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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 215 215
Rank change year-on-year +31 0 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 302 167 273
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.40% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.53% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 242 105 208
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,500 £43,025
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.06% +5.60%
75th Percentile £84,375 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £91,513
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,388 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.32% +8.78% -

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 22,747 10,881 18,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 91.26% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,701 7,078 11,941
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 6 September 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 September 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 27 £70,000 +1.82% 21
West London -13 13 £60,000 -31.43% 3
South London +3 9 £50,000 +3.63% 5
East London - 1 - - 4
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 September 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.

1 144 (47.68%) Cisco
2 108 (35.76%) Firewall
3 97 (32.12%) Network Security
4 86 (28.48%) Azure
5 82 (27.15%) WAN
6 79 (26.16%) Cisco Certification
7 69 (22.85%) Palo Alto
7 69 (22.85%) VPN
8 66 (21.85%) Microsoft
9 65 (21.52%) CCNP
10 60 (19.87%) BGP
10 60 (19.87%) SD-WAN
11 54 (17.88%) DNS
12 50 (16.56%) LAN
13 49 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 45 (14.90%) Wireless
15 44 (14.57%) Meraki
16 42 (13.91%) AWS
16 42 (13.91%) OSPF
17 41 (13.58%) CCNA
17 41 (13.58%) TCP/IP
18 39 (12.91%) Cisco ISE
18 39 (12.91%) High Availability
19 36 (11.92%) Python
19 36 (11.92%) Zscaler
20 34 (11.26%) Network Monitoring
21 33 (10.93%) Arista
21 33 (10.93%) Validation
22 32 (10.60%) F5
22 32 (10.60%) Network Design

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 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.97%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 86 (28.48%) Azure
2 42 (13.91%) AWS
3 17 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.97%) Datadog
5 9 (2.98%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.65%) GCP
6 8 (2.65%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.65%) SaaS
7 7 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.66%) Route 53
13 1 (0.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.33%) Amazon EMR
13 1 (0.33%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 108 (35.76%) Firewall
2 97 (32.12%) Network Security
3 82 (27.15%) WAN
4 69 (22.85%) VPN
5 60 (19.87%) BGP
5 60 (19.87%) SD-WAN
6 54 (17.88%) DNS
7 50 (16.56%) LAN
8 45 (14.90%) Wireless
9 42 (13.91%) OSPF
10 41 (13.58%) TCP/IP
11 39 (12.91%) Cisco ISE
12 29 (9.60%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (9.27%) VLAN
14 24 (7.95%) DHCP
15 22 (7.28%) Cisco Wireless
16 21 (6.95%) MPLS
17 16 (5.30%) SSL
18 15 (4.97%) Cisco Nexus
19 14 (4.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 60 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.24%) Finance
3 20 (6.62%) Telecoms
4 15 (4.97%) Law
5 9 (2.98%) Banking
6 8 (2.65%) Legal
7 6 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.99%) Digital Health
8 5 (1.66%) Marketing
8 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.32%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.32%) Retail
10 3 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.66%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Advertising
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Automotive
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.30%) Terraform
2 8 (2.65%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.99%) OpenID
3 3 (0.99%) SAML
4 2 (0.66%) JWT
4 2 (0.66%) OAuth
4 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.66%) REST
5 1 (0.33%) Django
5 1 (0.33%) gRPC
5 1 (0.33%) Jinja
5 1 (0.33%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.19%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.96%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.64%) PKI
4 10 (3.31%) IVR
5 8 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.99%) Life Science
8 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.66%) IoT
8 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.66%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.66%) Replication
8 2 (0.66%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.33%) IPTV
9 1 (0.33%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.27%) Linux
2 22 (7.28%) Windows
3 12 (3.97%) Unix
4 7 (2.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (12.91%) High Availability
3 34 (11.26%) Network Monitoring
4 33 (10.93%) Validation
5 32 (10.60%) Network Design
6 29 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (8.28%) Migration
8 23 (7.62%) Network Architecture
8 23 (7.62%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (6.95%) Change Management
9 21 (6.95%) Project Delivery
9 21 (6.95%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (6.62%) Computer Science
10 20 (6.62%) Security Architecture
11 18 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (5.63%) Incident Response
12 17 (5.63%) Zero Trust
13 16 (5.30%) Business Continuity
13 16 (5.30%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.30%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.92%) Python
2 12 (3.97%) SQL
3 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.32%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) Bicep
5 2 (0.66%) Go
5 2 (0.66%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) C
6 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 79 (26.16%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (21.52%) CCNP
3 41 (13.58%) CCNA
4 27 (8.94%) Security Cleared
5 25 (8.28%) Degree
6 18 (5.96%) CCIE
7 17 (5.63%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.31%) DV Cleared
9 9 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.65%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.32%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.99%) CISSP
13 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.66%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (0.66%) CCSP
14 1 (0.33%) CCIP
14 1 (0.33%) CCSA
14 1 (0.33%) CCSE
14 1 (0.33%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.94%) QA
2 18 (5.96%) NIST
3 12 (3.97%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.99%) SLA
5 5 (1.66%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (2.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.99%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.99%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.66%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.33%) Firmware
4 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (8.28%) Ansible
2 20 (6.62%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.66%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.66%) Grafana
5 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.66%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.33%) OpenView
6 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 144 (47.68%) Cisco
2 69 (22.85%) Palo Alto
3 66 (21.85%) Microsoft
4 44 (14.57%) Meraki
5 36 (11.92%) Zscaler
6 33 (10.93%) Arista
7 32 (10.60%) F5
8 23 (7.62%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.28%) HP
10 20 (6.62%) SolarWinds
11 18 (5.96%) ForeScout
12 16 (5.30%) Juniper
13 13 (4.30%) Infoblox
14 12 (3.97%) CheckPoint
14 12 (3.97%) Oracle
14 12 (3.97%) SevOne
14 12 (3.97%) Splunk
14 12 (3.97%) VMware
15 11 (3.64%) Remedy
16 4 (1.32%) Citrix