Senior Network Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in England is £55,000 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 568 659 869
Rank change year-on-year +91 +210 -232
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 285 259 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.32% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 227 206 216
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,125 £82,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%

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%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior 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
London +73 89 £73,441 -2.08% 17
South West +45 69 £49,000 +12.64% 5
South East +1 46 £60,000 -4.00% 7
Midlands +26 42 £52,500 +16.67% 5
West Midlands +37 37 £52,500 +15.67% 2
North of England +22 32 £60,000 +14.29% 7
North West -16 17 £60,000 +11.63% 5
Yorkshire +76 11 £40,000 -21.57% 2
East of England -4 5 £52,500 -4.11%
East Midlands -9 5 £40,000 +7.79% 3
North East -1 4 £70,000 +45.08%
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 170 (59.65%) Cisco
2 167 (58.60%) Firewall
3 108 (37.89%) WAN
4 78 (27.37%) Cisco Certification
5 76 (26.67%) LAN
6 62 (21.75%) Wireless
7 60 (21.05%) CCNP
8 59 (20.70%) Juniper
9 56 (19.65%) MPLS
9 56 (19.65%) BGP
10 54 (18.95%) SD-WAN
11 52 (18.25%) Palo Alto
11 52 (18.25%) Security Cleared
12 50 (17.54%) CheckPoint
13 49 (17.19%) Network Security
14 45 (15.79%) Azure
15 44 (15.44%) Social Skills
16 43 (15.09%) Meraki
17 42 (14.74%) VPN
18 39 (13.68%) Network Monitoring
19 38 (13.33%) AWS
19 38 (13.33%) OSPF
19 38 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
20 37 (12.98%) Cisco ISE
20 37 (12.98%) Data Centre
21 36 (12.63%) Cisco ASA
22 34 (11.93%) SolarWinds
22 34 (11.93%) Aruba
22 34 (11.93%) Network Management
22 34 (11.93%) Microsoft

Senior 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 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.16%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.79%) Azure
2 38 (13.33%) AWS
3 13 (4.56%) SaaS
4 12 (4.21%) PaaS
5 11 (3.86%) Datadog
5 11 (3.86%) Rubrik
6 10 (3.51%) IaaS
7 8 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.05%) GCP
11 2 (0.70%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 167 (58.60%) Firewall
2 108 (37.89%) WAN
3 76 (26.67%) LAN
4 62 (21.75%) Wireless
5 56 (19.65%) BGP
5 56 (19.65%) MPLS
6 54 (18.95%) SD-WAN
7 49 (17.19%) Network Security
8 42 (14.74%) VPN
9 38 (13.33%) OSPF
10 37 (12.98%) Cisco ISE
11 36 (12.63%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (11.23%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (9.47%) Cisco Firepower
14 26 (9.12%) TCP/IP
15 21 (7.37%) VLAN
16 17 (5.96%) Unified Communications
17 16 (5.61%) Software-Defined Networking
18 15 (5.26%) Cisco Wireless
18 15 (5.26%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.40%) GitLab
General
1 44 (15.44%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.82%) Finance
3 18 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.32%) Public Sector
3 18 (6.32%) Retail
4 16 (5.61%) Aerospace
5 13 (4.56%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.16%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.81%) Law
8 7 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.75%) Banking
9 5 (1.75%) Military
10 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.40%) Games
10 4 (1.40%) Legal
10 4 (1.40%) Marketing
11 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Police
12 2 (0.70%) Electronics
12 2 (0.70%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.75%) HTML
2 4 (1.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.98%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.21%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.46%) PKI
4 5 (1.75%) Hedge funds
5 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (1.40%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.05%) CMDB
6 3 (1.05%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.70%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.61%) Windows
2 14 (4.91%) Linux
3 9 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.40%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.70%) Android
5 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (13.68%) Network Monitoring
2 38 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (11.93%) Network Management
4 32 (11.23%) ITIL
4 32 (11.23%) Network Design
5 30 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (6.67%) Network Architecture
8 18 (6.32%) Load Balancing
9 17 (5.96%) Agile
10 16 (5.61%) Computer Science
10 16 (5.61%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (5.61%) Mentoring
11 15 (5.26%) SIEM
12 13 (4.56%) Customer Requirements
12 13 (4.56%) DevOps
12 13 (4.56%) Project Management
13 12 (4.21%) Project Delivery
14 11 (3.86%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.77%) Python
2 13 (4.56%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.75%) Bash
3 5 (1.75%) C#
3 5 (1.75%) SQL
4 3 (1.05%) C
Qualifications
1 78 (27.37%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (21.05%) CCNP
3 52 (18.25%) Security Cleared
4 32 (11.23%) DV Cleared
5 31 (10.88%) CCNA
6 21 (7.37%) Degree
7 19 (6.67%) CCIE
7 19 (6.67%) SC Cleared
8 15 (5.26%) JNCIA
9 14 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.86%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.51%) CCSA
12 8 (2.81%) JNCIP
12 8 (2.81%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.75%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.40%) CWNA
14 4 (1.40%) Master's Degree
15 3 (1.05%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 3 (1.05%) HND
16 2 (0.70%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.21%) SLA
2 8 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (2.11%) NCSC
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.86%) VMware NSX
3 7 (2.46%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.40%) Docker
4 4 (1.40%) vSphere
5 3 (1.05%) Firmware
5 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (8.42%) FortiGate
2 22 (7.72%) Ansible
3 17 (5.96%) Terraform
4 7 (2.46%) Nagios
5 6 (2.11%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (1.75%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (1.75%) Opsview
6 5 (1.75%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (1.75%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.40%) Cacti
7 4 (1.40%) Icinga
7 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.40%) Nessus
8 2 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.70%) Grafana
8 2 (0.70%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 170 (59.65%) Cisco
2 59 (20.70%) Juniper
3 52 (18.25%) Palo Alto
4 50 (17.54%) CheckPoint
5 43 (15.09%) Meraki
6 34 (11.93%) Aruba
6 34 (11.93%) Microsoft
6 34 (11.93%) SolarWinds
7 30 (10.53%) VMware
8 22 (7.72%) HP
9 20 (7.02%) Fortinet
9 20 (7.02%) Nokia
10 13 (4.56%) NetApp
10 13 (4.56%) Veeam
11 12 (4.21%) F5
11 12 (4.21%) LogicMonitor
12 7 (2.46%) Citrix
12 7 (2.46%) Mitel
12 7 (2.46%) Riverbed
13 6 (2.11%) Remedy