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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 235 242
Rank change year-on-year +54 +7 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 268 162 267
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.19% 1.31% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.43% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 204 105 231
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +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 20,997 11,323 20,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 91.83% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 14,465 7,352 14,579
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +11 38 £70,000 +3.70% 23
South London +17 10 £50,000 +2.56% 2
West London -13 9 £60,000 -31.43% 3
East London - 3 - - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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.

1 154 (57.46%) Cisco
2 122 (45.52%) Firewall
3 94 (35.07%) Network Security
4 91 (33.96%) WAN
5 87 (32.46%) Azure
6 86 (32.09%) VPN
7 85 (31.72%) Cisco Certification
8 74 (27.61%) Palo Alto
9 73 (27.24%) CCNP
10 72 (26.87%) SD-WAN
11 69 (25.75%) BGP
12 54 (20.15%) LAN
12 54 (20.15%) OSPF
13 52 (19.40%) Microsoft
14 50 (18.66%) Cisco ISE
15 47 (17.54%) Wireless
16 45 (16.79%) AWS
16 45 (16.79%) DNS
17 44 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 44 (16.42%) Meraki
17 44 (16.42%) Network Monitoring
18 43 (16.04%) High Availability
19 41 (15.30%) CCNA
20 40 (14.93%) TCP/IP
21 38 (14.18%) SolarWinds
22 37 (13.81%) Wi-Fi
23 36 (13.43%) Python
24 33 (12.31%) Arista
24 33 (12.31%) Fortinet
25 32 (11.94%) 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 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.60%) MS Visio
2 12 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 87 (32.46%) Azure
2 45 (16.79%) AWS
3 15 (5.60%) Datadog
4 12 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 9 (3.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (3.36%) GCP
7 8 (2.99%) SaaS
8 7 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.61%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.24%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.87%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.75%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.75%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.75%) Route 53
12 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.37%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.37%) GitHub
12 1 (0.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 122 (45.52%) Firewall
2 94 (35.07%) Network Security
3 91 (33.96%) WAN
4 86 (32.09%) VPN
5 72 (26.87%) SD-WAN
6 69 (25.75%) BGP
7 54 (20.15%) LAN
7 54 (20.15%) OSPF
8 50 (18.66%) Cisco ISE
9 47 (17.54%) Wireless
10 45 (16.79%) DNS
11 40 (14.93%) TCP/IP
12 37 (13.81%) Wi-Fi
13 32 (11.94%) VLAN
14 27 (10.07%) Cisco Wireless
15 23 (8.58%) MPLS
16 22 (8.21%) Cisco Firepower
17 21 (7.84%) DHCP
18 18 (6.72%) SSL
19 16 (5.97%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Git
1 2 (0.75%) GitLab
2 1 (0.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.78%) Finance
3 14 (5.22%) Telecoms
4 8 (2.99%) Banking
4 8 (2.99%) Retail Banking
5 7 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.61%) Law
6 6 (2.24%) Retail
7 5 (1.87%) Marketing
7 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.49%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.12%) Digital Health
10 2 (0.75%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.75%) Legal
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.37%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.37%) Military
11 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.73%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.75%) REST
3 1 (0.37%) gRPC
3 1 (0.37%) Jinja
3 1 (0.37%) OpenID
3 1 (0.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.96%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.09%) PKI
4 14 (5.22%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.10%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.12%) Life Science
8 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.75%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) IVR
8 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.75%) Replication
9 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.37%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.37%) Home Automation
9 1 (0.37%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.09%) Windows
2 16 (5.97%) Linux
3 5 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.12%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 44 (16.42%) Network Monitoring
2 43 (16.04%) High Availability
3 30 (11.19%) Network Design
4 28 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (9.70%) Network Architecture
6 24 (8.96%) Zero Trust
7 21 (7.84%) Security Architecture
8 20 (7.46%) Load Balancing
9 19 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (6.72%) Business Continuity
10 18 (6.72%) Computer Science
11 17 (6.34%) Validation
12 16 (5.97%) Incident Response
12 16 (5.97%) ITIL
12 16 (5.97%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (5.60%) Change Management
13 15 (5.60%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (5.60%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.43%) Python
2 6 (2.24%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.49%) Bash
4 2 (0.75%) Bicep
4 2 (0.75%) SQL
5 1 (0.37%) C
5 1 (0.37%) Go
5 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 85 (31.72%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (27.24%) CCNP
3 41 (15.30%) CCNA
4 22 (8.21%) CCIE
4 22 (8.21%) Degree
5 21 (7.84%) Azure Certification
5 21 (7.84%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.73%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.49%) CCSA
9 4 (1.49%) CCSE
10 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.37%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.37%) CWNA
12 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.37%) MBA
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.96%) NIST
2 17 (6.34%) QA
3 15 (5.60%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.99%) GDPR
6 5 (1.87%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.24%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.49%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.75%) Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 27 (10.07%) Ansible
2 24 (8.96%) FortiGate
3 15 (5.60%) Terraform
4 9 (3.36%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.61%) Check_MK
6 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.12%) Nagios
8 2 (0.75%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.37%) OpenView
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 154 (57.46%) Cisco
2 74 (27.61%) Palo Alto
3 52 (19.40%) Microsoft
4 44 (16.42%) Meraki
5 38 (14.18%) SolarWinds
6 33 (12.31%) Arista
6 33 (12.31%) Fortinet
7 29 (10.82%) F5
8 22 (8.21%) Zscaler
9 21 (7.84%) ForeScout
10 19 (7.09%) CheckPoint
11 15 (5.60%) Infoblox
11 15 (5.60%) SevOne
11 15 (5.60%) Splunk
12 13 (4.85%) VMware
13 12 (4.48%) Juniper
14 9 (3.36%) HP
14 9 (3.36%) Remedy
15 6 (2.24%) Aruba
16 5 (1.87%) ServiceNow