Network Engineer Job Trends in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 222 213
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 299 163 281
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.38% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.52% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 242 95 192
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £51,875 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% - +11.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 23,937 10,716 17,822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.01% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,069 6,935 10,962
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £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 £95,125 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 5 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 5 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 +13 22 £62,500 -16.67% 44
West London -6 14 £60,000 -31.43% 3
South London +7 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 5 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.

1 122 (40.80%) Cisco
2 100 (33.44%) Firewall
3 93 (31.10%) Network Security
4 86 (28.76%) WAN
5 79 (26.42%) Azure
6 71 (23.75%) Cisco Certification
7 69 (23.08%) VPN
8 65 (21.74%) Palo Alto
9 63 (21.07%) Microsoft
10 60 (20.07%) BGP
11 59 (19.73%) DNS
11 59 (19.73%) LAN
12 54 (18.06%) CCNP
13 53 (17.73%) TCP/IP
14 52 (17.39%) SD-WAN
15 48 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 46 (15.38%) Wireless
17 42 (14.05%) AWS
17 42 (14.05%) OSPF
18 39 (13.04%) CCNA
19 38 (12.71%) Meraki
19 38 (12.71%) Validation
20 35 (11.71%) Cisco ISE
20 35 (11.71%) High Availability
20 35 (11.71%) Zscaler
21 33 (11.04%) Network Design
21 33 (11.04%) Python
22 32 (10.70%) Arista
22 32 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
22 32 (10.70%) Wi-Fi

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 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.34%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 79 (26.42%) Azure
2 42 (14.05%) AWS
3 18 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.68%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.34%) Datadog
5 10 (3.34%) SaaS
6 9 (3.01%) GCP
7 8 (2.68%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.33%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.33%) OCI
11 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 100 (33.44%) Firewall
2 93 (31.10%) Network Security
3 86 (28.76%) WAN
4 69 (23.08%) VPN
5 60 (20.07%) BGP
6 59 (19.73%) DNS
6 59 (19.73%) LAN
7 53 (17.73%) TCP/IP
8 52 (17.39%) SD-WAN
9 46 (15.38%) Wireless
10 42 (14.05%) OSPF
11 35 (11.71%) Cisco ISE
12 32 (10.70%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (9.70%) DHCP
14 27 (9.03%) VLAN
15 23 (7.69%) MPLS
16 17 (5.69%) Cisco Wireless
17 16 (5.35%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (5.35%) SSL
18 13 (4.35%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 65 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.37%) Finance
3 24 (8.03%) Telecoms
4 17 (5.69%) Law
5 10 (3.34%) Banking
6 8 (2.68%) Legal
7 7 (2.34%) Marketing
7 7 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.01%) Digital Health
8 6 (2.01%) Retail
9 4 (1.34%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.34%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.00%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Advertising
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Automotive
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.35%) Terraform
2 8 (2.68%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.00%) OpenID
3 3 (1.00%) SAML
4 2 (0.67%) JWT
4 2 (0.67%) OAuth
4 2 (0.67%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.67%) REST
5 1 (0.33%) Django
5 1 (0.33%) gRPC
5 1 (0.33%) Jinja
5 1 (0.33%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.33%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 63 (21.07%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.69%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.68%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.35%) IVR
5 12 (4.01%) PKI
6 10 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.67%) Life Science
9 3 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.67%) IoT
10 2 (0.67%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.67%) Replication
10 2 (0.67%) TM Forum
11 1 (0.33%) IPTV
11 1 (0.33%) Mobile Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Online Banking
11 1 (0.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.03%) Linux
2 28 (9.36%) Windows
3 15 (5.02%) Unix
4 13 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (12.71%) Validation
3 35 (11.71%) High Availability
4 33 (11.04%) Network Design
5 32 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (10.37%) Network Monitoring
7 26 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (8.70%) Project Delivery
8 25 (8.36%) Migration
9 21 (7.02%) Change Management
10 20 (6.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (6.69%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (6.35%) Computer Science
12 18 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (6.02%) Network Architecture
12 18 (6.02%) Security Architecture
13 16 (5.35%) Zero Trust
14 15 (5.02%) Load Balancing
14 15 (5.02%) Network Virtualisation
15 14 (4.68%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.04%) Python
2 16 (5.35%) SQL
3 5 (1.67%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.00%) Bash
5 2 (0.67%) Bicep
5 2 (0.67%) Go
5 2 (0.67%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) C
6 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 71 (23.75%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (18.06%) CCNP
3 39 (13.04%) CCNA
4 25 (8.36%) Security Cleared
5 20 (6.69%) Degree
6 14 (4.68%) CCIE
7 10 (3.34%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.01%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.34%) AWS Certification
11 6 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.01%) SC Cleared
12 3 (1.00%) CISSP
13 2 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.67%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (0.67%) CCSP
14 1 (0.33%) CCIE Service Provider
14 1 (0.33%) CCIP
14 1 (0.33%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.03%) QA
2 12 (4.01%) NIST
3 10 (3.34%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.01%) SLA
5 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.67%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.33%) Firmware
4 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.03%) Ansible
2 17 (5.69%) FortiGate
3 10 (3.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.33%) Argo
5 1 (0.33%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.33%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Istio
5 1 (0.33%) Nagios
5 1 (0.33%) OpenView
5 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.33%) Puppet
5 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 122 (40.80%) Cisco
2 65 (21.74%) Palo Alto
3 63 (21.07%) Microsoft
4 38 (12.71%) Meraki
5 35 (11.71%) Zscaler
6 32 (10.70%) Arista
7 29 (9.70%) F5
8 28 (9.36%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.36%) HP
10 16 (5.35%) Juniper
11 15 (5.02%) Oracle
12 14 (4.68%) ForeScout
12 14 (4.68%) SolarWinds
13 11 (3.68%) CheckPoint
13 11 (3.68%) Infoblox
13 11 (3.68%) Remedy
13 11 (3.68%) VMware
14 10 (3.34%) SevOne
14 10 (3.34%) Splunk
15 4 (1.34%) Ciena