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 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 241 248
Rank change year-on-year +35 +7 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 203 188 268
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.32% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.45% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 129 124 239
10th Percentile £41,000 £46,487 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,313 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £95,000 £93,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +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 15,149 12,971 20,259
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 91.09% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 10,082 7,746 16,235
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +3.45% -
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% -9.84%

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 March 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 March 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 +21 39 £80,000 +6.67% 9
East London - 18 £87,500 - 6
West London -14 4 £70,000 +7.69% 8
South London +22 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 6 March 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.

1 152 (74.88%) Cisco
2 131 (64.53%) Firewall
3 97 (47.78%) WAN
4 86 (42.36%) Azure
5 74 (36.45%) Cisco Certification
6 72 (35.47%) VPN
7 69 (33.99%) CCNP
7 69 (33.99%) LAN
8 67 (33.00%) Fortinet
9 63 (31.03%) SD-WAN
10 60 (29.56%) BGP
11 50 (24.63%) OSPF
12 49 (24.14%) Wi-Fi
13 48 (23.65%) Palo Alto
14 46 (22.66%) AWS
15 45 (22.17%) CheckPoint
16 44 (21.67%) Meraki
16 44 (21.67%) SolarWinds
17 42 (20.69%) Network Security
18 40 (19.70%) Wireless
19 37 (18.23%) CCIE
19 37 (18.23%) High Availability
20 36 (17.73%) Cisco ISE
20 36 (17.73%) Python
21 35 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
22 34 (16.75%) Cisco Firepower
23 33 (16.26%) CCNA
24 32 (15.76%) VLAN
25 30 (14.78%) Degree
26 29 (14.29%) 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 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.99%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (4.43%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 86 (42.36%) Azure
2 46 (22.66%) AWS
3 14 (6.90%) AWS Direct Connect
4 12 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.42%) SaaS
5 11 (5.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (3.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.46%) GCP
9 4 (1.97%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.48%) Datadog
11 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.99%) Dagster
11 2 (0.99%) IaaS
11 2 (0.99%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.99%) PaaS
12 1 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 131 (64.53%) Firewall
2 97 (47.78%) WAN
3 72 (35.47%) VPN
4 69 (33.99%) LAN
5 63 (31.03%) SD-WAN
6 60 (29.56%) BGP
7 50 (24.63%) OSPF
8 49 (24.14%) Wi-Fi
9 42 (20.69%) Network Security
10 40 (19.70%) Wireless
11 36 (17.73%) Cisco ISE
12 35 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
13 34 (16.75%) Cisco Firepower
14 32 (15.76%) VLAN
15 28 (13.79%) MPLS
16 23 (11.33%) WLAN
17 19 (9.36%) NX-OS
17 19 (9.36%) TCP/IP
17 19 (9.36%) VXLAN
18 17 (8.37%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.99%) Metadata
1 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.99%) MySQL
1 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (5.91%) Git
2 3 (1.48%) GitLab
3 2 (0.99%) Jaeger
3 2 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.99%) MLflow
3 2 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 61 (30.05%) Finance
2 46 (22.66%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 15 (7.39%) Banking
5 9 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.43%) Retail Banking
6 8 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.96%) Marketing
8 5 (2.46%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.46%) Retail
9 4 (1.97%) Law
9 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.99%) Agriculture
10 2 (0.99%) Electronics
10 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Advertising
11 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) 802.1X
1 8 (3.94%) Jinja
1 8 (3.94%) NETCONF
1 8 (3.94%) YANG
2 2 (0.99%) FastAPI
2 2 (0.99%) Kafka
2 2 (0.99%) Keycloak
2 2 (0.99%) REST
2 2 (0.99%) RESTful
2 2 (0.99%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 58 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (6.40%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.93%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.94%) Social Media
6 5 (2.46%) IoT
6 5 (2.46%) PKI
7 4 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.97%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.48%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.99%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.99%) MPEG
9 2 (0.99%) Replication
9 2 (0.99%) Robotics
9 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.49%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.49%) e-Health
10 1 (0.49%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.39%) Windows
2 9 (4.43%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.97%) Linux
4 2 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (18.23%) High Availability
2 29 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (13.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (12.81%) Kalman Filter
5 24 (11.82%) Network Monitoring
6 23 (11.33%) Load Balancing
7 21 (10.34%) Computer Science
7 21 (10.34%) Zero Trust
8 20 (9.85%) Network Design
9 19 (9.36%) Change Management
10 18 (8.87%) Change Control
10 18 (8.87%) Network Segmentation
11 17 (8.37%) ITIL
11 17 (8.37%) Network Architecture
12 16 (7.88%) Process Improvement
13 14 (6.90%) Runbook
13 14 (6.90%) Task Automation
14 13 (6.40%) AI
14 13 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (5.91%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.73%) Python
2 6 (2.96%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.48%) Bash
4 1 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 74 (36.45%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (33.99%) CCNP
3 37 (18.23%) CCIE
4 33 (16.26%) CCNA
5 30 (14.78%) Degree
6 20 (9.85%) CCSA
6 20 (9.85%) CCSE
6 20 (9.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (5.42%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.94%) Security Cleared
9 7 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (2.96%) JNCIP
11 5 (2.46%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.46%) SC Cleared
12 3 (1.48%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.49%) Check Point Certification
14 1 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.49%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.93%) NIST
2 8 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.46%) GDPR
4 3 (1.48%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.48%) SLA
5 2 (0.99%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (9.85%) Firmware
2 12 (5.91%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.46%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.99%) Docker
5 2 (0.99%) NFS
6 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (12.32%) FortiGate
2 21 (10.34%) Ansible
3 8 (3.94%) Terraform
4 7 (3.45%) Check_MK
5 6 (2.96%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.48%) Grafana
6 3 (1.48%) Nagios
7 2 (0.99%) Argo
7 2 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.99%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.99%) SCCM
8 1 (0.49%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 152 (74.88%) Cisco
2 67 (33.00%) Fortinet
3 48 (23.65%) Palo Alto
4 45 (22.17%) CheckPoint
5 44 (21.67%) Meraki
5 44 (21.67%) SolarWinds
6 21 (10.34%) Microsoft
7 20 (9.85%) Juniper
8 14 (6.90%) Dynatrace
9 13 (6.40%) Arista
9 13 (6.40%) F5
9 13 (6.40%) ServiceNow
10 9 (4.43%) Aruba
11 8 (3.94%) Zscaler
12 7 (3.45%) VMware
13 5 (2.46%) Infoblox
14 4 (1.97%) HP
15 3 (1.48%) Dell
15 3 (1.48%) ForeScout
15 3 (1.48%) Splunk