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 11 November 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 274 148
Rank change year-on-year +82 -126 +12
Permanent Network Engineer jobs 883 284 779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.96% 0.79% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.87% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 656 221 461
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,189 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £65,272
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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,794 32,488 44,921
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.58% 89.87% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 56,312 19,801 24,100
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,050
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%

Network Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Network Engineer job postings 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 Network Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 November 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 Network Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +40 227 £55,000 - 101
North of England +38 212 £55,000 +10.00% 94
Midlands +21 168 £60,000 +21.85% 80
South West +1 115 £55,000 - 62
West Midlands +7 109 £60,000 +33.33% 48
North West +14 103 £60,000 +23.71% 51
East of England +12 88 £55,000 -4.35% 45
Yorkshire +8 74 £40,000 -46.67% 29
East Midlands -6 59 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Scotland +9 43 £55,000 -26.42% 35
North East -54 35 £55,000 +12.82% 14
Wales -44 26 £50,949 +2.41% 17
Northern Ireland -82 5 £40,000 -30.43% 9
Network Engineer
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Network Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, Network Engineer job ads cited 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 Network Engineer job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco28.0%247
2Firewall24.0%212
3WAN20.7%183
4LAN20.0%177
5Cisco Certification17.1%151
6VPN14.9%132
7Wireless14.8%131
8Network Security14.7%130
8Security Cleared14.7%130
10CCNP12.5%110
11Fortinet11.7%103
12Wi-Fi11.4%101
13BGP10.5%93
14Infrastructure Engineering10.3%91
15OSPF9.7%86
16Aruba9.3%82
16DNS9.3%82
18DV Cleared9.1%80
18Problem-Solving9.1%80
20CCNA8.7%77
21VLAN8.3%73
22Microsoft7.7%68
23Azure6.7%59
23DHCP6.7%59
25SD-WAN6.5%57
26TCP/IP6.3%56
27Windows6.2%55
28Network Design6.0%53
29High Availability5.9%52
30Continuous Improvement5.5%49

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 Engineer27.7%245
2Network Systems Engineer5.8%51
3Network Infrastructure Engineer5.4%48
43rd Line Network Engineer4.3%38
4Network Security Engineer4.3%38
4Network Support Engineer4.3%38
7Senior Systems Engineer4.2%37
8Cisco Network Engineer3.6%32
8Senior Data Warehouse Specialist3.6%32
8Senior Network Specialist3.6%32
11Design Engineer3.3%29
12DevOps Engineer2.6%23
12Network Design Engineer2.6%23
14Lead Network Engineer2.4%21
14Senior Infrastructure Engineer2.4%21
16Network Operations Engineer2.2%19
16Senior Network Security Engineer2.2%19
18Cybersecurity Engineer2.0%18
18IT Engineer2.0%18
20Infrastructure Security Engineer1.4%12
440 Network Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London