Network Engineer
UK

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 292 378
Rank change year-on-year +71 +86 -120
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,293 1,250 1,598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 1.26% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.37% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,085 923 1,232
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £59,250 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
England +58 1,176 £49,000 -2.00% 302
UK excluding London +29 965 £47,500 +5.56% 248
Work from Home -4 355 £51,300 +2.60% 104
South East +39 304 £49,000 +3.16% 84
London +76 287 £58,175 -10.50% 100
North of England -10 190 £42,500 -9.57% 44
Midlands +58 182 £46,500 +7.51% 49
West Midlands +68 151 £46,500 +3.33% 35
South West +6 147 £49,000 +15.29% 32
North West -17 127 £42,500 -15.00% 27
East of England +4 65 £47,500 -8.21% 12
Yorkshire +60 51 £43,750 -10.26% 15
Scotland -44 48 £65,000 +34.01% 29
Wales +36 38 £44,886 -0.25% 1
East Midlands -10 27 £31,500 -30.00% 14
North East -28 18 £39,000 -8.24% 3
Northern Ireland +24 2 £32,500 -23.53% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 746 (57.70%) Cisco
2 643 (49.73%) Firewall
3 466 (36.04%) Cisco Certification
4 454 (35.11%) WAN
5 386 (29.85%) LAN
6 322 (24.90%) Juniper
7 296 (22.89%) CCNP
7 296 (22.89%) Security Cleared
8 276 (21.35%) CCNA
9 273 (21.11%) Azure
10 253 (19.57%) Wireless
11 250 (19.33%) VPN
12 245 (18.95%) BGP
13 234 (18.10%) Network Security
14 205 (15.85%) Social Skills
15 202 (15.62%) MPLS
16 191 (14.77%) Wi-Fi
16 191 (14.77%) Data Centre
17 190 (14.69%) Microsoft
18 181 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 178 (13.77%) SD-WAN
20 175 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
21 168 (12.99%) Fortinet
22 166 (12.84%) OSPF
23 163 (12.61%) VMware
23 163 (12.61%) SC Cleared
24 157 (12.14%) Palo Alto
25 152 (11.76%) DNS
26 148 (11.45%) TCP/IP
27 142 (10.98%) ITIL

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 47 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.08%) Skype for Business
4 9 (0.70%) IIS
5 8 (0.62%) WordPress
6 7 (0.54%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 273 (21.11%) Azure
2 124 (9.59%) AWS
3 115 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (2.55%) GCP
5 32 (2.47%) Entra ID
6 23 (1.78%) SaaS
7 20 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 18 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.31%) IaaS
10 15 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 12 (0.93%) Datadog
11 12 (0.93%) PaaS
11 12 (0.93%) Rubrik
12 11 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.62%) AWS Direct Connect
15 5 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
16 4 (0.31%) Nutanix
17 3 (0.23%) Mimecast
18 2 (0.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 643 (49.73%) Firewall
2 454 (35.11%) WAN
3 386 (29.85%) LAN
4 253 (19.57%) Wireless
5 250 (19.33%) VPN
6 245 (18.95%) BGP
7 234 (18.10%) Network Security
8 202 (15.62%) MPLS
9 191 (14.77%) Wi-Fi
10 178 (13.77%) SD-WAN
11 166 (12.84%) OSPF
12 152 (11.76%) DNS
13 148 (11.45%) TCP/IP
14 131 (10.13%) VLAN
15 122 (9.44%) DHCP
16 85 (6.57%) Cisco Firepower
17 80 (6.19%) Internet
18 73 (5.65%) IPsec
19 71 (5.49%) Cisco ASA
20 60 (4.64%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.62%) GIS
3 7 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.15%) MySQL
4 2 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.54%) GitLab
1 7 (0.54%) JIRA
2 4 (0.31%) Git
2 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.15%) Hudson
4 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.077%) Selenium
General
1 205 (15.85%) Social Skills
2 92 (7.12%) Telecoms
3 87 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (6.73%) Finance
4 48 (3.71%) Public Sector
5 44 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (3.09%) Retail
7 30 (2.32%) Law
8 22 (1.70%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (1.31%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (1.31%) Police
11 14 (1.08%) Legal
12 10 (0.77%) Banking
12 10 (0.77%) Marketing
13 6 (0.46%) Local Government
13 6 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.39%) Advertising
14 5 (0.39%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.78%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.62%) LAMP
3 5 (0.39%) ADO
3 5 (0.39%) HTML
3 5 (0.39%) XMPP
4 4 (0.31%) Akka
5 1 (0.077%) EDI
5 1 (0.077%) JSON
5 1 (0.077%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.077%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 191 (14.77%) Data Centre
2 70 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 39 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.47%) PKI
5 21 (1.62%) Management Information System
6 20 (1.55%) Replication
7 19 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 17 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.01%) Security Posture
10 11 (0.85%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.62%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.62%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.46%) CMDB
12 6 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.39%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.39%) PMI
14 4 (0.31%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 128 (9.90%) Windows
2 100 (7.73%) Linux
3 74 (5.72%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.39%) VyOS
5 17 (1.31%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 11 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.62%) Android
8 8 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.62%) VMS
9 7 (0.54%) Debian
10 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.23%) CatOS
12 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.077%) CentOS
14 1 (0.077%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 175 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (10.98%) ITIL
4 122 (9.44%) Customer Service
5 121 (9.36%) Network Monitoring
6 104 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
6 104 (8.04%) Network Design
7 89 (6.88%) Project Delivery
8 84 (6.50%) Network Management
9 70 (5.41%) Mentoring
10 68 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 59 (4.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (4.49%) Network Architecture
13 53 (4.10%) Computer Science
14 52 (4.02%) Agile
14 52 (4.02%) Migration
15 46 (3.56%) Service Delivery
16 45 (3.48%) Load Balancing
17 44 (3.40%) Incident Management
17 44 (3.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 58 (4.49%) Python
2 32 (2.47%) PowerShell
3 18 (1.39%) Bash
4 11 (0.85%) Shell Script
5 9 (0.70%) C#
5 9 (0.70%) SQL
6 5 (0.39%) Java
7 4 (0.31%) C
8 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.077%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.077%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 466 (36.04%) Cisco Certification
2 296 (22.89%) CCNP
2 296 (22.89%) Security Cleared
3 276 (21.35%) CCNA
4 163 (12.61%) SC Cleared
5 118 (9.13%) Degree
6 102 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 54 (4.18%) CCIE
8 52 (4.02%) JNCIA
9 47 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (2.32%) JNCIP
11 22 (1.70%) CISSP
12 17 (1.31%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.24%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.08%) CCDP
15 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
16 12 (0.93%) JNCIS
17 11 (0.85%) CCSA
18 10 (0.77%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.02%) SLA
2 16 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 12 (0.93%) GDPR
5 10 (0.77%) QA
6 8 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.54%) NCSC
8 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.077%) Accessibility
System Software
1 99 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 68 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (4.56%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.78%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (1.08%) vSphere
7 10 (0.77%) Firmware
8 8 (0.62%) pfSense
9 7 (0.54%) Docker
9 7 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.39%) SRDF
11 4 (0.31%) vCloud
12 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.077%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 76 (5.88%) FortiGate
2 49 (3.79%) Ansible
3 29 (2.24%) Terraform
4 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.24%) ZABBIX
6 15 (1.16%) Nagios
7 10 (0.77%) SCCM
8 8 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
8 8 (0.62%) Grafana
9 7 (0.54%) Kubernetes
10 6 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.46%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.39%) Opsview
11 5 (0.39%) Puppet
11 5 (0.39%) Stealthwatch
11 5 (0.39%) WSUS
12 4 (0.31%) Cacti
12 4 (0.31%) Icinga
13 3 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 746 (57.70%) Cisco
2 322 (24.90%) Juniper
3 190 (14.69%) Microsoft
4 168 (12.99%) Fortinet
5 163 (12.61%) VMware
6 157 (12.14%) Palo Alto
7 125 (9.67%) Meraki
8 109 (8.43%) Aruba
9 100 (7.73%) CheckPoint
10 88 (6.81%) SolarWinds
11 64 (4.95%) F5
12 59 (4.56%) HP
13 50 (3.87%) Nokia
14 34 (2.63%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.55%) Citrix
16 32 (2.47%) Veeam
17 26 (2.01%) Mitel
18 23 (1.78%) Dell
19 22 (1.70%) Sandvine
20 20 (1.55%) Zscaler