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 £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 148 166
Rank change year-on-year -128 +18 +128
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 286 785 641
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.65% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.73% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 221 462 563
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,626 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +8.69% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £66,152 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

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 31,957 45,324 29,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.95% 95.00% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19,741 24,554 22,230
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £40,000 £37,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,038 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -91 77 £54,500 -0.91% 211
North of England -67 64 £50,000 +2.56% 32
Midlands +10 58 £49,239 +3.12% 44
West Midlands +2 45 £45,000 -10.00% 29
South West -25 30 £55,000 +29.41% 15
North West -53 26 £48,500 -3.00% 9
Scotland -45 24 £70,000 +40.00% 33
Yorkshire -12 22 £75,000 +87.50% 17
East of England +3 18 £57,500 -4.17% 30
North East +6 16 £48,750 +5.98% 6
East Midlands +10 13 £55,000 +57.14% 13
Northern Ireland +7 7 £57,500 -4.17% 4
Wales -5 7 £49,750 +11.80% 13
Isle of Man +9 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 8 November 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.

1 196 (68.53%) Cisco
2 151 (52.80%) Firewall
3 108 (37.76%) WAN
4 104 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
5 101 (35.31%) LAN
6 82 (28.67%) Azure
7 75 (26.22%) CCNP
8 71 (24.83%) Network Security
9 70 (24.48%) VPN
10 68 (23.78%) CCNA
11 66 (23.08%) Fortinet
12 65 (22.73%) Security Cleared
13 60 (20.98%) Microsoft
14 56 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
15 53 (18.53%) Juniper
15 53 (18.53%) Palo Alto
16 52 (18.18%) SD-WAN
17 49 (17.13%) Meraki
18 47 (16.43%) BGP
18 47 (16.43%) Wireless
19 42 (14.69%) SolarWinds
20 40 (13.99%) SC Cleared
21 38 (13.29%) OSPF
21 38 (13.29%) VLAN
22 37 (12.94%) CheckPoint
23 36 (12.59%) Network Monitoring
24 35 (12.24%) DV Cleared
24 35 (12.24%) Wi-Fi
25 34 (11.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
25 34 (11.89%) TCP/IP

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 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) NetSuite
1 3 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.67%) Azure
2 23 (8.04%) AWS
3 13 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.85%) GCP
5 6 (2.10%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.10%) OCI
6 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.70%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 151 (52.80%) Firewall
2 108 (37.76%) WAN
3 101 (35.31%) LAN
4 71 (24.83%) Network Security
5 70 (24.48%) VPN
6 52 (18.18%) SD-WAN
7 47 (16.43%) BGP
7 47 (16.43%) Wireless
8 38 (13.29%) OSPF
8 38 (13.29%) VLAN
9 35 (12.24%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (11.89%) TCP/IP
11 30 (10.49%) DNS
12 28 (9.79%) Cisco Firepower
12 28 (9.79%) WLAN
13 27 (9.44%) DHCP
13 27 (9.44%) MPLS
14 22 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
14 22 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
14 22 (7.69%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.90%) GIS
2 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.40%) JIRA
2 3 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 66 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.14%) Finance
3 17 (5.94%) Telecoms
4 16 (5.59%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.24%) Legal
6 14 (4.90%) Fire and Rescue
6 14 (4.90%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.10%) Automotive
8 6 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.40%) Retail
11 3 (1.05%) Advertising
11 3 (1.05%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Military
12 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.45%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.05%) Middleware
2 3 (1.05%) REST
3 1 (0.35%) LDAP
3 1 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.73%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 14 (4.90%) SCADA
4 13 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.50%) PKI
6 6 (2.10%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.05%) iPad
9 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.05%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.70%) CCTV
10 2 (0.70%) CMDB
10 2 (0.70%) EPoS
10 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.79%) Windows
2 17 (5.94%) Windows Server
3 14 (4.90%) Linux
4 7 (2.45%) Unix
5 5 (1.75%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.05%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (12.59%) Network Monitoring
3 34 (11.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (11.19%) Network Design
5 30 (10.49%) Customer Service
6 28 (9.79%) Change Management
7 27 (9.44%) Load Balancing
8 23 (8.04%) Network Virtualisation
9 21 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (6.99%) ITSM
11 19 (6.64%) ITIL
12 18 (6.29%) Asset Management
12 18 (6.29%) High Availability
12 18 (6.29%) Incident Management
12 18 (6.29%) Network Management
12 18 (6.29%) Roadmaps
13 17 (5.94%) Mentoring
13 17 (5.94%) Service Management
14 16 (5.59%) Agile
14 16 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.34%) Python
2 9 (3.15%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.05%) Bash
3 3 (1.05%) VB
4 1 (0.35%) C
4 1 (0.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (26.22%) CCNP
3 68 (23.78%) CCNA
4 65 (22.73%) Security Cleared
5 40 (13.99%) SC Cleared
6 35 (12.24%) DV Cleared
7 17 (5.94%) Degree
8 10 (3.50%) JNCIS
9 9 (3.15%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.80%) CCIE
11 7 (2.45%) Azure Certification
12 6 (2.10%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.75%) JNCIA
14 3 (1.05%) CCDA
14 3 (1.05%) CCDP
14 3 (1.05%) CISSP
15 2 (0.70%) CCSP
15 2 (0.70%) CWAP
15 2 (0.70%) CWNA
15 2 (0.70%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.80%) SLA
3 6 (2.10%) GDPR
4 4 (1.40%) NIST
5 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.70%) QA
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (6.99%) Firmware
2 13 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.20%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.40%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.70%) KVM
5 2 (0.70%) RHEV
5 2 (0.70%) vSphere
5 2 (0.70%) Xen
6 1 (0.35%) NFS
Systems Management
1 31 (10.84%) FortiGate
2 27 (9.44%) Ansible
3 11 (3.85%) Terraform
4 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.50%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.45%) Nagios
6 3 (1.05%) CASB
6 3 (1.05%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.05%) SCCM
6 3 (1.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.70%) Grafana
7 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.70%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.35%) Nessus
8 1 (0.35%) VxRail
8 1 (0.35%) WMI
8 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 196 (68.53%) Cisco
2 66 (23.08%) Fortinet
3 60 (20.98%) Microsoft
4 53 (18.53%) Juniper
4 53 (18.53%) Palo Alto
5 49 (17.13%) Meraki
6 42 (14.69%) SolarWinds
7 37 (12.94%) CheckPoint
8 21 (7.34%) F5
9 20 (6.99%) VMware
10 17 (5.94%) Aruba
11 12 (4.20%) Zscaler
12 9 (3.15%) Broadcom
13 7 (2.45%) HP
14 6 (2.10%) Citrix
14 6 (2.10%) Dell
14 6 (2.10%) ServiceNow
15 4 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.40%) Veeam
16 3 (1.05%) Riverbed