Network engineer

#193Changing

4/5

Key facts

+3.1%jobs, 2025 to 2035

United States

Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3.1% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Computer network professionals (ISCO 2523). Computer network professionals research, analyse, design, test and recommend strategies for network architecture and development.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

16 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

ICT capability manager
ICT capacity planner
ICT capacity planners
ICT network architect
ICT network engineer
ICT performance manager
IT capability planner
IT capacity planner
network architects
network configurator
network designer
network developer
network engineers
networks designer
networks developer
networks engineer

Training

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Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High

AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (high)

Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Computer network architects; Network and computer systems administrators; Computer network support specialists)

Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job

PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $110,862

EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics

Checked on 27 October 2026.