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 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 208 242
Rank change year-on-year -8 +34 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 164 241 234
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.56% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.69% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 101 157 200
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,865
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,400 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +11.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 12,761 14,282 17,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,461 8,232 14,026
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +9 27 £80,000 +3.23% 12
East London +4 15 £87,500 +133.33% 4
West London +3 4 £49,000 - 5
South London +26 2 £47,500 -22.94% 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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.

1 120 (73.17%) Cisco
2 104 (63.41%) Firewall
3 76 (46.34%) Cisco Certification
4 72 (43.90%) CCNP
5 70 (42.68%) WAN
6 66 (40.24%) LAN
7 65 (39.63%) Azure
8 55 (33.54%) Fortinet
9 49 (29.88%) VPN
10 46 (28.05%) CCIE
11 45 (27.44%) BGP
11 45 (27.44%) CheckPoint
12 41 (25.00%) Python
13 40 (24.39%) Wi-Fi
14 39 (23.78%) SD-WAN
14 39 (23.78%) Wireless
15 37 (22.56%) AWS
15 37 (22.56%) Network Security
16 36 (21.95%) OSPF
17 35 (21.34%) Degree
18 30 (18.29%) Load Balancing
19 28 (17.07%) CCNA
19 28 (17.07%) Palo Alto
19 28 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
19 28 (17.07%) SolarWinds
20 26 (15.85%) Ansible
20 26 (15.85%) High Availability
21 25 (15.24%) Change Control
21 25 (15.24%) Cisco ASA
22 24 (14.63%) Kalman Filter

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 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.22%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (10.37%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 65 (39.63%) Azure
2 37 (22.56%) AWS
3 11 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.88%) SaaS
5 7 (4.27%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (2.44%) IaaS
6 4 (2.44%) PaaS
6 4 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.83%) GCP
8 2 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.22%) Dagster
8 2 (1.22%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.22%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.22%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 104 (63.41%) Firewall
2 70 (42.68%) WAN
3 66 (40.24%) LAN
4 49 (29.88%) VPN
5 45 (27.44%) BGP
6 40 (24.39%) Wi-Fi
7 39 (23.78%) SD-WAN
7 39 (23.78%) Wireless
8 37 (22.56%) Network Security
9 36 (21.95%) OSPF
10 25 (15.24%) Cisco ASA
11 21 (12.80%) VLAN
12 19 (11.59%) Cisco Nexus
13 17 (10.37%) MPLS
14 15 (9.15%) Cisco Firepower
14 15 (9.15%) Cisco ISE
14 15 (9.15%) Cisco Wireless
14 15 (9.15%) WLAN
15 14 (8.54%) EIGRP
15 14 (8.54%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.22%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.22%) Metadata
1 2 (1.22%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.22%) MySQL
1 2 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.61%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 10 (6.10%) Git
2 2 (1.22%) GitLab
2 2 (1.22%) Jaeger
2 2 (1.22%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.22%) MLflow
2 2 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (31.10%) Finance
2 40 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.20%) Telecoms
4 15 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.54%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (7.32%) Banking
7 11 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.49%) Marketing
9 5 (3.05%) Law
10 3 (1.83%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.22%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.22%) Electronics
11 2 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Advertising
12 1 (0.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.27%) Jinja
1 7 (4.27%) NETCONF
1 7 (4.27%) YANG
2 5 (3.05%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.44%) RESTful
4 2 (1.22%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.22%) Kafka
4 2 (1.22%) Keycloak
4 2 (1.22%) REST
4 2 (1.22%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 44 (26.83%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.27%) Social Media
5 6 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.05%) IoT
7 3 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.83%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Web3
8 2 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.22%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.22%) MPEG
8 2 (1.22%) Replication
8 2 (1.22%) Robotics
8 2 (1.22%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.22%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.15%) Windows
2 10 (6.10%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.66%) Linux
4 2 (1.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.61%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.29%) Load Balancing
2 28 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (15.85%) High Availability
4 25 (15.24%) Change Control
5 24 (14.63%) Kalman Filter
6 20 (12.20%) Change Management
6 20 (12.20%) Computer Science
7 18 (10.98%) Low Latency
8 17 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (9.76%) AI
9 16 (9.76%) Customer Service
9 16 (9.76%) Network Monitoring
9 16 (9.76%) Process Improvement
10 14 (8.54%) Task Automation
11 13 (7.93%) Inventory Management
11 13 (7.93%) Network Design
12 12 (7.32%) Agile
12 12 (7.32%) Migration
13 11 (6.71%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (6.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (25.00%) Python
2 5 (3.05%) Bash
2 5 (3.05%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.61%) Go
3 1 (0.61%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 76 (46.34%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (43.90%) CCNP
3 46 (28.05%) CCIE
4 35 (21.34%) Degree
5 28 (17.07%) CCNA
6 21 (12.80%) CCSE
7 20 (12.20%) CCSA
8 19 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.27%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.66%) JNCIP
11 5 (3.05%) Azure Certification
11 5 (3.05%) JNCIA
12 4 (2.44%) Security Cleared
13 3 (1.83%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.83%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.61%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.66%) PMO
2 4 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.83%) NIST
4 2 (1.22%) SLA
5 1 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (10.98%) Firmware
2 11 (6.71%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.44%) ProxySG
5 3 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.22%) Docker
6 2 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.22%) NFS
6 2 (1.22%) pfSense
6 2 (1.22%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (15.85%) Ansible
2 20 (12.20%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.71%) Terraform
4 6 (3.66%) Grafana
5 5 (3.05%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.83%) Nagios
7 2 (1.22%) Argo
7 2 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.22%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.22%) SCCM
7 2 (1.22%) VxRail
8 1 (0.61%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.61%) Kibana
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (73.17%) Cisco
2 55 (33.54%) Fortinet
3 45 (27.44%) CheckPoint
4 28 (17.07%) Palo Alto
4 28 (17.07%) SolarWinds
5 23 (14.02%) Meraki
6 21 (12.80%) F5
6 21 (12.80%) Juniper
7 16 (9.76%) Microsoft
8 14 (8.54%) Arista
9 9 (5.49%) ServiceNow
10 7 (4.27%) Aruba
11 6 (3.66%) Dynatrace
11 6 (3.66%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.66%) Motorola
11 6 (3.66%) VMware
11 6 (3.66%) Zscaler
12 4 (2.44%) Blue Coat
12 4 (2.44%) Dell
12 4 (2.44%) Splunk