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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 228 244
Rank change year-on-year +37 +16 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 282 162 250
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.33% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.45% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 219 104 214
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,400
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +6.72% +1.20%
75th Percentile £80,625 £84,688 £79,375
90th Percentile £97,750 £103,500 £92,388
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 21,903 11,208 18,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 91.67% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15,001 7,273 13,023
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
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 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +9 35 £70,000 +7.69% 9
West London -15 12 £60,000 -31.43% 8
South London +10 9 £50,000 - 3
East London - 1 - - 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 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 (55.67%) Cisco
2 121 (42.91%) Firewall
3 100 (35.46%) Network Security
4 92 (32.62%) Azure
5 90 (31.91%) WAN
6 82 (29.08%) Cisco Certification
7 80 (28.37%) VPN
8 78 (27.66%) Palo Alto
9 70 (24.82%) CCNP
9 70 (24.82%) SD-WAN
10 63 (22.34%) BGP
11 60 (21.28%) Microsoft
12 53 (18.79%) LAN
13 51 (18.09%) DNS
14 50 (17.73%) Meraki
15 47 (16.67%) AWS
15 47 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 47 (16.67%) OSPF
16 46 (16.31%) Cisco ISE
17 44 (15.60%) TCP/IP
17 44 (15.60%) Wireless
18 41 (14.54%) CCNA
18 41 (14.54%) Network Monitoring
19 39 (13.83%) High Availability
20 36 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
20 36 (12.77%) Zscaler
21 33 (11.70%) F5
21 33 (11.70%) Python
22 32 (11.35%) Network Design
23 31 (10.99%) 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 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.61%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 92 (32.62%) Azure
2 47 (16.67%) AWS
3 18 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.61%) Datadog
5 9 (3.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (3.19%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (3.19%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.19%) GCP
6 8 (2.84%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.84%) SaaS
7 7 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (1.77%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.71%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.71%) Route 53
10 1 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.35%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.35%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.35%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 121 (42.91%) Firewall
2 100 (35.46%) Network Security
3 90 (31.91%) WAN
4 80 (28.37%) VPN
5 70 (24.82%) SD-WAN
6 63 (22.34%) BGP
7 53 (18.79%) LAN
8 51 (18.09%) DNS
9 47 (16.67%) OSPF
10 46 (16.31%) Cisco ISE
11 44 (15.60%) TCP/IP
11 44 (15.60%) Wireless
12 36 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (9.22%) DHCP
13 26 (9.22%) VLAN
14 23 (8.16%) Cisco Wireless
15 20 (7.09%) MPLS
16 16 (5.67%) SSL
17 15 (5.32%) Cisco Firepower
18 14 (4.96%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Git
1 1 (0.35%) GitLab
1 1 (0.35%) JIRA
1 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.02%) Finance
3 17 (6.03%) Telecoms
4 11 (3.90%) Banking
4 11 (3.90%) Law
5 7 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.13%) Digital Health
6 6 (2.13%) Retail Banking
7 5 (1.77%) Legal
7 5 (1.77%) Marketing
7 5 (1.77%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.77%) Retail
8 4 (1.42%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.06%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.71%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.35%) Advertising
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.55%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.06%) OpenID
2 3 (1.06%) SAML
3 2 (0.71%) JWT
3 2 (0.71%) OAuth
3 2 (0.71%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.71%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) gRPC
4 1 (0.35%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 60 (21.28%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.45%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.67%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.67%) PKI
4 9 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.06%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.06%) Life Science
6 2 (0.71%) IoT
6 2 (0.71%) IVR
6 2 (0.71%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.71%) Replication
7 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.35%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.35%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.35%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.80%) Windows
2 17 (6.03%) Linux
3 7 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.06%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (14.54%) Network Monitoring
3 39 (13.83%) High Availability
4 32 (11.35%) Network Design
5 27 (9.57%) Network Architecture
5 27 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (7.80%) Validation
7 22 (7.80%) Zero Trust
8 21 (7.45%) Security Architecture
9 20 (7.09%) Change Management
9 20 (7.09%) Incident Response
10 19 (6.74%) Load Balancing
10 19 (6.74%) Migration
11 18 (6.38%) Computer Science
11 18 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (6.38%) ITIL
12 17 (6.03%) Business Continuity
12 17 (6.03%) Project Delivery
13 15 (5.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.70%) Python
2 6 (2.13%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.42%) Bash
4 2 (0.71%) Bicep
4 2 (0.71%) SQL
5 1 (0.35%) C
5 1 (0.35%) Go
5 1 (0.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 82 (29.08%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (24.82%) CCNP
3 41 (14.54%) CCNA
4 22 (7.80%) Degree
4 22 (7.80%) Security Cleared
5 21 (7.45%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.67%) CCIE
7 10 (3.55%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (2.13%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.71%) CCSP
12 2 (0.71%) CISSP
13 1 (0.35%) CCIE Data Center
13 1 (0.35%) CCSA
13 1 (0.35%) CCSE
13 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.80%) NIST
2 19 (6.74%) QA
3 13 (4.61%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.84%) GDPR
6 7 (2.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.42%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.71%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.51%) Ansible
2 23 (8.16%) FortiGate
3 15 (5.32%) Terraform
4 8 (2.84%) Cisco Prime
4 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.77%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.06%) Nagios
7 2 (0.71%) Grafana
7 2 (0.71%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) Istio
8 1 (0.35%) OpenView
8 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 157 (55.67%) Cisco
2 78 (27.66%) Palo Alto
3 60 (21.28%) Microsoft
4 50 (17.73%) Meraki
5 36 (12.77%) Zscaler
6 33 (11.70%) F5
7 31 (10.99%) Arista
7 31 (10.99%) SolarWinds
8 27 (9.57%) Fortinet
9 20 (7.09%) HP
10 19 (6.74%) ForeScout
11 17 (6.03%) CheckPoint
12 15 (5.32%) VMware
13 14 (4.96%) Infoblox
13 14 (4.96%) Juniper
14 13 (4.61%) SevOne
14 13 (4.61%) Splunk
15 11 (3.90%) Remedy
16 4 (1.42%) Aruba
17 3 (1.06%) ServiceNow