IP Engineer
UK

The median IP Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 808 960 1184
Rank change year-on-year +152 +224 -314
Permanent jobs requiring an IP Engineer 69 18 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.017% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.019% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 56 12 38
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £30,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 - £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +85.71% -30.00% +7.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%

IP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IP Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IP Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +137 62 £65,000 +85.71% 5
UK excluding London +49 54 £65,000 +85.71% 3
North of England - 44 £65,000 -
North West - 40 £40,000 -
Work from Home +109 25 £65,000 +85.71% 3
South East +31 12 £80,000 +128.57% 2
Yorkshire - 8 £80,000 -
London +121 7 £90,000 +12.50% 1
West Midlands - 5 £80,000 -
Midlands - 5 £80,000 - 1
East of England - 4 £80,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

IP Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, IP 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 featuring IP Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (94.20%) Juniper
2 50 (72.46%) MPLS
3 45 (65.22%) Nokia
4 42 (60.87%) BGP
5 41 (59.42%) JNCIA
6 37 (53.62%) Cisco
7 34 (49.28%) JNCIP
7 34 (49.28%) Fortinet
8 21 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (30.43%) OSPF
8 21 (30.43%) LAN
8 21 (30.43%) DHCP
9 20 (28.99%) WAN
9 20 (28.99%) CCNA
9 20 (28.99%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (27.54%) Customer Service
10 19 (27.54%) Wireless
10 19 (27.54%) DSL
10 19 (27.54%) Internet
10 19 (27.54%) Ethernet
10 19 (27.54%) TCP/IP
10 19 (27.54%) VyOS
10 19 (27.54%) Ruckus Wireless
10 19 (27.54%) Vyatta
11 16 (23.19%) Palo Alto
12 12 (17.39%) JNCIE
13 10 (14.49%) Junos
14 8 (11.59%) Firewall
15 7 (10.14%) VPLS
16 6 (8.70%) RSVP

IP Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.45%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 50 (72.46%) MPLS
2 42 (60.87%) BGP
3 21 (30.43%) DHCP
3 21 (30.43%) LAN
3 21 (30.43%) OSPF
4 20 (28.99%) WAN
4 20 (28.99%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (27.54%) DSL
5 19 (27.54%) Ethernet
5 19 (27.54%) Internet
5 19 (27.54%) TCP/IP
5 19 (27.54%) Wireless
6 10 (14.49%) Junos
7 8 (11.59%) Firewall
8 7 (10.14%) VPLS
9 6 (8.70%) RSVP
10 1 (1.45%) Broadband
10 1 (1.45%) DNS
10 1 (1.45%) IPsec
10 1 (1.45%) VRRP
General
1 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.54%) VyOS
2 1 (1.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Customer Service
2 6 (8.70%) Network Design
3 1 (1.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (1.45%) DDoS Mitigation
3 1 (1.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (1.45%) Server Management
3 1 (1.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (59.42%) JNCIA
2 34 (49.28%) JNCIP
3 21 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (28.99%) CCNA
5 12 (17.39%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.45%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Ansible
1 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 65 (94.20%) Juniper
2 45 (65.22%) Nokia
3 37 (53.62%) Cisco
4 34 (49.28%) Fortinet
5 19 (27.54%) Ruckus Wireless
5 19 (27.54%) Vyatta
6 16 (23.19%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.45%) VMware