Does Network Rail pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Network Rail employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Network Rail. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Network Rail?

74% of Network Rail employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Network Rail 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Network Rail?

Project Manager (150) , Signaller (65) , Scheme Project Manager (63) , Engineer (44) , Technician (41) , Project Engineer (34) , Asset Engineer (30) , Commercial Manager (26) , Finance Business Partner (25) , Team Leader (25) , Operative (20) , Apprentice (19) , Manager (19) , Assistant Project Engineer (17) , Business Analyst (17)

What are the pros of working at Network Rail according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance is good" ((in 207 reviews)); "Great for people who want to work part time or get maximum use of paternity/maternity leave." ((in 156 reviews)); "Flexible and good benefits to be had" ((in 143 reviews)); "Pay is good and colleges good" ((in 116 reviews)); "Good salary and overtime rates" ((in 103 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Network Rail according to real employee reviews?

"Sometimes poor management and politics" ((in 101 reviews)); "Too many managers A director for just about every word in the English dictionary." ((in 54 reviews)); "Long hours and mostly nightshift" ((in 48 reviews)); "Some poor leadership." ((in 29 reviews)); "No bonus or pay rise thanks to covid" ((in 28 reviews))

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Network Rail reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(2,598 total reviews)

Jeremy Westlake

77% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Network Rail has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,598 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Network Rail employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Mar 11, 2026

Fares Ticket and Retailing is messed up

Coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Social activities from time to time and flexible working arrangements.

Cons

I worked with Fares, Ticket and Retailing programme and they are really messed up, directors are incompetent and there is no diversity in the team, whatever skills and experience you got they don't value but incompetency, They promote people on baseless background, personal relationships or just for "know nothing, less noise" principles.

5.0

Mar 11, 2026

nil

It graduate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good employer. work life balance

Cons

none i can think of

4.0

Mar 4, 2026

Good learning opportunities

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Getting a lot of training with data scientist consultants Super cheap on train tickets

Cons

Salary isn't great NR isn't a software company, which means nobody really knows what they are doing - IT is almost invariably useless

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