Most In-Demand Network Engineering Skills
The most in-demand skills for Network Engineering roles right now are firewall, networking, cisco — ranked across 28030 open postings.
Updated October 28, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | firewall | 1,888 | +1,888 |
| 2 | networking | 1,820 | +1,820 |
| 3 | cisco | 1,769 | +1,769 |
| 4 | wan | 1,356 | +1,356 |
| 5 | cloud | 1,350 | +1,350 |
| 6 | bgp | 1,051 | +1,051 |
| 7 | automation | 999 | +999 |
| 8 | vpn | 955 | +955 |
| 9 | ccnp | 946 | +946 |
| 10 | network-security | 891 | +891 |
| 11 | ccna | 834 | +834 |
| 12 | ospf | 818 | +818 |
| 13 | python | 790 | +790 |
| 14 | tcp-ip | 762 | +762 |
| 15 | dns | 762 | +762 |
| 16 | vlan | 748 | +748 |
| 17 | ai | 671 | +671 |
| 18 | wifi | 654 | +654 |
| 19 | azure | 589 | +589 |
| 20 | ansible | 587 | +587 |
| 21 | linux | 571 | +571 |
| 22 | dhcp | 568 | +568 |
| 23 | palo-alto | 539 | +539 |
| 24 | aws | 518 | +518 |
| 25 | cybersecurity | 510 | +510 |
| 26 | sd-wan | 442 | +442 |
| 27 | fortinet | 418 | +418 |
| 28 | typescript | 387 | +387 |
| 29 | mpls | 381 | +381 |
| 30 | root-cause-analysis | 372 | +372 |
| 31 | vmware | 360 | +360 |
| 32 | ipsec | 349 | +349 |
| 33 | fiber | 341 | +341 |
| 34 | qos | 326 | +326 |
| 35 | terraform | 323 | +323 |
| 36 | infrastructure-as-code | 299 | +299 |
| 37 | zero-trust | 286 | +286 |
| 38 | vxlan | 279 | +279 |
| 39 | solarwinds | 265 | +265 |
| 40 | itil | 256 | +256 |