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 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 232 239
Rank change year-on-year +39 +7 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 289 165 248
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 1.35% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.48% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 225 104 207
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,950
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £49,176
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.47% +2.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,275
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

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 22,106 11,181 18,627
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 91.69% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15,131 7,245 12,863
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.84% -3.42%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +10 34 £70,000 +7.69% 9
West London -15 13 £60,000 -31.43% 4
South London +8 9 £50,000 - 5
East London - 1 - - 6
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 August 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.

1 159 (55.02%) Cisco
2 121 (41.87%) Firewall
3 101 (34.95%) Network Security
4 94 (32.53%) Azure
5 91 (31.49%) WAN
6 85 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
7 80 (27.68%) VPN
8 76 (26.30%) Palo Alto
9 72 (24.91%) CCNP
10 68 (23.53%) SD-WAN
11 65 (22.49%) BGP
12 63 (21.80%) Microsoft
13 56 (19.38%) LAN
14 51 (17.65%) Meraki
15 49 (16.96%) DNS
15 49 (16.96%) OSPF
16 48 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 46 (15.92%) AWS
17 46 (15.92%) Wireless
18 45 (15.57%) Cisco ISE
19 43 (14.88%) CCNA
19 43 (14.88%) TCP/IP
20 39 (13.49%) Network Monitoring
21 37 (12.80%) High Availability
22 36 (12.46%) Wi-Fi
22 36 (12.46%) Zscaler
23 34 (11.76%) Python
24 33 (11.42%) F5
25 32 (11.07%) Network Design
26 31 (10.73%) Arista

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 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.15%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 94 (32.53%) Azure
2 46 (15.92%) AWS
3 18 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.15%) Datadog
5 10 (3.46%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (2.77%) GCP
7 8 (2.77%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.77%) SaaS
8 7 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.38%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.69%) Route 53
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon EMR
12 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.35%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 121 (41.87%) Firewall
2 101 (34.95%) Network Security
3 91 (31.49%) WAN
4 80 (27.68%) VPN
5 68 (23.53%) SD-WAN
6 65 (22.49%) BGP
7 56 (19.38%) LAN
8 49 (16.96%) DNS
8 49 (16.96%) OSPF
9 46 (15.92%) Wireless
10 45 (15.57%) Cisco ISE
11 43 (14.88%) TCP/IP
12 36 (12.46%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (9.69%) VLAN
14 25 (8.65%) DHCP
15 22 (7.61%) Cisco Wireless
16 21 (7.27%) MPLS
17 15 (5.19%) SSL
18 14 (4.84%) Cisco Firepower
18 14 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.35%) Git
2 1 (0.35%) GitLab
2 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 66 (22.84%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.26%) Finance
3 18 (6.23%) Telecoms
4 13 (4.50%) Law
5 12 (4.15%) Banking
6 7 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.08%) Digital Health
7 6 (2.08%) Legal
7 6 (2.08%) Marketing
7 6 (2.08%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.08%) Retail
7 6 (2.08%) Retail Banking
8 4 (1.38%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.04%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.69%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Automotive
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.81%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.04%) OpenID
2 3 (1.04%) SAML
3 2 (0.69%) JWT
3 2 (0.69%) OAuth
3 2 (0.69%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) gRPC
4 1 (0.35%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 63 (21.80%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.92%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.54%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.84%) PKI
5 8 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.04%) IVR
6 3 (1.04%) Life Science
7 2 (0.69%) IoT
7 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.69%) Replication
8 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.35%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.35%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.35%) Home Automation
8 1 (0.35%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.61%) Windows
2 18 (6.23%) Linux
3 7 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (13.49%) Network Monitoring
3 37 (12.80%) High Availability
4 32 (11.07%) Network Design
5 28 (9.69%) Network Architecture
6 26 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (8.65%) Validation
8 22 (7.61%) Migration
9 21 (7.27%) Change Management
10 20 (6.92%) Incident Response
10 20 (6.92%) Load Balancing
10 20 (6.92%) Project Delivery
10 20 (6.92%) Security Architecture
10 20 (6.92%) Zero Trust
11 19 (6.57%) Computer Science
12 18 (6.23%) ITIL
13 17 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (5.54%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.76%) Python
2 5 (1.73%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.38%) Bash
4 3 (1.04%) SQL
5 2 (0.69%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) C
6 1 (0.35%) Go
6 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 85 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (24.91%) CCNP
3 43 (14.88%) CCNA
4 24 (8.30%) Degree
5 22 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 22 (7.61%) Security Cleared
6 18 (6.23%) CCIE
7 9 (3.11%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.77%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.42%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.69%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (0.69%) CCSP
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) CCIP
12 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.35%) MBA
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.27%) NIST
2 20 (6.92%) QA
3 12 (4.15%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.77%) GDPR
6 7 (2.42%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.69%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.30%) Ansible
2 23 (7.96%) FortiGate
3 15 (5.19%) Terraform
4 8 (2.77%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.73%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.04%) Nagios
7 2 (0.69%) Grafana
7 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) Istio
8 1 (0.35%) OpenView
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 159 (55.02%) Cisco
2 76 (26.30%) Palo Alto
3 63 (21.80%) Microsoft
4 51 (17.65%) Meraki
5 36 (12.46%) Zscaler
6 33 (11.42%) F5
7 31 (10.73%) Arista
8 29 (10.03%) SolarWinds
9 27 (9.34%) Fortinet
10 22 (7.61%) HP
11 18 (6.23%) ForeScout
12 16 (5.54%) CheckPoint
13 15 (5.19%) VMware
14 13 (4.50%) Infoblox
14 13 (4.50%) Juniper
15 12 (4.15%) SevOne
15 12 (4.15%) Splunk
16 11 (3.81%) Remedy
17 4 (1.38%) Aruba
17 4 (1.38%) Oracle