Network Engineer
UK

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 290 385
Rank change year-on-year +53 +95 -127
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,292 1,247 1,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 1.26% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.37% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 919 1,204
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year 0.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £59,438 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +56 1,177 £49,000 -2.00% 281
UK excluding London +27 962 £47,500 +5.56% 238
Work from Home -21 356 £51,300 +2.60% 98
South East +34 304 £49,000 +3.16% 77
London +78 288 £57,500 -11.54% 90
North of England -2 190 £42,500 -9.57% 46
Midlands +60 181 £46,500 +7.51% 47
West Midlands +66 151 £46,500 +3.33% 33
South West +5 148 £49,000 +15.29% 29
North West -10 127 £42,500 -15.00% 29
East of England +1 64 £47,500 -8.21% 12
Yorkshire +61 51 £43,750 -10.26% 15
Scotland -44 46 £65,000 +34.01% 28
Wales +34 38 £44,886 -0.25% 1
East Midlands -1 26 £31,500 -30.00% 14
North East -33 18 £39,000 -8.24% 3
Northern Ireland +14 2 £32,500 -23.53% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 749 (57.97%) Cisco
2 646 (50.00%) Firewall
3 471 (36.46%) Cisco Certification
4 457 (35.37%) WAN
5 389 (30.11%) LAN
6 323 (25.00%) Juniper
7 299 (23.14%) CCNP
8 297 (22.99%) Security Cleared
9 279 (21.59%) CCNA
10 272 (21.05%) Azure
11 253 (19.58%) Wireless
12 250 (19.35%) VPN
13 249 (19.27%) BGP
14 234 (18.11%) Network Security
15 206 (15.94%) Social Skills
16 203 (15.71%) MPLS
17 193 (14.94%) Data Centre
18 192 (14.86%) Wi-Fi
19 190 (14.71%) Microsoft
20 180 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 178 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
22 177 (13.70%) SD-WAN
23 169 (13.08%) OSPF
23 169 (13.08%) Fortinet
24 163 (12.62%) SC Cleared
24 163 (12.62%) VMware
25 156 (12.07%) Palo Alto
26 153 (11.84%) DNS
27 150 (11.61%) TCP/IP
28 142 (10.99%) ITIL

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 47 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.08%) Skype for Business
4 9 (0.70%) IIS
5 8 (0.62%) WordPress
6 7 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 272 (21.05%) Azure
2 125 (9.67%) AWS
3 115 (8.90%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (2.48%) GCP
5 31 (2.40%) Entra ID
6 24 (1.86%) SaaS
7 21 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 18 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.39%) IaaS
9 15 (1.16%) OneDrive
10 13 (1.01%) PaaS
11 12 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (0.85%) Datadog
12 11 (0.85%) Rubrik
13 10 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.62%) AWS Direct Connect
15 5 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
16 3 (0.23%) Mimecast
16 3 (0.23%) Nutanix
17 2 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 646 (50.00%) Firewall
2 457 (35.37%) WAN
3 389 (30.11%) LAN
4 253 (19.58%) Wireless
5 250 (19.35%) VPN
6 249 (19.27%) BGP
7 234 (18.11%) Network Security
8 203 (15.71%) MPLS
9 192 (14.86%) Wi-Fi
10 177 (13.70%) SD-WAN
11 169 (13.08%) OSPF
12 153 (11.84%) DNS
13 150 (11.61%) TCP/IP
14 131 (10.14%) VLAN
15 123 (9.52%) DHCP
16 85 (6.58%) Cisco Firepower
17 80 (6.19%) Internet
18 74 (5.73%) Cisco ASA
19 73 (5.65%) IPsec
20 60 (4.64%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.62%) GIS
3 7 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.23%) MySQL
5 2 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.077%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.077%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.077%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.54%) GitLab
1 7 (0.54%) JIRA
2 4 (0.31%) Git
2 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.15%) Hudson
4 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 206 (15.94%) Social Skills
2 92 (7.12%) Telecoms
3 87 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (6.66%) Finance
5 48 (3.72%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (3.10%) Retail
8 30 (2.32%) Law
9 22 (1.70%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (1.47%) Police
11 17 (1.32%) Aerospace
11 17 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.08%) Legal
13 10 (0.77%) Banking
13 10 (0.77%) Marketing
14 6 (0.46%) Local Government
14 6 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.39%) Games
15 5 (0.39%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.86%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.62%) LAMP
3 5 (0.39%) ADO
3 5 (0.39%) HTML
3 5 (0.39%) XMPP
4 4 (0.31%) Akka
5 1 (0.077%) EDI
5 1 (0.077%) JSON
5 1 (0.077%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.077%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 193 (14.94%) Data Centre
2 69 (5.34%) Driving Licence
3 39 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.55%) PKI
5 21 (1.63%) Management Information System
6 20 (1.55%) Replication
7 19 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 17 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.01%) Security Posture
10 12 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.62%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.62%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.46%) CMDB
12 6 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.39%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.39%) PMI
14 4 (0.31%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.98%) Windows
2 100 (7.74%) Linux
3 74 (5.73%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.39%) VyOS
4 18 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 15 (1.16%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.62%) Android
8 8 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.62%) VMS
9 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.46%) Debian
10 6 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.23%) CatOS
11 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.15%) CentOS
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.077%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 178 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (10.99%) ITIL
4 122 (9.44%) Customer Service
5 120 (9.29%) Network Monitoring
6 106 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
7 104 (8.05%) Network Design
8 89 (6.89%) Project Delivery
9 84 (6.50%) Network Management
10 69 (5.34%) Mentoring
11 68 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 60 (4.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (4.49%) Network Architecture
14 53 (4.10%) Computer Science
15 52 (4.02%) Agile
16 51 (3.95%) Migration
17 48 (3.72%) Load Balancing
18 47 (3.64%) Service Delivery
19 46 (3.56%) Incident Management
20 43 (3.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (4.49%) Python
2 32 (2.48%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.39%) Bash
4 10 (0.77%) Shell Script
5 9 (0.70%) C#
5 9 (0.70%) SQL
6 5 (0.39%) Java
7 4 (0.31%) C
8 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.077%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.077%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 471 (36.46%) Cisco Certification
2 299 (23.14%) CCNP
3 297 (22.99%) Security Cleared
4 279 (21.59%) CCNA
5 163 (12.62%) SC Cleared
6 118 (9.13%) Degree
7 100 (7.74%) DV Cleared
8 56 (4.33%) CCIE
9 53 (4.10%) JNCIA
10 47 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 30 (2.32%) JNCIP
12 22 (1.70%) CISSP
13 16 (1.24%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.24%) Azure Certification
14 14 (1.08%) CCDP
15 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (0.93%) JNCIS
17 11 (0.85%) CCSA
18 10 (0.77%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.94%) SLA
2 16 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 12 (0.93%) GDPR
5 10 (0.77%) QA
6 8 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.54%) NCSC
8 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.077%) Accessibility
System Software
1 98 (7.59%) Active Directory
2 67 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (4.49%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.78%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (1.16%) vSphere
6 11 (0.85%) Firmware
7 8 (0.62%) pfSense
8 7 (0.54%) Docker
9 6 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.39%) SRDF
11 4 (0.31%) vCloud
12 1 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.077%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 76 (5.88%) FortiGate
2 49 (3.79%) Ansible
3 30 (2.32%) Terraform
4 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.16%) Nagios
5 15 (1.16%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.77%) SCCM
7 8 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
7 8 (0.62%) Grafana
8 7 (0.54%) Kubernetes
9 6 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.46%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.39%) Opsview
10 5 (0.39%) Puppet
10 5 (0.39%) Stealthwatch
10 5 (0.39%) WSUS
11 4 (0.31%) Cacti
11 4 (0.31%) Icinga
11 4 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 749 (57.97%) Cisco
2 323 (25.00%) Juniper
3 190 (14.71%) Microsoft
4 169 (13.08%) Fortinet
5 163 (12.62%) VMware
6 156 (12.07%) Palo Alto
7 125 (9.67%) Meraki
8 110 (8.51%) Aruba
9 101 (7.82%) CheckPoint
10 88 (6.81%) SolarWinds
11 63 (4.88%) F5
12 57 (4.41%) HP
13 50 (3.87%) Nokia
14 34 (2.63%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.55%) Citrix
16 30 (2.32%) Veeam
17 26 (2.01%) Mitel
18 23 (1.78%) Dell
19 22 (1.70%) Sandvine
20 20 (1.55%) Zscaler