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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 254 235
Rank change year-on-year +80 -19 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 259 136 308
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 1.13% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.25% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 186 94 272
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 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -5.97%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,875 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.53% -0.50%

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 19,445 10,857 22,655
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 90.16% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,292 6,878 16,909
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,700 £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 £99,413 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 55 £74,000 +13.85% 19
South London +13 9 £50,000 +2.56% 7
West London -8 9 £57,500 -11.54% 3
East London - 8 - - 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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.

1 170 (65.64%) Cisco
2 135 (52.12%) Firewall
3 102 (39.38%) WAN
4 95 (36.68%) Azure
5 86 (33.20%) Cisco Certification
5 86 (33.20%) VPN
6 84 (32.43%) Network Security
7 80 (30.89%) SD-WAN
8 75 (28.96%) Palo Alto
9 74 (28.57%) CCNP
10 69 (26.64%) BGP
11 59 (22.78%) Cisco ISE
12 58 (22.39%) Fortinet
13 56 (21.62%) LAN
13 56 (21.62%) OSPF
14 50 (19.31%) Wireless
15 49 (18.92%) SolarWinds
16 47 (18.15%) Meraki
17 44 (16.99%) High Availability
18 43 (16.60%) Python
19 41 (15.83%) CCNA
20 40 (15.44%) AWS
20 40 (15.44%) Network Monitoring
20 40 (15.44%) Wi-Fi
21 35 (13.51%) Microsoft
22 33 (12.74%) DNS
22 33 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
23 32 (12.36%) FortiGate
23 32 (12.36%) VLAN
24 31 (11.97%) Cisco Firepower

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 15 (5.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 95 (36.68%) Azure
2 40 (15.44%) AWS
3 15 (5.79%) Datadog
4 14 (5.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (3.86%) AWS Direct Connect
5 10 (3.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (3.86%) SaaS
6 9 (3.47%) GCP
7 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.77%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.77%) Route 53
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.39%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.39%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.39%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.39%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 135 (52.12%) Firewall
2 102 (39.38%) WAN
3 86 (33.20%) VPN
4 84 (32.43%) Network Security
5 80 (30.89%) SD-WAN
6 69 (26.64%) BGP
7 59 (22.78%) Cisco ISE
8 56 (21.62%) LAN
8 56 (21.62%) OSPF
9 50 (19.31%) Wireless
10 40 (15.44%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (12.74%) DNS
12 32 (12.36%) VLAN
13 31 (11.97%) Cisco Firepower
14 30 (11.58%) MPLS
15 29 (11.20%) Cisco Wireless
16 23 (8.88%) Cisco ASA
17 21 (8.11%) TCP/IP
17 21 (8.11%) VXLAN
17 21 (8.11%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 10 (3.86%) Git
2 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 60 (23.17%) Finance
2 52 (20.08%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.41%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.86%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.70%) Banking
8 5 (1.93%) Retail
9 4 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.16%) Law
10 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.16%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Advertising
11 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
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 63 (24.32%) Data Centre
2 26 (10.04%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.34%) PKI
4 10 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.09%) Social Media
6 7 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.16%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.16%) IoT
8 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.77%) Replication
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.39%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.39%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.39%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.25%) Linux
2 9 (3.47%) Windows
3 2 (0.77%) Unix
3 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.99%) High Availability
2 40 (15.44%) Network Monitoring
3 33 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (11.20%) Network Design
4 29 (11.20%) Zero Trust
5 27 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (9.65%) Network Architecture
7 20 (7.72%) Network Segmentation
8 19 (7.34%) Load Balancing
8 19 (7.34%) Security Architecture
9 18 (6.95%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (6.18%) Business Continuity
10 16 (6.18%) ITIL
11 15 (5.79%) Enterprise Architecture
11 15 (5.79%) Kalman Filter
12 14 (5.41%) Runbook
12 14 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (5.02%) Agile
14 12 (4.63%) Computer Science
14 12 (4.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.60%) Python
2 6 (2.32%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.54%) Bash
4 2 (0.77%) Bicep
5 1 (0.39%) C
5 1 (0.39%) Go
5 1 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (33.20%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (28.57%) CCNP
3 41 (15.83%) CCNA
4 27 (10.42%) CCIE
5 24 (9.27%) Degree
6 22 (8.49%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.56%) Security Cleared
8 12 (4.63%) SC Cleared
9 11 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (3.86%) CCSA
10 10 (3.86%) CCSE
10 10 (3.86%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.16%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.16%) 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 25 (9.65%) NIST
2 15 (5.79%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.47%) GDPR
5 4 (1.54%) QA
5 4 (1.54%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (3.86%) 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 32 (12.36%) FortiGate
2 26 (10.04%) Ansible
3 14 (5.41%) 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
1 170 (65.64%) Cisco
2 75 (28.96%) Palo Alto
3 58 (22.39%) Fortinet
4 49 (18.92%) SolarWinds
5 47 (18.15%) Meraki
6 35 (13.51%) Microsoft
7 28 (10.81%) Arista
8 26 (10.04%) CheckPoint
9 21 (8.11%) ForeScout
10 20 (7.72%) F5
11 15 (5.79%) Infoblox
11 15 (5.79%) SevOne
11 15 (5.79%) Splunk
12 13 (5.02%) Zscaler
13 12 (4.63%) Juniper
14 11 (4.25%) Dynatrace
15 10 (3.86%) ServiceNow
16 8 (3.09%) Aruba
16 8 (3.09%) VMware
17 7 (2.70%) HP