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 £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 146 166
Rank change year-on-year -146 +20 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 276 790 648
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.63% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.71% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 208 465 558
10th Percentile £38,200 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £39,957
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -0.52%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

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 30,959 46,106 30,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 95.28% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,903 25,169 22,995
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,509 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.09% -5.82% -

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 25 October 2025.

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 25 October 2025. 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 -112 71 £55,000 - 76
North of England -70 61 £50,000 +2.04% 50
Midlands -15 57 £49,000 +3.16% 26
West Midlands +6 47 £45,000 -10.00% 17
South West -6 32 £55,000 +29.41% 11
Yorkshire -7 24 £75,000 +87.50% 16
Scotland -56 23 £53,750 +4.88% 16
North West -69 22 £53,000 +6.00% 28
East of England -15 17 £51,000 -9.33% 18
North East +6 15 £48,750 +5.98% 6
East Midlands -2 10 £55,000 +57.14% 9
Northern Ireland +11 7 £57,500 -4.17%
Wales -2 7 £49,750 +11.80% 4
Isle of Man +9 1 £60,000 +53.85%
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, 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.

1 193 (69.93%) Cisco
2 147 (53.26%) Firewall
3 109 (39.49%) WAN
4 102 (36.96%) Cisco Certification
5 100 (36.23%) LAN
6 79 (28.62%) Azure
7 74 (26.81%) CCNP
8 73 (26.45%) VPN
9 71 (25.72%) Network Security
10 70 (25.36%) CCNA
11 64 (23.19%) Fortinet
11 64 (23.19%) Security Cleared
12 63 (22.83%) Microsoft
13 56 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (19.20%) Palo Alto
15 52 (18.84%) SD-WAN
16 51 (18.48%) Juniper
16 51 (18.48%) Meraki
17 46 (16.67%) Wireless
18 42 (15.22%) SolarWinds
19 41 (14.86%) BGP
20 39 (14.13%) SC Cleared
21 37 (13.41%) Network Monitoring
22 35 (12.68%) CheckPoint
22 35 (12.68%) VLAN
23 34 (12.32%) OSPF
23 34 (12.32%) TCP/IP
23 34 (12.32%) Wi-Fi
24 33 (11.96%) DV Cleared
25 32 (11.59%) FortiGate

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 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.90%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 79 (28.62%) Azure
2 23 (8.33%) AWS
3 12 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.26%) GCP
5 6 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.17%) OCI
6 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.72%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 147 (53.26%) Firewall
2 109 (39.49%) WAN
3 100 (36.23%) LAN
4 73 (26.45%) VPN
5 71 (25.72%) Network Security
6 52 (18.84%) SD-WAN
7 46 (16.67%) Wireless
8 41 (14.86%) BGP
9 35 (12.68%) VLAN
10 34 (12.32%) OSPF
10 34 (12.32%) TCP/IP
10 34 (12.32%) Wi-Fi
11 31 (11.23%) DNS
12 29 (10.51%) WLAN
13 28 (10.14%) MPLS
14 27 (9.78%) Cisco Firepower
14 27 (9.78%) DHCP
15 21 (7.61%) Cisco IOS
15 21 (7.61%) Cisco ISE
16 20 (7.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.07%) GIS
2 2 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.36%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.72%) JIRA
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
General
1 70 (25.36%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.23%) Finance
3 17 (6.16%) Legal
3 17 (6.16%) Telecoms
4 16 (5.80%) Manufacturing
5 14 (5.07%) Fire and Rescue
6 12 (4.35%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Automotive
10 5 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.09%) Advertising
11 3 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Law
12 2 (0.72%) Retail
13 1 (0.36%) Military
13 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Police
13 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.54%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.09%) Middleware
2 3 (1.09%) REST
3 1 (0.36%) LDAP
3 1 (0.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.22%) Data Centre
2 17 (6.16%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.07%) SCADA
4 13 (4.71%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.26%) PKI
6 6 (2.17%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.81%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.09%) iPad
9 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.09%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.72%) CCTV
10 2 (0.72%) CMDB
10 2 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.72%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.78%) Windows
2 15 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.07%) Linux
4 7 (2.54%) Unix
5 5 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.09%) Android
7 1 (0.36%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (13.41%) Network Monitoring
3 31 (11.23%) Network Design
4 29 (10.51%) Customer Service
5 27 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (9.06%) Change Management
6 25 (9.06%) Load Balancing
7 23 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
8 21 (7.61%) Network Management
9 20 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (7.25%) Incident Management
9 20 (7.25%) ITIL
10 19 (6.88%) Asset Management
10 19 (6.88%) ITSM
10 19 (6.88%) Roadmaps
11 18 (6.52%) High Availability
11 18 (6.52%) Mentoring
12 16 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.80%) Project Delivery
13 15 (5.43%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.61%) Python
2 7 (2.54%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.09%) Bash
3 3 (1.09%) VB
4 1 (0.36%) C
4 1 (0.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (36.96%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (26.81%) CCNP
3 70 (25.36%) CCNA
4 64 (23.19%) Security Cleared
5 39 (14.13%) SC Cleared
6 33 (11.96%) DV Cleared
7 19 (6.88%) Degree
8 9 (3.26%) JNCIS
8 9 (3.26%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.54%) CCIE
10 6 (2.17%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.81%) CCDA
11 5 (1.81%) CCDP
11 5 (1.81%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.45%) CISSP
13 3 (1.09%) CCSP
14 2 (0.72%) CWNA
14 2 (0.72%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (3.26%) SLA
2 6 (2.17%) GDPR
3 4 (1.45%) NIST
4 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.72%) QA
5 1 (0.36%) GRC
5 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (7.25%) Firmware
2 14 (5.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.35%) VMware NSX
4 10 (3.62%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.72%) KVM
6 2 (0.72%) RHEV
6 2 (0.72%) vSphere
6 2 (0.72%) Xen
7 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 32 (11.59%) FortiGate
2 29 (10.51%) Ansible
3 10 (3.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.62%) Terraform
4 9 (3.26%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.54%) Nagios
6 6 (2.17%) CASB
7 5 (1.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (1.09%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.09%) SCCM
9 2 (0.72%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.36%) Nessus
10 1 (0.36%) VxRail
10 1 (0.36%) WMI
10 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 193 (69.93%) Cisco
2 64 (23.19%) Fortinet
3 63 (22.83%) Microsoft
4 53 (19.20%) Palo Alto
5 51 (18.48%) Juniper
5 51 (18.48%) Meraki
6 42 (15.22%) SolarWinds
7 35 (12.68%) CheckPoint
8 20 (7.25%) Aruba
8 20 (7.25%) VMware
9 19 (6.88%) F5
10 13 (4.71%) Zscaler
11 8 (2.90%) Broadcom
12 7 (2.54%) Dell
12 7 (2.54%) HP
13 6 (2.17%) Citrix
14 5 (1.81%) Aerohive Networks
14 5 (1.81%) Ekahau
14 5 (1.81%) Extreme Networks
15 4 (1.45%) CrowdStrike