Lead Network Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Lead Network Engineer
London > Central London

The median Lead Network Engineer salary in Central London is £91,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - 177
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Network Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.059% - 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £63,370
25th Percentile £88,250 - £64,675
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 - £68,700
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.78%
75th Percentile £94,750 - £72,075
90th Percentile - - £72,990
London median annual salary £85,000 £130,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +62.50% +18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,232 1,912 3,062
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 94.42% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,315 1,524 2,112
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,315
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,250
90th Percentile - £120,000 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -0.68%

Lead Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Lead Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Lead Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Network Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Network Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Lead Network Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Network Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 September 2026. 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
City of London - 2 £91,500 - 2
Lead Network Engineer
London

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 9 September 2026, Lead Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Lead Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TACACS
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TACACS
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto