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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 268 378
Rank change year-on-year +62 +110 -109
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,278 1,101 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.37% 1.32% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.45% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 830 1,096
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £32,153
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 £58,750 £63,467 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%

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 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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 7 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 7 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 +19 332 £49,000 +3.16% 62
London +75 314 £60,000 -4.09% 70
North of England +4 210 £42,500 -10.05% 21
Midlands +62 195 £46,090 +6.26% 45
West Midlands +60 160 £46,500 +6.90% 32
South West +7 154 £45,000 +8.43% 19
North West +3 139 £42,500 -15.00% 13
East of England -1 72 £45,000 -13.04% 12
Yorkshire +67 60 £42,500 -8.11% 7
East Midlands -11 31 £31,500 -33.68% 13
North East -40 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 7 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.

1 710 (55.56%) Cisco
2 603 (47.18%) Firewall
3 433 (33.88%) Cisco Certification
4 426 (33.33%) WAN
5 360 (28.17%) LAN
6 307 (24.02%) Juniper
7 281 (21.99%) Azure
8 280 (21.91%) Security Cleared
9 275 (21.52%) CCNP
10 258 (20.19%) CCNA
11 245 (19.17%) VPN
12 239 (18.70%) BGP
13 237 (18.54%) Wireless
14 231 (18.08%) Network Security
15 194 (15.18%) Wi-Fi
16 192 (15.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 190 (14.87%) MPLS
18 187 (14.63%) Social Skills
19 181 (14.16%) SD-WAN
20 179 (14.01%) Fortinet
21 178 (13.93%) Microsoft
22 167 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
23 166 (12.99%) Data Centre
24 164 (12.83%) OSPF
25 157 (12.28%) Palo Alto
26 155 (12.13%) VMware
27 152 (11.89%) SC Cleared
28 144 (11.27%) TCP/IP
29 140 (10.95%) AWS
30 133 (10.41%) ITIL

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 42 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.63%) IIS
3 8 (0.63%) OpenStack
3 8 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 281 (21.99%) Azure
2 140 (10.95%) AWS
3 116 (9.08%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (3.36%) GCP
5 33 (2.58%) Entra ID
6 23 (1.80%) SaaS
7 22 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 17 (1.33%) PaaS
9 16 (1.25%) IaaS
10 15 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.17%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (0.86%) Datadog
12 11 (0.86%) Rubrik
13 9 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.63%) AWS Direct Connect
15 5 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.31%) Mimecast
16 4 (0.31%) Nutanix
17 2 (0.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 603 (47.18%) Firewall
2 426 (33.33%) WAN
3 360 (28.17%) LAN
4 245 (19.17%) VPN
5 239 (18.70%) BGP
6 237 (18.54%) Wireless
7 231 (18.08%) Network Security
8 194 (15.18%) Wi-Fi
9 190 (14.87%) MPLS
10 181 (14.16%) SD-WAN
11 164 (12.83%) OSPF
12 144 (11.27%) TCP/IP
13 120 (9.39%) DNS
14 117 (9.15%) VLAN
15 116 (9.08%) DHCP
16 86 (6.73%) Internet
17 80 (6.26%) Cisco Firepower
18 78 (6.10%) IPsec
19 76 (5.95%) Cisco ASA
20 61 (4.77%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.63%) GIS
3 7 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.16%) MySQL
4 2 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (0.70%) GitLab
2 6 (0.47%) JIRA
3 5 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.16%) Hudson
6 1 (0.078%) Git
6 1 (0.078%) Selenium
6 1 (0.078%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 187 (14.63%) Social Skills
2 92 (7.20%) Telecoms
3 88 (6.89%) Finance
4 72 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.29%) Retail
6 39 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 31 (2.43%) Law
8 21 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 20 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.02%) Legal
13 12 (0.94%) Police
14 11 (0.86%) Marketing
15 9 (0.70%) Banking
16 7 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
17 6 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.39%) Advertising
18 5 (0.39%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.82%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.63%) LAMP
3 5 (0.39%) XMPP
4 4 (0.31%) Akka
5 3 (0.23%) EDI
6 1 (0.078%) ADO
6 1 (0.078%) HTML
6 1 (0.078%) JSON
6 1 (0.078%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.078%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 166 (12.99%) Data Centre
2 68 (5.32%) Driving Licence
3 33 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.19%) PKI
5 19 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 19 (1.49%) Replication
6 18 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 17 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
8 14 (1.10%) Security Posture
9 11 (0.86%) Public Cloud
10 10 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.39%) PMI
12 4 (0.31%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.31%) NHS
13 3 (0.23%) CCTV
13 3 (0.23%) Hedge funds
13 3 (0.23%) IoT
13 3 (0.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 110 (8.61%) Windows
2 85 (6.65%) Linux
3 67 (5.24%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.41%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.33%) VyOS
5 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.25%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.63%) Android
8 8 (0.63%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.63%) VMS
9 7 (0.55%) Debian
10 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) CentOS
13 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.078%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (15.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 167 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
3 133 (10.41%) ITIL
4 116 (9.08%) Network Monitoring
5 112 (8.76%) Customer Service
6 105 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
7 90 (7.04%) Network Design
8 85 (6.65%) Project Delivery
9 76 (5.95%) Mentoring
10 65 (5.09%) Network Management
11 59 (4.62%) Computer Science
12 56 (4.38%) Agile
13 54 (4.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (3.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 47 (3.68%) Network Architecture
16 46 (3.60%) Migration
17 45 (3.52%) Roadmaps
18 40 (3.13%) DevOps
18 40 (3.13%) Project Management
19 39 (3.05%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 59 (4.62%) Python
2 33 (2.58%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.41%) Bash
4 8 (0.63%) Shell Script
5 6 (0.47%) SQL
6 5 (0.39%) C#
6 5 (0.39%) Java
7 3 (0.23%) C
7 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.078%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.078%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 433 (33.88%) Cisco Certification
2 280 (21.91%) Security Cleared
3 275 (21.52%) CCNP
4 258 (20.19%) CCNA
5 152 (11.89%) SC Cleared
6 122 (9.55%) Degree
7 97 (7.59%) DV Cleared
8 52 (4.07%) JNCIA
9 48 (3.76%) CCIE
9 48 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.72%) CISSP
10 22 (1.72%) JNCIP
11 16 (1.25%) JNCIS
12 15 (1.17%) AWS Certification
13 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.02%) Azure Certification
14 13 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (0.94%) CCSA
16 10 (0.78%) CCDP
17 8 (0.63%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.36%) SLA
2 17 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 11 (0.86%) GDPR
5 10 (0.78%) QA
6 8 (0.63%) NCSC
6 8 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.39%) NIST
9 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.078%) Accessibility
System Software
1 99 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (4.30%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.11%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.25%) vSphere
6 14 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.78%) Firmware
8 8 (0.63%) pfSense
9 7 (0.55%) Docker
9 7 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.39%) SRDF
11 4 (0.31%) vCloud
12 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 83 (6.49%) FortiGate
2 48 (3.76%) Ansible
3 29 (2.27%) Terraform
4 22 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.25%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.78%) SCCM
7 9 (0.70%) Nagios
8 8 (0.63%) Grafana
8 8 (0.63%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
10 5 (0.39%) Nessus
10 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.39%) Opsview
10 5 (0.39%) WSUS
11 4 (0.31%) Cacti
12 3 (0.23%) CASB
12 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.23%) Puppet
12 3 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 710 (55.56%) Cisco
2 307 (24.02%) Juniper
3 179 (14.01%) Fortinet
4 178 (13.93%) Microsoft
5 157 (12.28%) Palo Alto
6 155 (12.13%) VMware
7 124 (9.70%) Meraki
8 108 (8.45%) Aruba
9 96 (7.51%) SolarWinds
10 95 (7.43%) CheckPoint
11 71 (5.56%) F5
12 60 (4.69%) HP
13 45 (3.52%) Nokia
14 38 (2.97%) Citrix
15 33 (2.58%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.58%) Veeam
16 26 (2.03%) Dell
17 21 (1.64%) Sandvine
18 17 (1.33%) Vyatta
18 17 (1.33%) Zscaler