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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 712 898
Rank change year-on-year +137 +186 -237
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 330 267 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.29% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 252 213 273
10th Percentile £43,992 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,255 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,375 £92,000 £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,650 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.52% -8.70% +9.52%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 20 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 20 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 +109 285 £55,000 -10.20% 46
UK excluding London +70 227 £50,650 -3.52% 36
Work from Home +77 110 £57,500 -4.17% 21
London +82 89 £74,000 -1.33% 20
South West +31 68 £49,000 +12.64% 6
South East +17 46 £60,000 -4.00% 9
Midlands +19 43 £52,500 +16.67% 5
West Midlands +37 38 £52,500 +15.67% 2
North of England +13 32 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Wales - 22 £44,886 - 1
North West -19 17 £60,000 +11.63% 4
Scotland -56 13 £65,000 +13.04% 8
Yorkshire +76 11 £40,000 -21.57% 2
East of England +1 5 £52,500 -4.11%
East Midlands -16 5 £40,000 +7.79% 3
North East 0 4 £70,000 +45.08%

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 197 (59.70%) Cisco
2 194 (58.79%) Firewall
3 118 (35.76%) WAN
4 89 (26.97%) Cisco Certification
5 86 (26.06%) LAN
6 80 (24.24%) Wireless
7 71 (21.52%) MPLS
8 67 (20.30%) Juniper
8 67 (20.30%) Security Cleared
9 65 (19.70%) CCNP
9 65 (19.70%) BGP
10 59 (17.88%) Data Centre
11 58 (17.58%) Network Security
12 57 (17.27%) Palo Alto
13 56 (16.97%) SD-WAN
14 55 (16.67%) Network Management
15 53 (16.06%) CheckPoint
16 52 (15.76%) VPN
17 48 (14.55%) Microsoft
17 48 (14.55%) Azure
18 46 (13.94%) Meraki
19 44 (13.33%) Social Skills
20 42 (12.73%) OSPF
21 41 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
22 39 (11.82%) Network Monitoring
22 39 (11.82%) AWS
23 37 (11.21%) Cisco ASA
24 36 (10.91%) SC Cleared
24 36 (10.91%) Cisco ISE
24 36 (10.91%) Wi-Fi

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 (4.24%) Skype for Business
2 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.42%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.55%) Azure
2 39 (11.82%) AWS
3 12 (3.64%) Datadog
3 12 (3.64%) Rubrik
3 12 (3.64%) SaaS
4 11 (3.33%) PaaS
5 9 (2.73%) IaaS
6 7 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (0.91%) GCP
9 2 (0.61%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 194 (58.79%) Firewall
2 118 (35.76%) WAN
3 86 (26.06%) LAN
4 80 (24.24%) Wireless
5 71 (21.52%) MPLS
6 65 (19.70%) BGP
7 58 (17.58%) Network Security
8 56 (16.97%) SD-WAN
9 52 (15.76%) VPN
10 42 (12.73%) OSPF
11 37 (11.21%) Cisco ASA
12 36 (10.91%) Cisco ISE
12 36 (10.91%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (9.09%) DNS
14 29 (8.79%) Cisco Firepower
14 29 (8.79%) TCP/IP
15 28 (8.48%) VLAN
16 20 (6.06%) WLAN
17 17 (5.15%) Unified Communications
18 16 (4.85%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.21%) GitLab
General
1 44 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 28 (8.48%) Finance
3 24 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.45%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.45%) Retail
5 16 (4.85%) Aerospace
6 15 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.73%) Law
8 9 (2.73%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.82%) Local Government
9 6 (1.82%) Police
10 5 (1.52%) Banking
11 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.21%) Games
11 4 (1.21%) Legal
11 4 (1.21%) Marketing
12 3 (0.91%) Military
12 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.61%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.52%) HTML
2 3 (0.91%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 59 (17.88%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.12%) PKI
4 6 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (1.52%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.21%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.21%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.91%) CMDB
7 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.61%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.61%) Molecular Biology
8 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.30%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.85%) Windows
2 15 (4.55%) Linux
3 9 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.21%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.61%) Android
5 2 (0.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (16.67%) Network Management
2 41 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (11.82%) Network Monitoring
4 34 (10.30%) Network Design
5 33 (10.00%) ITIL
6 32 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (7.27%) Business Continuity
8 22 (6.67%) Network Architecture
9 21 (6.36%) Actionable Insight
9 21 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (6.36%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (6.06%) Incident Management
11 18 (5.45%) Load Balancing
12 17 (5.15%) Agile
12 17 (5.15%) Mentoring
13 16 (4.85%) Computer Science
14 15 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 14 (4.24%) Customer Requirements
15 14 (4.24%) Customer Service
15 14 (4.24%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.58%) Python
2 13 (3.94%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.52%) Bash
3 5 (1.52%) C#
3 5 (1.52%) SQL
4 3 (0.91%) C
Qualifications
1 89 (26.97%) Cisco Certification
2 67 (20.30%) Security Cleared
3 65 (19.70%) CCNP
4 36 (10.91%) SC Cleared
5 32 (9.70%) CCNA
5 32 (9.70%) DV Cleared
6 26 (7.88%) Degree
7 21 (6.36%) CCIE
8 16 (4.85%) JNCIP
9 15 (4.55%) JNCIA
10 14 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.33%) AWS Certification
12 10 (3.03%) CCSA
13 8 (2.42%) JNCIE
13 8 (2.42%) JNCIS
14 6 (1.82%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.21%) CWNA
15 4 (1.21%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.91%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 3 (0.91%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.94%) SLA
2 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (1.82%) NCSC
4 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (6.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.33%) VMware NSX
3 7 (2.12%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.21%) Docker
5 4 (1.21%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.21%) vSphere
6 3 (0.91%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (7.27%) Ansible
1 24 (7.27%) FortiGate
2 17 (5.15%) Terraform
3 7 (2.12%) Cisco Prime
3 7 (2.12%) Nagios
4 6 (1.82%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (1.52%) Opsview
5 5 (1.52%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (1.52%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.21%) Cacti
6 4 (1.21%) Icinga
6 4 (1.21%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.91%) Nessus
8 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.61%) Grafana
8 2 (0.61%) Puppet
8 2 (0.61%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.30%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 197 (59.70%) Cisco
2 67 (20.30%) Juniper
3 57 (17.27%) Palo Alto
4 53 (16.06%) CheckPoint
5 48 (14.55%) Microsoft
6 46 (13.94%) Meraki
7 35 (10.61%) Aruba
8 34 (10.30%) SolarWinds
9 33 (10.00%) VMware
10 26 (7.88%) Nokia
11 25 (7.58%) HP
12 21 (6.36%) Fortinet
12 21 (6.36%) Mitel
13 14 (4.24%) Avaya
13 14 (4.24%) NetApp
13 14 (4.24%) Veeam
14 13 (3.94%) LogicMonitor
15 12 (3.64%) F5
16 7 (2.12%) Citrix
16 7 (2.12%) Riverbed