2nd Line Network Engineer Job Trends in London

Second Line Network Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Network Engineer salary in London is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 437 -
Rank change year-on-year +58 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.009% 0.023% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.024% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% - -
75th Percentile £37,250 £37,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £36,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.29% -12.50% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 10,668 16,826 19,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 95.18% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 10,528 16,098
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,976
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +6.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancy trend in London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South London - 1 £36,500 -
2nd Line Network Engineer
England

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 2nd Line 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) VMware