Network Engineer Jobs in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £59,175 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 252 331 474
Rank change year-on-year +79 +143 -157
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 289 340 484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.23% 0.97% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.02% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 266 264 362
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,200 £40,066
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,175 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,176 33,447 64,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 24,574 34,911
10th Percentile £38,084 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +61 50 £55,000 -8.33% 16
West London +3 14 £52,500 -2.78% 7
South London -1 7 £57,500 +15.00% 1
North London - 2 £45,000 - 1
East London +19 1 £55,000 +57.14%
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 161 (55.71%) Cisco
2 154 (53.29%) WAN
3 152 (52.60%) Firewall
4 133 (46.02%) LAN
5 110 (38.06%) Cisco Certification
6 93 (32.18%) Wireless
7 87 (30.10%) VPN
8 83 (28.72%) Azure
8 83 (28.72%) Data Centre
9 82 (28.37%) Network Security
10 81 (28.03%) CCNP
11 67 (23.18%) Palo Alto
12 66 (22.84%) Wi-Fi
12 66 (22.84%) BGP
13 65 (22.49%) SD-WAN
14 63 (21.80%) Juniper
15 60 (20.76%) ITIL
16 58 (20.07%) MPLS
17 57 (19.72%) SolarWinds
18 56 (19.38%) DNS
19 52 (17.99%) CCNA
20 50 (17.30%) Microsoft
20 50 (17.30%) DHCP
20 50 (17.30%) Fortinet
20 50 (17.30%) Social Skills
20 50 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
21 45 (15.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 45 (15.57%) Network Design
22 44 (15.22%) OSPF
23 42 (14.53%) TCP/IP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.73%) IIS
3 5 (1.73%) WordPress
4 3 (1.04%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) uWSGI
Applications
1 15 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.46%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (28.72%) Azure
2 35 (12.11%) AWS
3 13 (4.50%) SaaS
4 11 (3.81%) Datadog
4 11 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.81%) Rubrik
5 10 (3.46%) IaaS
5 10 (3.46%) PaaS
6 8 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.73%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (1.73%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.04%) GCP
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 154 (53.29%) WAN
2 152 (52.60%) Firewall
3 133 (46.02%) LAN
4 93 (32.18%) Wireless
5 87 (30.10%) VPN
6 82 (28.37%) Network Security
7 66 (22.84%) BGP
7 66 (22.84%) Wi-Fi
8 65 (22.49%) SD-WAN
9 58 (20.07%) MPLS
10 56 (19.38%) DNS
11 50 (17.30%) DHCP
12 44 (15.22%) OSPF
13 42 (14.53%) TCP/IP
14 41 (14.19%) Cisco Firepower
14 41 (14.19%) VLAN
15 37 (12.80%) Internet
16 27 (9.34%) Cisco Nexus
17 26 (9.00%) IPsec
18 25 (8.65%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.69%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Git
1 1 (0.35%) GitLab
1 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (17.30%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.80%) Telecoms
3 36 (12.46%) Finance
4 35 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.27%) Law
6 10 (3.46%) Banking
6 10 (3.46%) Legal
6 10 (3.46%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.73%) Games
8 5 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.38%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.38%) Publishing
10 3 (1.04%) Marketing
10 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.04%) Retail
11 2 (0.69%) Billing
11 2 (0.69%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.15%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.42%) HTML
3 5 (1.73%) LAMP
3 5 (1.73%) XMPP
4 2 (0.69%) LDAP
5 1 (0.35%) ADO
5 1 (0.35%) EDI
5 1 (0.35%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 83 (28.72%) Data Centre
2 28 (9.69%) PKI
3 11 (3.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (3.81%) Hedge funds
4 10 (3.46%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.73%) Replication
7 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.04%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.69%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.35%) CCTV
10 1 (0.35%) Derivative
10 1 (0.35%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.27%) Windows
2 17 (5.88%) Linux
3 14 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (2.42%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.73%) VMS
7 4 (1.38%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.04%) Debian
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Unix
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (20.76%) ITIL
2 50 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (15.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (15.57%) Network Design
4 39 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (12.46%) Network Monitoring
6 32 (11.07%) Customer Service
7 30 (10.38%) Network Management
8 29 (10.03%) Mentoring
9 27 (9.34%) Infrastructure Management
9 27 (9.34%) Roadmaps
10 25 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (8.30%) Customer Experience
11 24 (8.30%) Project Delivery
12 23 (7.96%) Disaster Recovery
12 23 (7.96%) Technology Roadmap
13 21 (7.27%) Data Modelling
14 18 (6.23%) Service Delivery
15 16 (5.54%) DevOps
16 14 (4.84%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.23%) PowerShell
1 18 (6.23%) Python
2 15 (5.19%) Bash
3 7 (2.42%) C#
3 7 (2.42%) SQL
4 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (38.06%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (28.03%) CCNP
3 52 (17.99%) CCNA
4 33 (11.42%) Degree
5 16 (5.54%) CCIE
6 11 (3.81%) JNCIP
7 9 (3.11%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.73%) CISA
8 5 (1.73%) CISSP
9 4 (1.38%) MCSA
9 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.38%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.04%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.04%) GIAC
11 2 (0.69%) CCSA
11 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.88%) SLA
2 8 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.73%) NCSC
4 3 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 17 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.73%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.73%) vSphere
4 1 (0.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (7.61%) FortiGate
2 10 (3.46%) Ansible
3 8 (2.77%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.42%) Stealthwatch
5 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.73%) SCCM
6 5 (1.73%) Terraform
7 3 (1.04%) Grafana
7 3 (1.04%) Nessus
7 3 (1.04%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.04%) Salt
7 3 (1.04%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (1.04%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.69%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.35%) Icinga
9 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.35%) Nmap
9 1 (0.35%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (55.71%) Cisco
2 67 (23.18%) Palo Alto
3 63 (21.80%) Juniper
4 57 (19.72%) SolarWinds
5 50 (17.30%) Fortinet
5 50 (17.30%) Microsoft
6 40 (13.84%) Meraki
7 34 (11.76%) CheckPoint
8 28 (9.69%) Aruba
9 24 (8.30%) HP
10 23 (7.96%) Sandvine
10 23 (7.96%) VMware
11 20 (6.92%) F5
11 20 (6.92%) Veeam
12 13 (4.50%) LogicMonitor
12 13 (4.50%) NetApp
13 10 (3.46%) Citrix
13 10 (3.46%) Splunk
14 9 (3.11%) Nokia
15 6 (2.08%) Remedy