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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 261 247
Rank change year-on-year +65 -14 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 259 142 322
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.17% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.28% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 187 94 276
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.79% -4.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,875 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.14% -2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 19,983 11,053 23,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 90.80% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,756 6,999 17,364
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,400 £37,283
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 20 June 2026.

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 20 June 2026. 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 +15 49 £70,500 +6.42% 7
West London -7 10 £70,000 -8.20% 1
South London +21 8 £50,000 - 5
East London - 7 - - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 2026, 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.

1 160 (61.78%) Cisco
2 131 (50.58%) Firewall
3 105 (40.54%) WAN
4 91 (35.14%) Azure
4 91 (35.14%) Network Security
5 89 (34.36%) VPN
6 84 (32.43%) Cisco Certification
6 84 (32.43%) SD-WAN
7 79 (30.50%) Palo Alto
8 73 (28.19%) BGP
9 72 (27.80%) CCNP
10 59 (22.78%) OSPF
11 58 (22.39%) Cisco ISE
12 56 (21.62%) LAN
13 49 (18.92%) High Availability
14 47 (18.15%) Fortinet
14 47 (18.15%) SolarWinds
14 47 (18.15%) Wireless
15 46 (17.76%) Meraki
16 45 (17.37%) AWS
17 44 (16.99%) Network Monitoring
18 43 (16.60%) CCNA
19 39 (15.06%) Wi-Fi
20 38 (14.67%) DNS
20 38 (14.67%) Python
21 35 (13.51%) Microsoft
22 34 (13.13%) VLAN
23 32 (12.36%) Network Design
23 32 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
24 31 (11.97%) Cisco Firepower

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 2 (0.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (5.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 91 (35.14%) Azure
2 45 (17.37%) AWS
3 15 (5.79%) Datadog
4 13 (5.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (4.25%) SaaS
6 10 (3.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (3.86%) GCP
7 9 (3.47%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.77%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.77%) Route 53
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.39%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.39%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.39%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 131 (50.58%) Firewall
2 105 (40.54%) WAN
3 91 (35.14%) Network Security
4 89 (34.36%) VPN
5 84 (32.43%) SD-WAN
6 73 (28.19%) BGP
7 59 (22.78%) OSPF
8 58 (22.39%) Cisco ISE
9 56 (21.62%) LAN
10 47 (18.15%) Wireless
11 39 (15.06%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (14.67%) DNS
13 34 (13.13%) VLAN
14 31 (11.97%) Cisco Firepower
14 31 (11.97%) MPLS
15 28 (10.81%) TCP/IP
16 27 (10.42%) Cisco Wireless
17 22 (8.49%) Cisco ASA
18 18 (6.95%) VXLAN
18 18 (6.95%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 9 (3.47%) Git
2 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 56 (21.62%) Finance
1 56 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.41%) Telecoms
3 10 (3.86%) Retail Banking
4 8 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.70%) Banking
6 5 (1.93%) Law
6 5 (1.93%) Retail
7 4 (1.54%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.16%) Digital Health
8 3 (1.16%) Marketing
9 2 (0.77%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.39%) Military
10 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.63%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.70%) Jinja
2 7 (2.70%) NETCONF
2 7 (2.70%) YANG
3 1 (0.39%) gRPC
3 1 (0.39%) OpenID
3 1 (0.39%) REST
3 1 (0.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (25.87%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.65%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.34%) PKI
4 10 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.70%) Social Media
7 4 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.16%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.16%) Life Science
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.77%) IoT
9 2 (0.77%) IVR
9 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Replication
10 1 (0.39%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.39%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.25%) Linux
2 8 (3.09%) Windows
3 3 (1.16%) Unix
4 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (18.92%) High Availability
2 44 (16.99%) Network Monitoring
3 32 (12.36%) Network Design
3 32 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (10.81%) Zero Trust
5 27 (10.42%) Network Architecture
6 21 (8.11%) Security Architecture
7 19 (7.34%) Network Segmentation
8 18 (6.95%) Load Balancing
9 17 (6.56%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (6.18%) Business Continuity
10 16 (6.18%) Runbook
11 15 (5.79%) Computer Science
11 15 (5.79%) Enterprise Architecture
12 14 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (5.02%) Agile
13 13 (5.02%) ITIL
14 12 (4.63%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.67%) Python
2 6 (2.32%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.54%) Bash
4 2 (0.77%) Bicep
4 2 (0.77%) SQL
5 1 (0.39%) C
5 1 (0.39%) Go
5 1 (0.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 84 (32.43%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (27.80%) CCNP
3 43 (16.60%) CCNA
4 27 (10.42%) Degree
5 25 (9.65%) CCIE
6 22 (8.49%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.56%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.86%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.47%) CCSA
10 9 (3.47%) CCSE
11 7 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.39%) CWNA
13 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.39%) MBA
13 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.65%) NIST
2 15 (5.79%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.47%) GDPR
5 8 (3.09%) QA
6 2 (0.77%) SLA
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (2.32%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.16%) Firmware
4 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 30 (11.58%) FortiGate
2 22 (8.49%) Ansible
3 15 (5.79%) Terraform
4 10 (3.86%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.47%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.16%) Nagios
7 2 (0.77%) Grafana
8 1 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.39%) OpenView
8 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 160 (61.78%) Cisco
2 79 (30.50%) Palo Alto
3 47 (18.15%) Fortinet
3 47 (18.15%) SolarWinds
4 46 (17.76%) Meraki
5 35 (13.51%) Microsoft
6 28 (10.81%) Arista
7 24 (9.27%) CheckPoint
8 23 (8.88%) F5
9 21 (8.11%) ForeScout
10 15 (5.79%) Infoblox
10 15 (5.79%) SevOne
10 15 (5.79%) Splunk
11 13 (5.02%) Zscaler
12 10 (3.86%) Dynatrace
13 9 (3.47%) ServiceNow
14 8 (3.09%) VMware
15 6 (2.32%) Aruba
15 6 (2.32%) Juniper
16 5 (1.93%) HP