Senior Network Engineer Jobs

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 719 893
Rank change year-on-year +131 +174 -250
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 340 268 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.28% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 270 212 266
10th Percentile £44,975 £42,500 £43,125
25th Percentile £46,500 £48,438 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £92,250 £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.65% +7.62%

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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 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 +140 302 £55,000 -12.00% 54
UK excluding London +71 232 £50,000 -9.09% 45
Work from Home +71 115 £57,500 -4.17% 27
London +106 94 £73,441 -5.24% 17
South West +35 80 £49,000 +11.36% 5
South East +19 46 £60,000 -4.00% 13
Midlands +40 41 £52,500 +16.67% 7
West Midlands +51 36 £52,500 +16.67% 2
North of England +29 30 £60,000 +14.29% 10
Wales - 22 £44,886 - 3
North West +2 17 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Yorkshire +85 9 £40,000 -27.27% 3
East of England +13 8 £52,500 -6.67%
Scotland -60 7 £65,000 +8.33% 7
East Midlands -13 5 £40,000 -5.45% 5
North East -6 4 £70,000 +45.08% 2

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 213 (62.65%) Cisco
2 211 (62.06%) Firewall
3 132 (38.82%) WAN
4 101 (29.71%) LAN
5 95 (27.94%) Cisco Certification
6 80 (23.53%) Wireless
6 80 (23.53%) Security Cleared
7 71 (20.88%) CCNP
7 71 (20.88%) MPLS
8 70 (20.59%) BGP
9 66 (19.41%) Juniper
10 60 (17.65%) Network Security
11 58 (17.06%) Data Centre
12 56 (16.47%) VPN
13 55 (16.18%) CheckPoint
13 55 (16.18%) Network Management
13 55 (16.18%) Palo Alto
14 53 (15.59%) SD-WAN
15 49 (14.41%) Azure
15 49 (14.41%) Microsoft
16 46 (13.53%) Meraki
16 46 (13.53%) Social Skills
17 44 (12.94%) DV Cleared
17 44 (12.94%) OSPF
18 43 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
19 42 (12.35%) AWS
20 39 (11.47%) Cisco ISE
20 39 (11.47%) Network Monitoring
21 38 (11.18%) Wi-Fi
22 37 (10.88%) Aruba

Senior Network 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 14 (4.12%) Skype for Business
2 9 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.41%) Azure
2 42 (12.35%) AWS
3 12 (3.53%) SaaS
4 11 (3.24%) Datadog
4 11 (3.24%) PaaS
4 11 (3.24%) Rubrik
5 9 (2.65%) IaaS
6 7 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.88%) GCP
10 2 (0.59%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.29%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 211 (62.06%) Firewall
2 132 (38.82%) WAN
3 101 (29.71%) LAN
4 80 (23.53%) Wireless
5 71 (20.88%) MPLS
6 70 (20.59%) BGP
7 60 (17.65%) Network Security
8 56 (16.47%) VPN
9 53 (15.59%) SD-WAN
10 44 (12.94%) OSPF
11 39 (11.47%) Cisco ISE
12 38 (11.18%) Wi-Fi
13 37 (10.88%) Cisco ASA
14 33 (9.71%) Cisco Firepower
15 30 (8.82%) DNS
15 30 (8.82%) TCP/IP
16 28 (8.24%) VLAN
17 19 (5.59%) WLAN
18 16 (4.71%) Cisco IOS
18 16 (4.71%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.18%) GitLab
General
1 46 (13.53%) Social Skills
2 28 (8.24%) Finance
3 26 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.29%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.29%) Retail
5 14 (4.12%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.53%) Aerospace
6 12 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.94%) Police
8 9 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.35%) Law
10 7 (2.06%) Military
11 6 (1.76%) Local Government
12 5 (1.47%) Banking
12 5 (1.47%) Games
13 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Legal
13 4 (1.18%) Marketing
14 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.06%) HTML
2 4 (1.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.06%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.53%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.65%) PKI
4 7 (2.06%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 6 (1.76%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.18%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.18%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.59%) CMDB
7 2 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.59%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.59%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.00%) Windows
2 14 (4.12%) Linux
3 11 (3.24%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.59%) Android
5 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (16.18%) Network Management
2 43 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (11.47%) Network Monitoring
4 35 (10.29%) Network Design
5 33 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (9.41%) ITIL
7 24 (7.06%) Business Continuity
7 24 (7.06%) Incident Management
8 23 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (6.18%) Actionable Insight
9 21 (6.18%) Load Balancing
9 21 (6.18%) Network Architecture
10 16 (4.71%) Computer Science
10 16 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (4.71%) Mentoring
11 15 (4.41%) DevOps
12 14 (4.12%) Customer Requirements
12 14 (4.12%) Customer Service
12 14 (4.12%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.94%) Python
2 15 (4.41%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.06%) C#
3 7 (2.06%) SQL
4 6 (1.76%) Bash
5 2 (0.59%) C
Qualifications
1 95 (27.94%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 71 (20.88%) CCNP
4 44 (12.94%) DV Cleared
5 37 (10.88%) SC Cleared
6 31 (9.12%) CCNA
7 26 (7.65%) Degree
8 24 (7.06%) CCIE
9 16 (4.71%) JNCIP
10 15 (4.41%) JNCIA
11 14 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.24%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.94%) CCSA
14 8 (2.35%) JNCIE
14 8 (2.35%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.47%) Azure Certification
16 4 (1.18%) CWNA
16 4 (1.18%) DBS Check
16 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
17 3 (0.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.53%) SLA
2 8 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.47%) NCSC
4 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.06%) VMware NSX
3 7 (2.06%) vSphere
4 5 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.18%) Docker
5 4 (1.18%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (7.65%) Ansible
2 24 (7.06%) FortiGate
3 17 (5.00%) Terraform
4 8 (2.35%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (2.06%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.06%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (1.76%) Nagios
7 5 (1.47%) Opsview
7 5 (1.47%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.18%) Cacti
8 4 (1.18%) Icinga
8 4 (1.18%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.88%) Grafana
9 3 (0.88%) Nessus
10 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.59%) Puppet
10 2 (0.59%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.59%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.29%) Salt
Vendors
1 213 (62.65%) Cisco
2 66 (19.41%) Juniper
3 55 (16.18%) CheckPoint
3 55 (16.18%) Palo Alto
4 49 (14.41%) Microsoft
5 46 (13.53%) Meraki
6 37 (10.88%) Aruba
7 34 (10.00%) SolarWinds
8 32 (9.41%) VMware
9 26 (7.65%) Nokia
10 24 (7.06%) HP
11 23 (6.76%) Fortinet
12 21 (6.18%) Mitel
13 15 (4.41%) F5
14 14 (4.12%) Avaya
15 13 (3.82%) NetApp
15 13 (3.82%) Veeam
16 12 (3.53%) LogicMonitor
17 7 (2.06%) Riverbed
17 7 (2.06%) Splunk