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 28 October 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 300 147
Rank change year-on-year +115 -153 +17
Permanent Network Engineer jobs 885 276 789
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.99% 0.80% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 0.89% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 668 208 464
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,235 £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 £60,024
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £65,190
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
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,508 30,921 45,697
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.97% 90.00% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 56,339 18,134 24,866
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,895 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,623 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +13.57% -7.89% -5.00%

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 28 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 Network Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +63 227 £55,000 +10.00% 40
South East +60 226 £55,000 - 45
Midlands +36 173 £60,000 +22.45% 35
North West +41 114 £57,500 +8.49% 18
West Midlands +16 114 £60,000 +33.33% 19
South West 0 106 £55,000 - 32
Yorkshire +24 84 £45,800 -38.93% 15
East of England +24 83 £55,000 +7.84% 16
East Midlands +9 59 £60,000 +9.09% 16
Scotland +25 44 £55,000 +2.33% 10
North East -53 29 £55,000 +12.82% 7
Wales -51 22 £50,000 +0.50% 13
Northern Ireland -81 5 £40,000 -30.43% 2
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 28 October 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
1Cisco28.4%251
2Firewall25.2%223
3WAN21.1%187
4LAN20.8%184
5Cisco Certification18.0%159
6VPN16.5%146
7Network Security15.5%137
8Security Cleared14.2%126
9CCNP13.8%122
10Wireless13.6%120
11Fortinet12.2%108
12Wi-Fi11.3%100
13Infrastructure Engineering11.2%99
14BGP10.8%96
15OSPF10.1%89
16Problem-Solving9.6%85
17Aruba9.0%80
17CCNA9.0%80
19DNS8.9%79
20VLAN8.0%71
21DV Cleared7.3%65
22Microsoft7.0%62
23Azure6.8%60
24TCP/IP6.6%58
24Windows6.6%58
26DHCP6.4%57
27High Availability6.3%56
28Network Design5.8%51
29Continuous Improvement5.6%50
29SD-WAN5.6%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 Engineer27.6%244
2Network Infrastructure Engineer6.3%56
3Network Systems Engineer5.5%49
4Network Support Engineer4.5%40
5Network Security Engineer4.3%38
6Senior Systems Engineer4.0%35
73rd Line Network Engineer3.8%34
8Cisco Network Engineer3.7%33
9Senior Data Warehouse Specialist3.5%31
9Senior Network Specialist3.5%31
11Design Engineer2.8%25
12Senior Infrastructure Engineer2.7%24
13DevOps Engineer2.6%23
14Network Design Engineer2.1%19
14Senior Network Security Engineer2.1%19
16Cybersecurity Engineer2.0%18
16Lead Network Engineer2.0%18
18IT Engineer1.8%16
18Network Operations Engineer1.8%16
20Infrastructure Security Engineer1.6%14
192 Network Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London