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 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 253 237
Rank change year-on-year +53 -16 +109
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 223 148 294
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.15% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.27% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 146 108 268
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,134 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,250 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% +13.88% -6.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% +8.16% -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 17,289 11,677 21,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 90.62% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11,607 7,540 16,623
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,000
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 £93,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +34 46 £75,000 +15.38% 10
East London - 14 £90,000 - 5
South London +17 4 £47,500 -5.94% 2
West London -23 4 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 April 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.

1 162 (72.65%) Cisco
2 130 (58.30%) Firewall
3 92 (41.26%) WAN
4 87 (39.01%) Azure
5 81 (36.32%) Cisco Certification
6 77 (34.53%) VPN
7 74 (33.18%) CCNP
8 66 (29.60%) SD-WAN
9 60 (26.91%) LAN
10 59 (26.46%) Fortinet
11 57 (25.56%) BGP
12 53 (23.77%) Network Security
13 50 (22.42%) Meraki
14 47 (21.08%) Palo Alto
14 47 (21.08%) Wi-Fi
15 45 (20.18%) OSPF
15 45 (20.18%) SolarWinds
16 42 (18.83%) AWS
17 40 (17.94%) Cisco ISE
17 40 (17.94%) Python
18 38 (17.04%) CCNA
18 38 (17.04%) High Availability
18 38 (17.04%) Wireless
19 35 (15.70%) CheckPoint
20 34 (15.25%) Cisco Firepower
21 33 (14.80%) CCIE
21 33 (14.80%) VLAN
22 31 (13.90%) Cisco ASA
23 30 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
24 29 (13.00%) Degree

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 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.48%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 87 (39.01%) Azure
2 42 (18.83%) AWS
3 13 (5.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (4.93%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (4.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 11 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (4.93%) SaaS
5 9 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.69%) Datadog
7 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.35%) GCP
8 2 (0.90%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.90%) Route 53
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.45%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.45%) GitHub
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.45%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 130 (58.30%) Firewall
2 92 (41.26%) WAN
3 77 (34.53%) VPN
4 66 (29.60%) SD-WAN
5 60 (26.91%) LAN
6 57 (25.56%) BGP
7 53 (23.77%) Network Security
8 47 (21.08%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (20.18%) OSPF
10 40 (17.94%) Cisco ISE
11 38 (17.04%) Wireless
12 34 (15.25%) Cisco Firepower
13 33 (14.80%) VLAN
14 31 (13.90%) Cisco ASA
15 27 (12.11%) MPLS
16 25 (11.21%) DNS
17 21 (9.42%) VXLAN
18 20 (8.97%) WLAN
19 19 (8.52%) TCP/IP
20 18 (8.07%) Cisco Wireless
Development Applications
1 12 (5.38%) Git
2 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 60 (26.91%) Finance
2 45 (20.18%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.17%) Telecoms
4 11 (4.93%) Banking
5 10 (4.48%) Retail Banking
6 9 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.69%) Marketing
8 5 (2.24%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.24%) Retail
9 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.90%) Electronics
10 2 (0.90%) Law
11 1 (0.45%) Advertising
11 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.59%) 802.1X
1 8 (3.59%) Jinja
1 8 (3.59%) NETCONF
1 8 (3.59%) YANG
2 2 (0.90%) REST
3 1 (0.45%) OpenID
3 1 (0.45%) RESTful
3 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (25.56%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (5.83%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.04%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.59%) PKI
4 8 (3.59%) Social Media
5 5 (2.24%) IoT
6 4 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.35%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.90%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Replication
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.45%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.38%) Windows
2 7 (3.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.04%) High Availability
2 30 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (11.66%) Network Monitoring
4 24 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (10.31%) Kalman Filter
6 22 (9.87%) Network Segmentation
7 21 (9.42%) Network Architecture
7 21 (9.42%) Zero Trust
8 20 (8.97%) Load Balancing
9 19 (8.52%) ITIL
9 19 (8.52%) Network Design
10 17 (7.62%) Computer Science
11 16 (7.17%) Change Control
12 15 (6.73%) Process Improvement
13 14 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (5.83%) Runbook
14 13 (5.83%) Task Automation
15 12 (5.38%) Disaster Recovery
16 11 (4.93%) Agile
16 11 (4.93%) AI
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.94%) Python
2 4 (1.79%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.35%) Bash
4 1 (0.45%) C
4 1 (0.45%) Go
4 1 (0.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 81 (36.32%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (33.18%) CCNP
3 38 (17.04%) CCNA
4 33 (14.80%) CCIE
5 29 (13.00%) Degree
6 18 (8.07%) Azure Certification
6 18 (8.07%) CCSA
6 18 (8.07%) CCSE
7 17 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (5.83%) Security Cleared
9 11 (4.93%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (4.48%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.24%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.24%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.45%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.73%) NIST
2 10 (4.48%) GDPR
2 10 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.69%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.90%) PMO
6 1 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (7.62%) Firmware
2 11 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (10.76%) FortiGate
2 22 (9.87%) Ansible
3 10 (4.48%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (3.59%) Check_MK
4 8 (3.59%) Terraform
5 4 (1.79%) Nagios
6 2 (0.90%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.90%) Grafana
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 162 (72.65%) Cisco
2 59 (26.46%) Fortinet
3 50 (22.42%) Meraki
4 47 (21.08%) Palo Alto
5 45 (20.18%) SolarWinds
6 35 (15.70%) CheckPoint
7 24 (10.76%) Microsoft
8 19 (8.52%) Juniper
9 15 (6.73%) F5
10 14 (6.28%) Arista
11 13 (5.83%) Dynatrace
12 12 (5.38%) ServiceNow
13 9 (4.04%) ForeScout
13 9 (4.04%) Zscaler
14 8 (3.59%) Aruba
14 8 (3.59%) Infoblox
14 8 (3.59%) VMware
15 6 (2.69%) SevOne
15 6 (2.69%) Splunk
16 4 (1.79%) HP