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 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 235 218
Rank change year-on-year +43 -17 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 298 160 284
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.35% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.49% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 241 95 196
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £44,136
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 23,968 10,756 17,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.07% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,211 6,970 11,037
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +7 22 £62,500 -13.79% 37
West London -4 13 £60,000 -31.43% 4
South London +8 9 £50,000 +36.99% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 October 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.

1 126 (42.28%) Cisco
2 99 (33.22%) Firewall
3 93 (31.21%) Network Security
4 83 (27.85%) WAN
5 77 (25.84%) Azure
6 70 (23.49%) Cisco Certification
7 67 (22.48%) Palo Alto
7 67 (22.48%) VPN
8 63 (21.14%) Microsoft
9 58 (19.46%) BGP
10 57 (19.13%) DNS
11 56 (18.79%) CCNP
11 56 (18.79%) LAN
12 54 (18.12%) SD-WAN
13 48 (16.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 46 (15.44%) TCP/IP
14 46 (15.44%) Wireless
15 41 (13.76%) OSPF
16 39 (13.09%) AWS
17 38 (12.75%) Validation
18 37 (12.42%) Cisco ISE
18 37 (12.42%) Meraki
19 36 (12.08%) CCNA
19 36 (12.08%) High Availability
19 36 (12.08%) Network Design
20 35 (11.74%) Zscaler
21 34 (11.41%) Python
22 33 (11.07%) Arista
23 32 (10.74%) F5
24 30 (10.07%) Linux

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 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.03%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 77 (25.84%) Azure
2 39 (13.09%) AWS
3 16 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.03%) Datadog
5 9 (3.02%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.68%) GCP
6 8 (2.68%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.68%) SaaS
7 7 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (0.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.34%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.34%) OCI
10 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 99 (33.22%) Firewall
2 93 (31.21%) Network Security
3 83 (27.85%) WAN
4 67 (22.48%) VPN
5 58 (19.46%) BGP
6 57 (19.13%) DNS
7 56 (18.79%) LAN
8 54 (18.12%) SD-WAN
9 46 (15.44%) TCP/IP
9 46 (15.44%) Wireless
10 41 (13.76%) OSPF
11 37 (12.42%) Cisco ISE
12 29 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (9.06%) VLAN
14 26 (8.72%) DHCP
15 22 (7.38%) MPLS
16 20 (6.71%) Cisco Wireless
17 18 (6.04%) SSL
18 15 (5.03%) Cisco Nexus
19 13 (4.36%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) GitLab
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 59 (19.80%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.41%) Finance
3 23 (7.72%) Telecoms
4 15 (5.03%) Law
5 10 (3.36%) Banking
6 8 (2.68%) Legal
7 7 (2.35%) Marketing
7 7 (2.35%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.01%) Digital Health
8 6 (2.01%) Retail
9 5 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.34%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.34%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.01%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.67%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Advertising
13 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.34%) Automotive
13 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.36%) Terraform
2 8 (2.68%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.01%) OpenID
3 3 (1.01%) SAML
4 2 (0.67%) JWT
4 2 (0.67%) OAuth
4 2 (0.67%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.67%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) Django
5 1 (0.34%) gRPC
5 1 (0.34%) Jinja
5 1 (0.34%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.48%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.04%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.70%) PKI
4 13 (4.36%) IVR
4 13 (4.36%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.01%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.01%) Life Science
8 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.67%) IoT
8 2 (0.67%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.67%) Replication
8 2 (0.67%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.34%) IPTV
9 1 (0.34%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.34%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.07%) Linux
2 26 (8.72%) Windows
3 15 (5.03%) Unix
4 11 (3.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (12.75%) Validation
3 36 (12.08%) High Availability
3 36 (12.08%) Network Design
4 29 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (9.40%) Network Monitoring
6 26 (8.72%) Migration
6 26 (8.72%) Project Delivery
7 24 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (7.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (7.38%) Technical Leadership
9 21 (7.05%) Change Management
10 20 (6.71%) Security Architecture
11 19 (6.38%) Computer Science
11 19 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (6.04%) Network Architecture
13 16 (5.37%) Business Continuity
13 16 (5.37%) Load Balancing
13 16 (5.37%) Zero Trust
14 15 (5.03%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.41%) Python
2 15 (5.03%) SQL
3 5 (1.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.01%) Bash
5 2 (0.67%) Bicep
5 2 (0.67%) Go
5 2 (0.67%) Java
6 1 (0.34%) C
6 1 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 70 (23.49%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (18.79%) CCNP
3 36 (12.08%) CCNA
4 27 (9.06%) Security Cleared
5 20 (6.71%) Degree
6 15 (5.03%) CCIE
7 10 (3.36%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.36%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.35%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.35%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.01%) CISSP
12 2 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.67%) CCIE Data Center
12 2 (0.67%) CCSP
13 1 (0.34%) CCIE Service Provider
13 1 (0.34%) CCIP
13 1 (0.34%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.07%) QA
2 14 (4.70%) NIST
3 12 (4.03%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.01%) SLA
5 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.01%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.67%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.34%) Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (8.39%) Ansible
2 17 (5.70%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.34%) Argo
5 1 (0.34%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.34%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.34%) Grafana
5 1 (0.34%) Istio
5 1 (0.34%) Nagios
5 1 (0.34%) OpenView
5 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.34%) Puppet
5 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 126 (42.28%) Cisco
2 67 (22.48%) Palo Alto
3 63 (21.14%) Microsoft
4 37 (12.42%) Meraki
5 35 (11.74%) Zscaler
6 33 (11.07%) Arista
7 32 (10.74%) F5
8 25 (8.39%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.38%) HP
10 16 (5.37%) ForeScout
10 16 (5.37%) Juniper
11 15 (5.03%) Oracle
11 15 (5.03%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.36%) Infoblox
13 12 (4.03%) SevOne
13 12 (4.03%) Splunk
14 11 (3.69%) CheckPoint
14 11 (3.69%) Remedy
14 11 (3.69%) VMware
15 4 (1.34%) Citrix