Senior Network Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Network Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £61,644 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 474 546
Rank change year-on-year +87 +72 +164
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 26 115 125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.35% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 20 89 110
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £41,613
25th Percentile £55,184 £45,650 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,644 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,000 £70,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £88,000 £77,113 £97,975
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%

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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Network Engineer.

Senior Network Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Senior Network Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (65.38%) Cisco
1 17 (65.38%) Firewall
2 13 (50.00%) WAN
3 12 (46.15%) OSPF
3 12 (46.15%) Network Design
4 11 (42.31%) Azure
5 9 (34.62%) SolarWinds
5 9 (34.62%) BGP
6 8 (30.77%) CheckPoint
6 8 (30.77%) Network Management
6 8 (30.77%) AWS
7 7 (26.92%) Data Centre
7 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (26.92%) CCNP
8 6 (23.08%) RIP
8 6 (23.08%) SNMP
8 6 (23.08%) EIGRP
8 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
8 6 (23.08%) Retail
8 6 (23.08%) SSH
8 6 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (23.08%) Police
8 6 (23.08%) Inventory Management
8 6 (23.08%) Technical Analysis
8 6 (23.08%) Line Management
8 6 (23.08%) Driving Licence
9 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
9 5 (19.23%) Technology Transformation

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) AutoCAD
1 1 (3.85%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
3 3 (11.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (65.38%) Firewall
2 13 (50.00%) WAN
3 12 (46.15%) OSPF
4 9 (34.62%) BGP
5 6 (23.08%) EIGRP
5 6 (23.08%) RIP
5 6 (23.08%) SNMP
5 6 (23.08%) SSH
6 4 (15.38%) IPsec
6 4 (15.38%) VLAN
6 4 (15.38%) VPN
7 3 (11.54%) HSRP
7 3 (11.54%) SSL
7 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
7 3 (11.54%) VoIP
7 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (7.69%) LAN
8 2 (7.69%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (23.08%) Police
1 6 (23.08%) Retail
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Aviation
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) JSON
1 3 (11.54%) YAML
2 1 (3.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Data Centre
2 6 (23.08%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Network Design
2 8 (30.77%) Network Management
3 6 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (23.08%) Inventory Management
3 6 (23.08%) Line Management
3 6 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
3 6 (23.08%) Technical Analysis
4 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (19.23%) Technology Transformation
5 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) Change Management
6 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
6 3 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (7.69%) High Availability
7 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
7 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CCNP
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CCIE
4 1 (3.85%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Cisco
2 9 (34.62%) SolarWinds
3 8 (30.77%) CheckPoint
4 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.69%) Infoblox
4 2 (7.69%) Juniper
4 2 (7.69%) Meraki
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.85%) Acronis
5 1 (3.85%) F5
5 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.85%) WatchGuard