Senior Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 605 658
Rank change year-on-year +74 +53 -127
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 252 139 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.27% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 175 115 146
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £42,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - -7.08% +2.73%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £68,350 £68,750 £83,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% +11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 71,665 50,662 70,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 88.95% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,431 29,528 42,704
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,985
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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 West +20 70 £45,000 +2.27% 4
South East +16 51 £60,000 - 12
Midlands +19 45 £52,500 +14.70% 5
West Midlands +16 40 £53,750 +17.43% 4
North of England +20 37 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Wales - 24 £44,886 - 2
Scotland -48 21 £60,000 - 10
North West -22 20 £60,000 +14.29% 1
Yorkshire +71 13 £40,000 -24.53% 4
East of England -6 5 £55,000 +0.46% 2
East Midlands -16 5 £40,000 -10.72% 1
North East -9 4 £70,000 +42.49% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 1
Senior Network Engineer
UK

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 139 (55.16%) Firewall
2 137 (54.37%) Cisco
3 71 (28.17%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (26.59%) WAN
5 64 (25.40%) Security Cleared
6 55 (21.83%) Wireless
7 51 (20.24%) CCNP
8 46 (18.25%) LAN
9 42 (16.67%) Juniper
10 38 (15.08%) Network Management
11 37 (14.68%) Microsoft
11 37 (14.68%) Network Security
11 37 (14.68%) SD-WAN
12 36 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
13 34 (13.49%) SC Cleared
13 34 (13.49%) CCNA
14 32 (12.70%) CheckPoint
14 32 (12.70%) Data Centre
15 31 (12.30%) DV Cleared
16 30 (11.90%) VMware
16 30 (11.90%) MPLS
17 28 (11.11%) VPN
18 27 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
19 26 (10.32%) AWS
19 26 (10.32%) OSPF
20 25 (9.92%) Meraki
20 25 (9.92%) Palo Alto
20 25 (9.92%) Social Skills
21 24 (9.52%) Azure
22 23 (9.13%) Network Monitoring

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (5.56%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.32%) AWS
2 24 (9.52%) Azure
3 2 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (0.79%) IaaS
3 2 (0.79%) PaaS
3 2 (0.79%) SaaS
3 2 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.40%) GCP
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 139 (55.16%) Firewall
2 67 (26.59%) WAN
3 55 (21.83%) Wireless
4 46 (18.25%) LAN
5 37 (14.68%) Network Security
5 37 (14.68%) SD-WAN
6 36 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
7 30 (11.90%) MPLS
8 28 (11.11%) VPN
9 26 (10.32%) OSPF
10 23 (9.13%) BGP
10 23 (9.13%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (7.94%) Software-Defined Networking
12 19 (7.54%) Cisco ISE
13 17 (6.75%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (6.75%) DNS
14 14 (5.56%) IP Telephony
14 14 (5.56%) WLAN
15 13 (5.16%) NGFW
16 10 (3.97%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 4 (1.59%) GitLab
General
1 25 (9.92%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.54%) Aerospace
3 18 (7.14%) Retail
4 14 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.56%) Finance
4 14 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.78%) Police
7 5 (1.98%) Local Government
8 4 (1.59%) Marketing
8 4 (1.59%) Military
9 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.19%) Welsh Language
10 2 (0.79%) Electronics
10 2 (0.79%) Law
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.79%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.70%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.97%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.59%) Educational Technology
3 4 (1.59%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.79%) CMDB
4 2 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.79%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (0.79%) PKI
4 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
4 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.76%) Linux
2 6 (2.38%) Windows
3 2 (0.79%) Android
3 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.08%) Network Management
2 27 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (9.13%) Network Monitoring
4 21 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
4 21 (8.33%) Agile
4 21 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 19 (7.54%) Business Continuity
6 18 (7.14%) ITIL
7 17 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (6.75%) Network Architecture
8 16 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (5.56%) Computer Science
9 14 (5.56%) Network Design
9 14 (5.56%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 13 (5.16%) Customer Requirements
11 12 (4.76%) Mentoring
12 10 (3.97%) Load Balancing
12 10 (3.97%) Risk Management
12 10 (3.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.33%) Python
2 4 (1.59%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.79%) C
Qualifications
1 71 (28.17%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (25.40%) Security Cleared
3 51 (20.24%) CCNP
4 34 (13.49%) CCNA
4 34 (13.49%) SC Cleared
5 31 (12.30%) DV Cleared
6 20 (7.94%) Degree
7 14 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (5.16%) CCIE
9 10 (3.97%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.57%) JNCIA
11 8 (3.17%) CCSA
12 7 (2.78%) JNCIS
13 6 (2.38%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.98%) CWNA
15 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
16 3 (1.19%) HND
16 3 (1.19%) JNCIP
17 1 (0.40%) JNCIE
17 1 (0.40%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 8 (3.17%) SLA
2 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (5.95%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.59%) Docker
3 4 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.59%) vSphere
4 2 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.79%) Firmware
4 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (9.13%) Ansible
2 17 (6.75%) Terraform
3 12 (4.76%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.78%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.98%) Opsview
5 5 (1.98%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.59%) Cacti
6 4 (1.59%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.79%) Nagios
7 2 (0.79%) Puppet
7 2 (0.79%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.40%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 137 (54.37%) Cisco
2 42 (16.67%) Juniper
3 37 (14.68%) Microsoft
4 32 (12.70%) CheckPoint
5 30 (11.90%) VMware
6 25 (9.92%) Meraki
6 25 (9.92%) Palo Alto
7 21 (8.33%) Aruba
8 15 (5.95%) Mitel
9 14 (5.56%) Avaya
9 14 (5.56%) Fortinet
10 11 (4.37%) Nokia
11 9 (3.57%) HP
12 7 (2.78%) F5
12 7 (2.78%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.98%) Dell
13 5 (1.98%) Ruckus Wireless
14 3 (1.19%) Ekahau
14 3 (1.19%) Extreme Networks
15 2 (0.79%) Snow