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 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 234 237
Rank change year-on-year +42 +3 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 273 164 244
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.33% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.45% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 212 105 210
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,175
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £80,313 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,625 £100,000 £92,163
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 21,705 11,334 18,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 91.83% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 14,887 7,394 13,004
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,075 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
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 £118,750
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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +12 35 £70,000 +5.66% 15
West London -20 10 £60,000 -31.43% 5
South London +5 9 £50,000 - 2
East London - 2 - - 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 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.

1 152 (55.68%) Cisco
2 115 (42.12%) Firewall
3 95 (34.80%) Network Security
4 87 (31.87%) Azure
4 87 (31.87%) WAN
5 82 (30.04%) Cisco Certification
6 79 (28.94%) VPN
7 74 (27.11%) Palo Alto
8 70 (25.64%) CCNP
9 67 (24.54%) SD-WAN
10 62 (22.71%) BGP
11 56 (20.51%) Microsoft
12 53 (19.41%) LAN
13 47 (17.22%) Cisco ISE
13 47 (17.22%) Meraki
13 47 (17.22%) OSPF
14 46 (16.85%) DNS
14 46 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 45 (16.48%) AWS
16 43 (15.75%) Wireless
17 41 (15.02%) CCNA
17 41 (15.02%) Network Monitoring
17 41 (15.02%) TCP/IP
18 38 (13.92%) High Availability
19 36 (13.19%) Wi-Fi
20 33 (12.09%) Python
21 32 (11.72%) SolarWinds
22 31 (11.36%) F5
23 30 (10.99%) Arista
23 30 (10.99%) Network Design

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 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.76%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 87 (31.87%) Azure
2 45 (16.48%) AWS
3 15 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.76%) Datadog
5 9 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (2.93%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.93%) GCP
7 7 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.56%) OneDrive
7 7 (2.56%) SaaS
7 7 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.73%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.73%) Route 53
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.37%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.37%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 115 (42.12%) Firewall
2 95 (34.80%) Network Security
3 87 (31.87%) WAN
4 79 (28.94%) VPN
5 67 (24.54%) SD-WAN
6 62 (22.71%) BGP
7 53 (19.41%) LAN
8 47 (17.22%) Cisco ISE
8 47 (17.22%) OSPF
9 46 (16.85%) DNS
10 43 (15.75%) Wireless
11 41 (15.02%) TCP/IP
12 36 (13.19%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (9.52%) VLAN
14 23 (8.42%) Cisco Wireless
14 23 (8.42%) DHCP
15 20 (7.33%) MPLS
16 17 (6.23%) Cisco Firepower
17 16 (5.86%) SSL
18 14 (5.13%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Git
1 1 (0.37%) GitLab
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.22%) Finance
3 16 (5.86%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.66%) Law
5 9 (3.30%) Banking
6 7 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.56%) Retail Banking
7 6 (2.20%) Retail
8 5 (1.83%) Digital Health
8 5 (1.83%) Marketing
8 5 (1.83%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.47%) Legal
9 4 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.73%) Cantonese Language
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.37%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.30%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.73%) OpenID
2 2 (0.73%) REST
2 2 (0.73%) SAML
3 1 (0.37%) gRPC
3 1 (0.37%) Jinja
3 1 (0.37%) JWT
3 1 (0.37%) OAuth
3 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.61%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.86%) PKI
4 9 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.10%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.10%) Life Science
6 2 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.73%) IoT
6 2 (0.73%) IVR
6 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.73%) Replication
7 1 (0.37%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.37%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.37%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.37%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.69%) Windows
2 17 (6.23%) Linux
3 6 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.10%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (15.02%) Network Monitoring
3 38 (13.92%) High Availability
4 30 (10.99%) Network Design
5 27 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (9.52%) Network Architecture
7 22 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (7.69%) Zero Trust
9 20 (7.33%) Load Balancing
9 20 (7.33%) Security Architecture
10 19 (6.96%) Validation
11 18 (6.59%) Change Management
11 18 (6.59%) Computer Science
11 18 (6.59%) Incident Response
11 18 (6.59%) Migration
12 17 (6.23%) Business Continuity
12 17 (6.23%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (6.23%) ITIL
13 16 (5.86%) Project Delivery
14 14 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.09%) Python
2 6 (2.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.47%) Bash
4 2 (0.73%) Bicep
4 2 (0.73%) SQL
5 1 (0.37%) C
5 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 82 (30.04%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (25.64%) CCNP
3 41 (15.02%) CCNA
4 22 (8.06%) Degree
5 21 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 21 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 17 (6.23%) CCIE
7 10 (3.66%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.83%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.73%) CCSA
11 2 (0.73%) CCSE
11 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.37%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.37%) CCSP
12 1 (0.37%) CISSP
12 1 (0.37%) CWNA
12 1 (0.37%) MBA
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.06%) NIST
2 19 (6.96%) QA
3 13 (4.76%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.93%) GDPR
6 6 (2.20%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.83%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.47%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.79%) Ansible
2 23 (8.42%) FortiGate
3 14 (5.13%) Terraform
4 9 (3.30%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.20%) Check_MK
7 3 (1.10%) Nagios
8 2 (0.73%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.37%) OpenView
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 152 (55.68%) Cisco
2 74 (27.11%) Palo Alto
3 56 (20.51%) Microsoft
4 47 (17.22%) Meraki
5 32 (11.72%) SolarWinds
6 31 (11.36%) F5
7 30 (10.99%) Arista
7 30 (10.99%) Zscaler
8 28 (10.26%) Fortinet
9 19 (6.96%) ForeScout
10 17 (6.23%) CheckPoint
11 15 (5.49%) HP
12 14 (5.13%) VMware
13 13 (4.76%) Infoblox
13 13 (4.76%) Juniper
13 13 (4.76%) SevOne
13 13 (4.76%) Splunk
14 11 (4.03%) Remedy
15 5 (1.83%) Aruba
16 3 (1.10%) ServiceNow