Network Engineer Job Trends in East London

Network Engineer
London > East London

The median Network Engineer salary in East London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East London 3.05% 0.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.62% 1.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86,250 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% - -
75th Percentile £88,750 £38,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,559
% change year-on-year - +11.89% -3.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 138 100 291
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.15% 85.47% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 94 66 225
10th Percentile £32,003 £26,125 £25,622
25th Percentile £48,478 £37,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £51,500 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year +50.49% +31.76% -39.87%
75th Percentile £105,625 £79,188 £55,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £107,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.03% -1.33% +7.14%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in East London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in East London

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in East London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in East London

Network Engineer
Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Docklands, London - 5 £87,500 -
Network Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, 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 East London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Runbook
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (60.00%) Firmware
2 3 (60.00%) NX-OS
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
3 2 (40.00%) CCIE
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) CCSA
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (40.00%) CCSE

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) NX-OS
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (40.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) Runbook
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCIE
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) CCSA
1 2 (40.00%) CCSE
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Fortinet