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 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 239 235
Rank change year-on-year +56 -4 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 264 156 309
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.26% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.37% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 191 102 267
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,125 £89,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -

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 20,330 11,364 22,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 91.46% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 14,008 7,289 16,801
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.88% +8.57% -12.50%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +16 42 £70,000 +3.70% 29
South London +23 10 £50,000 - 6
West London -12 10 £70,000 -8.20% 10
East London - 5 - - 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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.

1 159 (60.23%) Cisco
2 127 (48.11%) Firewall
3 100 (37.88%) WAN
4 93 (35.23%) Network Security
5 92 (34.85%) VPN
6 89 (33.71%) Azure
7 87 (32.95%) Cisco Certification
8 78 (29.55%) BGP
8 78 (29.55%) SD-WAN
9 77 (29.17%) Palo Alto
10 75 (28.41%) CCNP
11 58 (21.97%) OSPF
12 57 (21.59%) LAN
13 52 (19.70%) Cisco ISE
14 48 (18.18%) Wireless
15 47 (17.80%) AWS
15 47 (17.80%) High Availability
16 46 (17.42%) CCNA
17 45 (17.05%) Network Monitoring
17 45 (17.05%) SolarWinds
18 44 (16.67%) Meraki
19 43 (16.29%) Microsoft
20 41 (15.53%) DNS
21 40 (15.15%) Fortinet
21 40 (15.15%) Python
22 39 (14.77%) Wi-Fi
23 37 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
24 36 (13.64%) TCP/IP
25 35 (13.26%) VLAN
26 33 (12.50%) 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 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.68%) MS Visio
2 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 89 (33.71%) Azure
2 47 (17.80%) AWS
3 15 (5.68%) Datadog
4 11 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (3.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (3.79%) GCP
6 9 (3.41%) SaaS
7 8 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.65%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (1.89%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.52%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.76%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.76%) Route 53
12 1 (0.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.38%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.38%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 127 (48.11%) Firewall
2 100 (37.88%) WAN
3 93 (35.23%) Network Security
4 92 (34.85%) VPN
5 78 (29.55%) BGP
5 78 (29.55%) SD-WAN
6 58 (21.97%) OSPF
7 57 (21.59%) LAN
8 52 (19.70%) Cisco ISE
9 48 (18.18%) Wireless
10 41 (15.53%) DNS
11 39 (14.77%) Wi-Fi
12 36 (13.64%) TCP/IP
13 35 (13.26%) VLAN
14 30 (11.36%) MPLS
15 28 (10.61%) Cisco Firepower
16 27 (10.23%) Cisco Wireless
17 19 (7.20%) DHCP
18 18 (6.82%) Cisco ASA
19 16 (6.06%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Git
2 2 (0.76%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 65 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 54 (20.45%) Finance
3 18 (6.82%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.79%) Retail Banking
5 8 (3.03%) Banking
5 8 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.27%) Retail
8 5 (1.89%) Law
8 5 (1.89%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.52%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.52%) Marketing
10 3 (1.14%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.76%) Cantonese Language
12 1 (0.38%) Advertising
12 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Military
12 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.55%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.65%) Jinja
2 7 (2.65%) NETCONF
2 7 (2.65%) YANG
3 1 (0.38%) gRPC
3 1 (0.38%) OpenID
3 1 (0.38%) REST
3 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (26.52%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.20%) PKI
4 10 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.41%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.65%) Social Media
7 5 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.14%) Life Science
9 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.76%) IoT
9 2 (0.76%) IVR
9 2 (0.76%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.76%) Replication
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.38%) Home Automation
10 1 (0.38%) IPTV
10 1 (0.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.30%) Windows
2 13 (4.92%) Linux
3 3 (1.14%) Unix
3 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (17.80%) High Availability
2 45 (17.05%) Network Monitoring
3 37 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (12.50%) Network Design
5 31 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (10.61%) Network Architecture
7 26 (9.85%) Zero Trust
8 22 (8.33%) Security Architecture
9 18 (6.82%) Computer Science
9 18 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (6.82%) Load Balancing
10 17 (6.44%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (6.44%) Network Segmentation
11 16 (6.06%) Business Continuity
12 15 (5.68%) Enterprise Architecture
12 15 (5.68%) Incident Response
12 15 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (5.30%) ITIL
13 14 (5.30%) Runbook
13 14 (5.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.15%) Python
2 6 (2.27%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.52%) Bash
4 2 (0.76%) Bicep
4 2 (0.76%) SQL
5 1 (0.38%) C
5 1 (0.38%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 87 (32.95%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (28.41%) CCNP
3 46 (17.42%) CCNA
4 27 (10.23%) Degree
5 24 (9.09%) CCIE
6 22 (8.33%) Azure Certification
7 20 (7.58%) Security Cleared
8 11 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.79%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.65%) CCSA
10 7 (2.65%) CCSE
10 7 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.14%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.38%) CWNA
12 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.38%) MBA
12 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.47%) NIST
2 15 (5.68%) PCI DSS
3 14 (5.30%) QA
4 10 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.41%) GDPR
6 3 (1.14%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.14%) Firmware
4 3 (1.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (9.85%) FortiGate
2 23 (8.71%) Ansible
3 15 (5.68%) Terraform
4 10 (3.79%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.41%) Check_MK
6 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.14%) Nagios
8 2 (0.76%) Grafana
9 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.38%) OpenView
9 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 159 (60.23%) Cisco
2 77 (29.17%) Palo Alto
3 45 (17.05%) SolarWinds
4 44 (16.67%) Meraki
5 43 (16.29%) Microsoft
6 40 (15.15%) Fortinet
7 29 (10.98%) Arista
8 24 (9.09%) F5
9 21 (7.95%) CheckPoint
9 21 (7.95%) ForeScout
10 15 (5.68%) Infoblox
10 15 (5.68%) SevOne
10 15 (5.68%) Splunk
10 15 (5.68%) Zscaler
11 10 (3.79%) VMware
12 9 (3.41%) Juniper
13 8 (3.03%) Dynatrace
14 7 (2.65%) ServiceNow
15 6 (2.27%) Aruba
15 6 (2.27%) Remedy