Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 192 233
Rank change year-on-year -113 +41 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 333 1,059 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.41% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.48% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 274 814 615
10th Percentile £35,300 £30,900 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,813 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,773
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.77% -6.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,875 £65,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

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 38,281 71,428 45,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.81% 94.93% 89.48%
Number of salaries quoted 20,838 49,444 28,755
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year - -5.12% +3.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,516 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Engineer 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -63 122 £50,000 +2.04% 70
North of England -59 78 £53,625 +26.18% 46
South West +30 46 £55,000 +22.22% 30
Midlands -49 46 £48,000 +7.87% 55
Yorkshire +21 38 £55,000 +22.22% 19
West Midlands -51 37 £48,500 +4.30% 42
North West -90 21 £55,000 +29.41% 21
North East +48 19 £50,000 -20.00% 6
East of England -25 16 £50,000 +5.26% 21
Scotland +31 15 £66,367 +10.97% 14
East Midlands +20 9 £47,500 +50.79% 13
Wales +1 7 £51,125 +13.90% 12
Northern Ireland +36 2 £52,500 +61.54% 1
Isle of Man - 1 £60,000 -
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 235 (70.57%) Cisco
2 164 (49.25%) Firewall
3 125 (37.54%) WAN
4 116 (34.83%) Security Cleared
5 111 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 104 (31.23%) VPN
7 103 (30.93%) Network Security
8 93 (27.93%) Juniper
9 87 (26.13%) CCNA
10 86 (25.83%) LAN
10 86 (25.83%) SC Cleared
10 86 (25.83%) Fortinet
11 79 (23.72%) Azure
12 77 (23.12%) BGP
13 76 (22.82%) OSPF
14 70 (21.02%) Social Skills
15 68 (20.42%) CCNP
16 67 (20.12%) TCP/IP
17 63 (18.92%) DV Cleared
18 56 (16.82%) DNS
19 54 (16.22%) VLAN
19 54 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
20 52 (15.62%) Microsoft
21 50 (15.02%) SolarWinds
22 48 (14.41%) SD-WAN
23 46 (13.81%) DHCP
24 45 (13.51%) Ansible
25 41 (12.31%) Data Centre
26 40 (12.01%) FortiGate
26 40 (12.01%) Cisco Firepower

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.60%) Apache
1 2 (0.60%) IIS
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (6.01%) MS Visio
2 12 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.30%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 5 (1.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 79 (23.72%) Azure
2 39 (11.71%) AWS
3 14 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.60%) Azure Sentinel
5 11 (3.30%) GCP
6 6 (1.80%) OCI
7 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.90%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.60%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.60%) SaaS
9 1 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.30%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.30%) IaaS
9 1 (0.30%) PaaS
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 164 (49.25%) Firewall
2 125 (37.54%) WAN
3 104 (31.23%) VPN
4 103 (30.93%) Network Security
5 86 (25.83%) LAN
6 77 (23.12%) BGP
7 76 (22.82%) OSPF
8 67 (20.12%) TCP/IP
9 56 (16.82%) DNS
10 54 (16.22%) VLAN
11 48 (14.41%) SD-WAN
12 46 (13.81%) DHCP
13 40 (12.01%) Cisco Firepower
14 38 (11.41%) EIGRP
15 37 (11.11%) Wireless
16 30 (9.01%) MPLS
16 30 (9.01%) Wi-Fi
17 29 (8.71%) Cisco ASA
18 20 (6.01%) Cisco Nexus
19 19 (5.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.60%) GIS
3 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.90%) JIRA
3 2 (0.60%) GitLab
4 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
General
1 70 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 18 (5.41%) Manufacturing
3 17 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.80%) Finance
5 10 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.00%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.40%) Advertising
6 8 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.40%) Police
7 7 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.50%) Legal
9 5 (1.50%) Local Government
9 5 (1.50%) Retail
10 3 (0.90%) Aviation
10 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Automotive
11 2 (0.60%) Banking
11 2 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.60%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.20%) Middleware
2 4 (1.20%) REST
3 2 (0.60%) JSON
3 2 (0.60%) YAML
4 1 (0.30%) Jinja
4 1 (0.30%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.30%) POSIX
4 1 (0.30%) SAML
4 1 (0.30%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.31%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.70%) PKI
4 8 (2.40%) PMI
4 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.80%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (1.20%) Self-Driving Car
7 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.60%) IoT
8 2 (0.60%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.60%) Robotics
8 2 (0.60%) SCADA
9 1 (0.30%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.01%) Linux
1 30 (9.01%) Windows
2 16 (4.80%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.70%) Unix
4 2 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.60%) zOS
5 1 (0.30%) CentOS
5 1 (0.30%) Check Point GAiA
5 1 (0.30%) Rocky
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 35 (10.51%) Network Design
4 34 (10.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 25 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (6.31%) Network Architecture
6 21 (6.31%) Roadmaps
7 20 (6.01%) Mentoring
7 20 (6.01%) Migration
7 20 (6.01%) Network Management
8 19 (5.71%) Agile
9 18 (5.41%) Computer Science
10 17 (5.11%) Project Delivery
10 17 (5.11%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (4.80%) Task Automation
12 15 (4.50%) Load Balancing
12 15 (4.50%) Service Management
13 14 (4.20%) ITIL
13 14 (4.20%) ITSM
13 14 (4.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.51%) Python
2 9 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.90%) Bash
3 3 (0.90%) C
3 3 (0.90%) VB
4 2 (0.60%) JCL
5 1 (0.30%) C++
5 1 (0.30%) Java
5 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (34.83%) Security Cleared
2 111 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 87 (26.13%) CCNA
4 86 (25.83%) SC Cleared
5 68 (20.42%) CCNP
6 63 (18.92%) DV Cleared
7 40 (12.01%) Degree
8 15 (4.50%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.60%) JNCIA
10 10 (3.00%) PMI Certification
11 7 (2.10%) CCIE
12 6 (1.80%) CCDP
12 6 (1.80%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.50%) CCDA
14 4 (1.20%) CISSP
14 4 (1.20%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.90%) CCSA
15 3 (0.90%) CCSP
15 3 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.30%) GDPR
3 9 (2.70%) SLA
4 7 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 7 (2.10%) NIST
5 6 (1.80%) QA
6 3 (0.90%) ISO 9000
6 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) GRC
7 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 35 (10.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (5.41%) Firmware
3 13 (3.90%) VMware NSX
4 9 (2.70%) Active Directory
5 8 (2.40%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.20%) Docker
7 1 (0.30%) NFS
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (13.51%) Ansible
2 40 (12.01%) FortiGate
3 13 (3.90%) Terraform
4 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.80%) CASB
5 6 (1.80%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.60%) Tivoli NetView
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.30%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) Nessus
9 1 (0.30%) WMI
9 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 235 (70.57%) Cisco
2 93 (27.93%) Juniper
3 86 (25.83%) Fortinet
4 52 (15.62%) Microsoft
5 50 (15.02%) SolarWinds
6 38 (11.41%) VMware
7 37 (11.11%) Meraki
7 37 (11.11%) Palo Alto
8 26 (7.81%) CheckPoint
9 20 (6.01%) Aruba
10 19 (5.71%) HP
11 15 (4.50%) Citrix
11 15 (4.50%) Zscaler
12 14 (4.20%) F5
13 10 (3.00%) Veeam
14 8 (2.40%) Arista
15 7 (2.10%) Extreme Networks
16 6 (1.80%) Avaya
16 6 (1.80%) Broadcom
17 5 (1.50%) Dell