Network Engineer Job Trends in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 203 252
Rank change year-on-year -25 +49 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 153 284 235
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.64% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.73% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 89 185 198
10th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £42,631
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

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 11,589 16,401 18,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 94.80% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,438 9,992 14,834
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,455 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.04% -4.17% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 London.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in London

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 Network Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Central London -17 13 £75,000 -6.25% 40
East London -8 8 £87,500 +133.33% 2
West London -3 5 £87,500 - 4
South London +23 1 - - 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 November 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 London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 120 (78.43%) Cisco
2 107 (69.93%) Firewall
3 84 (54.90%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (48.37%) CCNP
5 72 (47.06%) LAN
6 65 (42.48%) WAN
7 60 (39.22%) BGP
8 55 (35.95%) OSPF
9 52 (33.99%) Azure
10 50 (32.68%) VPN
11 48 (31.37%) Python
12 47 (30.72%) Network Security
13 44 (28.76%) Wireless
14 41 (26.80%) CCIE
15 40 (26.14%) Ansible
16 39 (25.49%) CheckPoint
16 39 (25.49%) Degree
17 37 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
18 36 (23.53%) AWS
19 35 (22.88%) Load Balancing
20 34 (22.22%) Fortinet
20 34 (22.22%) SolarWinds
21 33 (21.57%) Wi-Fi
22 31 (20.26%) SD-WAN
23 30 (19.61%) CCNA
23 30 (19.61%) Palo Alto
24 29 (18.95%) F5
24 29 (18.95%) High Availability
25 25 (16.34%) Network Monitoring
25 25 (16.34%) VLAN

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.31%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (12.42%) MS Visio
2 12 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 52 (33.99%) Azure
2 36 (23.53%) AWS
3 11 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.58%) IaaS
4 7 (4.58%) PaaS
4 7 (4.58%) SaaS
5 6 (3.92%) GCP
6 4 (2.61%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (2.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.96%) Akamai
7 3 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.31%) Dagster
8 2 (1.31%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.31%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.31%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 107 (69.93%) Firewall
2 72 (47.06%) LAN
3 65 (42.48%) WAN
4 60 (39.22%) BGP
5 55 (35.95%) OSPF
6 50 (32.68%) VPN
7 47 (30.72%) Network Security
8 44 (28.76%) Wireless
9 33 (21.57%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (20.26%) SD-WAN
11 25 (16.34%) VLAN
12 22 (14.38%) Cisco Nexus
13 18 (11.76%) EIGRP
13 18 (11.76%) TCP/IP
14 17 (11.11%) NX-OS
15 16 (10.46%) Cisco ASA
15 16 (10.46%) DNS
15 16 (10.46%) Wireshark
15 16 (10.46%) WLAN
16 15 (9.80%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) InfluxDB
2 2 (1.31%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.31%) Metadata
2 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.31%) MySQL
2 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.65%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.92%) Git
2 5 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.31%) GitLab
4 2 (1.31%) Jaeger
4 2 (1.31%) JIRA
4 2 (1.31%) MLflow
General
1 56 (36.60%) Finance
2 44 (28.76%) Social Skills
3 20 (13.07%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (12.42%) Banking
5 18 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 8 (5.23%) Marketing
7 6 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.61%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.96%) Law
9 3 (1.96%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.31%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.31%) French Language
10 2 (1.31%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Electronics
11 1 (0.65%) Legal
11 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.92%) 802.1X
1 6 (3.92%) RESTful
2 3 (1.96%) Middleware
3 2 (1.31%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.31%) Jinja
3 2 (1.31%) Kafka
3 2 (1.31%) Keycloak
3 2 (1.31%) REST
3 2 (1.31%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.65%) YAML
4 1 (0.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 57 (37.25%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (2.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (2.61%) IoT
4 4 (2.61%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.61%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.61%) Web3
5 3 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.31%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.31%) MPEG
6 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.31%) Replication
6 2 (1.31%) Robotics
6 2 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.65%) CCTV
7 1 (0.65%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.65%) e-Health
7 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.76%) Windows
2 11 (7.19%) Linux
2 11 (7.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.65%) Android
3 1 (0.65%) Unix
3 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (22.88%) Load Balancing
3 29 (18.95%) High Availability
4 25 (16.34%) Network Monitoring
5 22 (14.38%) Change Management
6 21 (13.73%) Low Latency
7 20 (13.07%) DevOps
7 20 (13.07%) Migration
8 18 (11.76%) Change Control
8 18 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (10.46%) Process Improvement
10 15 (9.80%) Computer Science
11 14 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (9.15%) Inventory Management
12 13 (8.50%) Incident Response
12 13 (8.50%) Network Architecture
12 13 (8.50%) Network Design
13 12 (7.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (7.84%) Ultra-Low Latency
13 12 (7.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 48 (31.37%) Python
2 9 (5.88%) Bash
3 7 (4.58%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.96%) Go
5 1 (0.65%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 84 (54.90%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (48.37%) CCNP
3 41 (26.80%) CCIE
4 39 (25.49%) Degree
5 30 (19.61%) CCNA
6 15 (9.80%) CCSE
7 14 (9.15%) CCSA
7 14 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.27%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.61%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.61%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.31%) CWDP
11 2 (1.31%) CWNA
11 2 (1.31%) JNCIP
11 2 (1.31%) JNCIS
11 2 (1.31%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.65%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.92%) PMO
2 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.96%) NIST
4 1 (0.65%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.58%) Firmware
2 7 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.61%) ProxySG
5 3 (1.96%) Docker
5 3 (1.96%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.31%) NFS
6 2 (1.31%) pfSense
6 2 (1.31%) Squid
7 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (26.14%) Ansible
2 19 (12.42%) Terraform
3 13 (8.50%) FortiGate
4 9 (5.88%) Grafana
5 8 (5.23%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.27%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.61%) Nagios
8 3 (1.96%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (1.31%) Argo
9 2 (1.31%) Kibana
9 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.31%) SCCM
9 2 (1.31%) VxRail
9 2 (1.31%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.65%) CA Spectrum
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.65%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.65%) vRealize
Vendors
1 120 (78.43%) Cisco
2 39 (25.49%) CheckPoint
3 34 (22.22%) Fortinet
3 34 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 30 (19.61%) Palo Alto
5 29 (18.95%) F5
6 22 (14.38%) Meraki
7 20 (13.07%) Arista
8 17 (11.11%) Juniper
9 16 (10.46%) Microsoft
10 11 (7.19%) VMware
11 10 (6.54%) Aruba
12 6 (3.92%) Citrix
12 6 (3.92%) Infoblox
12 6 (3.92%) Motorola
12 6 (3.92%) ServiceNow
12 6 (3.92%) Splunk
13 5 (3.27%) Ekahau
14 4 (2.61%) LogicMonitor
14 4 (2.61%) Zscaler