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 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 253 242
Rank change year-on-year +67 -11 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 259 123 293
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.24% 1.04% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.15% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 184 83 267
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +9.24% -8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +6.06% -1.00%

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 19,330 10,668 22,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 89.99% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13,252 6,815 16,734
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,143
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 £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

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 28 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 28 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 +34 55 £75,000 +13.21% 14
East London - 11 £90,000 - 4
West London -7 9 £57,500 -11.54% 5
South London +9 8 £50,000 +2.56% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 (66.80%) Cisco
2 141 (54.44%) Firewall
3 103 (39.77%) WAN
4 100 (38.61%) Azure
5 88 (33.98%) Cisco Certification
5 88 (33.98%) VPN
6 78 (30.12%) Network Security
6 78 (30.12%) SD-WAN
7 76 (29.34%) CCNP
8 72 (27.80%) Palo Alto
9 68 (26.25%) BGP
10 62 (23.94%) Fortinet
11 59 (22.78%) LAN
12 57 (22.01%) Cisco ISE
13 55 (21.24%) OSPF
14 48 (18.53%) Meraki
14 48 (18.53%) SolarWinds
15 47 (18.15%) Wireless
16 44 (16.99%) CCNA
16 44 (16.99%) High Availability
17 43 (16.60%) Wi-Fi
18 42 (16.22%) AWS
18 42 (16.22%) Python
19 37 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
20 34 (13.13%) Cisco Firepower
20 34 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
21 33 (12.74%) FortiGate
22 32 (12.36%) Microsoft
23 31 (11.97%) VLAN
24 30 (11.58%) CCIE

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 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (5.02%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 100 (38.61%) Azure
2 42 (16.22%) AWS
3 15 (5.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 13 (5.02%) Datadog
5 11 (4.25%) AWS Direct Connect
6 10 (3.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (3.86%) SaaS
7 9 (3.47%) GCP
8 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.77%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.77%) Route 53
10 1 (0.39%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.39%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.39%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.39%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 141 (54.44%) Firewall
2 103 (39.77%) WAN
3 88 (33.98%) VPN
4 78 (30.12%) Network Security
4 78 (30.12%) SD-WAN
5 68 (26.25%) BGP
6 59 (22.78%) LAN
7 57 (22.01%) Cisco ISE
8 55 (21.24%) OSPF
9 47 (18.15%) Wireless
10 43 (16.60%) Wi-Fi
11 34 (13.13%) Cisco Firepower
12 31 (11.97%) VLAN
13 30 (11.58%) DNS
13 30 (11.58%) MPLS
14 27 (10.42%) Cisco ASA
14 27 (10.42%) Cisco Wireless
15 23 (8.88%) WLAN
16 22 (8.49%) VXLAN
17 20 (7.72%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 10 (3.86%) Git
2 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 62 (23.94%) Finance
2 51 (19.69%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.86%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.09%) Banking
7 7 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.93%) Retail
9 4 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.16%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Advertising
11 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Law
12 1 (0.39%) Electronics
12 1 (0.39%) Military
12 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.63%) 802.1X
2 8 (3.09%) Jinja
2 8 (3.09%) NETCONF
2 8 (3.09%) YANG
3 1 (0.39%) gRPC
3 1 (0.39%) OpenID
3 1 (0.39%) REST
3 1 (0.39%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (24.71%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.27%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.56%) PKI
4 10 (3.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.09%) Social Media
7 7 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.16%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.16%) IoT
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) Replication
10 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.39%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.39%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.39%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.86%) Linux
2 9 (3.47%) Windows
3 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.99%) High Availability
2 37 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 34 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (11.20%) Zero Trust
5 28 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (10.42%) Network Design
7 26 (10.04%) Network Architecture
8 21 (8.11%) Network Segmentation
9 19 (7.34%) Kalman Filter
9 19 (7.34%) Load Balancing
10 17 (6.56%) Security Architecture
11 16 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (6.18%) ITIL
11 16 (6.18%) Runbook
12 14 (5.41%) Business Continuity
12 14 (5.41%) Computer Science
12 14 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (5.02%) Agile
13 13 (5.02%) Enterprise Architecture
14 12 (4.63%) AI
Programming Languages
1 42 (16.22%) Python
2 5 (1.93%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.16%) Bash
4 1 (0.39%) Bicep
4 1 (0.39%) C
4 1 (0.39%) Go
4 1 (0.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 88 (33.98%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (29.34%) CCNP
3 44 (16.99%) CCNA
4 30 (11.58%) CCIE
5 26 (10.04%) Degree
6 22 (8.49%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.56%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.63%) CCSA
9 12 (4.63%) CCSE
9 12 (4.63%) SC Cleared
10 11 (4.25%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.54%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.54%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.39%) CWNA
13 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.39%) MBA
13 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.88%) NIST
2 13 (5.02%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.47%) GDPR
5 4 (1.54%) SLA
6 3 (1.16%) QA
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (5.02%) Firmware
2 6 (2.32%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (12.74%) FortiGate
2 26 (10.04%) Ansible
3 12 (4.63%) Terraform
4 10 (3.86%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.47%) Check_MK
6 5 (1.93%) Nagios
7 2 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.77%) Grafana
8 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.39%) OpenView
8 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 173 (66.80%) Cisco
2 72 (27.80%) Palo Alto
3 62 (23.94%) Fortinet
4 48 (18.53%) Meraki
4 48 (18.53%) SolarWinds
5 32 (12.36%) Microsoft
6 30 (11.58%) CheckPoint
7 26 (10.04%) Arista
8 20 (7.72%) F5
9 19 (7.34%) ForeScout
10 14 (5.41%) Juniper
11 13 (5.02%) Infoblox
11 13 (5.02%) SevOne
11 13 (5.02%) Splunk
11 13 (5.02%) Zscaler
12 12 (4.63%) Dynatrace
13 11 (4.25%) ServiceNow
14 8 (3.09%) Aruba
14 8 (3.09%) VMware
15 7 (2.70%) HP