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 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 241 241
Rank change year-on-year +34 0 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 208 161 272
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.21% 1.22% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.34% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 137 115 244
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £43,759
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year - +17.15% -2.05%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £99,250 £95,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +12.24% -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 15,742 11,983 20,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 90.84% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10,519 7,536 16,376
10th Percentile £37,048 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £75,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +5.26% -2.46%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,250 £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 20 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 20 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 +32 42 £80,000 +18.52% 14
East London - 19 £87,500 - 5
West London -18 4 £70,000 +7.69% 8
South London +22 3 £47,500 -5.47%
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 (75.48%) Cisco
2 132 (63.46%) Firewall
3 96 (46.15%) WAN
4 85 (40.87%) Azure
5 78 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
6 73 (35.10%) CCNP
6 73 (35.10%) VPN
7 67 (32.21%) LAN
8 66 (31.73%) Fortinet
9 63 (30.29%) SD-WAN
10 58 (27.88%) BGP
11 50 (24.04%) Wi-Fi
12 48 (23.08%) OSPF
13 47 (22.60%) Palo Alto
14 46 (22.12%) Network Security
15 45 (21.63%) Meraki
16 44 (21.15%) SolarWinds
17 43 (20.67%) AWS
17 43 (20.67%) CheckPoint
18 39 (18.75%) CCIE
19 38 (18.27%) Wireless
20 37 (17.79%) Cisco ISE
20 37 (17.79%) High Availability
21 36 (17.31%) Cisco ASA
21 36 (17.31%) Cisco Firepower
22 34 (16.35%) CCNA
23 33 (15.87%) Python
24 32 (15.38%) Degree
25 30 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
26 29 (13.94%) 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 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.85%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 85 (40.87%) Azure
2 43 (20.67%) AWS
3 14 (6.73%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.29%) SaaS
5 11 (5.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (4.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.92%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.44%) Datadog
9 3 (1.44%) GCP
10 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.96%) IaaS
10 2 (0.96%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.96%) PaaS
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.48%) GitHub
11 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 132 (63.46%) Firewall
2 96 (46.15%) WAN
3 73 (35.10%) VPN
4 67 (32.21%) LAN
5 63 (30.29%) SD-WAN
6 58 (27.88%) BGP
7 50 (24.04%) Wi-Fi
8 48 (23.08%) OSPF
9 46 (22.12%) Network Security
10 38 (18.27%) Wireless
11 37 (17.79%) Cisco ISE
12 36 (17.31%) Cisco ASA
12 36 (17.31%) Cisco Firepower
13 29 (13.94%) VLAN
14 27 (12.98%) MPLS
15 23 (11.06%) WLAN
16 20 (9.62%) VXLAN
17 19 (9.13%) NX-OS
18 17 (8.17%) DNS
18 17 (8.17%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (5.77%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 64 (30.77%) Finance
2 44 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.13%) Telecoms
4 16 (7.69%) Banking
5 10 (4.81%) Retail Banking
6 9 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.88%) Marketing
10 5 (2.40%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.40%) Retail
11 4 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.44%) Law
13 2 (0.96%) Electronics
13 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.48%) Advertising
14 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) 802.1X
1 8 (3.85%) Jinja
1 8 (3.85%) NETCONF
1 8 (3.85%) YANG
2 2 (0.96%) REST
2 2 (0.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 58 (27.88%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (5.29%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.81%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.85%) Social Media
6 5 (2.40%) PKI
7 4 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.44%) IoT
9 2 (0.96%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.96%) Replication
9 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.48%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.48%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.21%) Windows
2 9 (4.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.40%) Linux
4 2 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (17.79%) High Availability
2 30 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
5 23 (11.06%) Network Monitoring
6 22 (10.58%) Computer Science
7 21 (10.10%) Load Balancing
8 19 (9.13%) ITIL
8 19 (9.13%) Network Architecture
8 19 (9.13%) Network Segmentation
8 19 (9.13%) Zero Trust
9 18 (8.65%) Network Design
10 17 (8.17%) Change Control
10 17 (8.17%) Process Improvement
11 15 (7.21%) Change Management
12 14 (6.73%) Runbook
13 13 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (6.25%) Task Automation
14 12 (5.77%) Cloud Security
15 11 (5.29%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.87%) Python
2 5 (2.40%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.44%) Bash
4 1 (0.48%) Go
Qualifications
1 78 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (35.10%) CCNP
3 39 (18.75%) CCIE
4 34 (16.35%) CCNA
5 32 (15.38%) Degree
6 21 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (9.62%) CCSA
7 20 (9.62%) CCSE
8 13 (6.25%) Azure Certification
9 8 (3.85%) Security Cleared
10 7 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.88%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.40%) JNCIA
12 5 (2.40%) SC Cleared
13 3 (1.44%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
15 1 (0.48%) CWNA
15 1 (0.48%) JNCIS
15 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.77%) NIST
2 10 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.37%) GDPR
4 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.44%) SLA
5 2 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (9.62%) Firmware
2 12 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.40%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 18 (8.65%) Ansible
3 8 (3.85%) Check_MK
4 7 (3.37%) Cisco Prime
5 6 (2.88%) Terraform
6 4 (1.92%) Nagios
7 2 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.96%) SCCM
8 1 (0.48%) Grafana
Vendors
1 157 (75.48%) Cisco
2 66 (31.73%) Fortinet
3 47 (22.60%) Palo Alto
4 45 (21.63%) Meraki
5 44 (21.15%) SolarWinds
6 43 (20.67%) CheckPoint
7 20 (9.62%) Juniper
7 20 (9.62%) Microsoft
8 14 (6.73%) Arista
8 14 (6.73%) Dynatrace
9 13 (6.25%) ServiceNow
10 12 (5.77%) F5
11 8 (3.85%) Aruba
11 8 (3.85%) VMware
12 7 (3.37%) Zscaler
13 5 (2.40%) Infoblox
14 4 (1.92%) HP
15 3 (1.44%) Dell
15 3 (1.44%) SevOne
15 3 (1.44%) Splunk