Network Engineer Jobs in Central London

Network Engineer
London > Central London

The median Network Engineer salary in Central London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 130 204
Rank change year-on-year -13 +74 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 16 55 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.67% 1.46% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 1.53% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 16 53 37
10th Percentile £37,375 £44,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £57,250 £46,250 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £93,750 £88,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £59,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,186 3,603 4,826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 95.44% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,537 2,766 3,999
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
Median % change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Central London

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 Network Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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 +12 16 £65,000 +13.04% 17
City of Westminster - 2 £26,000 - 2
Network Engineer
London

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) WAN
2 11 (68.75%) LAN
2 11 (68.75%) Cisco
3 9 (56.25%) Wireless
3 9 (56.25%) SD-WAN
4 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
5 7 (43.75%) Firewall
5 7 (43.75%) Juniper
6 6 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (37.50%) MPLS
7 5 (31.25%) VPN
7 5 (31.25%) DNS
7 5 (31.25%) VoIP
7 5 (31.25%) WLAN
7 5 (31.25%) Azure
7 5 (31.25%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
8 4 (25.00%) Network Security
8 4 (25.00%) Degree
8 4 (25.00%) DHCP
8 4 (25.00%) Windows
8 4 (25.00%) Linux
8 4 (25.00%) CCNP
8 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 3 (18.75%) CCNA
9 3 (18.75%) ITIL
9 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (18.75%) IPsec
9 3 (18.75%) VLAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) IaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) WAN
2 11 (68.75%) LAN
3 9 (56.25%) SD-WAN
3 9 (56.25%) Wireless
4 7 (43.75%) Firewall
5 6 (37.50%) MPLS
6 5 (31.25%) DNS
6 5 (31.25%) VoIP
6 5 (31.25%) VPN
6 5 (31.25%) WLAN
7 4 (25.00%) DHCP
7 4 (25.00%) Network Security
8 3 (18.75%) IPsec
8 3 (18.75%) VLAN
8 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (12.50%) BIG-IP
9 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 2 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Mobile Computing
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) High Availability
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) SIEM
6 1 (6.25%) Agile
6 1 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (6.25%) Load Balancing
6 1 (6.25%) Network Design
6 1 (6.25%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (6.25%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (25.00%) CCNP
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) CCNA
4 2 (12.50%) CCIE
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
4 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (6.25%) CEH
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
5 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Juniper
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (12.50%) F5
4 2 (12.50%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Meraki
5 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.25%) Sophos
5 1 (6.25%) VMware
5 1 (6.25%) Zscaler