Network Engineer: market
A Network Engineer designs and runs networks: routing and switching, VPNs and firewalls, data-center and cloud networking, monitoring and network incident analysis. We currently track 1 066 open positions for this role, 998 of them fresh. Postings usually require TCP/IP, BGP and OSPF, VLANs, Cisco, Juniper or MikroTik hardware, firewalls, cloud networking and automation with Python or Ansible. By co-occurrence in requirements, Python, Ansible, AWS and Azure appear most often. 22% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Network Engineer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Network Engineer market currently has 1,066 open roles, 998 of them freshly observed. Median salary $8,750/mo.
22% of Network Engineer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 61 of 1066 jobs; remote share from 907 with a stated format; 998 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Network Engineer postings appeared each week since 4 May, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 140
New sources connected: 11 May +2 · 18 May +2 · 25 May +1 · 1 Jun +6 · 8 Jun +1 · 15 Jun +1 · 22 Jun +8 · 29 Jun +25 · 6 Jul +9 · 13 Jul +15 · 20 Jul +12 · 27 Jul +6 · 3 Aug +3 · 10 Aug +3 · 17 Aug +6 · 24 Aug +4 · 7 Sept +2 · 14 Sept +3 · 21 Sept +9 · 28 Sept +4 · 5 Oct +4 · 12 Oct +6
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of Network Engineer postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Network Engineer postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on 10 Aug: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Network Engineer postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Network Engineer
| Open demand | 1,066 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Network Engineer
One in ten earns under $3,750, one in ten over $14,225. Half the market falls between $5,875 and $11,250. Sample: 61.
The range histogram for Network Engineer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: Network Engineer
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 416 |
| PL | 66 |
| IN | 55 |
| GB | 51 |
| SG | 51 |
| HK | 46 |
| DE | 36 |
| PH | 20 |
| ZA | 19 |
| AU | 18 |
The top country for Network Engineer demand is the US (416 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Network Engineer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are Python, Ansible, AWS and Azure.
Demand by grade: Network Engineer
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 400 |
| principal | 87 |
| lead | 46 |
| junior | 43 |
| middle | 20 |
Senior-and-above is about 89% of 596 Network Engineer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Network Engineer
Demand is spread across 600 employers. The largest accounts for 2.9%, the top ten for 15.8%; the remaining 84.2% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 2.9% |
| top-3 | 7.2% |
| top-10 | 15.8% |
| long tail | 84.2% |
Network Engineer openings come from 600 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 2.9% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 69 sources; the largest accounts for 20.1% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Network Engineer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Network Engineer
- Network Engineer II · US
- (HQ) Network Engineer
- Network Engineer L-3 · US
- Senior Network Engineer (all genders) · DE
- Junior Network Engineer · US
- Network Engineer · US
- Senior Network Engineer · GB
- Senior F5 Network Engineer · US
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-24
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Network Engineer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Network Engineer do?
A Network Engineer designs and runs networks: routing and switching, VPNs and firewalls, data-center and cloud networking, monitoring and network incident analysis.
Which skills do Network Engineer postings require?
Postings usually require TCP/IP, BGP and OSPF, VLANs, Cisco, Juniper or MikroTik hardware, firewalls, cloud networking and automation with Python or Ansible. In the current slice, Python, Ansible, AWS and Azure appear in requirements most often.
Does a network engineer need CCNA/CCNP?
In this profession certificates weigh more than average: CCNA and CCNP often appear in requirements as a formal level indicator.
How remote-friendly are Network Engineer jobs?
22% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 1 066 open positions.
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