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 16 January 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 212 242
Rank change year-on-year -1 +30 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 166 246 233
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.58% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.71% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 103 161 199
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £99,750 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -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 12,999 14,371 17,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.58% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,600 8,291 13,996
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,242
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.26%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +4 27 £80,000 +3.23% 13
East London +6 15 £87,500 +133.33% 4
West London 0 4 £49,000 -24.62% 5
South London +27 2 £47,500 -15.29% 6
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 January 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.

1 120 (72.29%) Cisco
2 104 (62.65%) Firewall
3 74 (44.58%) Cisco Certification
4 73 (43.98%) WAN
5 70 (42.17%) CCNP
6 66 (39.76%) LAN
7 64 (38.55%) Azure
8 57 (34.34%) Fortinet
9 50 (30.12%) VPN
10 45 (27.11%) BGP
11 43 (25.90%) CCIE
11 43 (25.90%) CheckPoint
11 43 (25.90%) SD-WAN
12 39 (23.49%) Python
12 39 (23.49%) Wi-Fi
13 37 (22.29%) Wireless
14 36 (21.69%) AWS
14 36 (21.69%) OSPF
15 35 (21.08%) Network Security
16 33 (19.88%) Degree
17 29 (17.47%) Load Balancing
17 29 (17.47%) Palo Alto
18 28 (16.87%) CCNA
18 28 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (16.87%) SolarWinds
19 27 (16.27%) High Availability
20 26 (15.66%) Ansible
21 25 (15.06%) Change Control
22 24 (14.46%) Cisco ASA
22 24 (14.46%) Meraki

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 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.20%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (9.04%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (38.55%) Azure
2 36 (21.69%) AWS
3 11 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.42%) SaaS
5 8 (4.82%) AWS Direct Connect
6 5 (3.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.41%) IaaS
7 4 (2.41%) PaaS
8 3 (1.81%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.81%) GCP
9 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.20%) Dagster
9 2 (1.20%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.20%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.20%) SecurityScorecard
10 1 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 104 (62.65%) Firewall
2 73 (43.98%) WAN
3 66 (39.76%) LAN
4 50 (30.12%) VPN
5 45 (27.11%) BGP
6 43 (25.90%) SD-WAN
7 39 (23.49%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (22.29%) Wireless
9 36 (21.69%) OSPF
10 35 (21.08%) Network Security
11 24 (14.46%) Cisco ASA
12 21 (12.65%) VLAN
13 18 (10.84%) MPLS
14 17 (10.24%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (10.24%) Cisco ISE
14 17 (10.24%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (9.64%) WLAN
16 13 (7.83%) Cisco Wireless
16 13 (7.83%) DNS
16 13 (7.83%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.20%) Metadata
1 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.20%) MySQL
1 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 10 (6.02%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) GitLab
2 2 (1.20%) Jaeger
2 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.20%) MLflow
2 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (30.72%) Finance
2 39 (23.49%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.05%) Telecoms
4 15 (9.04%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (7.23%) Banking
7 9 (5.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.22%) Marketing
9 5 (3.01%) Law
10 3 (1.81%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.20%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.20%) Electronics
11 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Advertising
12 1 (0.60%) Retail
12 1 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.22%) Jinja
1 7 (4.22%) NETCONF
1 7 (4.22%) YANG
2 4 (2.41%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.41%) RESTful
3 2 (1.20%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.20%) Kafka
3 2 (1.20%) Keycloak
3 2 (1.20%) REST
3 2 (1.20%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 44 (26.51%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.42%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.22%) Social Media
5 6 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.01%) IoT
7 4 (2.41%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.81%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.81%) Web3
9 2 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.20%) MPEG
9 2 (1.20%) Replication
9 2 (1.20%) Robotics
9 2 (1.20%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.60%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.04%) Windows
2 10 (6.02%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.61%) Linux
4 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.60%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.47%) Load Balancing
2 28 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (16.27%) High Availability
4 25 (15.06%) Change Control
5 23 (13.86%) Kalman Filter
6 20 (12.05%) Change Management
7 18 (10.84%) Computer Science
7 18 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (10.84%) Low Latency
8 16 (9.64%) AI
8 16 (9.64%) Network Monitoring
8 16 (9.64%) Process Improvement
9 14 (8.43%) Customer Service
9 14 (8.43%) Task Automation
10 13 (7.83%) Network Design
11 12 (7.23%) Agile
11 12 (7.23%) Inventory Management
11 12 (7.23%) Migration
11 12 (7.23%) Validation
12 11 (6.63%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.49%) Python
2 5 (3.01%) Bash
2 5 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.60%) Go
3 1 (0.60%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 74 (44.58%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (42.17%) CCNP
3 43 (25.90%) CCIE
4 33 (19.88%) Degree
5 28 (16.87%) CCNA
6 21 (12.65%) CCSE
7 20 (12.05%) CCSA
8 17 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.22%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.61%) JNCIP
10 6 (3.61%) Security Cleared
11 5 (3.01%) Azure Certification
11 5 (3.01%) JNCIA
12 3 (1.81%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.81%) SC Cleared
13 2 (1.20%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.60%) CCA
14 1 (0.60%) Check Point Certification
14 1 (0.60%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (2.41%) PMO
2 3 (1.81%) NIST
3 2 (1.20%) SLA
4 1 (0.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (10.84%) Firmware
2 11 (6.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.20%) Docker
5 2 (1.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.20%) NFS
5 2 (1.20%) pfSense
5 2 (1.20%) ProxySG
5 2 (1.20%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (15.66%) Ansible
2 20 (12.05%) FortiGate
3 11 (6.63%) Terraform
4 6 (3.61%) Grafana
5 5 (3.01%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.81%) Nagios
7 2 (1.20%) Argo
7 2 (1.20%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.20%) SCCM
7 2 (1.20%) VxRail
8 1 (0.60%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.60%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.60%) Kibana
8 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (72.29%) Cisco
2 57 (34.34%) Fortinet
3 43 (25.90%) CheckPoint
4 29 (17.47%) Palo Alto
5 28 (16.87%) SolarWinds
6 24 (14.46%) Meraki
7 21 (12.65%) Juniper
8 18 (10.84%) F5
9 16 (9.64%) Microsoft
10 14 (8.43%) Arista
11 10 (6.02%) ServiceNow
12 7 (4.22%) Aruba
12 7 (4.22%) Dynatrace
13 6 (3.61%) VMware
13 6 (3.61%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.41%) Dell
14 4 (2.41%) Infoblox
14 4 (2.41%) LogicMonitor
14 4 (2.41%) Motorola
14 4 (2.41%) Splunk