Network Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Engineer salary in Work from Home is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 261 386
Rank change year-on-year -16 +125 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 386 496 682
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.11% 1.29% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.34% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 315 418 519
10th Percentile £36,350 £35,753 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,227 £41,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,875 £83,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,479 36,977 72,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.95% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,508 26,851 42,434
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Engineer.

Network Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Network Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 228 (59.07%) Cisco
2 225 (58.29%) Firewall
3 154 (39.90%) Cisco Certification
4 147 (38.08%) WAN
5 141 (36.53%) LAN
6 114 (29.53%) Network Security
7 104 (26.94%) VPN
8 99 (25.65%) CCNP
9 97 (25.13%) CCNA
10 92 (23.83%) Azure
11 82 (21.24%) Wireless
11 82 (21.24%) MPLS
11 82 (21.24%) BGP
12 80 (20.73%) Wi-Fi
13 77 (19.95%) Social Skills
14 76 (19.69%) SD-WAN
14 76 (19.69%) Juniper
15 73 (18.91%) Palo Alto
16 68 (17.62%) Data Centre
17 66 (17.10%) TCP/IP
17 66 (17.10%) OSPF
18 64 (16.58%) Fortinet
19 59 (15.28%) Meraki
20 58 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 56 (14.51%) AWS
22 55 (14.25%) ITIL
23 50 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
24 46 (11.92%) CheckPoint
24 46 (11.92%) Security Cleared
25 45 (11.66%) Microsoft

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.78%) Simulink
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 92 (23.83%) Azure
2 56 (14.51%) AWS
3 19 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.11%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.55%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (1.55%) GCP
7 5 (1.30%) Datadog
7 5 (1.30%) Rubrik
7 5 (1.30%) SaaS
8 4 (1.04%) PaaS
9 2 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.52%) GitHub
9 2 (0.52%) IaaS
9 2 (0.52%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.26%) Serverless
10 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 225 (58.29%) Firewall
2 147 (38.08%) WAN
3 141 (36.53%) LAN
4 114 (29.53%) Network Security
5 104 (26.94%) VPN
6 82 (21.24%) BGP
6 82 (21.24%) MPLS
6 82 (21.24%) Wireless
7 80 (20.73%) Wi-Fi
8 76 (19.69%) SD-WAN
9 66 (17.10%) OSPF
9 66 (17.10%) TCP/IP
10 42 (10.88%) DNS
11 41 (10.62%) VLAN
12 32 (8.29%) WLAN
13 31 (8.03%) DHCP
14 27 (6.99%) Ethernet
15 26 (6.74%) IPsec
16 22 (5.70%) Cisco ASA
16 22 (5.70%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.52%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.26%) GitLab
1 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 77 (19.95%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.07%) Finance
3 23 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.44%) Telecoms
5 18 (4.66%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.37%) Law
8 9 (2.33%) Banking
9 8 (2.07%) Retail
10 7 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.81%) Police
11 5 (1.30%) Advertising
11 5 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.04%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.04%) Military
12 4 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.04%) Publishing
13 2 (0.52%) Billing
13 2 (0.52%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.52%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.30%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.30%) XMPP
2 1 (0.26%) ADO
2 1 (0.26%) JSON
2 1 (0.26%) Lambda Expressions
2 1 (0.26%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 68 (17.62%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.48%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.89%) PKI
4 13 (3.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.81%) Security Posture
5 7 (1.81%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.78%) Replication
9 2 (0.52%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.52%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.26%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.26%) NHS
10 1 (0.26%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.07%) Linux
2 30 (7.77%) Windows
3 12 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.78%) Android
4 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.52%) CentOS
5 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.26%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (14.25%) ITIL
3 50 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (9.59%) Network Monitoring
6 35 (9.07%) Customer Service
7 32 (8.29%) Network Design
8 21 (5.44%) Network Management
9 20 (5.18%) Computer Science
10 19 (4.92%) Cloud Security
10 19 (4.92%) Mentoring
11 18 (4.66%) Migration
12 16 (4.15%) Project Delivery
13 15 (3.89%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (3.89%) Kalman Filter
13 15 (3.89%) Presales
14 14 (3.63%) Agile
15 13 (3.37%) Network Architecture
15 13 (3.37%) Risk Management
16 12 (3.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.11%) Python
2 5 (1.30%) Java
3 4 (1.04%) C#
4 3 (0.78%) MATLAB
4 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.52%) Bash
6 1 (0.26%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 154 (39.90%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (25.65%) CCNP
3 97 (25.13%) CCNA
4 46 (11.92%) Security Cleared
5 37 (9.59%) Degree
6 30 (7.77%) SC Cleared
7 21 (5.44%) CCIE
8 15 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.37%) CCDP
10 12 (3.11%) AWS Certification
10 12 (3.11%) JNCIP
11 11 (2.85%) CISSP
12 10 (2.59%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.07%) CCSA
14 7 (1.81%) DV Cleared
15 6 (1.55%) JNCIA
16 5 (1.30%) CCSP
17 4 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
18 3 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.18%) SLA
2 8 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.78%) NIST
4 2 (0.52%) QA
5 1 (0.26%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (5.44%) Hyper-V
2 20 (5.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.55%) pfSense
5 5 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.04%) vCloud
6 4 (1.04%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.04%) vSphere
7 3 (0.78%) Firmware
8 2 (0.52%) Docker
8 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (9.07%) FortiGate
2 18 (4.66%) Ansible
3 8 (2.07%) ZABBIX
4 7 (1.81%) Grafana
5 6 (1.55%) Terraform
6 3 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.78%) Nagios
6 3 (0.78%) OfficeScan
6 3 (0.78%) WSUS
7 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.52%) Puppet
7 2 (0.52%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.52%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 228 (59.07%) Cisco
2 76 (19.69%) Juniper
3 73 (18.91%) Palo Alto
4 64 (16.58%) Fortinet
5 59 (15.28%) Meraki
6 46 (11.92%) CheckPoint
7 45 (11.66%) Microsoft
8 39 (10.10%) VMware
9 33 (8.55%) Aruba
10 31 (8.03%) SolarWinds
11 26 (6.74%) HP
12 23 (5.96%) F5
13 16 (4.15%) Nokia
14 13 (3.37%) Dell
15 8 (2.07%) Draytek
15 8 (2.07%) LogicMonitor
16 6 (1.55%) Ubiquiti
16 6 (1.55%) Zscaler
17 5 (1.30%) Extreme Networks
17 5 (1.30%) Veeam