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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 229 214
Rank change year-on-year +50 -15 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 298 166 272
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.41% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.54% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 239 105 208
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,500 £43,025
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year - +4.09% +7.60%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £91,513
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,194 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% +8.39% -

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 22,485 10,761 18,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 91.25% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,504 7,000 11,965
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £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 4 September 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 September 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 +13 27 £70,000 +1.82% 20
West London -8 13 £60,000 -31.43% 3
South London +6 9 £50,000 +3.63% 5
East London - 1 - - 4
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 144 (48.32%) Cisco
2 108 (36.24%) Firewall
3 97 (32.55%) Network Security
4 86 (28.86%) Azure
5 82 (27.52%) WAN
6 78 (26.17%) Cisco Certification
7 69 (23.15%) Palo Alto
8 68 (22.82%) VPN
9 66 (22.15%) Microsoft
10 65 (21.81%) CCNP
11 60 (20.13%) SD-WAN
12 59 (19.80%) BGP
13 53 (17.79%) DNS
14 50 (16.78%) LAN
15 49 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 45 (15.10%) Wireless
17 44 (14.77%) Meraki
18 42 (14.09%) AWS
18 42 (14.09%) OSPF
19 41 (13.76%) TCP/IP
20 40 (13.42%) CCNA
21 39 (13.09%) Cisco ISE
21 39 (13.09%) High Availability
22 36 (12.08%) Zscaler
23 35 (11.74%) Python
24 34 (11.41%) Network Monitoring
25 33 (11.07%) Arista
26 32 (10.74%) F5
26 32 (10.74%) Network Design
26 32 (10.74%) Validation

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 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.03%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 86 (28.86%) Azure
2 42 (14.09%) AWS
3 17 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.03%) Datadog
5 9 (3.02%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.68%) GCP
6 8 (2.68%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.68%) SaaS
7 7 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (0.67%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.67%) Route 53
13 1 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.34%) Amazon EMR
13 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.34%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 108 (36.24%) Firewall
2 97 (32.55%) Network Security
3 82 (27.52%) WAN
4 68 (22.82%) VPN
5 60 (20.13%) SD-WAN
6 59 (19.80%) BGP
7 53 (17.79%) DNS
8 50 (16.78%) LAN
9 45 (15.10%) Wireless
10 42 (14.09%) OSPF
11 41 (13.76%) TCP/IP
12 39 (13.09%) Cisco ISE
13 29 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (9.06%) VLAN
15 24 (8.05%) DHCP
16 22 (7.38%) Cisco Wireless
17 20 (6.71%) MPLS
18 16 (5.37%) SSL
19 15 (5.03%) Cisco Nexus
20 13 (4.36%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) GitLab
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 59 (19.80%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.43%) Finance
3 19 (6.38%) Telecoms
4 15 (5.03%) Law
5 9 (3.02%) Banking
6 8 (2.68%) Legal
7 6 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.01%) Digital Health
8 5 (1.68%) Marketing
8 5 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.34%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.34%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.34%) Retail
10 3 (1.01%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Advertising
12 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.34%) Automotive
12 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.37%) Terraform
2 8 (2.68%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.01%) OpenID
3 3 (1.01%) SAML
4 2 (0.67%) JWT
4 2 (0.67%) OAuth
4 2 (0.67%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.67%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) Django
5 1 (0.34%) gRPC
5 1 (0.34%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 63 (21.14%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.04%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.70%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.70%) PKI
4 9 (3.02%) IVR
5 8 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.01%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.01%) Life Science
8 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.67%) IoT
8 2 (0.67%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.67%) Replication
8 2 (0.67%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.34%) IPTV
9 1 (0.34%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.72%) Linux
2 22 (7.38%) Windows
3 11 (3.69%) Unix
4 7 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (13.09%) High Availability
3 34 (11.41%) Network Monitoring
4 32 (10.74%) Network Design
4 32 (10.74%) Validation
5 29 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (8.39%) Migration
7 23 (7.72%) Network Architecture
8 21 (7.05%) Change Management
8 21 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (7.05%) Project Delivery
8 21 (7.05%) Technical Leadership
9 20 (6.71%) Computer Science
9 20 (6.71%) Security Architecture
10 18 (6.04%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (5.70%) Incident Response
11 17 (5.70%) Zero Trust
12 16 (5.37%) Business Continuity
12 16 (5.37%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.37%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.74%) Python
2 10 (3.36%) SQL
3 5 (1.68%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.34%) Bash
5 2 (0.67%) Bicep
5 2 (0.67%) Go
5 2 (0.67%) Java
6 1 (0.34%) C
6 1 (0.34%) C++
Qualifications
1 78 (26.17%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (21.81%) CCNP
3 40 (13.42%) CCNA
4 26 (8.72%) Security Cleared
5 25 (8.39%) Degree
6 18 (6.04%) CCIE
7 17 (5.70%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.02%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (2.68%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.35%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.01%) CISSP
12 2 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.67%) CCIE Data Center
12 2 (0.67%) CCSP
13 1 (0.34%) CCIE Service Provider
13 1 (0.34%) CCIP
13 1 (0.34%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.72%) QA
2 18 (6.04%) NIST
3 12 (4.03%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.01%) SLA
5 5 (1.68%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.01%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.67%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.34%) Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (8.39%) Ansible
2 20 (6.71%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.68%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.67%) Grafana
5 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.67%) Nagios
6 1 (0.34%) Argo
6 1 (0.34%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) OpenView
6 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.34%) Puppet
6 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 144 (48.32%) Cisco
2 69 (23.15%) Palo Alto
3 66 (22.15%) Microsoft
4 44 (14.77%) Meraki
5 36 (12.08%) Zscaler
6 33 (11.07%) Arista
7 32 (10.74%) F5
8 23 (7.72%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.38%) HP
10 20 (6.71%) SolarWinds
11 18 (6.04%) ForeScout
12 16 (5.37%) Juniper
13 13 (4.36%) Infoblox
14 12 (4.03%) CheckPoint
14 12 (4.03%) SevOne
14 12 (4.03%) Splunk
14 12 (4.03%) VMware
15 11 (3.69%) Oracle
15 11 (3.69%) Remedy
16 4 (1.34%) Citrix