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 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 201 237
Rank change year-on-year -25 +36 +133
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 162 249 231
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.59% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.71% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 104 164 197
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,098
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,188 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 12,493 14,600 16,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.95% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,274 8,494 13,679
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,434 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 2 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 2 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 +5 23 £80,000 +4.92% 15
East London 0 14 £87,500 +133.33% 3
West London -2 3 £68,250 - 2
South London +23 2 £47,500 -22.94% 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 (74.07%) Cisco
2 109 (67.28%) Firewall
3 78 (48.15%) Cisco Certification
4 72 (44.44%) CCNP
5 70 (43.21%) WAN
6 69 (42.59%) LAN
7 66 (40.74%) Azure
8 54 (33.33%) Fortinet
8 54 (33.33%) VPN
9 45 (27.78%) BGP
9 45 (27.78%) CCIE
10 44 (27.16%) CheckPoint
10 44 (27.16%) Wireless
11 42 (25.93%) OSPF
11 42 (25.93%) Python
12 40 (24.69%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (24.07%) Network Security
14 38 (23.46%) AWS
14 38 (23.46%) SD-WAN
15 35 (21.60%) Degree
15 35 (21.60%) Load Balancing
16 34 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (20.37%) Ansible
18 31 (19.14%) Palo Alto
18 31 (19.14%) SolarWinds
19 28 (17.28%) CCNA
20 26 (16.05%) High Availability
21 25 (15.43%) Change Control
21 25 (15.43%) F5
21 25 (15.43%) 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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.23%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (10.49%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (40.74%) Azure
2 38 (23.46%) AWS
3 11 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.94%) SaaS
5 7 (4.32%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (2.47%) IaaS
6 4 (2.47%) PaaS
6 4 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.85%) GCP
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.23%) Dagster
8 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.23%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.23%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 109 (67.28%) Firewall
2 70 (43.21%) WAN
3 69 (42.59%) LAN
4 54 (33.33%) VPN
5 45 (27.78%) BGP
6 44 (27.16%) Wireless
7 42 (25.93%) OSPF
8 40 (24.69%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (24.07%) Network Security
10 38 (23.46%) SD-WAN
11 24 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (13.58%) VLAN
13 19 (11.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (11.11%) WLAN
15 17 (10.49%) EIGRP
16 15 (9.26%) Cisco Firepower
16 15 (9.26%) Cisco Wireless
16 15 (9.26%) DNS
17 14 (8.64%) Cisco ISE
17 14 (8.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.23%) InfluxDB
1 2 (1.23%) Metadata
1 2 (1.23%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.23%) MySQL
1 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Git
2 2 (1.23%) GitLab
2 2 (1.23%) Jaeger
2 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.23%) MLflow
2 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (33.33%) Finance
2 37 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.64%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (8.64%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.41%) Banking
6 9 (5.56%) Marketing
7 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.47%) Law
9 3 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.85%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.23%) Agriculture
10 2 (1.23%) Electronics
10 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Retail
11 1 (0.62%) Advertising
11 1 (0.62%) French Language
11 1 (0.62%) Legal
11 1 (0.62%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.70%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.47%) RESTful
3 2 (1.23%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.23%) Kafka
3 2 (1.23%) Keycloak
3 2 (1.23%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.62%) Jinja
4 1 (0.62%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.62%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 47 (29.01%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.09%) IoT
6 4 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.47%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.47%) Web3
7 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.23%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.23%) MPEG
8 2 (1.23%) Replication
8 2 (1.23%) Robotics
8 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.62%) e-Health
9 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.26%) Windows
2 10 (6.17%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.32%) Linux
4 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.62%) Android
5 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.60%) Load Balancing
2 34 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (16.05%) High Availability
4 25 (15.43%) Change Control
5 24 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
6 22 (13.58%) Change Management
7 20 (12.35%) Computer Science
7 20 (12.35%) Low Latency
7 20 (12.35%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (11.73%) Process Improvement
9 17 (10.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (9.88%) AI
10 16 (9.88%) Customer Service
11 13 (8.02%) Inventory Management
11 13 (8.02%) Migration
11 13 (8.02%) Task Automation
12 12 (7.41%) DevOps
12 12 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (6.79%) Validation
13 11 (6.79%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (25.93%) Python
2 6 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.09%) Bash
4 1 (0.62%) Go
4 1 (0.62%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 78 (48.15%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (44.44%) CCNP
3 45 (27.78%) CCIE
4 35 (21.60%) Degree
5 28 (17.28%) CCNA
6 20 (12.35%) CCSE
7 19 (11.73%) CCSA
7 19 (11.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.32%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.70%) JNCIP
10 5 (3.09%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.09%) JNCIA
11 4 (2.47%) Security Cleared
12 3 (1.85%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.85%) SC Cleared
13 1 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.62%) CWDP
13 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.62%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.70%) PMO
2 4 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.85%) NIST
4 2 (1.23%) SLA
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (11.11%) Firmware
2 11 (6.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.47%) ProxySG
4 4 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.23%) Docker
5 2 (1.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.23%) NFS
5 2 (1.23%) pfSense
5 2 (1.23%) Squid
6 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (20.37%) Ansible
2 18 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 12 (7.41%) Terraform
4 7 (4.32%) Grafana
5 6 (3.70%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.85%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.85%) Nagios
7 2 (1.23%) Argo
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.23%) SCCM
7 2 (1.23%) VxRail
8 1 (0.62%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.62%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.62%) Kibana
8 1 (0.62%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.62%) vRealize
8 1 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 120 (74.07%) Cisco
2 54 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 44 (27.16%) CheckPoint
4 31 (19.14%) Palo Alto
4 31 (19.14%) SolarWinds
5 25 (15.43%) F5
5 25 (15.43%) Meraki
6 20 (12.35%) Juniper
7 16 (9.88%) Arista
7 16 (9.88%) Microsoft
8 11 (6.79%) Aruba
9 9 (5.56%) ServiceNow
10 7 (4.32%) VMware
11 6 (3.70%) Dynatrace
11 6 (3.70%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.70%) Motorola
11 6 (3.70%) Zscaler
12 5 (3.09%) Splunk
13 4 (2.47%) Blue Coat
13 4 (2.47%) Dell