Network Engineer
Automation pressure; the cloud + physical network hybrid keeps its value
- Salary 30% × 2.90.86
- AI resistance 35% × 5.01.75
- Demand 20% × 6.01.20
- Remote work 10% × 5.00.50
- Low stress 5% × 4.00.20
Salary, k PLN per month
Mixedestimate MID → SENIORmarket (SOLID.Jobs): middle half of offersmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)
- Range MID → SENIOR
- ≈11–19
- Range midpoint
- ≈15.0
- Junior Derived
- ≈7.5
- Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
- ≈10.2
- Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
- ≈12.3
NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.
Easiest transitions
Estimate2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)
Key certifications
EstimateScores 1–10
Estimate- AI resistance5/1010 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
- Demand6/1010 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
- Remote work5/1010 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
- Stress6/1010 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
- Entry barrier6/1010 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
- Prestige5/1010 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula
The market in job ads
From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 13/11/2026Most common stack
requirednice to have% of this role's offers
Experience level
Junior 0%Regular 37%Senior 63%
One company has 93% of this role's offers, so the stack may mostly reflect its needs.
Matching: 39 by title, 2 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.
Salaries in job-board reports
From reportsNo Fluff Jobs: „Kariera w IT 2026”data for H1 2026
These are the report's figures for the whole IT System Administration category, not for this role alone.
| Level | B2B net | Employment, gross |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | 8.4–10.9 | 7–9 |
| Mid | 20.2–25 | 10–15 |
| Senior | 21.8–26.9 | 16.9–22 |
Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. A dash means the report gives no amount because there were too few ads. Source: page 34 of the report.
No Fluff Jobs: „Rynek pracy IT w Polsce 2025/2026”data for 2025
These are the report's figures for the whole System Administrator category, not for this role alone.
| Level | B2B net | Employment, gross |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 16.8–22.7 | 12–16 |
| Junior | 9.2–11.7 | 7–8.5 |
| Mid | 16.4–20.2 | 11–15 |
| Senior | 20.6–25.2 | 13–18 |
Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. Year-on-year change of the overall upper median: B2B -5.5%, employment -11.1%. Source: pages 27 and 32 of the report.
Reports are shown on their own, with a link and page number. They are not averaged with SOLID.Jobs data because they measure something else: the report gives the median lower and upper bounds, SOLID.Jobs the median of the range midpoints.