What Senior Network Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 1,966 open Senior Network Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are networking, cisco, firewall.
Updated October 6, 2026
2,124 open Senior Network Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,966 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| networking | 65% |
| cisco | 61% |
| firewall | 58% |
| cloud | 48% |
| wan | 48% |
| bgp | 44% |
| automation | 38% |
| ospf | 34% |
| network-security | 34% |
| vpn | 30% |
| python | 25% |
| dns | 23% |
| vlan | 21% |
| azure | 20% |
| ccna | 20% |
| tcp-ip | 19% |
| ai | 19% |
| ansible | 19% |
| sd-wan | 19% |
| aws | 19% |
| mpls | 18% |
| dhcp | 16% |
| cybersecurity | 16% |
| fortinet | 16% |
| root-cause-analysis | 16% |
| linux | 14% |
| qos | 12% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 12% |
| ipsec | 11% |
| vxlan | 11% |
| zero-trust | 11% |
| terraform | 11% |
| itil | 10% |
| vmware | 10% |
| typescript | 10% |
| solarwinds | 9% |
| api | 9% |
| virtualization | 8% |
| ethernet | 8% |
| voip | 8% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 2,124 open Senior Network Engineering jobs →
Across all Network Engineering levels
Most Network Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- networking 4,628
- cisco 4,393
- firewall 4,037
- cloud 3,071
- wan 3,071
- bgp 2,498
- network-security 2,257
- automation 2,255
- ospf 2,091
- ccna 2,029
- vpn 1,958
- vlan 1,794