Most In-Demand Network Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Network Engineering roles right now are cisco, networking, firewall — ranked across 82593 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cisco | 5,822 | -175 |
| 2 | networking | 5,556 | -217 |
| 3 | firewall | 5,501 | +71 |
| 4 | wan | 4,148 | -52 |
| 5 | cloud | 3,699 | -268 |
| 6 | bgp | 3,180 | -130 |
| 7 | ccnp | 2,967 | -132 |
| 8 | vpn | 2,830 | +59 |
| 9 | network-security | 2,800 | -30 |
| 10 | ccna | 2,699 | -43 |
| 11 | ospf | 2,660 | -111 |
| 12 | vlan | 2,580 | +95 |
| 13 | automation | 2,550 | -206 |
| 14 | tcp-ip | 2,526 | +149 |
| 15 | dns | 2,405 | +123 |
| 16 | python | 2,008 | +37 |
| 17 | dhcp | 1,867 | +82 |
| 18 | fortinet | 1,839 | +106 |
| 19 | azure | 1,740 | -113 |
| 20 | cybersecurity | 1,740 | +14 |
| 21 | linux | 1,728 | +141 |
| 22 | aws | 1,532 | -59 |
| 23 | sd-wan | 1,514 | +126 |
| 24 | ansible | 1,471 | +59 |
| 25 | mpls | 1,373 | -75 |
| 26 | ai | 1,300 | -158 |
| 27 | wifi | 1,218 | +88 |
| 28 | vmware | 1,181 | +70 |
| 29 | root-cause-analysis | 1,119 | -10 |
| 30 | qos | 1,079 | -33 |
| 31 | ipsec | 1,008 | +4 |
| 32 | virtualization | 856 | -25 |
| 33 | itil | 850 | -69 |
| 34 | eigrp | 846 | -24 |
| 35 | solarwinds | 771 | -29 |
| 36 | voip | 754 | -16 |
| 37 | terraform | 745 | -8 |
| 38 | typescript | 718 | -87 |
| 39 | wireshark | 714 | +33 |
| 40 | infrastructure-as-code | 699 | -19 |