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 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 254 236
Rank change year-on-year +49 -18 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 210 150 287
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.17% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.28% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 137 108 259
10th Percentile £40,750 £45,754 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £58,850
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +16.82% -2.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £58,099 £53,469 £49,000
% change year-on-year +8.66% +9.12% -2.00%

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 16,321 11,675 20,887
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 90.76% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,917 7,531 16,431
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.19%

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 March 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 March 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 +29 43 £77,500 +19.23% 10
East London - 19 £87,500 - 5
West London -22 4 £70,000 +7.69% 5
South London +21 3 £47,500 -5.94% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 March 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.

1 157 (74.76%) Cisco
2 132 (62.86%) Firewall
3 94 (44.76%) WAN
4 84 (40.00%) Azure
5 78 (37.14%) Cisco Certification
6 72 (34.29%) CCNP
6 72 (34.29%) VPN
7 66 (31.43%) LAN
8 65 (30.95%) Fortinet
9 61 (29.05%) SD-WAN
10 58 (27.62%) BGP
11 49 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (21.90%) Network Security
12 46 (21.90%) OSPF
13 45 (21.43%) Meraki
14 44 (20.95%) AWS
14 44 (20.95%) Palo Alto
15 43 (20.48%) SolarWinds
16 42 (20.00%) CheckPoint
17 37 (17.62%) CCIE
17 37 (17.62%) Cisco ISE
18 36 (17.14%) CCNA
18 36 (17.14%) Cisco ASA
18 36 (17.14%) Cisco Firepower
18 36 (17.14%) High Availability
18 36 (17.14%) Python
19 35 (16.67%) Wireless
20 31 (14.76%) Degree
21 30 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
22 29 (13.81%) 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 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.81%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 84 (40.00%) Azure
2 44 (20.95%) AWS
3 13 (6.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 12 (5.71%) AWS Direct Connect
5 11 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.24%) SaaS
6 10 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 9 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.43%) Datadog
8 3 (1.43%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.43%) GCP
9 2 (0.95%) IaaS
9 2 (0.95%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.95%) PaaS
9 2 (0.95%) Route 53
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.48%) GitHub
10 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.48%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 132 (62.86%) Firewall
2 94 (44.76%) WAN
3 72 (34.29%) VPN
4 66 (31.43%) LAN
5 61 (29.05%) SD-WAN
6 58 (27.62%) BGP
7 49 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
8 46 (21.90%) Network Security
8 46 (21.90%) OSPF
9 37 (17.62%) Cisco ISE
10 36 (17.14%) Cisco ASA
10 36 (17.14%) Cisco Firepower
11 35 (16.67%) Wireless
12 29 (13.81%) VLAN
13 27 (12.86%) MPLS
14 23 (10.95%) WLAN
15 20 (9.52%) VXLAN
16 19 (9.05%) NX-OS
17 18 (8.57%) DNS
18 17 (8.10%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (5.71%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 64 (30.48%) Finance
2 42 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.57%) Telecoms
4 16 (7.62%) Banking
5 10 (4.76%) Retail Banking
6 9 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.86%) Marketing
10 5 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.38%) Retail
11 4 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.95%) Electronics
12 2 (0.95%) Law
13 1 (0.48%) Advertising
13 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.81%) 802.1X
1 8 (3.81%) Jinja
1 8 (3.81%) NETCONF
1 8 (3.81%) YANG
2 2 (0.95%) REST
2 2 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 57 (27.14%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 8 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.81%) Social Media
5 5 (2.38%) PKI
6 3 (1.43%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.43%) IoT
6 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (0.95%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.95%) Replication
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.48%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.19%) Windows
2 8 (3.81%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (17.14%) High Availability
2 30 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (12.38%) Kalman Filter
5 21 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
6 20 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 20 (9.52%) Load Balancing
6 20 (9.52%) Network Architecture
6 20 (9.52%) Network Segmentation
7 19 (9.05%) ITIL
7 19 (9.05%) Zero Trust
8 17 (8.10%) Change Control
8 17 (8.10%) Network Design
8 17 (8.10%) Process Improvement
9 15 (7.14%) Runbook
10 14 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (6.19%) Change Management
12 12 (5.71%) Task Automation
13 11 (5.24%) Agile
13 11 (5.24%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.14%) Python
2 4 (1.90%) Bash
2 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 78 (37.14%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (34.29%) CCNP
3 37 (17.62%) CCIE
4 36 (17.14%) CCNA
5 31 (14.76%) Degree
6 20 (9.52%) CCSA
6 20 (9.52%) CCSE
6 20 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (6.67%) Azure Certification
8 9 (4.29%) Security Cleared
9 8 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (2.86%) JNCIP
10 6 (2.86%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.38%) JNCIA
12 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.48%) CWNA
13 1 (0.48%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.24%) NIST
2 9 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.81%) GDPR
4 3 (1.43%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.43%) SLA
5 2 (0.95%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (9.05%) Firmware
2 11 (5.24%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (12.38%) FortiGate
2 19 (9.05%) Ansible
3 8 (3.81%) Check_MK
3 8 (3.81%) Cisco Prime
3 8 (3.81%) Terraform
4 4 (1.90%) Nagios
5 2 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.95%) Grafana
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 157 (74.76%) Cisco
2 65 (30.95%) Fortinet
3 45 (21.43%) Meraki
4 44 (20.95%) Palo Alto
5 43 (20.48%) SolarWinds
6 42 (20.00%) CheckPoint
7 20 (9.52%) Juniper
8 19 (9.05%) Microsoft
9 14 (6.67%) Dynatrace
10 13 (6.19%) Arista
10 13 (6.19%) ServiceNow
11 12 (5.71%) F5
12 8 (3.81%) Aruba
12 8 (3.81%) VMware
13 7 (3.33%) Zscaler
14 5 (2.38%) Infoblox
15 4 (1.90%) ForeScout
15 4 (1.90%) HP
16 3 (1.43%) Dell
16 3 (1.43%) Splunk