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 £54,534 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 175 205
Rank change year-on-year -66 +30 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 396 490 833
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.75% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 1.93% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 298 391 714
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £29,400
25th Percentile £42,813 £45,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,534 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.87% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £60,875
UK median annual salary £57,750 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +12.24% -2.00%

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 48,535 25,339 55,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.38% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 30,813 14,225 42,081
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £64,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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
South East -65 138 £52,500 -0.94% 72
North of England -51 84 £45,000 -5.26% 43
Midlands -8 76 £55,500 +9.75% 45
West Midlands +6 62 £60,000 +21.34% 22
North West -15 45 £45,000 -14.29% 24
South West -35 34 £50,000 - 30
Scotland -4 33 £45,000 -22.34% 14
Yorkshire -61 23 £45,000 +0.67% 13
East of England -1 22 £65,000 +27.45% 31
North East -24 16 £50,000 +12.36% 6
East Midlands -29 14 £55,000 -4.35% 23
Wales -23 7 £50,000 +13.64% 14
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,500 - 3
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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.

1 170 (42.93%) Cisco
2 132 (33.33%) Firewall
3 110 (27.78%) WAN
4 92 (23.23%) LAN
5 83 (20.96%) Cisco Certification
6 72 (18.18%) Security Cleared
7 70 (17.68%) CCNP
8 65 (16.41%) Azure
9 57 (14.39%) Wireless
10 56 (14.14%) VPN
11 54 (13.64%) Network Security
12 51 (12.88%) BGP
12 51 (12.88%) SD-WAN
13 49 (12.37%) Fortinet
14 47 (11.87%) Palo Alto
15 45 (11.36%) SC Cleared
15 45 (11.36%) SolarWinds
16 42 (10.61%) Juniper
17 40 (10.10%) VLAN
18 39 (9.85%) CheckPoint
19 37 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 35 (8.84%) Python
21 34 (8.59%) AWS
22 33 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
22 33 (8.33%) OSPF
23 32 (8.08%) DV Cleared
23 32 (8.08%) F5
24 31 (7.83%) Cisco ASA
25 30 (7.58%) Customer Service
25 30 (7.58%) Meraki

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 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 65 (16.41%) Azure
2 34 (8.59%) AWS
3 11 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.53%) OpenShift
5 8 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (2.02%) GCP
6 5 (1.26%) Apigee
6 5 (1.26%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.26%) Kong
7 3 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.51%) GitHub
8 2 (0.51%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 132 (33.33%) Firewall
2 110 (27.78%) WAN
3 92 (23.23%) LAN
4 57 (14.39%) Wireless
5 56 (14.14%) VPN
6 54 (13.64%) Network Security
7 51 (12.88%) BGP
7 51 (12.88%) SD-WAN
8 40 (10.10%) VLAN
9 33 (8.33%) OSPF
10 31 (7.83%) Cisco ASA
11 28 (7.07%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (6.06%) EIGRP
13 23 (5.81%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (5.30%) Cisco Firepower
15 20 (5.05%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
16 18 (4.55%) MPLS
17 17 (4.29%) Wireshark
18 15 (3.79%) Junos
Development Applications
1 10 (2.53%) GitLab
2 8 (2.02%) Git
3 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) JIRA
4 1 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (16.16%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.82%) Public Sector
2 27 (6.82%) Telecoms
3 25 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.79%) Finance
5 11 (2.78%) Law
5 11 (2.78%) Retail
6 8 (2.02%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.77%) Police
8 6 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.01%) Banking
9 4 (1.01%) Marketing
10 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.76%) Military
10 3 (0.76%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.25%) Electronics
12 1 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.28%) Jinja
2 10 (2.53%) JSON
2 10 (2.53%) YAML
3 8 (2.02%) YANG
4 5 (1.26%) REST
4 5 (1.26%) XML
5 3 (0.76%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.51%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.25%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.62%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.78%) PKI
3 10 (2.53%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.02%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.52%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.01%) CCTV
8 4 (1.01%) CMDB
8 4 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.01%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.01%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.76%) Social Media
10 2 (0.51%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.51%) EPoS
11 1 (0.25%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.31%) Windows
2 19 (4.80%) Linux
3 13 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.26%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
3 30 (7.58%) Customer Service
4 29 (7.32%) Load Balancing
5 28 (7.07%) Service Management
6 27 (6.82%) Change Management
6 27 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (6.57%) Network Design
8 25 (6.31%) ITSM
9 22 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (4.80%) Problem Management
11 18 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (4.55%) ITIL
12 16 (4.04%) CI/CD
13 15 (3.79%) Network Virtualisation
13 15 (3.79%) Root Cause Analysis
14 14 (3.54%) High Availability
14 14 (3.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 13 (3.28%) Infrastructure as Code
15 13 (3.28%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.84%) Python
2 6 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (20.96%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 70 (17.68%) CCNP
4 45 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 32 (8.08%) DV Cleared
6 29 (7.32%) CCNA
7 19 (4.80%) CCIE
8 12 (3.03%) Degree
9 10 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.26%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.25%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.25%) CCIE Security
12 1 (0.25%) CCSE
12 1 (0.25%) CCSM
12 1 (0.25%) CCSP
12 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.25%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 7 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.77%) PMO
3 5 (1.26%) QA
4 4 (1.01%) GDPR
5 3 (0.76%) NIST
6 2 (0.51%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (4.80%) VMware NSX
2 16 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.78%) Firmware
5 7 (1.77%) ProxySG
6 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (3.03%) FortiGate
2 11 (2.78%) vCenter Server
3 10 (2.53%) Terraform
4 8 (2.02%) Ansible
5 3 (0.76%) Grafana
5 3 (0.76%) Nagios
5 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.51%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.25%) OpenView
7 1 (0.25%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.25%) vRealize
Vendors
1 170 (42.93%) Cisco
2 49 (12.37%) Fortinet
3 47 (11.87%) Palo Alto
4 45 (11.36%) SolarWinds
5 42 (10.61%) Juniper
6 39 (9.85%) CheckPoint
7 32 (8.08%) F5
8 30 (7.58%) Meraki
9 27 (6.82%) Microsoft
10 25 (6.31%) VMware
11 11 (2.78%) Infoblox
12 10 (2.53%) Broadcom
12 10 (2.53%) Red Hat
12 10 (2.53%) ServiceNow
12 10 (2.53%) Zscaler
13 9 (2.27%) Blue Coat
13 9 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (2.02%) Aruba
15 7 (1.77%) Avaya
15 7 (1.77%) Motorola