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 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 256 238
Rank change year-on-year +62 -18 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 229 155 294
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.19% 1.20% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.33% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 152 113 269
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,573 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £58,850
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +10.45% -5.84%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £56,900 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +7.36% +8.16% -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 17,712 11,696 21,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 90.61% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,868 7,552 16,665
10th Percentile £38,570 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,304 £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 £93,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.04%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +30 46 £75,000 +15.38% 15
East London - 13 £90,000 - 5
South London +14 7 £50,000 -0.50% 5
West London -28 4 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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.

1 164 (71.62%) Cisco
2 130 (56.77%) Firewall
3 91 (39.74%) WAN
4 88 (38.43%) Azure
5 82 (35.81%) Cisco Certification
6 79 (34.50%) VPN
7 73 (31.88%) CCNP
8 68 (29.69%) SD-WAN
9 58 (25.33%) Fortinet
9 58 (25.33%) LAN
10 56 (24.45%) BGP
10 56 (24.45%) Network Security
11 51 (22.27%) Meraki
12 50 (21.83%) Palo Alto
13 44 (19.21%) OSPF
13 44 (19.21%) SolarWinds
14 43 (18.78%) Wi-Fi
15 41 (17.90%) Cisco ISE
16 40 (17.47%) AWS
17 39 (17.03%) CCNA
17 39 (17.03%) Python
18 38 (16.59%) High Availability
19 37 (16.16%) Wireless
20 34 (14.85%) CheckPoint
20 34 (14.85%) Cisco Firepower
21 32 (13.97%) VLAN
22 30 (13.10%) CCIE
22 30 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
23 29 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 29 (12.66%) Microsoft

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 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.93%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 88 (38.43%) Azure
2 40 (17.47%) AWS
3 13 (5.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (4.80%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (4.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 11 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
4 11 (4.80%) SaaS
5 10 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.06%) Datadog
7 3 (1.31%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.31%) GCP
8 2 (0.87%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.87%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.87%) Route 53
9 1 (0.44%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.44%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.44%) GitHub
9 1 (0.44%) IaaS
9 1 (0.44%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 130 (56.77%) Firewall
2 91 (39.74%) WAN
3 79 (34.50%) VPN
4 68 (29.69%) SD-WAN
5 58 (25.33%) LAN
6 56 (24.45%) BGP
6 56 (24.45%) Network Security
7 44 (19.21%) OSPF
8 43 (18.78%) Wi-Fi
9 41 (17.90%) Cisco ISE
10 37 (16.16%) Wireless
11 34 (14.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 32 (13.97%) VLAN
13 28 (12.23%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (12.23%) DNS
14 27 (11.79%) MPLS
15 21 (9.17%) VXLAN
16 20 (8.73%) WLAN
17 18 (7.86%) Cisco Wireless
17 18 (7.86%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) GitLab
General
1 60 (26.20%) Finance
2 46 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 16 (6.99%) Telecoms
4 11 (4.80%) Banking
5 10 (4.37%) Retail Banking
6 9 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.18%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.18%) Retail
10 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.75%) Marketing
11 2 (0.87%) Advertising
11 2 (0.87%) Electronics
11 2 (0.87%) Law
12 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.49%) 802.1X
1 8 (3.49%) Jinja
1 8 (3.49%) NETCONF
1 8 (3.49%) YANG
2 2 (0.87%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) OpenID
3 1 (0.44%) RESTful
3 1 (0.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (24.45%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.11%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.93%) PKI
5 8 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.49%) Social Media
6 5 (2.18%) IoT
7 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.31%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.31%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.87%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.87%) Replication
10 1 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.44%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.44%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.44%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.68%) Windows
2 8 (3.49%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.06%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (16.59%) High Availability
2 30 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (12.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (12.23%) Network Monitoring
5 22 (9.61%) Network Architecture
5 22 (9.61%) Network Segmentation
5 22 (9.61%) Zero Trust
6 21 (9.17%) Kalman Filter
7 20 (8.73%) ITIL
7 20 (8.73%) Network Design
8 19 (8.30%) Load Balancing
9 16 (6.99%) Change Control
10 14 (6.11%) Agile
10 14 (6.11%) Computer Science
10 14 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.11%) Process Improvement
11 13 (5.68%) Runbook
11 13 (5.68%) Task Automation
12 12 (5.24%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (4.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.03%) Python
2 5 (2.18%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.31%) Bash
4 1 (0.44%) C
4 1 (0.44%) Go
4 1 (0.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 82 (35.81%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (31.88%) CCNP
3 39 (17.03%) CCNA
4 30 (13.10%) CCIE
5 26 (11.35%) Degree
6 20 (8.73%) Azure Certification
7 17 (7.42%) CCSA
7 17 (7.42%) CCSE
8 14 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (6.11%) Security Cleared
9 13 (5.68%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (4.80%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.18%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.18%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.44%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.99%) NIST
2 10 (4.37%) GDPR
2 10 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.06%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.31%) SLA
5 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (6.99%) Firmware
2 11 (4.80%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.18%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (10.04%) Ansible
1 23 (10.04%) FortiGate
2 10 (4.37%) Cisco Prime
3 9 (3.93%) Check_MK
4 8 (3.49%) Terraform
5 4 (1.75%) Nagios
6 2 (0.87%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.87%) Grafana
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 164 (71.62%) Cisco
2 58 (25.33%) Fortinet
3 51 (22.27%) Meraki
4 50 (21.83%) Palo Alto
5 44 (19.21%) SolarWinds
6 34 (14.85%) CheckPoint
7 29 (12.66%) Microsoft
8 19 (8.30%) Juniper
9 16 (6.99%) F5
10 15 (6.55%) Arista
11 13 (5.68%) Dynatrace
11 13 (5.68%) ServiceNow
12 12 (5.24%) ForeScout
13 10 (4.37%) Zscaler
14 8 (3.49%) Aruba
14 8 (3.49%) VMware
15 7 (3.06%) Infoblox
15 7 (3.06%) SevOne
15 7 (3.06%) Splunk
16 4 (1.75%) HP