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 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 257 248
Rank change year-on-year +71 -9 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 249 143 287
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.13% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.25% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 173 102 262
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £49,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £58,175
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +11.73% -6.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.14% -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 18,669 11,416 22,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.28% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,764 7,440 16,672
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +36 54 £74,000 +13.85% 22
East London - 11 £90,000 - 3
South London +16 8 £50,000 - 1
West London -12 8 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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.

1 173 (69.48%) Cisco
2 136 (54.62%) Firewall
3 99 (39.76%) WAN
4 94 (37.75%) Azure
5 84 (33.73%) Cisco Certification
5 84 (33.73%) VPN
6 79 (31.73%) SD-WAN
7 72 (28.92%) CCNP
8 67 (26.91%) Network Security
8 67 (26.91%) Palo Alto
9 62 (24.90%) BGP
10 57 (22.89%) Fortinet
10 57 (22.89%) LAN
11 54 (21.69%) Cisco ISE
12 50 (20.08%) Meraki
13 48 (19.28%) OSPF
14 47 (18.88%) SolarWinds
15 44 (17.67%) Wireless
16 42 (16.87%) High Availability
17 41 (16.47%) AWS
17 41 (16.47%) CCNA
17 41 (16.47%) Wi-Fi
18 40 (16.06%) Python
19 33 (13.25%) Network Monitoring
20 32 (12.85%) Cisco Firepower
21 31 (12.45%) CheckPoint
22 30 (12.05%) Microsoft
22 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
23 29 (11.65%) CCIE
23 29 (11.65%) DNS

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 2 (0.80%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (5.22%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 94 (37.75%) Azure
2 41 (16.47%) AWS
3 15 (6.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 12 (4.82%) Datadog
5 11 (4.42%) AWS Direct Connect
6 10 (4.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (4.02%) SaaS
7 8 (3.21%) GCP
8 6 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.80%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.80%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.80%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.80%) Route 53
10 1 (0.40%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.40%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.40%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.40%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 136 (54.62%) Firewall
2 99 (39.76%) WAN
3 84 (33.73%) VPN
4 79 (31.73%) SD-WAN
5 67 (26.91%) Network Security
6 62 (24.90%) BGP
7 57 (22.89%) LAN
8 54 (21.69%) Cisco ISE
9 48 (19.28%) OSPF
10 44 (17.67%) Wireless
11 41 (16.47%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (12.85%) Cisco Firepower
13 29 (11.65%) DNS
14 28 (11.24%) MPLS
14 28 (11.24%) VLAN
15 27 (10.84%) Cisco ASA
16 25 (10.04%) Cisco Wireless
17 22 (8.84%) VXLAN
18 21 (8.43%) WLAN
19 19 (7.63%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 10 (4.02%) Git
2 2 (0.80%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 64 (25.70%) Finance
2 48 (19.28%) Social Skills
3 13 (5.22%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.02%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.61%) Banking
5 9 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.01%) Retail
8 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.20%) Marketing
9 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.80%) Advertising
10 2 (0.80%) Law
11 1 (0.40%) Electronics
11 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.02%) 802.1X
2 8 (3.21%) Jinja
2 8 (3.21%) NETCONF
2 8 (3.21%) YANG
3 1 (0.40%) OpenID
3 1 (0.40%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (24.50%) Data Centre
2 21 (8.43%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.43%) PKI
4 10 (4.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.21%) Social Media
7 7 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.61%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.20%) IoT
10 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.80%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.80%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) Replication
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.40%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.02%) Windows
2 9 (3.61%) Linux
3 4 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (16.87%) High Availability
2 33 (13.25%) Network Monitoring
3 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (10.44%) Zero Trust
6 25 (10.04%) Network Design
7 22 (8.84%) Network Architecture
8 21 (8.43%) Kalman Filter
8 21 (8.43%) Network Segmentation
9 19 (7.63%) Load Balancing
10 16 (6.43%) ITIL
11 15 (6.02%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (5.62%) Change Control
12 14 (5.62%) Runbook
12 14 (5.62%) Security Architecture
12 14 (5.62%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (5.22%) Agile
13 13 (5.22%) AI
13 13 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (5.22%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.06%) Python
2 4 (1.61%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.20%) Bash
4 1 (0.40%) C
4 1 (0.40%) Go
4 1 (0.40%) Java
Qualifications
1 84 (33.73%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (28.92%) CCNP
3 41 (16.47%) CCNA
4 29 (11.65%) CCIE
5 24 (9.64%) Degree
6 22 (8.84%) Azure Certification
7 16 (6.43%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.22%) CCSA
8 13 (5.22%) CCSE
9 12 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (4.42%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.01%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.01%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.80%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.40%) CWNA
13 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.43%) NIST
2 12 (4.82%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.61%) GDPR
3 9 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.20%) SLA
5 1 (0.40%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 16 (6.43%) Firmware
2 6 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (11.65%) FortiGate
2 26 (10.44%) Ansible
3 10 (4.02%) Cisco Prime
3 10 (4.02%) Terraform
4 9 (3.61%) Check_MK
5 4 (1.61%) Nagios
6 2 (0.80%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.40%) Grafana
7 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 173 (69.48%) Cisco
2 67 (26.91%) Palo Alto
3 57 (22.89%) Fortinet
4 50 (20.08%) Meraki
5 47 (18.88%) SolarWinds
6 31 (12.45%) CheckPoint
7 30 (12.05%) Microsoft
8 22 (8.84%) Arista
9 20 (8.03%) F5
10 18 (7.23%) ForeScout
11 17 (6.83%) Juniper
12 12 (4.82%) Dynatrace
12 12 (4.82%) Infoblox
12 12 (4.82%) SevOne
12 12 (4.82%) Splunk
12 12 (4.82%) Zscaler
13 11 (4.42%) ServiceNow
14 8 (3.21%) Aruba
14 8 (3.21%) VMware
15 6 (2.41%) HP