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 4 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 245 235
Rank change year-on-year +43 -10 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 212 152 289
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.18% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.30% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 142 110 262
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,211 £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 £80,000 £77,403
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +9.43% +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 16,759 11,710 21,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.72% 90.76% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,273 7,577 16,546
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
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 £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 4 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 4 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 +33 44 £75,000 +15.38% 10
East London - 15 £88,750 - 5
West London -23 4 £70,000 +7.69% 5
South London +21 3 £47,500 -5.94% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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.

1 157 (74.06%) Cisco
2 127 (59.91%) Firewall
3 91 (42.92%) WAN
4 83 (39.15%) Azure
5 78 (36.79%) Cisco Certification
6 74 (34.91%) VPN
7 71 (33.49%) CCNP
8 64 (30.19%) SD-WAN
9 61 (28.77%) Fortinet
9 61 (28.77%) LAN
10 58 (27.36%) BGP
11 48 (22.64%) Network Security
12 47 (22.17%) Meraki
13 46 (21.70%) OSPF
13 46 (21.70%) Wi-Fi
14 45 (21.23%) Palo Alto
15 43 (20.28%) SolarWinds
16 40 (18.87%) AWS
17 39 (18.40%) Cisco ISE
18 38 (17.92%) Python
19 37 (17.45%) High Availability
20 36 (16.98%) CCNA
20 36 (16.98%) CheckPoint
20 36 (16.98%) Wireless
21 34 (16.04%) CCIE
21 34 (16.04%) Cisco Firepower
22 32 (15.09%) Cisco ASA
22 32 (15.09%) VLAN
23 28 (13.21%) Degree
23 28 (13.21%) Problem-Solving

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 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.25%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (39.15%) Azure
2 40 (18.87%) AWS
3 13 (6.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (5.19%) AWS Direct Connect
5 10 (4.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (4.72%) SaaS
6 9 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.36%) Datadog
8 3 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.42%) GCP
9 2 (0.94%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.94%) Route 53
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub
10 1 (0.47%) IaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.47%) PaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 127 (59.91%) Firewall
2 91 (42.92%) WAN
3 74 (34.91%) VPN
4 64 (30.19%) SD-WAN
5 61 (28.77%) LAN
6 58 (27.36%) BGP
7 48 (22.64%) Network Security
8 46 (21.70%) OSPF
8 46 (21.70%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (18.40%) Cisco ISE
10 36 (16.98%) Wireless
11 34 (16.04%) Cisco Firepower
12 32 (15.09%) Cisco ASA
12 32 (15.09%) VLAN
13 27 (12.74%) MPLS
14 21 (9.91%) DNS
14 21 (9.91%) WLAN
15 20 (9.43%) VXLAN
16 17 (8.02%) Cisco Wireless
16 17 (8.02%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) GitLab
General
1 60 (28.30%) Finance
2 41 (19.34%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.55%) Telecoms
4 13 (6.13%) Banking
5 10 (4.72%) Retail Banking
6 9 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.83%) Marketing
9 5 (2.36%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.36%) Retail
10 4 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Electronics
11 2 (0.94%) Law
12 1 (0.47%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.77%) 802.1X
1 8 (3.77%) Jinja
1 8 (3.77%) NETCONF
1 8 (3.77%) YANG
2 2 (0.94%) REST
3 1 (0.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 55 (25.94%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 12 (5.66%) Security Posture
4 9 (4.25%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.77%) Social Media
6 7 (3.30%) PKI
7 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.42%) IoT
8 2 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Replication
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.19%) Windows
2 7 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.36%) Linux
4 2 (0.94%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (17.45%) High Availability
2 28 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (11.32%) Kalman Filter
4 23 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 23 (10.85%) Network Monitoring
5 21 (9.91%) Network Segmentation
6 20 (9.43%) Network Architecture
6 20 (9.43%) Zero Trust
7 19 (8.96%) ITIL
7 19 (8.96%) Load Balancing
8 18 (8.49%) Network Design
9 17 (8.02%) Computer Science
10 16 (7.55%) Change Control
11 15 (7.08%) Process Improvement
12 14 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (6.13%) Runbook
13 13 (6.13%) Task Automation
14 11 (5.19%) AI
14 11 (5.19%) Change Management
14 11 (5.19%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.92%) Python
2 4 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.42%) Bash
4 1 (0.47%) Go
Qualifications
1 78 (36.79%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (33.49%) CCNP
3 36 (16.98%) CCNA
4 34 (16.04%) CCIE
5 28 (13.21%) Degree
6 18 (8.49%) CCSA
6 18 (8.49%) CCSE
7 17 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (7.08%) Azure Certification
9 10 (4.72%) Security Cleared
10 9 (4.25%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared
12 5 (2.36%) JNCIA
12 5 (2.36%) JNCIP
13 2 (0.94%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.47%) CWNA
14 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.13%) NIST
2 9 (4.25%) GDPR
2 9 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.36%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.42%) SLA
5 2 (0.94%) PMO
6 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (8.02%) Firmware
2 11 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (11.32%) FortiGate
2 21 (9.91%) Ansible
3 9 (4.25%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (3.77%) Check_MK
4 8 (3.77%) Terraform
5 4 (1.89%) Nagios
6 2 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.94%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 157 (74.06%) Cisco
2 61 (28.77%) Fortinet
3 47 (22.17%) Meraki
4 45 (21.23%) Palo Alto
5 43 (20.28%) SolarWinds
6 36 (16.98%) CheckPoint
7 21 (9.91%) Microsoft
8 19 (8.96%) Juniper
9 14 (6.60%) Arista
9 14 (6.60%) F5
10 13 (6.13%) Dynatrace
11 12 (5.66%) ServiceNow
12 8 (3.77%) Aruba
12 8 (3.77%) VMware
12 8 (3.77%) Zscaler
13 7 (3.30%) ForeScout
13 7 (3.30%) Infoblox
14 5 (2.36%) SevOne
14 5 (2.36%) Splunk
15 4 (1.89%) HP