Network Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 267 191
Rank change year-on-year +145 -76 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,034 326 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.47% 0.99% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.11% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 563 271 827
10th Percentile £35,757 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £55,109
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 66,738 29,315 71,409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.40% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 46,304 16,594 50,983
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies 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 7 July 2026.

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 7 July 2026. 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
North of England +115 285 £50,000 -6.10% 83
South East +54 241 £55,000 +10.00% 85
Midlands +102 225 £56,900 +17.32% 51
West Midlands +66 151 £60,000 +21.35% 20
North West +101 135 £55,000 +3.29% 35
Yorkshire +46 121 £50,000 -9.09% 33
South West -13 94 £62,500 +13.64% 43
East of England +41 77 £55,000 +10.00% 33
East Midlands +41 74 £52,500 +10.53% 31
Scotland +48 58 £57,500 -13.36% 32
Wales -7 49 £50,000 +0.50% 14
North East -34 29 £55,000 +10.00% 15
Northern Ireland -40 12 £36,412 -30.64% 13
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 July 2026, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 519 (50.19%) Cisco
2 451 (43.62%) Cisco Certification
3 399 (38.59%) Azure
4 383 (37.04%) CCNA
5 372 (35.98%) Microsoft
6 339 (32.79%) Network+ Certification
7 326 (31.53%) Azure Certification
8 324 (31.33%) ForeScout
9 203 (19.63%) Firewall
10 173 (16.73%) WAN
11 152 (14.70%) LAN
12 135 (13.06%) VPN
13 123 (11.90%) Security Cleared
14 106 (10.25%) CCNP
14 106 (10.25%) Network Security
15 80 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 78 (7.54%) Wireless
17 74 (7.16%) Fortinet
17 74 (7.16%) SC Cleared
18 73 (7.06%) BGP
18 73 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
19 68 (6.58%) VLAN
20 61 (5.90%) Python
21 59 (5.71%) OSPF
22 54 (5.22%) SD-WAN
23 53 (5.13%) AWS
24 52 (5.03%) VMware
25 49 (4.74%) DV Cleared
26 47 (4.55%) High Availability
27 46 (4.45%) DNS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.39%) Confluence
4 1 (0.097%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 399 (38.59%) Azure
2 53 (5.13%) AWS
3 30 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 11 (1.06%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.06%) GCP
6 10 (0.97%) OpenShift
7 9 (0.87%) Cloudflare
8 5 (0.48%) Apigee
8 5 (0.48%) Kong
9 4 (0.39%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.19%) OCI
11 1 (0.097%) GitHub
11 1 (0.097%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 203 (19.63%) Firewall
2 173 (16.73%) WAN
3 152 (14.70%) LAN
4 135 (13.06%) VPN
5 106 (10.25%) Network Security
6 78 (7.54%) Wireless
7 73 (7.06%) BGP
8 68 (6.58%) VLAN
9 59 (5.71%) OSPF
10 54 (5.22%) SD-WAN
11 46 (4.45%) DNS
11 46 (4.45%) Wi-Fi
12 44 (4.26%) TCP/IP
13 41 (3.97%) Cisco ASA
14 36 (3.48%) DHCP
14 36 (3.48%) WLAN
15 28 (2.71%) EIGRP
16 24 (2.32%) MPLS
17 21 (2.03%) Cisco Nexus
18 20 (1.93%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 10 (0.97%) GitLab
2 9 (0.87%) Git
3 4 (0.39%) JIRA
4 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.097%) Jenkins
General
1 404 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 65 (6.29%) Public Sector
3 41 (3.97%) Telecoms
4 40 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (2.13%) Law
6 16 (1.55%) Finance
7 14 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (0.97%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.68%) Retail
11 6 (0.58%) Marketing
12 5 (0.48%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.48%) Back Office
12 5 (0.48%) Banking
12 5 (0.48%) Military
13 4 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.39%) Police
13 4 (0.39%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.097%) Digital Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.26%) Jinja
2 10 (0.97%) JSON
2 10 (0.97%) YAML
3 8 (0.77%) YANG
4 5 (0.48%) 802.1X
4 5 (0.48%) REST
4 5 (0.48%) XML
5 4 (0.39%) ModSecurity
6 3 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.29%) gRPC
6 3 (0.29%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.19%) Data Centre
2 31 (3.00%) Driving Licence
3 19 (1.84%) PKI
3 19 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (0.97%) CCTV
5 10 (0.97%) Security Posture
6 8 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (0.77%) Operational Technology
7 7 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (0.58%) Clustering
8 6 (0.58%) Fibre Optics
8 6 (0.58%) Life Science
8 6 (0.58%) Onboarding
8 6 (0.58%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.48%) CMDB
9 5 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.39%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.29%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.45%) Windows
2 40 (3.87%) Linux
3 23 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 73 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (4.55%) High Availability
4 43 (4.16%) Network Monitoring
5 42 (4.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (3.48%) Project Delivery
7 34 (3.29%) Mentoring
8 33 (3.19%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (3.19%) ITIL
9 32 (3.09%) Network Design
10 28 (2.71%) Load Balancing
11 27 (2.61%) Customer Service
12 23 (2.22%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (2.03%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (1.93%) Root Cause Analysis
15 19 (1.84%) CI/CD
15 19 (1.84%) Infrastructure as Code
15 19 (1.84%) SIEM
16 18 (1.74%) Computer Science
16 18 (1.74%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 61 (5.90%) Python
2 23 (2.22%) PowerShell
3 9 (0.87%) Bash
4 8 (0.77%) SQL
5 5 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.097%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 451 (43.62%) Cisco Certification
2 383 (37.04%) CCNA
3 339 (32.79%) Network+ Certification
4 326 (31.53%) Azure Certification
5 123 (11.90%) Security Cleared
6 106 (10.25%) CCNP
7 74 (7.16%) SC Cleared
8 49 (4.74%) DV Cleared
9 29 (2.80%) CCIE
10 23 (2.22%) Degree
11 15 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (0.97%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.68%) JNCIP
14 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.29%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.29%) CISSP
16 2 (0.19%) CCIE Data Center
17 1 (0.097%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.35%) SLA
2 12 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 12 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (0.97%) GDPR
4 7 (0.68%) NIST
5 6 (0.58%) PMO
5 6 (0.58%) QA
6 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.097%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.097%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 42 (4.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.42%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.93%) VMware NSX
5 12 (1.16%) vSphere
6 10 (0.97%) Firmware
7 8 (0.77%) KVM
8 6 (0.58%) ProxySG
9 4 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (2.22%) Ansible
2 22 (2.13%) Terraform
3 15 (1.45%) FortiGate
4 10 (0.97%) Proxmox
5 8 (0.77%) Graylog
5 8 (0.77%) ZABBIX
6 6 (0.58%) Grafana
7 5 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.39%) Nagios
9 3 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.19%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.19%) vRealize
11 1 (0.097%) Cilium
11 1 (0.097%) Istio
11 1 (0.097%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 519 (50.19%) Cisco
2 372 (35.98%) Microsoft
3 324 (31.33%) ForeScout
4 74 (7.16%) Fortinet
5 52 (5.03%) VMware
6 45 (4.35%) Palo Alto
7 29 (2.80%) Aruba
8 27 (2.61%) Juniper
9 24 (2.32%) F5
10 21 (2.03%) SolarWinds
11 20 (1.93%) CheckPoint
12 14 (1.35%) Veeam
13 13 (1.26%) Meraki
14 11 (1.06%) Dell
14 11 (1.06%) Zscaler
15 10 (0.97%) Avaya
15 10 (0.97%) Infoblox
15 10 (0.97%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.77%) HP
16 8 (0.77%) ServiceNow