Network Engineer Jobs in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer salary in England is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 270 365
Rank change year-on-year +52 +95 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,176 1,152 1,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.36% 1.30% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.42% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 846 1,071
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,151 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year 0.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
South East +29 304 £49,000 +3.16% 75
London +67 288 £57,500 -11.54% 89
North of England -14 190 £42,500 -9.57% 45
Midlands +71 181 £46,500 +7.51% 47
West Midlands +66 151 £46,500 +3.33% 33
South West +20 148 £49,000 +15.29% 25
North West -13 127 £42,500 -15.00% 28
East of England -3 63 £47,500 -8.21% 12
Yorkshire +60 51 £43,750 -10.26% 15
East Midlands -4 26 £31,500 -30.00% 14
North East -29 18 £39,000 -8.24% 3
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 job ads across the England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 690 (58.67%) Cisco
2 581 (49.40%) Firewall
3 430 (36.56%) WAN
3 430 (36.56%) Cisco Certification
4 363 (30.87%) LAN
5 314 (26.70%) Juniper
6 278 (23.64%) Security Cleared
7 270 (22.96%) CCNP
8 260 (22.11%) CCNA
9 249 (21.17%) Azure
10 232 (19.73%) BGP
11 229 (19.47%) Wireless
12 228 (19.39%) VPN
13 203 (17.26%) Network Security
14 186 (15.82%) Wi-Fi
15 185 (15.73%) MPLS
16 183 (15.56%) Social Skills
17 176 (14.97%) SD-WAN
18 170 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 169 (14.37%) Microsoft
20 166 (14.12%) Fortinet
21 163 (13.86%) Data Centre
21 163 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
22 162 (13.78%) OSPF
23 153 (13.01%) VMware
24 150 (12.76%) Palo Alto
25 144 (12.24%) SC Cleared
26 143 (12.16%) TCP/IP
27 135 (11.48%) ITIL
28 129 (10.97%) DNS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 47 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.68%) IIS
3 8 (0.68%) WordPress
4 7 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 249 (21.17%) Azure
2 118 (10.03%) AWS
3 111 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (2.64%) Entra ID
5 29 (2.47%) GCP
6 21 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 18 (1.53%) SaaS
8 15 (1.28%) OneDrive
9 13 (1.11%) IaaS
9 13 (1.11%) PaaS
10 12 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.94%) Datadog
11 11 (0.94%) Rubrik
12 10 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (0.68%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.26%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.26%) Nutanix
16 2 (0.17%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 581 (49.40%) Firewall
2 430 (36.56%) WAN
3 363 (30.87%) LAN
4 232 (19.73%) BGP
5 229 (19.47%) Wireless
6 228 (19.39%) VPN
7 203 (17.26%) Network Security
8 186 (15.82%) Wi-Fi
9 185 (15.73%) MPLS
10 176 (14.97%) SD-WAN
11 162 (13.78%) OSPF
12 143 (12.16%) TCP/IP
13 129 (10.97%) DNS
14 118 (10.03%) DHCP
15 112 (9.52%) VLAN
16 80 (6.80%) Cisco Firepower
17 79 (6.72%) Internet
18 69 (5.87%) IPsec
19 68 (5.78%) Cisco ASA
20 60 (5.10%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.68%) GIS
3 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.26%) MySQL
5 2 (0.17%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.085%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.085%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.085%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.60%) GitLab
1 7 (0.60%) JIRA
2 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.17%) Hudson
4 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.085%) Git
5 1 (0.085%) Selenium
General
1 183 (15.56%) Social Skills
2 83 (7.06%) Telecoms
3 78 (6.63%) Finance
4 75 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.49%) Public Sector
6 37 (3.15%) Retail
7 30 (2.55%) Law
8 19 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (1.62%) Manufacturing
8 19 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (1.45%) Aerospace
9 17 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.19%) Legal
11 13 (1.11%) Police
12 10 (0.85%) Banking
13 9 (0.77%) Marketing
14 6 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.43%) Advertising
15 5 (0.43%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.43%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.15%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.68%) LAMP
3 5 (0.43%) HTML
3 5 (0.43%) XMPP
4 4 (0.34%) Akka
5 1 (0.085%) ADO
5 1 (0.085%) EDI
5 1 (0.085%) JSON
5 1 (0.085%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.085%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 163 (13.86%) Data Centre
2 65 (5.53%) Driving Licence
3 32 (2.72%) PKI
3 32 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (1.70%) Replication
5 18 (1.53%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 13 (1.11%) Security Posture
9 11 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 9 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.68%) Hedge funds
12 6 (0.51%) CMDB
12 6 (0.51%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.43%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.43%) PMI
14 4 (0.34%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 112 (9.52%) Windows
2 86 (7.31%) Linux
3 65 (5.53%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.53%) VyOS
4 18 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 15 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 12 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.68%) Android
8 8 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.68%) VMS
9 7 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.51%) Debian
10 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.17%) CentOS
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.085%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 163 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (11.48%) ITIL
4 116 (9.86%) Network Monitoring
5 110 (9.35%) Customer Service
6 98 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 89 (7.57%) Network Design
8 83 (7.06%) Project Delivery
9 68 (5.78%) Mentoring
10 58 (4.93%) Network Management
11 55 (4.68%) Disaster Recovery
12 54 (4.59%) Network Architecture
13 51 (4.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (4.25%) Agile
15 49 (4.17%) Computer Science
16 46 (3.91%) Load Balancing
17 45 (3.83%) Migration
18 43 (3.66%) Roadmaps
19 42 (3.57%) Service Delivery
20 39 (3.32%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (4.59%) Python
2 31 (2.64%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.53%) Bash
4 9 (0.77%) C#
4 9 (0.77%) SQL
5 7 (0.60%) Shell Script
6 5 (0.43%) Java
7 4 (0.34%) C
8 3 (0.26%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.085%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.085%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 430 (36.56%) Cisco Certification
2 278 (23.64%) Security Cleared
3 270 (22.96%) CCNP
4 260 (22.11%) CCNA
5 144 (12.24%) SC Cleared
6 104 (8.84%) Degree
7 99 (8.42%) DV Cleared
8 52 (4.42%) JNCIA
9 49 (4.17%) CCIE
10 43 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (1.87%) JNCIP
12 20 (1.70%) CISSP
13 15 (1.28%) AWS Certification
14 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (1.02%) JNCIS
16 11 (0.94%) Azure Certification
16 11 (0.94%) CCSA
17 9 (0.77%) CCDP
18 8 (0.68%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.15%) SLA
2 14 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 11 (0.94%) GDPR
5 9 (0.77%) QA
6 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.60%) NCSC
8 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.085%) Accessibility
System Software
1 96 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 59 (5.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.87%) VMware NSX
5 14 (1.19%) vSphere
6 12 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.94%) Firmware
8 8 (0.68%) pfSense
9 7 (0.60%) Docker
10 6 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.43%) SRDF
12 4 (0.34%) vCloud
13 1 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.085%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (6.38%) FortiGate
2 43 (3.66%) Ansible
3 28 (2.38%) Terraform
4 22 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.28%) Nagios
5 15 (1.28%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.85%) SCCM
7 8 (0.68%) Grafana
8 7 (0.60%) Kubernetes
9 6 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.51%) Cisco Prime
9 6 (0.51%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.43%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.43%) Opsview
10 5 (0.43%) Stealthwatch
10 5 (0.43%) WSUS
11 4 (0.34%) Cacti
11 4 (0.34%) Icinga
11 4 (0.34%) Nessus
12 3 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 690 (58.67%) Cisco
2 314 (26.70%) Juniper
3 169 (14.37%) Microsoft
4 166 (14.12%) Fortinet
5 153 (13.01%) VMware
6 150 (12.76%) Palo Alto
7 119 (10.12%) Meraki
8 108 (9.18%) Aruba
9 94 (7.99%) CheckPoint
10 87 (7.40%) SolarWinds
11 61 (5.19%) F5
12 55 (4.68%) HP
13 44 (3.74%) Nokia
14 34 (2.89%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.81%) Citrix
16 30 (2.55%) Veeam
17 22 (1.87%) Dell
17 22 (1.87%) Sandvine
18 18 (1.53%) Vyatta
18 18 (1.53%) Zscaler