Network Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 170 job postings with the title “Network Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is BGP, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11
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+How many Network Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 170 job postings with the title “Network Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Network Engineer jobs require?
Across Network Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are BGP, Ansible, Python, OSPF, Terraform.
+Which cities are hiring the most Network Engineer?
As of 2026-06-11, Network Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Pune.
+Is Network Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 170 Network Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, with demand down 41% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Network Engineer postings is BGP, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Network Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Network Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BGP | 69 | 40.6% |
| Ansible | 66 | 38.8% |
| Python | 65 | 38.2% |
| OSPF | 56 | 32.9% |
| Terraform | 37 | 21.8% |
| routing | 35 | 20.6% |
| firewalls | 33 | 19.4% |
| EVPN | 32 | 18.8% |
| VXLAN | 31 | 18.2% |
| Network Engineering | 29 | 17.1% |
| AWS | 28 | 16.5% |
| SD-WAN | 27 | 15.9% |
| TCP/IP | 25 | 14.7% |
| switching | 23 | 13.5% |
| network automation | 23 | 13.5% |
Top metros hiring Network Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 14 | 8.2% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 4.1% |
| London | 5 | 2.9% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 2.4% |
| Pune | 4 | 2.4% |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 1.8% |
| Paris | 3 | 1.8% |
| Prague | 3 | 1.8% |
| Singapore | 3 | 1.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, matching postings whose canonical role is “Network Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Network Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-06-11
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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