Top skills for Network Engineer jobs
Based on 762 active Network Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Network Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design58%
- Firewalls55%
- Networks49%
- Network Engineering40%
- Network Security37%
- Routers32%
- Automation31%
- Computer Science31%
- Wireless29%
- Scripting22%
- Network Operations19%
- Network Design18%
- Cloud Networking16%
- Network Automation16%
- Routing Protocols15%
- Network Services15%
- Linux15%
- Network Architecture15%
- Cybersecurity12%
- LAN WAN11%
- Network Management10%
- Wireshark10%
- Network Systems9%
- Computing8%
- Network Technologies8%
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