Senior Network Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in England is £57,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 652 895
Rank change year-on-year +80 +243 -237
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 306 252 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.33% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 242 205 218
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £82,475
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +95 94 £74,750 -4.17% 18
South West +29 72 £45,000 +1.12% 4
South East +10 51 £60,000 - 12
Midlands +13 45 £52,500 +14.70% 5
West Midlands +11 40 £53,750 +17.43% 4
North of England +17 37 £60,000 +14.29% 5
North West -21 20 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Yorkshire +62 13 £40,000 -24.53% 3
East of England -6 5 £55,000 +0.46% 2
East Midlands -17 5 £40,000 -10.72% 1
North East -8 4 £70,000 +42.49% 1
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 173 (56.54%) Cisco
2 172 (56.21%) Firewall
3 110 (35.95%) WAN
4 76 (24.84%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (24.18%) LAN
6 65 (21.24%) Wireless
6 65 (21.24%) Network Security
7 63 (20.59%) SD-WAN
8 58 (18.95%) CCNP
8 58 (18.95%) MPLS
9 57 (18.63%) Juniper
10 55 (17.97%) BGP
11 54 (17.65%) Palo Alto
12 51 (16.67%) CheckPoint
13 50 (16.34%) Azure
14 48 (15.69%) Security Cleared
15 44 (14.38%) Meraki
15 44 (14.38%) VPN
16 42 (13.73%) AWS
17 40 (13.07%) Cisco ASA
18 38 (12.42%) Microsoft
19 37 (12.09%) OSPF
19 37 (12.09%) Social Skills
20 36 (11.76%) SolarWinds
20 36 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
21 35 (11.44%) Cisco ISE
21 35 (11.44%) Network Monitoring
21 35 (11.44%) Aruba
21 35 (11.44%) Network Management
21 35 (11.44%) CCNA

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 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (16.34%) Azure
2 42 (13.73%) AWS
3 13 (4.25%) SaaS
4 12 (3.92%) PaaS
5 11 (3.59%) Datadog
5 11 (3.59%) Rubrik
6 10 (3.27%) IaaS
7 8 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.98%) GCP
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 172 (56.21%) Firewall
2 110 (35.95%) WAN
3 74 (24.18%) LAN
4 65 (21.24%) Network Security
4 65 (21.24%) Wireless
5 63 (20.59%) SD-WAN
6 58 (18.95%) MPLS
7 55 (17.97%) BGP
8 44 (14.38%) VPN
9 40 (13.07%) Cisco ASA
10 37 (12.09%) OSPF
11 35 (11.44%) Cisco ISE
12 33 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (8.50%) Cisco Firepower
14 24 (7.84%) TCP/IP
15 20 (6.54%) Software-Defined Networking
16 19 (6.21%) Unified Communications
17 16 (5.23%) Cisco Wireless
17 16 (5.23%) VLAN
18 15 (4.90%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.63%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (12.09%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.11%) Finance
3 19 (6.21%) Aerospace
4 18 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.88%) Retail
5 14 (4.58%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.27%) Law
8 7 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.29%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.63%) Banking
9 5 (1.63%) Military
10 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.31%) Games
10 4 (1.31%) Legal
10 4 (1.31%) Marketing
11 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Electronics
12 2 (0.65%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.65%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.31%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.98%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.44%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (1.63%) PKI
5 4 (1.31%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (0.98%) Hedge funds
6 3 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.65%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.65%) CMDB
7 2 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.65%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.56%) Windows
2 13 (4.25%) Linux
3 11 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.65%) Android
6 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (11.44%) Network Management
2 35 (11.44%) Network Monitoring
3 32 (10.46%) ITIL
4 31 (10.13%) Network Design
4 31 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (7.19%) Agile
6 21 (6.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (5.88%) Mentoring
9 17 (5.56%) Load Balancing
10 16 (5.23%) Computer Science
11 15 (4.90%) Network Architecture
12 14 (4.58%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (4.58%) Customer Requirements
12 14 (4.58%) SIEM
12 14 (4.58%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 13 (4.25%) DevOps
13 13 (4.25%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (4.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.82%) Python
2 13 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.31%) Bash
4 3 (0.98%) C#
4 3 (0.98%) SQL
5 2 (0.65%) C
Qualifications
1 76 (24.84%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (18.95%) CCNP
3 48 (15.69%) Security Cleared
4 35 (11.44%) CCNA
5 31 (10.13%) DV Cleared
6 22 (7.19%) Degree
7 18 (5.88%) SC Cleared
8 15 (4.90%) CCIE
8 15 (4.90%) JNCIA
9 14 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.59%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.27%) CCSA
12 8 (2.61%) JNCIP
12 8 (2.61%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.96%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.31%) CWNA
14 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.98%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 3 (0.98%) HND
16 2 (0.65%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.90%) SLA
2 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (1.96%) NCSC
4 3 (0.98%) NIST
5 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (4.90%) VMware NSX
3 7 (2.29%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.31%) Docker
4 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.31%) vSphere
5 3 (0.98%) Firmware
5 3 (0.98%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (8.17%) Ansible
2 24 (7.84%) FortiGate
3 19 (6.21%) Terraform
4 6 (1.96%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.63%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.63%) Opsview
5 5 (1.63%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.31%) Cacti
6 4 (1.31%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (1.31%) Nessus
7 3 (0.98%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.65%) CASB
8 2 (0.65%) Grafana
8 2 (0.65%) Nagios
8 2 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.33%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.33%) VxRail
9 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 173 (56.54%) Cisco
2 57 (18.63%) Juniper
3 54 (17.65%) Palo Alto
4 51 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 44 (14.38%) Meraki
6 38 (12.42%) Microsoft
7 36 (11.76%) SolarWinds
8 35 (11.44%) Aruba
9 33 (10.78%) VMware
10 25 (8.17%) Fortinet
11 24 (7.84%) HP
12 22 (7.19%) Nokia
13 14 (4.58%) F5
14 13 (4.25%) NetApp
14 13 (4.25%) Veeam
15 12 (3.92%) LogicMonitor
16 7 (2.29%) Mitel
16 7 (2.29%) Riverbed
17 6 (1.96%) Citrix
17 6 (1.96%) Remedy