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 £47,500 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 212 241 280
Rank change year-on-year +29 +39 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 965 853 938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.35% 1.44% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.62% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 791 608 742
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,175 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 20 May 2024.

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 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
South East +39 304 £49,000 +3.16% 83
North of England -10 190 £42,500 -9.57% 44
Midlands +58 182 £46,500 +7.51% 48
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% 13
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
UK

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

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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 567 (58.76%) Cisco
2 474 (49.12%) Firewall
3 342 (35.44%) Cisco Certification
4 289 (29.95%) Security Cleared
5 288 (29.84%) WAN
6 252 (26.11%) Juniper
7 245 (25.39%) LAN
8 214 (22.18%) CCNA
9 210 (21.76%) CCNP
10 178 (18.45%) Azure
11 168 (17.41%) BGP
12 159 (16.48%) SC Cleared
13 158 (16.37%) Wireless
14 150 (15.54%) VPN
15 141 (14.61%) Social Skills
16 138 (14.30%) Microsoft
17 137 (14.20%) VMware
18 133 (13.78%) MPLS
18 133 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 130 (13.47%) Network Security
20 124 (12.85%) Wi-Fi
21 120 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
22 118 (12.23%) OSPF
23 115 (11.92%) Fortinet
24 108 (11.19%) SD-WAN
25 107 (11.09%) Data Centre
26 105 (10.88%) Windows
27 104 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
28 99 (10.26%) TCP/IP
29 98 (10.16%) DV Cleared

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 35 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.45%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.73%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.52%) IIS
6 4 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.31%) Simulink
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 178 (18.45%) Azure
2 104 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (9.02%) AWS
4 30 (3.11%) Entra ID
4 30 (3.11%) GCP
5 15 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (1.14%) OneDrive
6 11 (1.14%) SaaS
7 7 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.31%) IaaS
12 2 (0.21%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.21%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.21%) PaaS
12 2 (0.21%) Twilio
13 1 (0.10%) GitHub
13 1 (0.10%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 474 (49.12%) Firewall
2 288 (29.84%) WAN
3 245 (25.39%) LAN
4 168 (17.41%) BGP
5 158 (16.37%) Wireless
6 150 (15.54%) VPN
7 133 (13.78%) MPLS
8 130 (13.47%) Network Security
9 124 (12.85%) Wi-Fi
10 118 (12.23%) OSPF
11 108 (11.19%) SD-WAN
12 99 (10.26%) TCP/IP
13 93 (9.64%) DNS
14 84 (8.70%) VLAN
15 71 (7.36%) DHCP
16 60 (6.22%) Cisco ASA
17 46 (4.77%) Cisco Firepower
18 45 (4.66%) IPsec
19 41 (4.25%) Internet
20 38 (3.94%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.83%) GIS
3 6 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.73%) JIRA
2 6 (0.62%) GitLab
3 4 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.31%) Git
5 2 (0.21%) Hudson
5 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.10%) Selenium
General
1 141 (14.61%) Social Skills
2 50 (5.18%) Finance
2 50 (5.18%) Telecoms
3 49 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (3.73%) Retail
6 35 (3.63%) Public Sector
7 22 (2.28%) Manufacturing
8 17 (1.76%) Aerospace
9 15 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (1.55%) Police
10 9 (0.93%) Law
11 7 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.62%) Marketing
13 5 (0.52%) Advertising
13 5 (0.52%) Automotive
13 5 (0.52%) Legal
13 5 (0.52%) Local Government
14 3 (0.31%) Military
15 2 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.59%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.41%) Akka
2 4 (0.41%) LAMP
3 3 (0.31%) ADO
4 1 (0.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 107 (11.09%) Data Centre
2 66 (6.84%) Driving Licence
3 24 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (1.76%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.55%) Replication
6 12 (1.24%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (0.83%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.62%) CMDB
9 6 (0.62%) PKI
9 6 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (0.62%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.52%) PMI
11 4 (0.41%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.31%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.31%) IoT
12 3 (0.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 105 (10.88%) Windows
2 82 (8.50%) Linux
3 57 (5.91%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.87%) VyOS
5 12 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.83%) Android
7 8 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.73%) Debian
9 6 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.41%) VMS
12 3 (0.31%) CatOS
12 3 (0.31%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.10%) CentOS
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 120 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (9.12%) Customer Service
4 84 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
5 75 (7.77%) ITIL
6 66 (6.84%) Project Delivery
7 64 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
8 61 (6.32%) Network Design
9 52 (5.39%) Network Management
10 49 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (4.77%) Migration
12 45 (4.66%) Computer Science
12 45 (4.66%) Disaster Recovery
12 45 (4.66%) Network Architecture
13 41 (4.25%) Mentoring
14 39 (4.04%) Agile
15 35 (3.63%) Configuration Management
16 33 (3.42%) Incident Management
17 32 (3.32%) Change Management
18 31 (3.21%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 42 (4.35%) Python
2 17 (1.76%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.04%) Shell Script
4 7 (0.73%) Bash
5 5 (0.52%) Java
6 4 (0.41%) C
6 4 (0.41%) C#
6 4 (0.41%) SQL
7 3 (0.31%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.10%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 342 (35.44%) Cisco Certification
2 289 (29.95%) Security Cleared
3 214 (22.18%) CCNA
4 210 (21.76%) CCNP
5 159 (16.48%) SC Cleared
6 98 (10.16%) DV Cleared
7 80 (8.29%) Degree
8 43 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (4.04%) JNCIA
10 37 (3.83%) CCIE
11 15 (1.55%) CISSP
12 13 (1.35%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (1.24%) CCDP
14 11 (1.14%) Azure Certification
14 11 (1.14%) JNCIP
15 9 (0.93%) CCSA
15 9 (0.93%) JNCIS
15 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.18%) SLA
2 13 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (1.24%) GDPR
4 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.83%) QA
4 8 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 84 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 57 (5.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (5.39%) Hyper-V
4 21 (2.18%) VMware NSX
5 13 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.04%) Firmware
6 10 (1.04%) vSphere
7 8 (0.83%) pfSense
8 7 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.62%) Docker
10 5 (0.52%) SRDF
11 4 (0.41%) vCloud
12 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 53 (5.49%) FortiGate
2 41 (4.25%) Ansible
3 19 (1.97%) Terraform
4 17 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.45%) Nagios
5 14 (1.45%) ZABBIX
6 8 (0.83%) Cisco Prime
7 6 (0.62%) Grafana
7 6 (0.62%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.62%) SCCM
7 6 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.52%) OfficeScan
8 5 (0.52%) Opsview
8 5 (0.52%) WSUS
9 4 (0.41%) Cacti
9 4 (0.41%) Puppet
10 3 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.31%) Icinga
11 2 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 567 (58.76%) Cisco
2 252 (26.11%) Juniper
3 138 (14.30%) Microsoft
4 137 (14.20%) VMware
5 115 (11.92%) Fortinet
6 85 (8.81%) Palo Alto
7 80 (8.29%) Aruba
8 77 (7.98%) Meraki
9 62 (6.42%) CheckPoint
10 41 (4.25%) F5
11 34 (3.52%) Nokia
12 31 (3.21%) HP
12 31 (3.21%) Ruckus Wireless
13 27 (2.80%) SolarWinds
14 23 (2.38%) Citrix
15 20 (2.07%) Avaya
15 20 (2.07%) Mitel
16 19 (1.97%) Dell
17 18 (1.87%) Vyatta
18 12 (1.24%) Draytek