Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £49,745 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 206 292
Rank change year-on-year +35 +86 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 887 666 874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.51% 1.77% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.89% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 550 575 675
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,350 £28,919
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,745 £47,236 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% -2.61% +7.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 56,175 35,323 68,428
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 94.08% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 30,795 24,269 41,326
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +37 304 £52,500 +10.53% 39
North of England +24 178 £45,000 -5.26% 56
Midlands -7 137 £46,500 +3.33% 40
North West +29 120 £47,500 -9.52% 37
West Midlands 0 111 £48,900 +8.67% 30
South West -9 110 £42,500 -5.56% 16
Scotland +27 84 £57,304 +43.26% 21
East of England -33 52 £47,500 -14.41% 8
Yorkshire +6 42 £40,000 -20.00% 13
East Midlands -32 26 £35,000 -30.00% 8
Wales +40 20 £43,250 +4.85% 4
North East -31 16 £38,000 -3.95% 6
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +14 1 £60,000 - 1
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 430 (48.48%) Cisco
2 366 (41.26%) Firewall
3 254 (28.64%) Cisco Certification
4 246 (27.73%) Security Cleared
5 200 (22.55%) WAN
6 189 (21.31%) Juniper
7 176 (19.84%) Network Security
8 166 (18.71%) VPN
9 163 (18.38%) BGP
10 161 (18.15%) CCNA
11 156 (17.59%) LAN
12 153 (17.25%) CCNP
13 152 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
14 145 (16.35%) OSPF
15 142 (16.01%) Data Centre
16 141 (15.90%) Azure
17 140 (15.78%) Social Skills
18 125 (14.09%) SC Cleared
19 124 (13.98%) Wireless
20 117 (13.19%) DV Cleared
21 108 (12.18%) Fortinet
21 108 (12.18%) TCP/IP
22 105 (11.84%) MPLS
23 103 (11.61%) Cisco ASA
24 100 (11.27%) VMware
25 99 (11.16%) Network Monitoring
26 95 (10.71%) VLAN
27 88 (9.92%) Wi-Fi
28 86 (9.70%) Windows
29 83 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.34%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.11%) Apache
4 1 (0.11%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (0.90%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 141 (15.90%) Azure
2 59 (6.65%) AWS
3 34 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (2.82%) Entra ID
5 24 (2.71%) GCP
6 13 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 9 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.56%) SaaS
10 4 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (0.45%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.34%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.23%) IaaS
12 2 (0.23%) PaaS
13 1 (0.11%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.11%) Twilio
13 1 (0.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 366 (41.26%) Firewall
2 200 (22.55%) WAN
3 176 (19.84%) Network Security
4 166 (18.71%) VPN
5 163 (18.38%) BGP
6 156 (17.59%) LAN
7 145 (16.35%) OSPF
8 124 (13.98%) Wireless
9 108 (12.18%) TCP/IP
10 105 (11.84%) MPLS
11 103 (11.61%) Cisco ASA
12 95 (10.71%) VLAN
13 88 (9.92%) Wi-Fi
14 75 (8.46%) SD-WAN
15 74 (8.34%) EIGRP
16 67 (7.55%) DNS
17 65 (7.33%) IPsec
18 60 (6.76%) Cisco Firepower
19 54 (6.09%) VXLAN
20 51 (5.75%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.47%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.11%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 7 (0.79%) GitLab
2 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.23%) Git
4 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
General
1 140 (15.78%) Social Skills
2 76 (8.57%) Telecoms
3 50 (5.64%) Retail
4 40 (4.51%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.06%) Finance
6 32 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.69%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.24%) Welsh Language
12 10 (1.13%) Back Office
12 10 (1.13%) Law
13 8 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.56%) Automotive
14 5 (0.56%) Local Government
15 4 (0.45%) Marketing
16 3 (0.34%) Advertising
16 3 (0.34%) Legal
17 2 (0.23%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.85%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.34%) EDI
2 3 (0.34%) SAML
3 2 (0.23%) ADO
4 1 (0.11%) CSS
4 1 (0.11%) HTML
4 1 (0.11%) LDAP
4 1 (0.11%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 142 (16.01%) Data Centre
2 37 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 32 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.03%) PKI
6 13 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.01%) Security Posture
9 6 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (0.56%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.45%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (0.45%) EMV
11 4 (0.45%) PMI
11 4 (0.45%) SCADA
12 3 (0.34%) EPoS
12 3 (0.34%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 86 (9.70%) Windows
2 79 (8.91%) Linux
3 21 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.56%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.45%) Android
6 4 (0.45%) MVS
6 4 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.34%) CentOS
7 3 (0.34%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.34%) VyOS
7 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.23%) Debian
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (11.16%) Network Monitoring
3 83 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 80 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
5 75 (8.46%) ITIL
6 68 (7.67%) Network Design
7 61 (6.88%) Mentoring
8 59 (6.65%) Agile
9 49 (5.52%) Customer Service
10 42 (4.74%) Network Management
11 39 (4.40%) Load Balancing
12 37 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (4.06%) Network Architecture
14 35 (3.95%) DevOps
14 35 (3.95%) ITSM
15 32 (3.61%) Migration
16 31 (3.49%) Computer Science
17 29 (3.27%) Change Management
17 29 (3.27%) Collaborative Working
17 29 (3.27%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 60 (6.76%) Python
2 20 (2.25%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.01%) SQL
4 7 (0.79%) Bash
4 7 (0.79%) PHP
5 6 (0.68%) Perl
6 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.23%) C
8 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 254 (28.64%) Cisco Certification
2 246 (27.73%) Security Cleared
3 161 (18.15%) CCNA
4 153 (17.25%) CCNP
5 125 (14.09%) SC Cleared
6 117 (13.19%) DV Cleared
7 49 (5.52%) Degree
8 30 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (2.82%) JNCIA
9 25 (2.82%) JNCIS
10 16 (1.80%) CCIE
11 15 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (1.35%) CWNA
12 12 (1.35%) CWTS
13 10 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.01%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.79%) JNCIP
15 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.68%) CCSA
16 6 (0.68%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.83%) SLA
2 19 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.80%) GDPR
4 14 (1.58%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.47%) NCSC
6 10 (1.13%) NIST
7 9 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 70 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.61%) VMware NSX
4 31 (3.49%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (1.80%) Firmware
7 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.68%) pfSense
9 4 (0.45%) Docker
9 4 (0.45%) vSphere
10 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (7.78%) Ansible
2 46 (5.19%) Terraform
3 43 (4.85%) FortiGate
4 11 (1.24%) ZABBIX
5 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.68%) Grafana
7 5 (0.56%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.45%) Nagios
8 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.45%) VxRail
9 3 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.34%) Cacti
9 3 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.34%) Observium
9 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.34%) Puppet
9 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.23%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.11%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.11%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 430 (48.48%) Cisco
2 189 (21.31%) Juniper
3 108 (12.18%) Fortinet
4 100 (11.27%) VMware
5 75 (8.46%) Palo Alto
6 65 (7.33%) Microsoft
7 61 (6.88%) SolarWinds
8 52 (5.86%) Aruba
9 41 (4.62%) Meraki
10 39 (4.40%) CheckPoint
11 35 (3.95%) HP
12 32 (3.61%) Citrix
13 30 (3.38%) F5
14 26 (2.93%) Dell
15 17 (1.92%) Arista
16 16 (1.80%) BMC
16 16 (1.80%) McAfee
16 16 (1.80%) NetScout
17 15 (1.69%) Nokia
18 11 (1.24%) NVIDIA