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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 249 275
Rank change year-on-year +51 +26 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,034 812 942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.36% 1.44% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.62% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 827 593 745
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
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 £54,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,150 £62,500 £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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +33 322 £49,000 +3.16% 61
North of England +4 202 £42,500 -9.57% 28
Midlands +68 195 £46,500 +3.33% 33
West Midlands +56 161 £46,500 +3.33% 25
South West +10 153 £45,000 +8.43% 22
North West -5 134 £42,500 -15.00% 18
East of England -4 67 £47,500 -9.52% 12
Scotland -30 62 £64,250 +26.02% 27
Yorkshire +52 57 £42,500 -15.00% 9
Wales +40 42 £44,886 -0.25% 3
East Midlands -8 30 £31,500 -33.68% 8
North East -35 17 £40,750 -4.12% 2
Northern Ireland +16 3 £32,500 -23.53% 3
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 578 (55.90%) Cisco
2 480 (46.42%) Firewall
3 343 (33.17%) Cisco Certification
4 293 (28.34%) WAN
5 291 (28.14%) Security Cleared
6 252 (24.37%) Juniper
7 248 (23.98%) LAN
8 216 (20.89%) CCNA
9 211 (20.41%) CCNP
10 185 (17.89%) Azure
11 166 (16.05%) Wireless
12 164 (15.86%) SC Cleared
13 163 (15.76%) BGP
14 158 (15.28%) VPN
15 150 (14.51%) Network Security
16 145 (14.02%) VMware
17 143 (13.83%) Microsoft
17 143 (13.83%) Social Skills
18 141 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 135 (13.06%) MPLS
20 126 (12.19%) Wi-Fi
21 122 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
22 120 (11.61%) Fortinet
23 115 (11.12%) OSPF
24 113 (10.93%) SD-WAN
25 110 (10.64%) Data Centre
26 107 (10.35%) Microsoft 365
27 104 (10.06%) Windows
28 100 (9.67%) TCP/IP
29 95 (9.19%) 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 34 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.35%) Skype for Business
4 8 (0.77%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.48%) IIS
6 4 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.29%) Simulink
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 185 (17.89%) Azure
2 107 (10.35%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (8.99%) AWS
4 35 (3.38%) GCP
5 31 (3.00%) Entra ID
6 15 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (1.06%) OneDrive
7 11 (1.06%) SaaS
8 7 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.29%) IaaS
12 2 (0.19%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.19%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.19%) PaaS
12 2 (0.19%) Twilio
13 1 (0.097%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.097%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 480 (46.42%) Firewall
2 293 (28.34%) WAN
3 248 (23.98%) LAN
4 166 (16.05%) Wireless
5 163 (15.76%) BGP
6 158 (15.28%) VPN
7 150 (14.51%) Network Security
8 135 (13.06%) MPLS
9 126 (12.19%) Wi-Fi
10 115 (11.12%) OSPF
11 113 (10.93%) SD-WAN
12 100 (9.67%) TCP/IP
13 90 (8.70%) DNS
14 83 (8.03%) VLAN
15 71 (6.87%) DHCP
16 66 (6.38%) Cisco ASA
17 51 (4.93%) IPsec
18 46 (4.45%) Cisco Firepower
18 46 (4.45%) Software-Defined Networking
19 44 (4.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.77%) GIS
3 6 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.19%) MySQL
5 1 (0.097%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (0.58%) GitLab
1 6 (0.58%) JIRA
2 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.29%) Git
4 2 (0.19%) Hudson
4 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.097%) Selenium
General
1 143 (13.83%) Social Skills
2 54 (5.22%) Telecoms
3 49 (4.74%) Finance
4 48 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (3.77%) Retail
6 33 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 23 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 20 (1.93%) Aerospace
9 17 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (1.55%) Police
11 10 (0.97%) Law
12 8 (0.77%) Marketing
13 7 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.48%) Advertising
14 5 (0.48%) Automotive
14 5 (0.48%) Legal
14 5 (0.48%) Local Government
14 5 (0.48%) Military
15 3 (0.29%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.42%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.39%) Akka
2 4 (0.39%) LAMP
3 3 (0.29%) ADO
4 1 (0.097%) CSS
4 1 (0.097%) EDI
4 1 (0.097%) HTML
4 1 (0.097%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 110 (10.64%) Data Centre
2 66 (6.38%) Driving Licence
3 23 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 14 (1.35%) Replication
6 12 (1.16%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 7 (0.68%) PKI
9 7 (0.68%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.48%) PMI
12 4 (0.39%) Educational Technology
12 4 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.29%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.29%) IoT
13 3 (0.29%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (10.06%) Windows
2 83 (8.03%) Linux
3 58 (5.61%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.74%) VyOS
5 13 (1.26%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.97%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.77%) Android
7 8 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.68%) Debian
8 7 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.39%) VMS
12 3 (0.29%) CatOS
12 3 (0.29%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.19%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 122 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (8.51%) Customer Service
4 87 (8.41%) Network Monitoring
5 75 (7.25%) ITIL
6 71 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
7 67 (6.48%) Project Delivery
8 65 (6.29%) Network Design
9 55 (5.32%) Network Management
10 53 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (4.74%) Computer Science
12 46 (4.45%) Migration
13 45 (4.35%) Mentoring
14 43 (4.16%) Agile
14 43 (4.16%) Disaster Recovery
15 40 (3.87%) Network Architecture
16 36 (3.48%) Configuration Management
17 34 (3.29%) Incident Management
18 32 (3.09%) Change Management
19 31 (3.00%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 45 (4.35%) Python
2 21 (2.03%) PowerShell
3 10 (0.97%) Shell Script
4 7 (0.68%) Bash
5 6 (0.58%) SQL
6 5 (0.48%) Java
7 4 (0.39%) C#
8 3 (0.29%) C
8 3 (0.29%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.19%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.097%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 343 (33.17%) Cisco Certification
2 291 (28.14%) Security Cleared
3 216 (20.89%) CCNA
4 211 (20.41%) CCNP
5 164 (15.86%) SC Cleared
6 95 (9.19%) DV Cleared
7 87 (8.41%) Degree
8 47 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (3.77%) JNCIA
10 37 (3.58%) CCIE
11 15 (1.45%) CISSP
12 13 (1.26%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.16%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.16%) CCDP
13 12 (1.16%) JNCIP
13 12 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (0.97%) JNCIS
15 9 (0.87%) CCSA
15 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.68%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.51%) SLA
2 13 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (1.16%) GDPR
4 10 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.77%) QA
5 8 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.097%) NCSC
System Software
1 87 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 63 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (5.13%) Hyper-V
4 26 (2.51%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (1.16%) vSphere
7 9 (0.87%) Firmware
8 8 (0.77%) pfSense
9 7 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.58%) Docker
11 5 (0.48%) SRDF
12 4 (0.39%) vCloud
13 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (5.13%) FortiGate
2 43 (4.16%) Ansible
3 19 (1.84%) Terraform
4 17 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.45%) ZABBIX
6 10 (0.97%) Nagios
7 8 (0.77%) Cisco Prime
7 8 (0.77%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.68%) Kubernetes
9 6 (0.58%) Grafana
9 6 (0.58%) SCCM
10 5 (0.48%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.48%) Opsview
10 5 (0.48%) WSUS
11 4 (0.39%) Cacti
11 4 (0.39%) Puppet
12 3 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.29%) VxRail
13 2 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.19%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 578 (55.90%) Cisco
2 252 (24.37%) Juniper
3 145 (14.02%) VMware
4 143 (13.83%) Microsoft
5 120 (11.61%) Fortinet
6 87 (8.41%) Palo Alto
7 80 (7.74%) Aruba
8 78 (7.54%) Meraki
9 59 (5.71%) CheckPoint
10 47 (4.55%) F5
11 36 (3.48%) Nokia
12 34 (3.29%) HP
13 32 (3.09%) Ruckus Wireless
13 32 (3.09%) SolarWinds
14 26 (2.51%) Citrix
15 23 (2.22%) Dell
16 20 (1.93%) Avaya
16 20 (1.93%) Mitel
17 18 (1.74%) Vyatta
18 14 (1.35%) Veeam