Network Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Network Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Network Engineer salary in the City of London is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 127 198
Rank change year-on-year -3 +71 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 12 46 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.59% 1.38% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.44% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12 45 36
10th Percentile £49,825 - £32,500
25th Percentile £57,250 £46,250 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £92,000 £82,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,896 3,198 4,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 96.01% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 2,526 3,731
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 20 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 City of London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) WAN
2 8 (66.67%) LAN
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Wireless
2 8 (66.67%) SD-WAN
3 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (50.00%) Juniper
4 6 (50.00%) MPLS
4 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (41.67%) Azure
5 5 (41.67%) VoIP
5 5 (41.67%) WLAN
5 5 (41.67%) Mobile Computing
5 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
6 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (33.33%) Firewall
6 4 (33.33%) VPN
6 4 (33.33%) DNS
7 3 (25.00%) IPsec
7 3 (25.00%) DHCP
7 3 (25.00%) ITIL
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) CCNP
7 3 (25.00%) Degree
8 2 (16.67%) BIG-IP
8 2 (16.67%) F5
8 2 (16.67%) AWS
8 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) IaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) WAN
2 8 (66.67%) LAN
2 8 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 8 (66.67%) Wireless
3 6 (50.00%) MPLS
4 5 (41.67%) VoIP
4 5 (41.67%) WLAN
5 4 (33.33%) DNS
5 4 (33.33%) Firewall
5 4 (33.33%) VPN
6 3 (25.00%) DHCP
6 3 (25.00%) IPsec
7 2 (16.67%) BIG-IP
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (8.33%) Network Security
8 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Korean Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Mobile Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 1 (8.33%) Agile
6 1 (8.33%) Antivirus Management
6 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (8.33%) High Availability
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (8.33%) Load Balancing
6 1 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 1 (8.33%) SIEM
6 1 (8.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) CCNA
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) CCIE
4 1 (8.33%) CEH
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (8.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) Juniper
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) F5
5 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (8.33%) HP
5 1 (8.33%) Meraki
5 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (8.33%) VMware
5 1 (8.33%) Zscaler