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 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 218 232
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 185 229 273
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 1.51% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.65% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 112 145 240
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,566 £42,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,400 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +20.67% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +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 13,795 13,902 20,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 91.67% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,180 7,981 16,281
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,420
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 31 £80,000 +6.67% 20
East London - 18 £87,500 - 4
West London -3 5 £59,500 -8.46% 8
South London +27 3 £47,500 -5.94% 6
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 February 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 (71.89%) Cisco
2 119 (64.32%) Firewall
3 85 (45.95%) WAN
4 79 (42.70%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (40.00%) CCNP
6 72 (38.92%) Azure
7 69 (37.30%) LAN
8 62 (33.51%) Fortinet
9 59 (31.89%) VPN
10 55 (29.73%) BGP
11 53 (28.65%) SD-WAN
12 47 (25.41%) CCIE
12 47 (25.41%) CheckPoint
13 46 (24.86%) OSPF
14 45 (24.32%) Wi-Fi
15 42 (22.70%) AWS
16 41 (22.16%) Python
17 39 (21.08%) Wireless
18 38 (20.54%) Network Security
18 38 (20.54%) SolarWinds
19 37 (20.00%) Degree
20 35 (18.92%) High Availability
20 35 (18.92%) Palo Alto
21 33 (17.84%) Cisco ASA
22 32 (17.30%) CCNA
22 32 (17.30%) Meraki
23 30 (16.22%) VLAN
24 27 (14.59%) Cisco Firepower
24 27 (14.59%) Cisco ISE
24 27 (14.59%) Load Balancing

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 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.08%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (8.65%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 72 (38.92%) Azure
2 42 (22.70%) AWS
3 12 (6.49%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.95%) SaaS
5 8 (4.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.16%) GCP
7 4 (2.16%) IaaS
7 4 (2.16%) PaaS
8 3 (1.62%) Datadog
8 3 (1.62%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.08%) Dagster
10 1 (0.54%) GitHub
10 1 (0.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 119 (64.32%) Firewall
2 85 (45.95%) WAN
3 69 (37.30%) LAN
4 59 (31.89%) VPN
5 55 (29.73%) BGP
6 53 (28.65%) SD-WAN
7 46 (24.86%) OSPF
8 45 (24.32%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (21.08%) Wireless
10 38 (20.54%) Network Security
11 33 (17.84%) Cisco ASA
12 30 (16.22%) VLAN
13 27 (14.59%) Cisco Firepower
13 27 (14.59%) Cisco ISE
14 26 (14.05%) MPLS
15 19 (10.27%) WLAN
16 18 (9.73%) NX-OS
17 17 (9.19%) Cisco Wireless
17 17 (9.19%) Ethernet VPN
18 15 (8.11%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.08%) Metadata
1 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.08%) MySQL
1 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.49%) Git
2 3 (1.62%) GitLab
3 2 (1.08%) Jaeger
3 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.08%) MLflow
3 2 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (32.43%) Finance
2 42 (22.70%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.89%) Telecoms
4 13 (7.03%) Banking
4 13 (7.03%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.32%) Marketing
7 4 (2.16%) Law
7 4 (2.16%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.16%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.62%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.62%) Retail
9 2 (1.08%) Agriculture
9 2 (1.08%) Electronics
9 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
10 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.32%) Jinja
1 8 (4.32%) NETCONF
1 8 (4.32%) YANG
2 7 (3.78%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.16%) RESTful
4 2 (1.08%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.08%) Kafka
4 2 (1.08%) Keycloak
4 2 (1.08%) REST
4 2 (1.08%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 56 (30.27%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (5.95%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.32%) Social Media
5 6 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.24%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.70%) IoT
7 4 (2.16%) PKI
7 4 (2.16%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.08%) MPEG
9 2 (1.08%) Replication
9 2 (1.08%) Robotics
9 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.54%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.54%) e-Health
10 1 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.57%) Windows
2 8 (4.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.16%) Linux
4 2 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.54%) Android
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.92%) High Availability
2 27 (14.59%) Load Balancing
2 27 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (14.05%) Kalman Filter
4 25 (13.51%) Change Control
4 25 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (12.43%) Computer Science
6 19 (10.27%) Change Management
7 18 (9.73%) Network Design
7 18 (9.73%) Network Monitoring
8 16 (8.65%) Process Improvement
9 14 (7.57%) Task Automation
9 14 (7.57%) Zero Trust
10 13 (7.03%) Agile
10 13 (7.03%) AI
10 13 (7.03%) Customer Service
10 13 (7.03%) ITIL
11 12 (6.49%) Network Segmentation
11 12 (6.49%) Runbook
11 12 (6.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (22.16%) Python
2 5 (2.70%) Bash
2 5 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.08%) Go
4 1 (0.54%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 79 (42.70%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (40.00%) CCNP
3 47 (25.41%) CCIE
4 37 (20.00%) Degree
5 32 (17.30%) CCNA
6 23 (12.43%) CCSA
6 23 (12.43%) CCSE
7 22 (11.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.78%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.24%) Azure Certification
9 6 (3.24%) JNCIP
9 6 (3.24%) Security Cleared
10 5 (2.70%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.62%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.62%) SC Cleared
12 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.54%) Check Point Certification
13 1 (0.54%) CWNA
13 1 (0.54%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.78%) NIST
2 5 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.16%) PMO
4 3 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.08%) GDPR
5 2 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (10.81%) Firmware
2 12 (6.49%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.62%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.08%) Docker
5 2 (1.08%) NFS
5 2 (1.08%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 22 (11.89%) Ansible
2 21 (11.35%) FortiGate
3 8 (4.32%) Terraform
4 4 (2.16%) Check_MK
4 4 (2.16%) Grafana
5 3 (1.62%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (1.62%) Nagios
5 3 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.08%) Argo
6 2 (1.08%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.08%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.08%) SCCM
7 1 (0.54%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 133 (71.89%) Cisco
2 62 (33.51%) Fortinet
3 47 (25.41%) CheckPoint
4 38 (20.54%) SolarWinds
5 35 (18.92%) Palo Alto
6 32 (17.30%) Meraki
7 21 (11.35%) Juniper
8 20 (10.81%) Microsoft
9 18 (9.73%) F5
10 15 (8.11%) Arista
11 13 (7.03%) ServiceNow
12 12 (6.49%) Dynatrace
13 7 (3.78%) Aruba
13 7 (3.78%) Infoblox
14 5 (2.70%) ForeScout
14 5 (2.70%) Zscaler
15 4 (2.16%) Motorola
15 4 (2.16%) Splunk
15 4 (2.16%) VMware
16 3 (1.62%) HP