Salary for Senior-level / Expert Network Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Network Engineer during 2025 is USD 133,612

✏️ This salary info is based on 52 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Network Engineer salary lies between USD 92,500 and USD 178,683 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Network Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
52
Top 10%
$ 220,000
Top 25%
$ 178,683
Median
$ 133,612
Bottom 25%
$ 92,500
Bottom 10%
$ 81,300

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Network Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Network Engineer job listings are Firewalls, Clearance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Firewalls | 48 jobs Clearance | 42 jobs CISSP | 39 jobs Cloud | 37 jobs DoD | 34 jobs CCNP | 33 jobs Monitoring | 29 jobs Compliance | 28 jobs VPN | 26 jobs Network security | 25 jobs Automation | 20 jobs DoDD 8570 | 20 jobs Security Clearance | 20 jobs TS/SCI | 18 jobs CASP+ | 17 jobs Computer Science | 17 jobs DNS | 16 jobs TCP/IP | 16 jobs Scripting | 16 jobs CISA | 13 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Network Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Network Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 43 jobs Health care | 38 jobs Insurance | 25 jobs Competitive pay | 19 jobs Flex vacation | 18 jobs Team events | 16 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Wellness | 13 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Medical leave | 11 jobs Equity / stock options | 10 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs

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