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 24 February 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 223 236
Rank change year-on-year +15 +13 +123
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 194 209 272
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 1.44% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.58% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 122 134 241
10th Percentile £40,125 £47,177 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,781 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,375 £95,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% +12.24% -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 14,480 13,264 20,061
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 91.29% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 9,641 7,738 16,170
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -0.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 +15 33 £80,000 +6.67% 14
East London - 18 £87,500 - 8
West London -13 5 £59,500 -8.46% 10
South London +24 3 £47,500 -5.47% 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 February 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.

1 142 (73.20%) Cisco
2 126 (64.95%) Firewall
3 94 (48.45%) WAN
4 80 (41.24%) Azure
5 75 (38.66%) Cisco Certification
6 70 (36.08%) CCNP
7 69 (35.57%) LAN
8 68 (35.05%) VPN
9 66 (34.02%) Fortinet
10 61 (31.44%) SD-WAN
11 57 (29.38%) BGP
12 48 (24.74%) OSPF
12 48 (24.74%) Wi-Fi
13 45 (23.20%) AWS
14 44 (22.68%) CheckPoint
14 44 (22.68%) Palo Alto
15 42 (21.65%) SolarWinds
16 41 (21.13%) Meraki
16 41 (21.13%) Network Security
17 40 (20.62%) Wireless
18 39 (20.10%) CCIE
19 37 (19.07%) High Availability
19 37 (19.07%) Python
20 33 (17.01%) CCNA
20 33 (17.01%) Cisco ASA
21 32 (16.49%) Cisco Firepower
21 32 (16.49%) Cisco ISE
22 31 (15.98%) Degree
22 31 (15.98%) VLAN
23 29 (14.95%) Problem-Solving

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 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.03%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (5.15%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.24%) Azure
2 45 (23.20%) AWS
3 14 (7.22%) AWS Direct Connect
4 12 (6.19%) SaaS
5 11 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (3.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.58%) GCP
8 4 (2.06%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.55%) Datadog
9 3 (1.55%) IaaS
9 3 (1.55%) PaaS
10 2 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.03%) Dagster
10 2 (1.03%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 126 (64.95%) Firewall
2 94 (48.45%) WAN
3 69 (35.57%) LAN
4 68 (35.05%) VPN
5 61 (31.44%) SD-WAN
6 57 (29.38%) BGP
7 48 (24.74%) OSPF
7 48 (24.74%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (21.13%) Network Security
9 40 (20.62%) Wireless
10 33 (17.01%) Cisco ASA
11 32 (16.49%) Cisco Firepower
11 32 (16.49%) Cisco ISE
12 31 (15.98%) VLAN
13 28 (14.43%) MPLS
14 22 (11.34%) WLAN
15 19 (9.79%) VXLAN
16 18 (9.28%) NX-OS
16 18 (9.28%) TCP/IP
17 17 (8.76%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.03%) Metadata
1 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.03%) MySQL
1 2 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.19%) Git
2 3 (1.55%) GitLab
3 2 (1.03%) Jaeger
3 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.03%) MLflow
3 2 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (30.41%) Finance
2 45 (23.20%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.82%) Telecoms
4 14 (7.22%) Banking
5 9 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.61%) Retail Banking
8 5 (2.58%) Marketing
9 4 (2.06%) Law
9 4 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.06%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.06%) Retail
10 2 (1.03%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.03%) Electronics
10 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Advertising
11 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.12%) Jinja
1 8 (4.12%) NETCONF
1 8 (4.12%) YANG
2 7 (3.61%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.55%) RESTful
4 2 (1.03%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.03%) Kafka
4 2 (1.03%) Keycloak
4 2 (1.03%) REST
4 2 (1.03%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 56 (28.87%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.12%) Social Media
5 5 (2.58%) IoT
5 5 (2.58%) PKI
6 4 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.03%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.03%) MPEG
8 2 (1.03%) Replication
8 2 (1.03%) Robotics
8 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.52%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.22%) Windows
2 8 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.58%) Linux
4 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (19.07%) High Availability
2 29 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (13.40%) Kalman Filter
5 23 (11.86%) Load Balancing
5 23 (11.86%) Network Monitoring
6 21 (10.82%) Computer Science
7 20 (10.31%) Change Control
7 20 (10.31%) Change Management
7 20 (10.31%) Network Design
7 20 (10.31%) Zero Trust
8 16 (8.25%) ITIL
8 16 (8.25%) Network Segmentation
8 16 (8.25%) Process Improvement
9 15 (7.73%) Network Architecture
10 14 (7.22%) Runbook
10 14 (7.22%) Task Automation
11 13 (6.70%) AI
12 12 (6.19%) Agile
12 12 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.07%) Python
2 6 (3.09%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.06%) Bash
4 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 75 (38.66%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (36.08%) CCNP
3 39 (20.10%) CCIE
4 33 (17.01%) CCNA
5 31 (15.98%) Degree
6 21 (10.82%) CCSA
6 21 (10.82%) CCSE
7 20 (10.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (4.64%) Azure Certification
9 8 (4.12%) Security Cleared
10 7 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.09%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.58%) JNCIA
12 5 (2.58%) SC Cleared
13 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
14 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.52%) Check Point Certification
15 1 (0.52%) CWNA
15 1 (0.52%) JNCIS
15 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.64%) NIST
2 7 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.06%) GDPR
4 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.55%) SLA
5 2 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (10.31%) Firmware
2 12 (6.19%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.06%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.03%) Docker
4 2 (1.03%) NFS
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (11.34%) FortiGate
2 21 (10.82%) Ansible
3 8 (4.12%) Terraform
4 6 (3.09%) Check_MK
5 5 (2.58%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.55%) Grafana
6 3 (1.55%) Nagios
7 2 (1.03%) Argo
7 2 (1.03%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.03%) SCCM
8 1 (0.52%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 142 (73.20%) Cisco
2 66 (34.02%) Fortinet
3 44 (22.68%) CheckPoint
3 44 (22.68%) Palo Alto
4 42 (21.65%) SolarWinds
5 41 (21.13%) Meraki
6 21 (10.82%) Juniper
6 21 (10.82%) Microsoft
7 14 (7.22%) Arista
7 14 (7.22%) Dynatrace
7 14 (7.22%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.70%) F5
9 9 (4.64%) Aruba
10 8 (4.12%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.58%) Infoblox
11 5 (2.58%) VMware
12 4 (2.06%) ForeScout
12 4 (2.06%) HP
13 3 (1.55%) Dell
13 3 (1.55%) Splunk