Network Engineer
UK

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £49,990 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 288 376
Rank change year-on-year +57 +88 -128
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,281 1,246 1,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 1.23% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.34% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 912 1,184
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,990 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.02% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
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 £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 9 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 9 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 +68 1,169 £49,000 -2.00% 265
UK excluding London +36 953 £47,500 +5.56% 214
Work from Home -15 358 £51,300 +2.60% 104
South East +17 298 £49,000 +3.16% 65
London +69 287 £59,175 -8.96% 76
North of England +2 189 £42,500 -7.61% 45
Midlands +61 179 £46,500 +7.51% 37
South West +14 152 £49,000 +15.29% 30
West Midlands +68 149 £46,500 +7.51% 24
North West -4 126 £42,500 -15.00% 29
East of England +14 61 £47,500 -9.52% 16
Yorkshire +66 51 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Scotland -48 44 £65,000 +62.50% 22
Wales +28 38 £44,886 -0.25% 3
East Midlands -10 26 £31,500 -30.00% 13
North East -31 18 £39,000 -5.39% 4
Northern Ireland +20 2 £32,500 -23.53% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 753 (58.78%) Cisco
2 654 (51.05%) Firewall
3 474 (37.00%) Cisco Certification
4 468 (36.53%) WAN
5 401 (31.30%) LAN
6 318 (24.82%) Juniper
7 299 (23.34%) CCNP
8 297 (23.19%) Security Cleared
9 281 (21.94%) CCNA
10 272 (21.23%) Azure
11 252 (19.67%) Wireless
12 250 (19.52%) VPN
13 243 (18.97%) BGP
14 227 (17.72%) Network Security
15 203 (15.85%) Social Skills
16 199 (15.53%) MPLS
17 191 (14.91%) Microsoft
17 191 (14.91%) Wi-Fi
18 190 (14.83%) Data Centre
19 181 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
19 181 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 174 (13.58%) SD-WAN
21 167 (13.04%) Fortinet
22 165 (12.88%) VMware
22 165 (12.88%) OSPF
23 160 (12.49%) SC Cleared
24 154 (12.02%) DNS
25 153 (11.94%) Palo Alto
26 148 (11.55%) TCP/IP
27 141 (11.01%) 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 49 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.09%) Skype for Business
4 9 (0.70%) IIS
5 8 (0.62%) WordPress
6 7 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.23%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 272 (21.23%) Azure
2 126 (9.84%) AWS
3 118 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (2.42%) Entra ID
4 31 (2.42%) GCP
5 23 (1.80%) SaaS
6 21 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 17 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (1.33%) IaaS
8 15 (1.17%) OneDrive
9 13 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (0.94%) PaaS
11 11 (0.86%) Datadog
11 11 (0.86%) Rubrik
12 10 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (0.62%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.23%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.23%) Nutanix
16 2 (0.16%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 654 (51.05%) Firewall
2 468 (36.53%) WAN
3 401 (31.30%) LAN
4 252 (19.67%) Wireless
5 250 (19.52%) VPN
6 243 (18.97%) BGP
7 227 (17.72%) Network Security
8 199 (15.53%) MPLS
9 191 (14.91%) Wi-Fi
10 174 (13.58%) SD-WAN
11 165 (12.88%) OSPF
12 154 (12.02%) DNS
13 148 (11.55%) TCP/IP
14 128 (9.99%) VLAN
15 123 (9.60%) DHCP
16 86 (6.71%) Cisco Firepower
17 76 (5.93%) Internet
18 71 (5.54%) Cisco ASA
18 71 (5.54%) IPsec
19 59 (4.61%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.62%) GIS
3 7 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.23%) MySQL
5 2 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.078%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.078%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.078%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.55%) JIRA
2 6 (0.47%) GitLab
3 4 (0.31%) Git
3 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.16%) Hudson
4 2 (0.16%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.078%) Selenium
General
1 203 (15.85%) Social Skills
2 93 (7.26%) Telecoms
3 89 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (6.79%) Finance
5 49 (3.83%) Public Sector
6 43 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (2.89%) Retail
8 29 (2.26%) Law
9 21 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (1.48%) Police
11 17 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.17%) Legal
13 14 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 10 (0.78%) Banking
14 10 (0.78%) Marketing
15 6 (0.47%) Games
15 6 (0.47%) Local Government
15 6 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.39%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.89%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.62%) LAMP
3 6 (0.47%) HTML
4 5 (0.39%) ADO
4 5 (0.39%) XMPP
5 4 (0.31%) Akka
6 1 (0.078%) EDI
6 1 (0.078%) JSON
6 1 (0.078%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.078%) LDAP
6 1 (0.078%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 190 (14.83%) Data Centre
2 70 (5.46%) Driving Licence
3 39 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.65%) PKI
5 21 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 20 (1.56%) Replication
7 19 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 17 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.33%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.01%) Security Posture
10 10 (0.78%) Hedge funds
10 10 (0.78%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.47%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.39%) CMDB
12 5 (0.39%) PMI
13 4 (0.31%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 135 (10.54%) Windows
2 96 (7.49%) Linux
3 77 (6.01%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.41%) VyOS
4 18 (1.41%) Windows 10
4 18 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.25%) Ubuntu
6 12 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.62%) Android
7 8 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.62%) VMS
8 7 (0.55%) Debian
8 7 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.23%) CatOS
10 3 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.16%) CentOS
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.078%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 181 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
2 141 (11.01%) ITIL
3 126 (9.84%) Customer Service
4 123 (9.60%) Network Monitoring
5 107 (8.35%) Cybersecurity
6 105 (8.20%) Network Design
7 89 (6.95%) Project Delivery
8 83 (6.48%) Network Management
9 70 (5.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 70 (5.46%) Mentoring
10 59 (4.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 58 (4.53%) Network Architecture
12 52 (4.06%) Migration
13 50 (3.90%) Computer Science
14 49 (3.83%) Load Balancing
15 48 (3.75%) Service Delivery
16 47 (3.67%) Agile
17 46 (3.59%) Incident Management
18 44 (3.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 58 (4.53%) Python
2 34 (2.65%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.48%) Bash
4 10 (0.78%) C#
4 10 (0.78%) Shell Script
4 10 (0.78%) SQL
5 5 (0.39%) Java
6 3 (0.23%) C
6 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.078%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.078%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 474 (37.00%) Cisco Certification
2 299 (23.34%) CCNP
3 297 (23.19%) Security Cleared
4 281 (21.94%) CCNA
5 160 (12.49%) SC Cleared
6 115 (8.98%) Degree
7 103 (8.04%) DV Cleared
8 56 (4.37%) CCIE
9 51 (3.98%) JNCIA
10 46 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (2.11%) JNCIP
12 22 (1.72%) CISSP
13 16 (1.25%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.25%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
15 14 (1.09%) CCDP
16 11 (0.86%) CCSA
17 10 (0.78%) JNCIS
18 9 (0.70%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.81%) SLA
2 15 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 12 (0.94%) GDPR
5 10 (0.78%) QA
6 8 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.47%) NCSC
8 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.078%) Accessibility
System Software
1 100 (7.81%) Active Directory
2 69 (5.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.56%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (1.17%) vSphere
6 10 (0.78%) Firmware
7 8 (0.62%) pfSense
8 7 (0.55%) Docker
9 6 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.39%) SRDF
11 4 (0.31%) vCloud
12 1 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.078%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (5.78%) FortiGate
2 48 (3.75%) Ansible
3 30 (2.34%) Terraform
4 23 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.17%) ZABBIX
6 14 (1.09%) Nagios
7 10 (0.78%) SCCM
8 9 (0.70%) Grafana
9 8 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
10 7 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.55%) Kubernetes
11 6 (0.47%) Stealthwatch
11 6 (0.47%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.39%) Icinga
12 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.39%) Opsview
12 5 (0.39%) WSUS
13 4 (0.31%) Cacti
13 4 (0.31%) Puppet
14 3 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 753 (58.78%) Cisco
2 318 (24.82%) Juniper
3 191 (14.91%) Microsoft
4 167 (13.04%) Fortinet
5 165 (12.88%) VMware
6 153 (11.94%) Palo Alto
7 126 (9.84%) Meraki
8 111 (8.67%) Aruba
9 102 (7.96%) CheckPoint
10 87 (6.79%) SolarWinds
11 60 (4.68%) F5
12 58 (4.53%) HP
13 51 (3.98%) Nokia
14 34 (2.65%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.58%) Citrix
16 30 (2.34%) Veeam
17 26 (2.03%) Mitel
18 23 (1.80%) Sandvine
19 22 (1.72%) Dell
20 21 (1.64%) Zscaler