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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 266 244
Rank change year-on-year +83 -22 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 259 134 304
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.24% 1.12% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.24% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 184 92 271
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% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,625 £91,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% 0.00%

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 19,327 10,788 22,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 90.07% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,205 6,862 16,939
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,508 £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 £100,000 £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 3 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 3 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 +27 54 £74,000 +13.85% 18
West London -13 9 £57,500 -11.54% 3
East London - 9 - - 4
South London +10 8 £50,000 +2.56% 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 174 (67.18%) Cisco
2 138 (53.28%) Firewall
3 104 (40.15%) WAN
4 97 (37.45%) Azure
5 89 (34.36%) Cisco Certification
6 88 (33.98%) VPN
7 82 (31.66%) Network Security
8 81 (31.27%) SD-WAN
9 77 (29.73%) CCNP
10 75 (28.96%) Palo Alto
11 69 (26.64%) BGP
12 61 (23.55%) Fortinet
13 60 (23.17%) Cisco ISE
14 58 (22.39%) LAN
15 56 (21.62%) OSPF
16 50 (19.31%) SolarWinds
16 50 (19.31%) Wireless
17 48 (18.53%) Meraki
18 44 (16.99%) High Availability
18 44 (16.99%) Python
19 43 (16.60%) CCNA
20 42 (16.22%) AWS
20 42 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
21 40 (15.44%) Network Monitoring
22 34 (13.13%) Microsoft
22 34 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
23 33 (12.74%) Cisco Firepower
23 33 (12.74%) FortiGate
24 32 (12.36%) DNS
25 31 (11.97%) VLAN

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 97 (37.45%) Azure
2 42 (16.22%) AWS
3 15 (5.79%) Datadog
3 15 (5.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (4.25%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (4.25%) SaaS
5 10 (3.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
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%) 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%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.39%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 138 (53.28%) Firewall
2 104 (40.15%) WAN
3 88 (33.98%) VPN
4 82 (31.66%) Network Security
5 81 (31.27%) SD-WAN
6 69 (26.64%) BGP
7 60 (23.17%) Cisco ISE
8 58 (22.39%) LAN
9 56 (21.62%) OSPF
10 50 (19.31%) Wireless
11 42 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (12.74%) Cisco Firepower
13 32 (12.36%) DNS
14 31 (11.97%) VLAN
15 30 (11.58%) MPLS
16 29 (11.20%) Cisco Wireless
17 25 (9.65%) Cisco ASA
18 22 (8.49%) VXLAN
18 22 (8.49%) WLAN
19 21 (8.11%) TCP/IP
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 7 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.70%) Banking
7 5 (1.93%) Retail
8 4 (1.54%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.16%) Law
9 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.16%) Marketing
10 2 (0.77%) Advertising
10 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Electronics
11 1 (0.39%) Military
11 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 65 (25.10%) Data Centre
2 26 (10.04%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.34%) PKI
4 10 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 40 (15.44%) Network Monitoring
3 34 (13.13%) 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 21 (8.11%) Network Segmentation
8 19 (7.34%) Load Balancing
8 19 (7.34%) Security Architecture
9 18 (6.95%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (6.95%) Kalman Filter
10 16 (6.18%) Business Continuity
10 16 (6.18%) ITIL
11 15 (5.79%) Enterprise Architecture
11 15 (5.79%) Runbook
12 14 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (5.02%) Agile
13 13 (5.02%) Computer Science
13 13 (5.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.99%) 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 89 (34.36%) Cisco Certification
2 77 (29.73%) CCNP
3 43 (16.60%) CCNA
4 29 (11.20%) CCIE
5 25 (9.65%) Degree
6 22 (8.49%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.56%) Security Cleared
8 12 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (4.63%) SC Cleared
9 11 (4.25%) CCSA
9 11 (4.25%) CCSE
9 11 (4.25%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.54%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.54%) JNCIP
11 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.39%) CWNA
12 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.39%) MBA
12 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%) SLA
6 3 (1.16%) QA
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (4.63%) 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 28 (10.81%) Ansible
3 13 (5.02%) 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
1 174 (67.18%) Cisco
2 75 (28.96%) Palo Alto
3 61 (23.55%) Fortinet
4 50 (19.31%) SolarWinds
5 48 (18.53%) Meraki
6 34 (13.13%) Microsoft
7 28 (10.81%) Arista
7 28 (10.81%) CheckPoint
8 21 (8.11%) ForeScout
9 20 (7.72%) F5
10 15 (5.79%) Infoblox
10 15 (5.79%) SevOne
10 15 (5.79%) Splunk
11 14 (5.41%) Juniper
12 13 (5.02%) Zscaler
13 12 (4.63%) Dynatrace
14 11 (4.25%) ServiceNow
15 8 (3.09%) Aruba
15 8 (3.09%) VMware
16 7 (2.70%) HP