Network Engineer Jobs in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 240 285
Rank change year-on-year -9 +45 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 164 293 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.24% 1.25% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.33% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 109 254 270
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,438 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,850 £63,809
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% -7.77% -1.83%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,500 £88,375 £95,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 12,123 22,059 27,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.39% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,433 16,017 21,601
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

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 July 2025. 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 -19 22 £67,500 +3.85% 11
South London -1 6 £50,000 -13.04%
West London +12 5 £87,500 +66.67% 16
North London -19 1 £70,000 +55.56%
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 119 (72.56%) Cisco
2 115 (70.12%) Firewall
3 81 (49.39%) BGP
4 79 (48.17%) Cisco Certification
5 75 (45.73%) VPN
6 71 (43.29%) OSPF
7 66 (40.24%) WAN
8 63 (38.41%) LAN
9 60 (36.59%) CCNP
10 58 (35.37%) Azure
11 51 (31.10%) Fortinet
11 51 (31.10%) Finance
12 50 (30.49%) Data Centre
13 48 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (28.66%) Python
14 47 (28.66%) Network Security
14 47 (28.66%) AWS
15 44 (26.83%) CCNA
16 42 (25.61%) Degree
17 41 (25.00%) SolarWinds
17 41 (25.00%) Social Skills
18 40 (24.39%) Banking
19 37 (22.56%) CheckPoint
19 37 (22.56%) Meraki
20 36 (21.95%) SD-WAN
20 36 (21.95%) MPLS
21 33 (20.12%) Wireless
22 32 (19.51%) Wi-Fi
23 31 (18.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
24 30 (18.29%) Ansible

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.10%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 58 (35.37%) Azure
2 47 (28.66%) AWS
3 14 (8.54%) GCP
4 10 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.49%) AWS Direct Connect
5 9 (5.49%) IaaS
6 8 (4.88%) PaaS
6 8 (4.88%) SaaS
7 4 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.83%) Akamai
9 2 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.22%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 115 (70.12%) Firewall
2 81 (49.39%) BGP
3 75 (45.73%) VPN
4 71 (43.29%) OSPF
5 66 (40.24%) WAN
6 63 (38.41%) LAN
7 47 (28.66%) Network Security
8 36 (21.95%) MPLS
8 36 (21.95%) SD-WAN
9 33 (20.12%) Wireless
10 32 (19.51%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (14.63%) WLAN
12 20 (12.20%) IPsec
12 20 (12.20%) NX-OS
13 18 (10.98%) TCP/IP
14 17 (10.37%) Cisco Nexus
14 17 (10.37%) VXLAN
15 16 (9.76%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (9.76%) VLAN
16 15 (9.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.22%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.61%) GIS
2 1 (0.61%) MySQL
2 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (4.27%) Git
2 5 (3.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.22%) JIRA
3 2 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.61%) Artifactory
General
1 51 (31.10%) Finance
2 41 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 40 (24.39%) Banking
4 29 (17.68%) Documentation Skills
5 23 (14.02%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.10%) Mandarin Language
7 6 (3.66%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.44%) Local Government
9 3 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.22%) French Language
10 2 (1.22%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.22%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.22%) Retail
11 1 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.61%) Games
11 1 (0.61%) Legal
11 1 (0.61%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.66%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.05%) RESTful
3 4 (2.44%) Middleware
4 3 (1.83%) Jinja
5 1 (0.61%) .NET
5 1 (0.61%) LAMP
5 1 (0.61%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.61%) Node.js
5 1 (0.61%) REST
5 1 (0.61%) XMPP
5 1 (0.61%) YAML
5 1 (0.61%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 50 (30.49%) Data Centre
2 20 (12.20%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.66%) IPTV
4 5 (3.05%) Mobile Computing
5 3 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.22%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.22%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.61%) CCTV
7 1 (0.61%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.61%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) SCADA
7 1 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.76%) Windows
2 13 (7.93%) Linux
3 7 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.61%) Unix
4 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (18.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (17.68%) Network Monitoring
4 27 (16.46%) High Availability
5 22 (13.41%) Change Management
6 20 (12.20%) Incident Response
6 20 (12.20%) ITIL
7 18 (10.98%) Load Balancing
8 17 (10.37%) Low Latency
8 17 (10.37%) Network Architecture
8 17 (10.37%) Process Improvement
9 15 (9.15%) Network Management
9 15 (9.15%) Root Cause Analysis
10 14 (8.54%) Change Control
10 14 (8.54%) DevOps
10 14 (8.54%) Incident Management
10 14 (8.54%) Network Segmentation
11 13 (7.93%) Artificial Intelligence
11 13 (7.93%) Project Delivery
11 13 (7.93%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 47 (28.66%) Python
2 19 (11.59%) Bash
3 8 (4.88%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.22%) Go
4 2 (1.22%) SQL
5 1 (0.61%) Java
5 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.61%) R
5 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 79 (48.17%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (36.59%) CCNP
3 44 (26.83%) CCNA
4 42 (25.61%) Degree
5 19 (11.59%) CCIE
6 6 (3.66%) CCSA
6 6 (3.66%) CCSE
7 5 (3.05%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.05%) Check Point Certification
8 3 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.83%) Security Cleared
9 2 (1.22%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.22%) CWDP
9 2 (1.22%) CWNA
9 2 (1.22%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.22%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (7.93%) Firmware
1 13 (7.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.44%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.44%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.22%) Docker
4 2 (1.22%) KVM
4 2 (1.22%) vSphere
5 1 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 30 (18.29%) Ansible
2 14 (8.54%) Terraform
3 12 (7.32%) Nagios
4 9 (5.49%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.83%) Grafana
6 3 (1.83%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) CFEngine
8 1 (0.61%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.61%) Kibana
8 1 (0.61%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.61%) SCCM
8 1 (0.61%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.61%) vRealize
8 1 (0.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 119 (72.56%) Cisco
2 51 (31.10%) Fortinet
3 41 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 37 (22.56%) CheckPoint
4 37 (22.56%) Meraki
5 27 (16.46%) Palo Alto
6 26 (15.85%) Juniper
7 24 (14.63%) Arista
7 24 (14.63%) F5
8 16 (9.76%) VMware
9 11 (6.71%) Microsoft
10 10 (6.10%) Citrix
11 9 (5.49%) Dynatrace
12 7 (4.27%) Infoblox
13 6 (3.66%) Aruba
13 6 (3.66%) Bloomberg
13 6 (3.66%) Refinitiv
14 5 (3.05%) Zscaler
15 4 (2.44%) ServiceNow
16 3 (1.83%) Riverbed