Network Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Network Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Network Engineer salary in the City of London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 199 216
Rank change year-on-year +66 +17 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 45 39 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.34% 0.83% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 0.86% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 44 35 51
10th Percentile - £32,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -18.75%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,125 £79,000 £80,000
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 3,223 4,537 6,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.37% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,811 5,675
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (64.44%) WAN
1 29 (64.44%) Firewall
2 28 (62.22%) LAN
3 27 (60.00%) Azure
4 26 (57.78%) Wireless
5 24 (53.33%) Cisco
6 23 (51.11%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (46.67%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (42.22%) Network Security
9 18 (40.00%) DNS
10 17 (37.78%) CCNA
10 17 (37.78%) DHCP
10 17 (37.78%) VPN
11 15 (33.33%) Palo Alto
12 14 (31.11%) IPsec
12 14 (31.11%) IPv4
13 12 (26.67%) IPv6
13 12 (26.67%) PKI
14 11 (24.44%) SolarWinds
14 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
14 11 (24.44%) Data Centre
15 10 (22.22%) Meraki
15 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
16 9 (20.00%) Veeam
16 9 (20.00%) Aruba
17 8 (17.78%) HP
17 8 (17.78%) NetApp
17 8 (17.78%) Windows
17 8 (17.78%) CCNP
17 8 (17.78%) Rubrik

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.22%) IIS
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (8.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (60.00%) Azure
2 8 (17.78%) Rubrik
3 6 (13.33%) Datadog
4 4 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.67%) AWS
5 3 (6.67%) PaaS
5 3 (6.67%) SaaS
6 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.44%) GCP
6 2 (4.44%) IaaS
7 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (64.44%) Firewall
1 29 (64.44%) WAN
2 28 (62.22%) LAN
3 26 (57.78%) Wireless
4 21 (46.67%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (42.22%) Network Security
6 18 (40.00%) DNS
7 17 (37.78%) DHCP
7 17 (37.78%) VPN
8 14 (31.11%) IPsec
8 14 (31.11%) IPv4
9 12 (26.67%) IPv6
10 6 (13.33%) SD-WAN
11 5 (11.11%) NetScaler
12 4 (8.89%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (8.89%) PBX
13 3 (6.67%) BGP
13 3 (6.67%) MPLS
13 3 (6.67%) OSPF
13 3 (6.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Japanese Language
4 2 (4.44%) Law
4 2 (4.44%) Legal
4 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.22%) Retail
5 1 (2.22%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.22%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) PKI
2 11 (24.44%) Data Centre
3 5 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.78%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.89%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.22%) Linux
6 1 (2.22%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.22%) VMS
6 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.56%) Project Management
2 6 (13.33%) Load Balancing
2 6 (13.33%) Network Management
3 5 (11.11%) Change Control
3 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (11.11%) DevOps
3 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (8.89%) Change Management
4 4 (8.89%) ITIL
4 4 (8.89%) Time Management
5 3 (6.67%) Customer Service
6 2 (4.44%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.44%) ITSM
6 2 (4.44%) Mentoring
6 2 (4.44%) Network Design
6 2 (4.44%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (4.44%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.44%) Service Management
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (51.11%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (37.78%) CCNA
3 8 (17.78%) CCNP
4 6 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (4.44%) CCIE
5 2 (4.44%) JNCIP
6 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) SCCM
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Cisco
2 15 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
3 11 (24.44%) SolarWinds
4 10 (22.22%) Meraki
5 9 (20.00%) Aruba
5 9 (20.00%) Veeam
6 8 (17.78%) HP
6 8 (17.78%) NetApp
7 6 (13.33%) LogicMonitor
7 6 (13.33%) Remedy
8 5 (11.11%) Citrix
9 4 (8.89%) Juniper
9 4 (8.89%) Mitel
9 4 (8.89%) Riverbed
10 2 (4.44%) Fortinet
10 2 (4.44%) VMware
11 1 (2.22%) F5
11 1 (2.22%) ProCurve
11 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow