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Network Engineer Salary & Career Guide

What 260 live Network Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
260
Employers
160
Remote
6%
Typical pay
$94k–221k
Verified live (7d)
251

Pay is advertised by 60% of these postings (155 of 260 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$108k34
6–9 years$122k50
10+ years$121k34

Skills in demand

Across 196 network engineer postings that named at least one skill

  • Python39%
  • Ansible36%
  • Amazon Web Services34%
  • Microsoft Azure32%
  • Linux19%
  • Terraform18%
  • Google Cloud Platform13%
  • SolarWinds13%
  • ITIL12%
  • Atlassian JIRA11%

Experience asked for

Minimum years named in the posting · 201 postings stated one

0–2 years
5.0%
3–5 years
34%
6–9 years
39%
10+ years
21%

Work arrangement

Where the work is done · 101 postings stated one

Remote
15%
Hybrid
38%
On-site
48%

Education

The floor the posting sets · 84 postings stated one

High school
15%
Associate
2.4%
Bachelor's
81%
Master's
1.2%

Employers hiring for this

Currently open

All 260 open roles

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