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 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 243 250
Rank change year-on-year +61 +7 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 274 163 249
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.32% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.44% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 210 105 215
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,800
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -2.05%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £77,306
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 21,227 11,311 19,460
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 91.74% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 14,569 7,393 13,829
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,606 £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 £117,500
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 27 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 27 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 +16 36 £70,000 +3.70% 16
South London +10 9 £50,000 +2.56% 2
West London -15 9 £60,000 -31.43% 2
East London - 3 - - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 155 (56.57%) Cisco
2 119 (43.43%) Firewall
3 96 (35.04%) Network Security
4 90 (32.85%) WAN
5 88 (32.12%) Cisco Certification
6 85 (31.02%) VPN
7 84 (30.66%) Azure
8 77 (28.10%) Palo Alto
9 75 (27.37%) CCNP
10 72 (26.28%) SD-WAN
11 67 (24.45%) BGP
12 54 (19.71%) LAN
13 52 (18.98%) Microsoft
13 52 (18.98%) OSPF
14 50 (18.25%) Cisco ISE
15 48 (17.52%) DNS
16 47 (17.15%) AWS
17 46 (16.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 46 (16.79%) Wireless
18 45 (16.42%) Meraki
19 44 (16.06%) Network Monitoring
20 43 (15.69%) CCNA
20 43 (15.69%) High Availability
21 41 (14.96%) TCP/IP
22 37 (13.50%) SolarWinds
22 37 (13.50%) Wi-Fi
23 36 (13.14%) Python
24 33 (12.04%) Arista
25 32 (11.68%) F5
25 32 (11.68%) 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 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.47%) MS Visio
2 13 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 84 (30.66%) Azure
2 47 (17.15%) AWS
3 15 (5.47%) Datadog
4 12 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (2.92%) GCP
6 8 (2.92%) SaaS
6 8 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.55%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.19%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.82%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.73%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.73%) Route 53
11 1 (0.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.36%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.36%) GitHub
11 1 (0.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 119 (43.43%) Firewall
2 96 (35.04%) Network Security
3 90 (32.85%) WAN
4 85 (31.02%) VPN
5 72 (26.28%) SD-WAN
6 67 (24.45%) BGP
7 54 (19.71%) LAN
8 52 (18.98%) OSPF
9 50 (18.25%) Cisco ISE
10 48 (17.52%) DNS
11 46 (16.79%) Wireless
12 41 (14.96%) TCP/IP
13 37 (13.50%) Wi-Fi
14 30 (10.95%) VLAN
15 26 (9.49%) Cisco Wireless
16 23 (8.39%) DHCP
17 22 (8.03%) MPLS
18 21 (7.66%) Cisco Firepower
19 18 (6.57%) SSL
20 14 (5.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Git
1 2 (0.73%) GitLab
2 1 (0.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.61%) Finance
3 14 (5.11%) Telecoms
4 9 (3.28%) Banking
5 8 (2.92%) Law
5 8 (2.92%) Retail Banking
6 7 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.19%) Retail
8 5 (1.82%) Digital Health
8 5 (1.82%) Marketing
8 5 (1.82%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.46%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.09%) Legal
11 2 (0.73%) Cantonese Language
12 1 (0.36%) Advertising
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Automotive
12 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.65%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.73%) OpenID
2 2 (0.73%) REST
2 2 (0.73%) SAML
3 1 (0.36%) gRPC
3 1 (0.36%) Jinja
3 1 (0.36%) JWT
3 1 (0.36%) OAuth
3 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 67 (24.45%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.39%) Security Posture
3 18 (6.57%) PKI
4 15 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.09%) Life Science
7 2 (0.73%) IoT
7 2 (0.73%) IVR
7 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.73%) Replication
8 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.36%) Home Automation
8 1 (0.36%) IPTV
8 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.93%) Windows
2 17 (6.20%) Linux
3 5 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.09%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (16.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (16.06%) Network Monitoring
3 43 (15.69%) High Availability
4 32 (11.68%) Network Design
5 29 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (9.85%) Network Architecture
7 23 (8.39%) Zero Trust
8 22 (8.03%) Security Architecture
9 21 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (7.30%) Computer Science
10 20 (7.30%) Load Balancing
11 19 (6.93%) Business Continuity
11 19 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (6.93%) Validation
12 17 (6.20%) Incident Response
12 17 (6.20%) ITIL
13 16 (5.84%) Change Management
13 16 (5.84%) Migration
14 15 (5.47%) Enterprise Architecture
14 15 (5.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.14%) Python
2 6 (2.19%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.46%) Bash
4 2 (0.73%) Bicep
4 2 (0.73%) SQL
5 1 (0.36%) C
5 1 (0.36%) Go
5 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 88 (32.12%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (27.37%) CCNP
3 43 (15.69%) CCNA
4 24 (8.76%) Degree
5 21 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 21 (7.66%) CCIE
5 21 (7.66%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.65%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.46%) CCSA
9 4 (1.46%) CCSE
10 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.36%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.36%) CCSP
11 1 (0.36%) CISSP
11 1 (0.36%) CWNA
11 1 (0.36%) MBA
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.76%) NIST
2 18 (6.57%) QA
3 15 (5.47%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.92%) GDPR
6 5 (1.82%) SLA
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.82%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.46%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 27 (9.85%) Ansible
2 24 (8.76%) FortiGate
3 15 (5.47%) Terraform
4 9 (3.28%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.55%) Check_MK
6 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.09%) Nagios
8 2 (0.73%) Grafana
9 1 (0.36%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.36%) OpenView
9 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.36%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 155 (56.57%) Cisco
2 77 (28.10%) Palo Alto
3 52 (18.98%) Microsoft
4 45 (16.42%) Meraki
5 37 (13.50%) SolarWinds
6 33 (12.04%) Arista
7 32 (11.68%) F5
8 31 (11.31%) Fortinet
9 26 (9.49%) Zscaler
10 21 (7.66%) ForeScout
11 19 (6.93%) CheckPoint
12 15 (5.47%) Infoblox
12 15 (5.47%) SevOne
12 15 (5.47%) Splunk
13 13 (4.74%) VMware
14 12 (4.38%) Juniper
15 11 (4.01%) HP
16 10 (3.65%) Remedy
17 5 (1.82%) Aruba
18 4 (1.46%) ServiceNow