Most In-Demand Network Engineering Skills · freehire
The most in-demand skills for Network Engineering roles right now are networking, cisco, firewall — ranked across 22221 open postings.
Updated August 20, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | networking | 1,688 | +1,688 |
| 2 | cisco | 1,542 | +1,542 |
| 3 | firewall | 1,475 | +1,475 |
| 4 | cloud | 1,251 | +1,251 |
| 5 | wan | 1,107 | +1,107 |
| 6 | bgp | 1,048 | +1,048 |
| 7 | automation | 1,026 | +1,026 |
| 8 | network-security | 880 | +880 |
| 9 | ospf | 860 | +860 |
| 10 | vpn | 781 | +781 |
| 11 | python | 733 | +733 |
| 12 | dns | 630 | +630 |
| 13 | tcp-ip | 574 | +574 |
| 14 | ai | 563 | +563 |
| 15 | azure | 553 | +553 |
| 16 | ansible | 535 | +535 |
| 17 | aws | 510 | +510 |
| 18 | linux | 454 | +454 |
| 19 | cybersecurity | 438 | +438 |
| 20 | dhcp | 414 | +414 |
| 21 | mpls | 406 | +406 |
| 22 | sd-wan | 396 | +396 |
| 23 | terraform | 327 | +327 |
| 24 | ipsec | 316 | +316 |
| 25 | typescript | 299 | +299 |
| 26 | zero-trust | 294 | +294 |
| 27 | qos | 285 | +285 |
| 28 | infrastructure-as-code | 284 | +284 |
| 29 | vmware | 265 | +265 |
| 30 | itil | 251 | +251 |
| 31 | gcp | 230 | +230 |
| 32 | vpc | 222 | +222 |
| 33 | authentication | 220 | +220 |
| 34 | vlan | 214 | +214 |
| 35 | ethernet | 201 | +201 |
| 36 | virtualization | 197 | +197 |
| 37 | observability | 194 | +194 |
| 38 | wireshark | 192 | +192 |
| 39 | ios | 184 | +184 |
| 40 | voip | 182 | +182 |