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 21 October 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 285 150
Rank change year-on-year +103 -135 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 882 279 798
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.00% 0.82% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.91% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 674 209 471
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,189 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

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.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 81,376 30,648 46,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 89.58% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 56,079 17,606 25,414
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +71 230 £55,000 +10.00% 88
South East +63 220 £55,000 +2.09% 109
Midlands +51 175 £60,000 +22.45% 71
North West +40 119 £57,500 +8.49% 44
West Midlands +8 117 £60,000 +33.33% 38
South West -3 104 £55,000 - 65
Yorkshire +33 84 £46,600 -41.75% 30
East of England +20 81 £55,000 +7.84% 40
East Midlands +8 58 £60,000 +9.09% 33
Scotland +31 44 £55,000 +2.33% 33
North East -60 27 £55,000 +12.82% 14
Wales -50 24 £50,000 +0.50% 18
Northern Ireland -81 5 £40,000 -30.43% 7
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco28.5%251
2Firewall25.4%224
3WAN22.2%196
4LAN21.4%189
5Cisco Certification17.7%156
6VPN17.2%152
7Network Security15.3%135
8Security Cleared14.4%127
9CCNP14.1%124
10Wireless13.4%118
11Fortinet12.2%108
12Infrastructure Engineering11.2%99
12Wi-Fi11.2%99
14BGP11.1%98
15OSPF10.2%90
16Problem-Solving9.5%84
17Aruba8.7%77
18DNS8.6%76
19CCNA8.5%75
20VLAN8.3%73
21DV Cleared7.1%63
22Azure6.8%60
22Microsoft6.8%60
24TCP/IP6.7%59
25High Availability6.5%57
25Windows6.5%57
27DHCP6.1%54
27SD-WAN6.1%54
29Continuous Improvement5.8%51
30WLAN5.7%50

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Network Engineer27.8%245
2Network Infrastructure Engineer6.5%57
3Network Systems Engineer5.3%47
4Network Support Engineer5.0%44
5Network Security Engineer4.2%37
6Cisco Network Engineer3.7%33
6Senior Systems Engineer3.7%33
8Senior Data Warehouse Specialist3.4%30
8Senior Network Specialist3.4%30
103rd Line Network Engineer3.3%29
11Design Engineer2.8%25
11Senior Infrastructure Engineer2.8%25
13DevOps Engineer2.6%23
14Network Design Engineer2.2%19
14Senior Network Security Engineer2.2%19
16Cybersecurity Engineer2.0%18
17Network Operations Engineer1.9%17
18IT Engineer1.8%16
18Lead Network Engineer1.8%16
20Infrastructure Security Engineer1.6%14
431 Network Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London