Network Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £56,121 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 274 278
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 124 376 500
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 1.11% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 1.16% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 97 312 404
10th Percentile £38,950 £35,000 £35,288
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £51,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.40% +2.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,272 £60,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,800 £72,500 £73,375
UK median annual salary £53,000 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.07% -1.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 3 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (66.94%) Firewall
2 78 (62.90%) Cisco
3 56 (45.16%) WAN
4 50 (40.32%) Azure
5 48 (38.71%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (36.29%) VPN
7 40 (32.26%) Data Centre
8 36 (29.03%) LAN
8 36 (29.03%) BGP
9 32 (25.81%) CCNP
10 30 (24.19%) CheckPoint
10 30 (24.19%) Palo Alto
11 29 (23.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 28 (22.58%) SD-WAN
12 28 (22.58%) OSPF
13 27 (21.77%) TCP/IP
13 27 (21.77%) Security Cleared
13 27 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (20.97%) Social Skills
15 25 (20.16%) AWS
16 24 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
16 24 (19.35%) Network Security
17 23 (18.55%) Fortinet
17 23 (18.55%) Microsoft
18 22 (17.74%) Meraki
19 21 (16.94%) Wireless
20 20 (16.13%) VLAN
20 20 (16.13%) CCNA
20 20 (16.13%) SC Cleared
21 19 (15.32%) SolarWinds

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 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.61%) Apache
3 2 (1.61%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.81%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 50 (40.32%) Azure
2 25 (20.16%) AWS
3 8 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.03%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (3.23%) SaaS
6 4 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.42%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.61%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.61%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.61%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.81%) GCP
9 1 (0.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (66.94%) Firewall
2 56 (45.16%) WAN
3 45 (36.29%) VPN
4 36 (29.03%) BGP
4 36 (29.03%) LAN
5 28 (22.58%) OSPF
5 28 (22.58%) SD-WAN
6 27 (21.77%) TCP/IP
7 24 (19.35%) Network Security
7 24 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (16.94%) Wireless
9 20 (16.13%) VLAN
10 17 (13.71%) DNS
11 15 (12.10%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (11.29%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (10.48%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (10.48%) DHCP
14 12 (9.68%) IPsec
14 12 (9.68%) WLAN
15 11 (8.87%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (20.97%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.32%) Finance
3 13 (10.48%) Police
4 11 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (8.06%) Retail
6 8 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.84%) Local Government
8 4 (3.23%) Banking
9 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.61%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.81%) Aviation
10 1 (0.81%) German Language
10 1 (0.81%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.84%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.03%) JSON
3 4 (3.23%) YAML
4 2 (1.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (32.26%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.26%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.26%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.42%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.61%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (1.61%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.61%) PKI
4 2 (1.61%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.32%) Windows
2 14 (11.29%) Linux
3 9 (7.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.61%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (15.32%) Change Management
3 19 (15.32%) Network Design
4 17 (13.71%) ITIL
5 13 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (8.87%) Network Management
8 10 (8.06%) Mentoring
8 10 (8.06%) Network Architecture
8 10 (8.06%) Service Delivery
9 9 (7.26%) Agile
9 9 (7.26%) Load Balancing
9 9 (7.26%) Network Virtualisation
9 9 (7.26%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (6.45%) Decision-Making
11 7 (5.65%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (5.65%) Line Management
11 7 (5.65%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.26%) Python
2 4 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.61%) JCL
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
Qualifications
1 48 (38.71%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (25.81%) CCNP
3 27 (21.77%) Security Cleared
4 20 (16.13%) CCNA
4 20 (16.13%) SC Cleared
5 10 (8.06%) DV Cleared
6 9 (7.26%) Degree
7 7 (5.65%) CCIE
8 5 (4.03%) CISSP
8 5 (4.03%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (3.23%) CCSE
9 4 (3.23%) CCSM
10 3 (2.42%) CWNA
10 3 (2.42%) CWTS
11 2 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.61%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.81%) HND
12 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.26%) QA
2 2 (1.61%) SLA
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (12.90%) Firmware
2 11 (8.87%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.84%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (8.87%) Ansible
2 8 (6.45%) FortiGate
2 8 (6.45%) Terraform
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.61%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (1.61%) Tivoli NetView
5 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.81%) Puppet
5 1 (0.81%) SCCM
5 1 (0.81%) SCOM
5 1 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 78 (62.90%) Cisco
2 30 (24.19%) CheckPoint
2 30 (24.19%) Palo Alto
3 23 (18.55%) Fortinet
3 23 (18.55%) Microsoft
4 22 (17.74%) Meraki
5 19 (15.32%) SolarWinds
6 13 (10.48%) Juniper
7 11 (8.87%) VMware
8 6 (4.84%) Aruba
8 6 (4.84%) F5
9 5 (4.03%) HP
9 5 (4.03%) Infoblox
10 4 (3.23%) Arista
10 4 (3.23%) Citrix
11 3 (2.42%) Dynatrace
11 3 (2.42%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (2.42%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.61%) Mellanox
12 2 (1.61%) OneLogin