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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 240 212
Rank change year-on-year +62 -28 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 301 162 289
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 1.35% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.48% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 243 100 214
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,400
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,938 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £69,125
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -0.54% +10.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,500 £93,263
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +8.91% +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 22,949 10,921 18,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 91.25% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,858 7,134 11,722
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £98,750 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £119,050
England median annual salary £59,300 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.82% - -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 13 September 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 September 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 +7 24 £70,000 +1.82% 26
West London -11 13 £60,000 -31.43% 2
South London +8 9 £50,000 +3.63% 6
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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.

1 137 (45.51%) Cisco
2 104 (34.55%) Firewall
3 96 (31.89%) Network Security
4 85 (28.24%) Azure
5 82 (27.24%) WAN
6 75 (24.92%) Cisco Certification
7 69 (22.92%) Palo Alto
8 68 (22.59%) VPN
9 66 (21.93%) Microsoft
10 60 (19.93%) CCNP
11 59 (19.60%) BGP
12 58 (19.27%) SD-WAN
13 57 (18.94%) DNS
14 50 (16.61%) LAN
15 49 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 44 (14.62%) Wireless
17 43 (14.29%) Meraki
17 43 (14.29%) TCP/IP
18 41 (13.62%) AWS
18 41 (13.62%) OSPF
19 40 (13.29%) CCNA
20 38 (12.62%) Cisco ISE
21 36 (11.96%) High Availability
21 36 (11.96%) Python
21 36 (11.96%) Zscaler
22 35 (11.63%) Validation
23 33 (10.96%) Network Design
24 32 (10.63%) Arista
24 32 (10.63%) F5
24 32 (10.63%) Network Monitoring

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 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.99%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 85 (28.24%) Azure
2 41 (13.62%) AWS
3 17 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.99%) Datadog
5 9 (2.99%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.66%) GCP
6 8 (2.66%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.66%) SaaS
7 7 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.66%) Route 53
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon EMR
12 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.33%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 104 (34.55%) Firewall
2 96 (31.89%) Network Security
3 82 (27.24%) WAN
4 68 (22.59%) VPN
5 59 (19.60%) BGP
6 58 (19.27%) SD-WAN
7 57 (18.94%) DNS
8 50 (16.61%) LAN
9 44 (14.62%) Wireless
10 43 (14.29%) TCP/IP
11 41 (13.62%) OSPF
12 38 (12.62%) Cisco ISE
13 29 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (8.97%) VLAN
15 25 (8.31%) DHCP
16 21 (6.98%) MPLS
17 20 (6.64%) Cisco Wireless
18 16 (5.32%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (5.32%) SSL
19 13 (4.32%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 60 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.29%) Finance
3 20 (6.64%) Telecoms
4 15 (4.98%) Law
5 8 (2.66%) Banking
5 8 (2.66%) Legal
6 6 (1.99%) Digital Health
7 5 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.66%) Marketing
7 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.33%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
8 4 (1.33%) Retail
9 3 (1.00%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.66%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
11 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.33%) Automotive
11 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.32%) Terraform
2 8 (2.66%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.00%) OpenID
3 3 (1.00%) SAML
4 2 (0.66%) JWT
4 2 (0.66%) OAuth
4 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.66%) REST
5 1 (0.33%) Django
5 1 (0.33%) gRPC
5 1 (0.33%) Jinja
5 1 (0.33%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.26%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.98%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.65%) PKI
4 13 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.99%) IVR
6 8 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.00%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.00%) Life Science
9 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.66%) IoT
9 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.66%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.66%) Replication
9 2 (0.66%) TM Forum
10 1 (0.33%) IPTV
10 1 (0.33%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.33%) Online Banking
10 1 (0.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.63%) Linux
2 23 (7.64%) Windows
3 14 (4.65%) Unix
4 8 (2.66%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (11.96%) High Availability
3 35 (11.63%) Validation
4 33 (10.96%) Network Design
5 32 (10.63%) Network Monitoring
6 30 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (8.31%) Migration
8 22 (7.31%) Network Architecture
8 22 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (7.31%) Project Delivery
9 21 (6.98%) Change Management
9 21 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (6.64%) Security Architecture
11 19 (6.31%) Computer Science
11 19 (6.31%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (5.65%) Zero Trust
13 16 (5.32%) Business Continuity
13 16 (5.32%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.32%) Incident Response
13 16 (5.32%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.96%) Python
2 14 (4.65%) SQL
3 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.33%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) Bicep
5 2 (0.66%) Go
5 2 (0.66%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) C
6 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 75 (24.92%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (19.93%) CCNP
3 40 (13.29%) CCNA
4 27 (8.97%) Security Cleared
5 23 (7.64%) Degree
6 16 (5.32%) Azure Certification
7 15 (4.98%) CCIE
8 10 (3.32%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.66%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.33%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.00%) CISSP
12 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) CCIE Data Center
12 2 (0.66%) CCSP
13 1 (0.33%) CCIE Service Provider
13 1 (0.33%) CCIP
13 1 (0.33%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.63%) QA
2 17 (5.65%) NIST
3 12 (3.99%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.99%) SLA
5 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.33%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.66%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.33%) Firmware
4 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (8.31%) Ansible
2 18 (5.98%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.33%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.66%) Grafana
5 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.33%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) OpenView
6 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 137 (45.51%) Cisco
2 69 (22.92%) Palo Alto
3 66 (21.93%) Microsoft
4 43 (14.29%) Meraki
5 36 (11.96%) Zscaler
6 32 (10.63%) Arista
6 32 (10.63%) F5
7 22 (7.31%) HP
8 21 (6.98%) Fortinet
9 18 (5.98%) ForeScout
9 18 (5.98%) SolarWinds
10 16 (5.32%) Juniper
11 14 (4.65%) Oracle
12 13 (4.32%) Infoblox
13 12 (3.99%) SevOne
13 12 (3.99%) Splunk
14 11 (3.65%) CheckPoint
14 11 (3.65%) Remedy
14 11 (3.65%) VMware
15 4 (1.33%) Citrix