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Network Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 252 live Network Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
252
Employers
155
Remote
6%
Typical pay
$94k–220k
Verified live (7d)
241

Pay is advertised by 60% of these postings (150 of 252 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
3–5 years$105k33
6–9 years$127k48
10+ years$121k33

Skills in demand

Across 191 network engineer postings that named at least one skill

  • Python38%
  • Ansible35%
  • Amazon Web Services34%
  • Microsoft Azure31%
  • Linux19%
  • Terraform17%
  • SolarWinds14%
  • Google Cloud Platform13%
  • ITIL12%
  • Atlassian JIRA11%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 196 postings stated one

0–2 years
5.1%
3–5 years
35%
6–9 years
39%
10+ years
21%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 96 postings stated one

Remote
15%
Hybrid
39%
On-site
47%

Education

The floor the posting sets · 83 postings stated one

High school
14%
Associate
2.4%
Bachelor's
82%
Master's
1.2%

Employers hiring for this

Currently open

All 252 open roles

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