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Network Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,333 active jobs. 492 companies. Median salary $110K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,333
Active Job Openings
492
Companies Hiring
$110K
Median Salary (US)
74%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Network Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 74% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $110K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $88K to $166K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 26%

iOS demand rose +7.5pp — fastest-growing skill

Leidos leads hiring with 55 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Staff (+$45K, +40%)

Salary increase: +$45K · Sample: Senior → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 50% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior143$92K$111K$161K
Mid-Level39$59K$76K$166K
Staff22$120K$156K$193K
Junior12$55K$78K$137K
Lead11$78K$99K$136K
Manager3$109K$135K$156K

What jumps out

Senior → Staff: +$45K (40%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States189$114KUSD
Remote9$110KUSD
United Kingdom3$45KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.4%
Remote6.6%
Hybrid3.8%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
26%
Python
25%
Ansible
21%
AWS
21%
CCNA
20%
Azure
19%
Linux
19%
Project Management
13%
Terraform
12%
GCP
10%
TypeScript
10%
ITIL
8%

Skills on the Rise

iOS ↑+7.5ppR ↑+6.7ppCISSP ↑+5.4ppDevOps ↑+5.4ppQuality Assurance ↑+5.3pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-14.9ppAgile ↓-11.5ppChange Management ↓-8.6ppACLS / BLS ↓-6.9ppAttention to Detail ↓-6.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Leidos554.1%
Gdit322.4%
Cgsfederal302.3%
Bah221.7%
Nttlimited211.6%
Ngc201.5%
Collabera181.4%
Mindlance141.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States575
India91
Remote72
Singapore48
United Kingdom47
Philippines21
Australia13
Mexico11

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree45.9%450
Bachelor's Degree24.9%244
Master's Degree12.7%125
PhD / Doctorate0.8%8
MBA0.1%1

Certifications

CCNP (34%)CCNA (21%)ITIL (7%)CISSP (5%)CompTIA (4%)CompTIA Security+ (2%)AWS Certified (1%)CompTIA Network+ (1%)

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