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 £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 157 156
Rank change year-on-year -102 -1 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 283 646 613
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 1.66% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.77% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 222 408 537
10th Percentile £36,025 £36,250 £32,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £53,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.42% +1.05%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,082 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -2.04%

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 37,615 36,431 26,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 93.64% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 22,778 18,585 20,318
10th Percentile £27,893 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 17 December 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 17 December 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 -66 104 £53,125 -3.41% 91
Midlands -1 62 £52,000 +6.11% 31
West Midlands +1 47 £46,250 -5.63% 29
North of England -73 39 £50,000 +5.26% 40
South West -21 25 £53,000 +24.71% 16
Scotland -10 21 £70,000 +33.33% 31
East of England +25 20 £60,000 -7.69% 20
North West -29 20 £53,000 +6.00% 22
East Midlands +2 15 £55,000 +46.67% 2
North East -9 12 £50,000 +18.34% 5
Yorkshire -32 7 £47,500 +5.56% 15
Wales -17 6 £49,750 +11.80% 10
Northern Ireland - 5 £57,500 - 4
Isle of Man +10 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 17 December 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.

1 170 (60.07%) Cisco
2 124 (43.82%) Firewall
3 95 (33.57%) WAN
4 89 (31.45%) LAN
5 83 (29.33%) Cisco Certification
6 69 (24.38%) Azure
7 65 (22.97%) Security Cleared
8 61 (21.55%) CCNP
9 51 (18.02%) Network Security
10 49 (17.31%) Juniper
10 49 (17.31%) SD-WAN
11 48 (16.96%) Fortinet
11 48 (16.96%) Microsoft
12 47 (16.61%) VPN
13 46 (16.25%) Palo Alto
14 44 (15.55%) BGP
14 44 (15.55%) SolarWinds
14 44 (15.55%) Wireless
15 42 (14.84%) CCNA
16 40 (14.13%) Meraki
17 39 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
17 39 (13.78%) SC Cleared
18 38 (13.43%) DV Cleared
19 36 (12.72%) CheckPoint
19 36 (12.72%) Network Monitoring
20 32 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 31 (10.95%) OSPF
21 31 (10.95%) VLAN
22 28 (9.89%) Change Management
23 27 (9.54%) Wi-Fi

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:

Applications
1 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.83%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 69 (24.38%) Azure
2 17 (6.01%) AWS
3 12 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.47%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (1.41%) GCP
6 3 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.71%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 124 (43.82%) Firewall
2 95 (33.57%) WAN
3 89 (31.45%) LAN
4 51 (18.02%) Network Security
5 49 (17.31%) SD-WAN
6 47 (16.61%) VPN
7 44 (15.55%) BGP
7 44 (15.55%) Wireless
8 31 (10.95%) OSPF
8 31 (10.95%) VLAN
9 27 (9.54%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (8.83%) Cisco Firepower
11 24 (8.48%) Cisco ISE
12 22 (7.77%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (7.77%) IPsec
12 22 (7.77%) MPLS
13 19 (6.71%) Cisco IOS
13 19 (6.71%) EIGRP
13 19 (6.71%) Wireshark
13 19 (6.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.95%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 54 (19.08%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.89%) Finance
3 18 (6.36%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.95%) Fire and Rescue
4 14 (4.95%) Legal
5 12 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.18%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.83%) Retail
8 7 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.12%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.12%) Automotive
10 4 (1.41%) Law
11 3 (1.06%) Police
12 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Electronics
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
13 1 (0.35%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.41%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.06%) REST
3 1 (0.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.43%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.95%) SCADA
3 13 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.53%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.53%) PKI
5 6 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.77%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.77%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.41%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.41%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.06%) CCTV
8 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.06%) iPad
9 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.71%) CMDB
9 2 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.71%) FMCG
9 2 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.36%) Windows
2 12 (4.24%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.77%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.06%) Android
4 3 (1.06%) Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (12.72%) Network Monitoring
3 32 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (9.89%) Change Management
5 25 (8.83%) Network Design
6 24 (8.48%) Customer Service
6 24 (8.48%) ITSM
6 24 (8.48%) Load Balancing
7 23 (8.13%) Network Virtualisation
7 23 (8.13%) Service Management
8 21 (7.42%) ITIL
9 18 (6.36%) Network Management
10 17 (6.01%) High Availability
11 16 (5.65%) Incident Management
12 15 (5.30%) Asset Management
12 15 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (5.30%) Problem Management
13 14 (4.95%) Capacity Planning
13 14 (4.95%) Regulatory Compliance
14 13 (4.59%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.59%) Python
2 8 (2.83%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.06%) Bash
3 3 (1.06%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (29.33%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (22.97%) Security Cleared
3 61 (21.55%) CCNP
4 42 (14.84%) CCNA
5 39 (13.78%) SC Cleared
6 38 (13.43%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.24%) Degree
8 10 (3.53%) JNCIS
9 9 (3.18%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.18%) CCIE
10 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.71%) CWAP
11 2 (0.71%) CWDP
11 2 (0.71%) CWNA
11 2 (0.71%) CWSP
11 2 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.71%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.35%) CCSA
12 1 (0.35%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.41%) SLA
3 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.71%) GDPR
4 2 (0.71%) PMO
4 2 (0.71%) QA
5 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (6.01%) Firmware
2 14 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.59%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.71%) KVM
5 2 (0.71%) ProxySG
5 2 (0.71%) RHEV
5 2 (0.71%) Xen
6 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (7.42%) FortiGate
2 12 (4.24%) Ansible
3 11 (3.89%) Terraform
4 10 (3.53%) vCenter Server
5 6 (2.12%) Nagios
6 4 (1.41%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.06%) Grafana
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.06%) SCCM
8 2 (0.71%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 170 (60.07%) Cisco
2 49 (17.31%) Juniper
3 48 (16.96%) Fortinet
3 48 (16.96%) Microsoft
4 46 (16.25%) Palo Alto
5 44 (15.55%) SolarWinds
6 40 (14.13%) Meraki
7 36 (12.72%) CheckPoint
8 26 (9.19%) F5
9 24 (8.48%) VMware
10 12 (4.24%) Aruba
11 10 (3.53%) Zscaler
12 9 (3.18%) Broadcom
12 9 (3.18%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.12%) Splunk
14 5 (1.77%) Blue Coat
14 5 (1.77%) Citrix
14 5 (1.77%) Dell
14 5 (1.77%) HP
15 4 (1.41%) Infoblox