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 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 245 243
Rank change year-on-year +59 -2 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 265 149 314
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 1.22% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.34% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 193 97 272
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.79% -4.49%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,500 £89,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +6.06% -1.00%

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 20,201 11,088 22,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 90.94% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13,896 7,038 16,965
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 June 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 June 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 +24 46 £70,000 +3.70% 17
West London -14 10 £70,000 -8.20% 8
South London +19 9 £50,000 - 6
East London - 6 - - 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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.

1 162 (61.13%) Cisco
2 130 (49.06%) Firewall
3 104 (39.25%) WAN
4 94 (35.47%) Network Security
5 91 (34.34%) Azure
5 91 (34.34%) VPN
6 86 (32.45%) Cisco Certification
7 81 (30.57%) SD-WAN
8 79 (29.81%) Palo Alto
9 77 (29.06%) BGP
10 74 (27.92%) CCNP
11 59 (22.26%) OSPF
12 58 (21.89%) LAN
13 56 (21.13%) Cisco ISE
14 48 (18.11%) High Availability
14 48 (18.11%) Wireless
15 46 (17.36%) AWS
15 46 (17.36%) SolarWinds
16 45 (16.98%) CCNA
16 45 (16.98%) Meraki
16 45 (16.98%) Network Monitoring
17 43 (16.23%) Fortinet
18 41 (15.47%) DNS
18 41 (15.47%) Microsoft
18 41 (15.47%) Wi-Fi
19 39 (14.72%) Python
20 35 (13.21%) VLAN
21 34 (12.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 33 (12.45%) TCP/IP
23 32 (12.08%) 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 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.66%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 91 (34.34%) Azure
2 46 (17.36%) AWS
3 15 (5.66%) Datadog
4 12 (4.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (3.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (3.77%) GCP
5 10 (3.77%) SaaS
6 8 (3.02%) AWS Direct Connect
6 8 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.89%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.51%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.75%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.75%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.75%) Route 53
11 1 (0.38%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.38%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.38%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 130 (49.06%) Firewall
2 104 (39.25%) WAN
3 94 (35.47%) Network Security
4 91 (34.34%) VPN
5 81 (30.57%) SD-WAN
6 77 (29.06%) BGP
7 59 (22.26%) OSPF
8 58 (21.89%) LAN
9 56 (21.13%) Cisco ISE
10 48 (18.11%) Wireless
11 41 (15.47%) DNS
11 41 (15.47%) Wi-Fi
12 35 (13.21%) VLAN
13 33 (12.45%) TCP/IP
14 30 (11.32%) Cisco Firepower
14 30 (11.32%) MPLS
15 27 (10.19%) Cisco Wireless
16 20 (7.55%) Cisco ASA
17 19 (7.17%) DHCP
18 17 (6.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.40%) Git
2 2 (0.75%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 61 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.75%) Finance
3 17 (6.42%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.77%) Retail Banking
5 8 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.64%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.64%) Banking
7 5 (1.89%) Law
7 5 (1.89%) Retail
8 4 (1.51%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.13%) Digital Health
9 3 (1.13%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.13%) Marketing
10 1 (0.38%) Advertising
10 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.38%) Cantonese Language
10 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.38%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.53%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.64%) Jinja
2 7 (2.64%) NETCONF
2 7 (2.64%) YANG
3 1 (0.38%) gRPC
3 1 (0.38%) OpenID
3 1 (0.38%) REST
3 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (26.04%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.06%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.17%) PKI
4 10 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.64%) Social Media
7 6 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.13%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.13%) Life Science
9 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.75%) IoT
9 2 (0.75%) IVR
9 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) Replication
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.38%) Home Automation
10 1 (0.38%) IPTV
10 1 (0.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.53%) Linux
1 12 (4.53%) Windows
2 3 (1.13%) Unix
2 3 (1.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (18.11%) High Availability
2 45 (16.98%) Network Monitoring
3 34 (12.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (12.08%) Network Design
4 32 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (10.57%) Network Architecture
6 27 (10.19%) Zero Trust
7 22 (8.30%) Security Architecture
8 18 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (6.79%) Load Balancing
8 18 (6.79%) Network Segmentation
9 17 (6.42%) Computer Science
9 17 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (6.04%) Business Continuity
11 15 (5.66%) Enterprise Architecture
11 15 (5.66%) Incident Response
11 15 (5.66%) Runbook
11 15 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
12 14 (5.28%) ITIL
13 13 (4.91%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.72%) Python
2 6 (2.26%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.51%) Bash
4 2 (0.75%) Bicep
4 2 (0.75%) SQL
5 1 (0.38%) C
5 1 (0.38%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 86 (32.45%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (27.92%) CCNP
3 45 (16.98%) CCNA
4 27 (10.19%) Degree
5 25 (9.43%) CCIE
6 22 (8.30%) Azure Certification
7 19 (7.17%) Security Cleared
8 12 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.77%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.02%) CCSA
10 8 (3.02%) CCSE
11 7 (2.64%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.13%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.38%) CWNA
13 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.38%) MBA
13 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.43%) NIST
2 15 (5.66%) PCI DSS
3 12 (4.53%) QA
4 10 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.40%) GDPR
6 3 (1.13%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.13%) Firmware
5 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 28 (10.57%) FortiGate
2 22 (8.30%) Ansible
3 15 (5.66%) Terraform
4 10 (3.77%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.40%) Check_MK
6 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.13%) Nagios
8 2 (0.75%) Grafana
9 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.38%) OpenView
9 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 162 (61.13%) Cisco
2 79 (29.81%) Palo Alto
3 46 (17.36%) SolarWinds
4 45 (16.98%) Meraki
5 43 (16.23%) Fortinet
6 41 (15.47%) Microsoft
7 29 (10.94%) Arista
8 23 (8.68%) F5
9 22 (8.30%) CheckPoint
10 21 (7.92%) ForeScout
11 15 (5.66%) Infoblox
11 15 (5.66%) SevOne
11 15 (5.66%) Splunk
11 15 (5.66%) Zscaler
12 9 (3.40%) Dynatrace
12 9 (3.40%) Juniper
12 9 (3.40%) VMware
13 8 (3.02%) ServiceNow
14 6 (2.26%) Aruba
15 5 (1.89%) HP