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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 245 247
Rank change year-on-year +47 +2 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 241 151 289
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.19% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.31% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 164 109 266
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £59,175
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +5.62% -8.96%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% +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 18,695 11,503 21,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 90.28% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12,647 7,456 16,676
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,084
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +40 51 £74,000 +13.85% 20
East London - 11 £90,000 - 3
South London +16 8 £50,000 - 2
West London -23 8 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 171 (70.95%) Cisco
2 135 (56.02%) Firewall
3 95 (39.42%) WAN
4 91 (37.76%) Azure
5 81 (33.61%) Cisco Certification
6 80 (33.20%) VPN
7 76 (31.54%) SD-WAN
8 70 (29.05%) CCNP
9 62 (25.73%) Palo Alto
10 58 (24.07%) BGP
10 58 (24.07%) Network Security
11 57 (23.65%) Fortinet
12 56 (23.24%) LAN
13 50 (20.75%) Meraki
14 49 (20.33%) Cisco ISE
15 46 (19.09%) OSPF
15 46 (19.09%) SolarWinds
16 41 (17.01%) Wi-Fi
16 41 (17.01%) Wireless
17 39 (16.18%) AWS
17 39 (16.18%) CCNA
17 39 (16.18%) Python
18 38 (15.77%) High Availability
19 32 (13.28%) Cisco Firepower
20 31 (12.86%) Network Monitoring
21 30 (12.45%) CheckPoint
22 29 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 29 (12.03%) Microsoft
22 29 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
22 29 (12.03%) VLAN

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 1 (0.41%) Confluence
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 91 (37.76%) Azure
2 39 (16.18%) AWS
3 15 (6.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (4.56%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (4.56%) SaaS
5 10 (4.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (4.15%) Datadog
6 8 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.07%) GCP
8 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.83%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.83%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.83%) Route 53
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.41%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.41%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 135 (56.02%) Firewall
2 95 (39.42%) WAN
3 80 (33.20%) VPN
4 76 (31.54%) SD-WAN
5 58 (24.07%) BGP
5 58 (24.07%) Network Security
6 56 (23.24%) LAN
7 49 (20.33%) Cisco ISE
8 46 (19.09%) OSPF
9 41 (17.01%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (17.01%) Wireless
10 32 (13.28%) Cisco Firepower
11 29 (12.03%) VLAN
12 27 (11.20%) DNS
12 27 (11.20%) MPLS
13 26 (10.79%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (9.13%) Cisco Wireless
15 21 (8.71%) VXLAN
16 20 (8.30%) WLAN
17 18 (7.47%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 10 (4.15%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) GitLab
General
1 61 (25.31%) Finance
2 47 (19.50%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.81%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.15%) Banking
4 10 (4.15%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.07%) Retail
7 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.24%) Marketing
8 3 (1.24%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.83%) Advertising
9 2 (0.83%) Law
10 1 (0.41%) Electronics
10 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.73%) 802.1X
2 8 (3.32%) Jinja
2 8 (3.32%) NETCONF
2 8 (3.32%) YANG
3 1 (0.41%) OpenID
3 1 (0.41%) RESTful
3 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (24.07%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.47%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.81%) PKI
4 10 (4.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.32%) Social Media
7 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.66%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.24%) IoT
10 2 (0.83%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.83%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.83%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.41%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.41%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.41%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.15%) Windows
2 7 (2.90%) Linux
3 6 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.77%) High Availability
2 31 (12.86%) Network Monitoring
3 29 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (10.37%) Zero Trust
5 24 (9.96%) Network Design
6 22 (9.13%) Network Architecture
7 21 (8.71%) Kalman Filter
7 21 (8.71%) Network Segmentation
8 16 (6.64%) ITIL
8 16 (6.64%) Load Balancing
9 15 (6.22%) Change Control
10 14 (5.81%) Agile
11 13 (5.39%) AI
11 13 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (5.39%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (5.39%) Runbook
11 13 (5.39%) Task Automation
11 13 (5.39%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (4.98%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.18%) Python
2 3 (1.24%) Bash
2 3 (1.24%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.41%) C
3 1 (0.41%) Go
3 1 (0.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 81 (33.61%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (29.05%) CCNP
3 39 (16.18%) CCNA
4 28 (11.62%) CCIE
5 23 (9.54%) Degree
6 21 (8.71%) Azure Certification
7 16 (6.64%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.39%) CCSA
8 13 (5.39%) CCSE
8 13 (5.39%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (4.56%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.07%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.07%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.41%) CWNA
13 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.88%) NIST
2 10 (4.15%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.73%) GDPR
3 9 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.24%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) NCSC
5 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 16 (6.64%) Firmware
2 7 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (11.20%) FortiGate
2 24 (9.96%) Ansible
3 10 (4.15%) Cisco Prime
4 9 (3.73%) Check_MK
5 7 (2.90%) Terraform
6 4 (1.66%) Nagios
7 2 (0.83%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.41%) Grafana
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 171 (70.95%) Cisco
2 62 (25.73%) Palo Alto
3 57 (23.65%) Fortinet
4 50 (20.75%) Meraki
5 46 (19.09%) SolarWinds
6 30 (12.45%) CheckPoint
7 29 (12.03%) Microsoft
8 21 (8.71%) Arista
9 19 (7.88%) F5
9 19 (7.88%) Juniper
10 16 (6.64%) ForeScout
11 13 (5.39%) Dynatrace
12 12 (4.98%) ServiceNow
13 11 (4.56%) Zscaler
14 10 (4.15%) Infoblox
14 10 (4.15%) SevOne
14 10 (4.15%) Splunk
15 9 (3.73%) VMware
16 8 (3.32%) Aruba
17 7 (2.90%) HP