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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 240 239
Rank change year-on-year +45 -1 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 261 162 284
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.30% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.42% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 195 105 246
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £41,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.79% -4.58%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +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 20,699 11,394 21,274
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 91.55% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 14,260 7,394 15,472
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £94,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +14 38 £70,000 +3.70% 18
South London +14 10 £50,000 +2.56% 4
West London -13 7 £70,000 -20.00% 5
East London - 4 - - 4
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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.

1 152 (58.24%) Cisco
2 123 (47.13%) Firewall
3 93 (35.63%) Network Security
4 92 (35.25%) WAN
5 89 (34.10%) VPN
6 86 (32.95%) Azure
7 85 (32.57%) Cisco Certification
8 75 (28.74%) Palo Alto
9 73 (27.97%) CCNP
9 73 (27.97%) SD-WAN
10 71 (27.20%) BGP
11 55 (21.07%) OSPF
12 53 (20.31%) LAN
13 50 (19.16%) Cisco ISE
14 48 (18.39%) Wireless
15 47 (18.01%) AWS
15 47 (18.01%) Microsoft
16 45 (17.24%) Network Monitoring
17 44 (16.86%) CCNA
17 44 (16.86%) High Availability
18 43 (16.48%) DNS
18 43 (16.48%) Meraki
19 42 (16.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 42 (16.09%) SolarWinds
20 38 (14.56%) TCP/IP
21 37 (14.18%) Wi-Fi
22 36 (13.79%) Fortinet
22 36 (13.79%) Python
23 33 (12.64%) VLAN
24 31 (11.88%) Arista

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 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.75%) MS Visio
2 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 86 (32.95%) Azure
2 47 (18.01%) AWS
3 15 (5.75%) Datadog
4 10 (3.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 10 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
4 10 (3.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 9 (3.45%) GCP
6 8 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.07%) SaaS
7 6 (2.30%) AWS Direct Connect
7 6 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.92%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.53%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.77%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.77%) Route 53
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.38%) GitHub
11 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.38%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 123 (47.13%) Firewall
2 93 (35.63%) Network Security
3 92 (35.25%) WAN
4 89 (34.10%) VPN
5 73 (27.97%) SD-WAN
6 71 (27.20%) BGP
7 55 (21.07%) OSPF
8 53 (20.31%) LAN
9 50 (19.16%) Cisco ISE
10 48 (18.39%) Wireless
11 43 (16.48%) DNS
12 38 (14.56%) TCP/IP
13 37 (14.18%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (12.64%) VLAN
15 27 (10.34%) Cisco Wireless
16 25 (9.58%) Cisco Firepower
17 24 (9.20%) MPLS
18 19 (7.28%) DHCP
19 18 (6.90%) SSL
20 15 (5.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Git
1 2 (0.77%) GitLab
2 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 62 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.07%) Finance
3 13 (4.98%) Telecoms
4 9 (3.45%) Banking
4 9 (3.45%) Retail Banking
5 7 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.68%) Retail
6 6 (2.30%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.92%) Law
7 5 (1.92%) Marketing
8 4 (1.53%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.15%) Digital Health
10 2 (0.77%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
11 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Military
11 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.21%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.38%) gRPC
2 1 (0.38%) Jinja
2 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.38%) OpenID
2 1 (0.38%) REST
2 1 (0.38%) SAML
2 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 69 (26.44%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.20%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.28%) PKI
4 13 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.15%) Life Science
8 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.77%) IoT
8 2 (0.77%) IVR
8 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.77%) Replication
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.38%) Home Automation
9 1 (0.38%) IPTV
9 1 (0.38%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.13%) Windows
2 15 (5.75%) Linux
3 3 (1.15%) Unix
3 3 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.24%) Network Monitoring
2 44 (16.86%) High Availability
3 42 (16.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (11.11%) Network Design
4 29 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (10.34%) Network Architecture
6 24 (9.20%) Zero Trust
7 21 (8.05%) Security Architecture
8 20 (7.66%) Load Balancing
9 19 (7.28%) Computer Science
10 18 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (6.51%) Business Continuity
11 17 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (6.13%) Network Segmentation
13 15 (5.75%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (5.75%) Incident Response
13 15 (5.75%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (5.75%) Validation
14 14 (5.36%) Change Management
14 14 (5.36%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.79%) Python
2 6 (2.30%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.53%) Bash
4 2 (0.77%) Bicep
4 2 (0.77%) SQL
5 1 (0.38%) C
5 1 (0.38%) Go
5 1 (0.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 85 (32.57%) Cisco Certification
2 73 (27.97%) CCNP
3 44 (16.86%) CCNA
4 25 (9.58%) Degree
5 22 (8.43%) Azure Certification
5 22 (8.43%) CCIE
6 20 (7.66%) Security Cleared
7 10 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.83%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (2.30%) CCSA
9 6 (2.30%) CCSE
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.38%) CWNA
12 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.38%) MBA
12 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.58%) NIST
2 16 (6.13%) QA
3 15 (5.75%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.45%) GDPR
6 3 (1.15%) SLA
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.30%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.53%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (9.58%) Ansible
1 25 (9.58%) FortiGate
2 15 (5.75%) Terraform
3 10 (3.83%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (3.07%) Check_MK
5 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.15%) Nagios
7 2 (0.77%) Grafana
8 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.38%) OpenView
8 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 152 (58.24%) Cisco
2 75 (28.74%) Palo Alto
3 47 (18.01%) Microsoft
4 43 (16.48%) Meraki
5 42 (16.09%) SolarWinds
6 36 (13.79%) Fortinet
7 31 (11.88%) Arista
8 28 (10.73%) F5
9 21 (8.05%) ForeScout
10 20 (7.66%) CheckPoint
11 16 (6.13%) Zscaler
12 15 (5.75%) Infoblox
12 15 (5.75%) SevOne
12 15 (5.75%) Splunk
13 11 (4.21%) VMware
14 9 (3.45%) Juniper
15 8 (3.07%) Remedy
16 7 (2.68%) Dynatrace
17 6 (2.30%) Aruba
17 6 (2.30%) ServiceNow