Network Engineer Jobs in Central London

Network Engineer
London > Central London

The median Network Engineer salary in Central 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 145 206 204
Rank change year-on-year +61 -2 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 50 41 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.32% 0.78% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.81% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 49 36 77
10th Percentile £43,645 £32,500 £52,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,500 £58,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,500 £78,125 £80,000
London median annual salary £59,175 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.96% - +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,598 5,054 7,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 96.10% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,818 4,217 6,457
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 May 2024.

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 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
City of London +66 45 £55,000 -8.33% 15
West End of London +15 1 £40,000 -33.33%
Lambeth - 1 £43,227 -
Network Engineer
London

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

1 30 (60.00%) WAN
1 30 (60.00%) Firewall
2 28 (56.00%) LAN
3 27 (54.00%) Azure
4 26 (52.00%) Cisco
4 26 (52.00%) Wireless
5 25 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (46.00%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (40.00%) Network Security
8 18 (36.00%) DNS
9 17 (34.00%) DHCP
9 17 (34.00%) VPN
9 17 (34.00%) CCNA
10 16 (32.00%) Palo Alto
11 14 (28.00%) Data Centre
11 14 (28.00%) IPsec
11 14 (28.00%) IPv4
12 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
13 12 (24.00%) IPv6
13 12 (24.00%) PKI
14 11 (22.00%) SolarWinds
14 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
15 10 (20.00%) CCNP
15 10 (20.00%) Meraki
16 9 (18.00%) Aruba
16 9 (18.00%) Veeam
17 8 (16.00%) HP
17 8 (16.00%) Windows
17 8 (16.00%) NetApp
17 8 (16.00%) Rubrik

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 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (8.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (54.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) Rubrik
3 6 (12.00%) Datadog
4 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.00%) AWS
5 3 (6.00%) PaaS
5 3 (6.00%) SaaS
6 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.00%) GCP
6 2 (4.00%) IaaS
7 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (60.00%) Firewall
1 30 (60.00%) WAN
2 28 (56.00%) LAN
3 26 (52.00%) Wireless
4 23 (46.00%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (40.00%) Network Security
6 18 (36.00%) DNS
7 17 (34.00%) DHCP
7 17 (34.00%) VPN
8 14 (28.00%) IPsec
8 14 (28.00%) IPv4
9 12 (24.00%) IPv6
10 6 (12.00%) SD-WAN
11 5 (10.00%) NetScaler
12 4 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (8.00%) MPLS
12 4 (8.00%) PBX
13 3 (6.00%) BGP
13 3 (6.00%) OSPF
13 3 (6.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Japanese Language
5 2 (4.00%) Law
5 2 (4.00%) Legal
5 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.00%) Police
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.00%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (24.00%) PKI
3 5 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.00%) Replication
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.00%) Linux
5 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.00%) VMS
6 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.00%) Network Management
1 7 (14.00%) Project Management
2 6 (12.00%) Load Balancing
2 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (10.00%) Change Control
3 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (10.00%) DevOps
3 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (8.00%) Change Management
4 4 (8.00%) ITIL
4 4 (8.00%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (8.00%) Time Management
5 3 (6.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (4.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.00%) ITSM
6 2 (4.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (4.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.00%) Service Management
6 2 (4.00%) Tech Ops
6 2 (4.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) Bash
1 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (34.00%) CCNA
3 10 (20.00%) CCNP
4 7 (14.00%) Degree
5 2 (4.00%) CCIE
5 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) JNCIP
5 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.00%) HNC
6 1 (2.00%) HND
6 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.00%) Docker
3 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) Cisco
2 16 (32.00%) Palo Alto
3 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (22.00%) SolarWinds
4 10 (20.00%) Meraki
5 9 (18.00%) Aruba
5 9 (18.00%) Veeam
6 8 (16.00%) HP
6 8 (16.00%) NetApp
7 6 (12.00%) LogicMonitor
7 6 (12.00%) Remedy
8 5 (10.00%) Citrix
9 4 (8.00%) Fortinet
9 4 (8.00%) Juniper
9 4 (8.00%) Mitel
9 4 (8.00%) Riverbed
10 3 (6.00%) VMware
11 1 (2.00%) F5
11 1 (2.00%) ForeScout
11 1 (2.00%) ProCurve