Lead Network Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Lead Network Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Lead Network Engineer salary in the City of 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 137 - 166
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Network Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.062% - 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - 0.075%
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
Central London median annual salary £91,500 - £68,700
% change year-on-year - - +1.78%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,087 1,651 2,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.67% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,219 1,315 1,882
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - -1.36%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% - -

Lead Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Lead Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Lead Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Network Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Network Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 the City of 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