.03%) OSPF
16 60 (16.22%) Data Centre
17 59 (15.95%) Meraki
18 58 (15.68%) Fortinet
19 55 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 53 (14.32%) AWS
21 51 (13.78%) CheckPoint
22 50 (13.51%) ITIL
23 48 (12.97%) VLAN
24 47 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
25 46 (12.43%) Microsoft

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.27%) Apache
2 1 (0.27%) Gunicorn
2 1 (0.27%) nginx
2 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) uWSGI
Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.81%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 88 (23.78%) Azure
2 53 (14.32%) AWS
3 26 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.62%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (1.62%) GCP
6 6 (1.62%) SaaS
7 5 (1.35%) Datadog
7 5 (1.35%) Rubrik
8 4 (1.08%) PaaS
9 3 (0.81%) IaaS
10 2 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.54%) GitHub
10 2 (0.54%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon EventBridge
11 1 (0.27%) Cohesity
11 1 (0.27%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 226 (61.08%) Firewall
2 157 (42.43%) WAN
3 149 (40.27%) LAN
4 100 (27.03%) VPN
5 94 (25.41%) Wireless
6 93 (25.14%) Network Security
7 82 (22.16%) MPLS
8 78 (21.08%) BGP
8 78 (21.08%) Wi-Fi
9 75 (20.27%) SD-WAN
10 63 (17.03%) OSPF
10 63 (17.03%) TCP/IP
11 48 (12.97%) VLAN
12 45 (12.16%) DNS
13 34 (9.19%) DHCP
13 34 (9.19%) WLAN
14 26 (7.03%) IPsec
15 25 (6.76%) Ethernet
16 24 (6.49%) Cisco ASA
17 23 (6.22%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.54%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 75 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 31 (8.38%) Finance
3 28 (7.57%) Telecoms
4 21 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.14%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.78%) Law
8 9 (2.43%) Banking
9 8 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.16%) Police
9 8 (2.16%) Retail
10 5 (1.35%) Advertising
10 5 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.35%) Military
11 4 (1.08%) Publishing
12 2 (0.54%) Billing
12 2 (0.54%) Front Office
12 2 (0.54%) Games
12 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.62%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.35%) XMPP
3 1 (0.27%) ADO
3 1 (0.27%) JSON
3 1 (0.27%) Lambda Expressions
3 1 (0.27%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (16.22%) Data Centre
2 27 (7.30%) Driving Licence
3 15 (4.05%) PKI
4 14 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (1.89%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.62%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.62%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.08%) Replication
10 3 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.54%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.54%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.27%) CMDB
12 1 (0.27%) Derivative
12 1 (0.27%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.27%) NHS
12 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.35%) Windows
2 31 (8.38%) Linux
3 13 (3.51%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.43%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.81%) Android
7 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Unix
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (13.51%) ITIL
3 47 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (11.62%) Customer Service
5 33 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (8.92%) Network Monitoring
6 27 (7.30%) Network Design
7 21 (5.68%) Network Management
8 19 (5.14%) Migration
9 18 (4.86%) Cloud Security
9 18 (4.86%) Load Balancing
10 17 (4.59%) Mentoring
10 17 (4.59%) Project Delivery
11 16 (4.32%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (4.32%) Kalman Filter
11 16 (4.32%) Presales
12 13 (3.51%) Agile
12 13 (3.51%) Computer Science
12 13 (3.51%) Service Delivery
13 12 (3.24%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.97%) Python
2 5 (1.35%) Java
3 4 (1.08%) C#
4 3 (0.81%) MATLAB
5 2 (0.54%) Bash
5 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.27%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 157 (42.43%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (27.03%) CCNP
3 98 (26.49%) CCNA
4 43 (11.62%) Security Cleared
5 31 (8.38%) SC Cleared
6 28 (7.57%) Degree
7 20 (5.41%) CCIE
8 13 (3.51%) CCDP
8 13 (3.51%) JNCIP
9 12 (3.24%) AWS Certification
9 12 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.97%) CISSP
10 11 (2.97%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (2.43%) MCITP
11 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (2.16%) CCSA
12 8 (2.16%) DV Cleared
12 8 (2.16%) JNCIA
13 6 (1.62%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.62%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.86%) SLA
2 8 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.54%) QA
4 1 (0.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (5.68%) Hyper-V
2 19 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.89%) vSphere
5 6 (1.62%) pfSense
5 6 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.08%) vCloud
7 2 (0.54%) Docker
7 2 (0.54%) Firmware
7 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (9.46%) FortiGate
2 17 (4.59%) Ansible
3 8 (2.16%) Grafana
3 8 (2.16%) ZABBIX
4 6 (1.62%) Terraform
5 3 (0.81%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.81%) Nagios
5 3 (0.81%) OfficeScan
5 3 (0.81%) WSUS
6 2 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.54%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.54%) Puppet
6 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.54%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.54%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.27%) OpenNMS
7 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 231 (62.43%) Cisco
2 77 (20.81%) Palo Alto
3 76 (20.54%) Juniper
4 59 (15.95%) Meraki
5 58 (15.68%) Fortinet
6 51 (13.78%) CheckPoint
7 46 (12.43%) Microsoft
8 44 (11.89%) VMware
9 36 (9.73%) Aruba
10 28 (7.57%) SolarWinds
11 27 (7.30%) HP
12 22 (5.95%) F5
13 15 (4.05%) Nokia
14 11 (2.97%) Dell
15 8 (2.16%) Draytek
15 8 (2.16%) LogicMonitor
16 7 (1.89%) Zscaler
17 6 (1.62%) Ubiquiti
18 5 (1.35%) Extreme Networks
18 5 (1.35%) Veeam