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 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 232 247
Rank change year-on-year +49 +15 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 289 164 247
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 1.34% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.47% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 225 104 207
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,950
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £49,176
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +5.47% +2.40%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,275
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 22,099 11,184 18,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 91.69% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,123 7,260 12,867
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.84% -3.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 August 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 August 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 +14 35 £70,000 +7.69% 11
West London -14 13 £60,000 -31.43% 4
South London +7 9 £50,000 - 3
East London - 1 - - 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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 (55.02%) Cisco
2 121 (41.87%) Firewall
3 100 (34.60%) Network Security
4 95 (32.87%) Azure
5 91 (31.49%) WAN
6 84 (29.07%) Cisco Certification
7 80 (27.68%) VPN
8 75 (25.95%) Palo Alto
9 71 (24.57%) CCNP
10 69 (23.88%) SD-WAN
11 64 (22.15%) BGP
12 62 (21.45%) Microsoft
13 55 (19.03%) LAN
14 52 (17.99%) Meraki
15 49 (16.96%) DNS
15 49 (16.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 48 (16.61%) OSPF
17 47 (16.26%) AWS
18 46 (15.92%) Cisco ISE
19 45 (15.57%) Wireless
20 43 (14.88%) TCP/IP
21 42 (14.53%) CCNA
22 39 (13.49%) Network Monitoring
23 37 (12.80%) High Availability
24 36 (12.46%) Wi-Fi
24 36 (12.46%) Zscaler
25 34 (11.76%) Python
26 33 (11.42%) F5
27 31 (10.73%) Network Design
28 30 (10.38%) Arista

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 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.15%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 95 (32.87%) Azure
2 47 (16.26%) AWS
3 18 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.15%) Datadog
5 10 (3.46%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (2.77%) GCP
7 8 (2.77%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.77%) SaaS
8 7 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.73%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.69%) Route 53
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon EMR
12 1 (0.35%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.35%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 121 (41.87%) Firewall
2 100 (34.60%) Network Security
3 91 (31.49%) WAN
4 80 (27.68%) VPN
5 69 (23.88%) SD-WAN
6 64 (22.15%) BGP
7 55 (19.03%) LAN
8 49 (16.96%) DNS
9 48 (16.61%) OSPF
10 46 (15.92%) Cisco ISE
11 45 (15.57%) Wireless
12 43 (14.88%) TCP/IP
13 36 (12.46%) Wi-Fi
14 26 (9.00%) VLAN
15 25 (8.65%) DHCP
16 22 (7.61%) Cisco Wireless
16 22 (7.61%) MPLS
17 15 (5.19%) Cisco Firepower
17 15 (5.19%) SSL
18 14 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.35%) Git
2 1 (0.35%) GitLab
2 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 66 (22.84%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.26%) Finance
3 18 (6.23%) Telecoms
4 12 (4.15%) Banking
4 12 (4.15%) Law
5 7 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.08%) Digital Health
6 6 (2.08%) Legal
6 6 (2.08%) Marketing
6 6 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.08%) Retail
6 6 (2.08%) Retail Banking
7 4 (1.38%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.04%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.69%) Cantonese Language
9 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Advertising
10 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.46%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.04%) OpenID
2 3 (1.04%) SAML
3 2 (0.69%) JWT
3 2 (0.69%) OAuth
3 2 (0.69%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.69%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) gRPC
4 1 (0.35%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 62 (21.45%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.92%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.54%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.84%) PKI
5 9 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.11%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.04%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.04%) IVR
6 3 (1.04%) Life Science
7 2 (0.69%) IoT
7 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.69%) Replication
8 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.35%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.35%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.35%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.61%) Windows
2 18 (6.23%) Linux
3 7 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (13.49%) Network Monitoring
3 37 (12.80%) High Availability
4 31 (10.73%) Network Design
5 28 (9.69%) Network Architecture
6 27 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (8.65%) Validation
9 21 (7.27%) Change Management
9 21 (7.27%) Migration
9 21 (7.27%) Zero Trust
10 20 (6.92%) Incident Response
10 20 (6.92%) Load Balancing
10 20 (6.92%) Project Delivery
10 20 (6.92%) Security Architecture
11 19 (6.57%) Computer Science
12 18 (6.23%) ITIL
13 17 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (5.54%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.76%) Python
2 5 (1.73%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.38%) Bash
4 3 (1.04%) SQL
5 2 (0.69%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) C
6 1 (0.35%) Go
6 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 84 (29.07%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (24.57%) CCNP
3 42 (14.53%) CCNA
4 23 (7.96%) Degree
5 22 (7.61%) Azure Certification
5 22 (7.61%) Security Cleared
6 18 (6.23%) CCIE
7 9 (3.11%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.77%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (2.42%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.38%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.69%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (0.69%) CCSP
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) CCIE Service Provider
12 1 (0.35%) CCIP
12 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.27%) NIST
2 20 (6.92%) QA
3 12 (4.15%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.77%) GDPR
6 7 (2.42%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (3.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.38%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.69%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.30%) Ansible
2 23 (7.96%) FortiGate
3 15 (5.19%) Terraform
4 8 (2.77%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.73%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.04%) Nagios
7 2 (0.69%) Grafana
7 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) Istio
8 1 (0.35%) OpenView
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 159 (55.02%) Cisco
2 75 (25.95%) Palo Alto
3 62 (21.45%) Microsoft
4 52 (17.99%) Meraki
5 36 (12.46%) Zscaler
6 33 (11.42%) F5
7 30 (10.38%) Arista
7 30 (10.38%) SolarWinds
8 27 (9.34%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.61%) HP
10 18 (6.23%) ForeScout
11 17 (5.88%) CheckPoint
12 15 (5.19%) VMware
13 13 (4.50%) Infoblox
13 13 (4.50%) Juniper
14 12 (4.15%) SevOne
14 12 (4.15%) Splunk
15 11 (3.81%) Remedy
16 4 (1.38%) Oracle
17 3 (1.04%) Cognizant