Network Engineer Jobs in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 273 370
Rank change year-on-year +63 +97 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,244 1,100 1,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.37% 1.31% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.43% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 826 1,093
10th Percentile £32,100 £33,875 £32,345
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 East +33 322 £49,000 +3.16% 62
London +96 303 £60,000 -7.69% 77
North of England +4 202 £42,500 -9.57% 26
Midlands +68 195 £46,500 +3.33% 33
West Midlands +56 161 £46,500 +3.33% 25
South West +10 153 £45,000 +8.43% 23
North West -5 134 £42,500 -15.00% 16
East of England -4 67 £47,500 -9.52% 12
Yorkshire +52 57 £42,500 -15.00% 9
East Midlands -8 30 £31,500 -33.68% 8
North East -35 17 £40,750 -4.12% 2
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 across the England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 705 (56.67%) Cisco
2 595 (47.83%) Firewall
3 429 (34.49%) WAN
4 428 (34.41%) Cisco Certification
5 361 (29.02%) LAN
6 311 (25.00%) Juniper
7 279 (22.43%) Security Cleared
8 272 (21.86%) Azure
9 271 (21.78%) CCNP
10 259 (20.82%) CCNA
11 241 (19.37%) VPN
12 235 (18.89%) Wireless
13 233 (18.73%) BGP
14 225 (18.09%) Network Security
15 192 (15.43%) Wi-Fi
16 188 (15.11%) MPLS
17 185 (14.87%) SD-WAN
18 182 (14.63%) Social Skills
18 182 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 177 (14.23%) Microsoft
20 176 (14.15%) Fortinet
21 164 (13.18%) Data Centre
22 162 (13.02%) OSPF
23 159 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
24 157 (12.62%) VMware
25 153 (12.30%) Palo Alto
26 149 (11.98%) SC Cleared
27 142 (11.41%) TCP/IP
28 133 (10.69%) ITIL
29 131 (10.53%) AWS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.64%) IIS
3 8 (0.64%) OpenStack
3 8 (0.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.24%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 272 (21.86%) Azure
2 131 (10.53%) AWS
3 116 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (3.05%) GCP
5 33 (2.65%) Entra ID
6 22 (1.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 21 (1.69%) SaaS
8 16 (1.29%) PaaS
9 15 (1.21%) IaaS
9 15 (1.21%) OneDrive
10 14 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (0.88%) Datadog
11 11 (0.88%) Rubrik
12 10 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (0.64%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.32%) Mimecast
15 4 (0.32%) Nutanix
16 2 (0.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 595 (47.83%) Firewall
2 429 (34.49%) WAN
3 361 (29.02%) LAN
4 241 (19.37%) VPN
5 235 (18.89%) Wireless
6 233 (18.73%) BGP
7 225 (18.09%) Network Security
8 192 (15.43%) Wi-Fi
9 188 (15.11%) MPLS
10 185 (14.87%) SD-WAN
11 162 (13.02%) OSPF
12 142 (11.41%) TCP/IP
13 121 (9.73%) DNS
14 118 (9.49%) DHCP
15 110 (8.84%) VLAN
16 84 (6.75%) Internet
17 82 (6.59%) Cisco Firepower
18 75 (6.03%) IPsec
19 74 (5.95%) Cisco ASA
20 61 (4.90%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.64%) GIS
3 7 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.16%) MySQL
4 2 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 8 (0.64%) GitLab
2 6 (0.48%) JIRA
3 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.16%) Hudson
4 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.080%) Git
5 1 (0.080%) Selenium
General
1 182 (14.63%) Social Skills
2 90 (7.23%) Telecoms
3 86 (6.91%) Finance
4 69 (5.55%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.30%) Retail
6 39 (3.14%) Public Sector
7 30 (2.41%) Law
8 20 (1.61%) Aerospace
8 20 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 20 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.13%) Legal
11 12 (0.96%) Police
12 11 (0.88%) Marketing
13 9 (0.72%) Banking
14 6 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.40%) Advertising
15 5 (0.40%) Games
15 5 (0.40%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.89%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.64%) LAMP
3 5 (0.40%) XMPP
4 4 (0.32%) Akka
5 3 (0.24%) HTML
6 2 (0.16%) EDI
7 1 (0.080%) ADO
7 1 (0.080%) JSON
7 1 (0.080%) Lambda Expressions
7 1 (0.080%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 164 (13.18%) Data Centre
2 67 (5.39%) Driving Licence
3 33 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (2.41%) PKI
5 19 (1.53%) Management Information System
5 19 (1.53%) Replication
6 17 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 17 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
7 13 (1.05%) Security Posture
8 11 (0.88%) Public Cloud
9 9 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.40%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.40%) PMI
11 4 (0.32%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.32%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.32%) NHS
12 3 (0.24%) IoT
12 3 (0.24%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.24%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 110 (8.84%) Windows
2 84 (6.75%) Linux
3 67 (5.39%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.45%) Ubuntu
4 18 (1.45%) VyOS
5 17 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.29%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.64%) Android
8 8 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.64%) VMS
9 7 (0.56%) Debian
10 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) CentOS
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.080%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 159 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (10.69%) ITIL
4 115 (9.24%) Network Monitoring
5 110 (8.84%) Customer Service
6 104 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
7 89 (7.15%) Network Design
8 84 (6.75%) Project Delivery
9 74 (5.95%) Mentoring
10 60 (4.82%) Network Management
11 55 (4.42%) Agile
12 54 (4.34%) Computer Science
13 53 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
14 47 (3.78%) Network Architecture
15 46 (3.70%) Migration
16 43 (3.46%) Roadmaps
17 41 (3.30%) Load Balancing
18 40 (3.22%) Service Delivery
19 39 (3.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (4.58%) Python
2 34 (2.73%) PowerShell
3 16 (1.29%) Bash
4 8 (0.64%) Shell Script
4 8 (0.64%) SQL
5 7 (0.56%) C#
6 5 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.24%) C
7 3 (0.24%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.080%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.080%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 428 (34.41%) Cisco Certification
2 279 (22.43%) Security Cleared
3 271 (21.78%) CCNP
4 259 (20.82%) CCNA
5 149 (11.98%) SC Cleared
6 113 (9.08%) Degree
7 98 (7.88%) DV Cleared
8 53 (4.26%) JNCIA
9 47 (3.78%) CCIE
10 45 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (1.85%) JNCIP
12 22 (1.77%) CISSP
13 15 (1.21%) AWS Certification
13 15 (1.21%) JNCIS
14 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (1.05%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (0.88%) CCSA
18 10 (0.80%) CCDP
19 8 (0.64%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.30%) SLA
2 17 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 11 (0.88%) GDPR
5 10 (0.80%) QA
6 8 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.56%) NCSC
8 5 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.24%) NIST
10 1 (0.080%) Accessibility
System Software
1 99 (7.96%) Active Directory
2 62 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (4.50%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.17%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.29%) vSphere
6 14 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.80%) Firmware
8 8 (0.64%) pfSense
9 7 (0.56%) Docker
9 7 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.40%) SRDF
11 4 (0.32%) vCloud
12 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.080%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (6.35%) FortiGate
2 47 (3.78%) Ansible
3 29 (2.33%) Terraform
4 22 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.29%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.80%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.80%) Nagios
6 10 (0.80%) SCCM
7 8 (0.64%) Grafana
7 8 (0.64%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.48%) Cisco Prime
9 5 (0.40%) OfficeScan
9 5 (0.40%) Opsview
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 4 (0.32%) Cacti
10 4 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.32%) Nessus
11 3 (0.24%) CASB
11 3 (0.24%) SolarWinds Orion
11 3 (0.24%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 705 (56.67%) Cisco
2 311 (25.00%) Juniper
3 177 (14.23%) Microsoft
4 176 (14.15%) Fortinet
5 157 (12.62%) VMware
6 153 (12.30%) Palo Alto
7 124 (9.97%) Meraki
8 108 (8.68%) Aruba
9 94 (7.56%) SolarWinds
10 93 (7.48%) CheckPoint
11 71 (5.71%) F5
12 60 (4.82%) HP
13 47 (3.78%) Nokia
14 35 (2.81%) Citrix
14 35 (2.81%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.65%) Veeam
16 26 (2.09%) Dell
17 21 (1.69%) Sandvine
18 18 (1.45%) Vyatta
19 17 (1.37%) Zscaler