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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 232 208
Rank change year-on-year +39 -24 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 301 160 288
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.19% 1.36% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 1.49% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 241 96 205
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,800
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +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 23,517 10,727 18,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 91.12% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16,109 6,984 11,341
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -2.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 22 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 22 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 +12 24 £70,000 - 35
West London -6 13 £60,000 -31.43% 7
South London +7 9 £50,000 +3.63% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 133 (44.19%) Cisco
2 103 (34.22%) Firewall
3 95 (31.56%) Network Security
4 84 (27.91%) WAN
5 83 (27.57%) Azure
6 74 (24.58%) Cisco Certification
7 70 (23.26%) Palo Alto
8 69 (22.92%) VPN
9 65 (21.59%) Microsoft
10 58 (19.27%) BGP
10 58 (19.27%) CCNP
10 58 (19.27%) DNS
10 58 (19.27%) SD-WAN
11 54 (17.94%) LAN
12 48 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 45 (14.95%) TCP/IP
13 45 (14.95%) Wireless
14 42 (13.95%) OSPF
15 40 (13.29%) AWS
15 40 (13.29%) CCNA
15 40 (13.29%) Meraki
16 38 (12.62%) Cisco ISE
17 37 (12.29%) Validation
18 36 (11.96%) High Availability
18 36 (11.96%) Zscaler
19 35 (11.63%) Python
20 34 (11.30%) Network Design
21 32 (10.63%) Arista
21 32 (10.63%) F5
22 31 (10.30%) Network Monitoring

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 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.99%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 83 (27.57%) Azure
2 40 (13.29%) AWS
3 16 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.99%) Datadog
5 9 (2.99%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.66%) GCP
6 8 (2.66%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.66%) SaaS
7 7 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.33%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.33%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 103 (34.22%) Firewall
2 95 (31.56%) Network Security
3 84 (27.91%) WAN
4 69 (22.92%) VPN
5 58 (19.27%) BGP
5 58 (19.27%) DNS
5 58 (19.27%) SD-WAN
6 54 (17.94%) LAN
7 45 (14.95%) TCP/IP
7 45 (14.95%) Wireless
8 42 (13.95%) OSPF
9 38 (12.62%) Cisco ISE
10 30 (9.97%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (9.30%) VLAN
12 27 (8.97%) DHCP
13 21 (6.98%) MPLS
14 20 (6.64%) Cisco Wireless
15 17 (5.65%) SSL
16 16 (5.32%) Cisco Nexus
17 13 (4.32%) MVNO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 61 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.29%) Finance
3 21 (6.98%) Telecoms
4 15 (4.98%) Law
5 9 (2.99%) Banking
6 8 (2.66%) Legal
7 6 (1.99%) Digital Health
7 6 (1.99%) Marketing
7 6 (1.99%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.66%) Retail
9 4 (1.33%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.00%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.66%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Advertising
12 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.33%) Automotive
12 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.65%) Terraform
2 8 (2.66%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.00%) OpenID
3 3 (1.00%) SAML
4 2 (0.66%) JWT
4 2 (0.66%) OAuth
4 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.66%) REST
5 1 (0.33%) Django
5 1 (0.33%) gRPC
5 1 (0.33%) Jinja
5 1 (0.33%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.26%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.98%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.65%) PKI
4 13 (4.32%) IVR
4 13 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.33%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.00%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.00%) Life Science
8 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.66%) IoT
8 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.66%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.66%) Replication
8 2 (0.66%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.33%) IPTV
9 1 (0.33%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (0.33%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.97%) Linux
2 24 (7.97%) Windows
3 15 (4.98%) Unix
4 9 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (12.29%) Validation
3 36 (11.96%) High Availability
4 34 (11.30%) Network Design
5 31 (10.30%) Network Monitoring
6 29 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (8.64%) Migration
8 23 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (7.64%) Project Delivery
9 21 (6.98%) Change Management
9 21 (6.98%) Network Architecture
9 21 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (6.64%) Security Architecture
11 19 (6.31%) Computer Science
12 18 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (5.98%) Zero Trust
13 16 (5.32%) Business Continuity
13 16 (5.32%) Load Balancing
14 15 (4.98%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.63%) Python
2 15 (4.98%) SQL
3 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.00%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) Bicep
5 2 (0.66%) Go
5 2 (0.66%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) C
6 1 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 74 (24.58%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (19.27%) CCNP
3 40 (13.29%) CCNA
4 28 (9.30%) Security Cleared
5 22 (7.31%) Degree
6 15 (4.98%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.98%) CCIE
7 10 (3.32%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (2.66%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.33%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.00%) CISSP
11 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.66%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (0.66%) CCSP
12 1 (0.33%) CCIE Service Provider
12 1 (0.33%) CCIP
12 1 (0.33%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.97%) QA
2 16 (5.32%) NIST
3 12 (3.99%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.99%) SLA
5 4 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.00%) GDPR
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.66%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.33%) Firmware
4 1 (0.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (8.64%) Ansible
2 18 (5.98%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.00%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.33%) Grafana
6 1 (0.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.33%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) OpenView
6 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.33%) Puppet
6 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 133 (44.19%) Cisco
2 70 (23.26%) Palo Alto
3 65 (21.59%) Microsoft
4 40 (13.29%) Meraki
5 36 (11.96%) Zscaler
6 32 (10.63%) Arista
6 32 (10.63%) F5
7 24 (7.97%) Fortinet
8 22 (7.31%) HP
9 18 (5.98%) ForeScout
10 17 (5.65%) SolarWinds
11 16 (5.32%) Juniper
12 15 (4.98%) Oracle
13 13 (4.32%) Infoblox
14 12 (3.99%) SevOne
14 12 (3.99%) Splunk
15 11 (3.65%) CheckPoint
15 11 (3.65%) Remedy
15 11 (3.65%) VMware
16 4 (1.33%) Citrix