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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 234 247
Rank change year-on-year +49 +13 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 271 164 247
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.34% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.46% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 209 105 213
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £43,350
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -0.09%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £100,000 £91,700
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 21,286 11,232 19,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 91.66% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,596 7,335 13,598
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,034
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 £117,500
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 29 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 29 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 36 £70,000 +5.66% 18
South London +8 9 £50,000 - 2
West London -18 9 £60,000 -31.43% 2
East London - 2 - - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 151 (55.72%) Cisco
2 115 (42.44%) Firewall
3 94 (34.69%) Network Security
4 86 (31.73%) Azure
4 86 (31.73%) WAN
5 81 (29.89%) Cisco Certification
5 81 (29.89%) VPN
6 74 (27.31%) Palo Alto
7 69 (25.46%) CCNP
8 67 (24.72%) SD-WAN
9 63 (23.25%) BGP
10 52 (19.19%) LAN
10 52 (19.19%) Microsoft
11 48 (17.71%) OSPF
12 47 (17.34%) DNS
13 46 (16.97%) Cisco ISE
13 46 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 46 (16.97%) Meraki
14 45 (16.61%) AWS
15 42 (15.50%) Network Monitoring
15 42 (15.50%) TCP/IP
15 42 (15.50%) Wireless
16 41 (15.13%) CCNA
17 38 (14.02%) High Availability
18 36 (13.28%) Wi-Fi
19 33 (12.18%) Python
19 33 (12.18%) SolarWinds
20 31 (11.44%) F5
21 30 (11.07%) Arista
21 30 (11.07%) Network Design

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 7 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.80%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 86 (31.73%) Azure
2 45 (16.61%) AWS
3 14 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.80%) Datadog
5 9 (3.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (2.95%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.95%) GCP
6 8 (2.95%) SaaS
6 8 (2.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.58%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.48%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.74%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.74%) Route 53
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.37%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.37%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 115 (42.44%) Firewall
2 94 (34.69%) Network Security
3 86 (31.73%) WAN
4 81 (29.89%) VPN
5 67 (24.72%) SD-WAN
6 63 (23.25%) BGP
7 52 (19.19%) LAN
8 48 (17.71%) OSPF
9 47 (17.34%) DNS
10 46 (16.97%) Cisco ISE
11 42 (15.50%) TCP/IP
11 42 (15.50%) Wireless
12 36 (13.28%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (9.96%) VLAN
14 24 (8.86%) DHCP
15 23 (8.49%) Cisco Wireless
16 21 (7.75%) MPLS
17 18 (6.64%) Cisco Firepower
18 16 (5.90%) SSL
19 13 (4.80%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Git
1 1 (0.37%) GitLab
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (24.72%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.71%) Finance
3 16 (5.90%) Telecoms
4 9 (3.32%) Banking
5 8 (2.95%) Law
6 7 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.58%) Retail Banking
7 6 (2.21%) Retail
8 5 (1.85%) Digital Health
8 5 (1.85%) Marketing
8 5 (1.85%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.48%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.11%) Legal
11 2 (0.74%) Cantonese Language
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Automotive
12 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.32%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.74%) OpenID
2 2 (0.74%) REST
2 2 (0.74%) SAML
3 1 (0.37%) gRPC
3 1 (0.37%) Jinja
3 1 (0.37%) JWT
3 1 (0.37%) OAuth
3 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.77%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.75%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.90%) PKI
4 15 (5.54%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.69%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.11%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.11%) Life Science
7 2 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.74%) IoT
7 2 (0.74%) IVR
7 2 (0.74%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.74%) Replication
8 1 (0.37%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.37%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.37%) Home Automation
8 1 (0.37%) IPTV
8 1 (0.37%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.38%) Windows
2 16 (5.90%) Linux
3 6 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (15.50%) Network Monitoring
3 38 (14.02%) High Availability
4 30 (11.07%) Network Design
5 28 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (9.96%) Network Architecture
7 23 (8.49%) Zero Trust
8 21 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (7.38%) Load Balancing
9 20 (7.38%) Security Architecture
10 18 (6.64%) Computer Science
10 18 (6.64%) Incident Response
10 18 (6.64%) Validation
11 17 (6.27%) Business Continuity
11 17 (6.27%) Change Management
11 17 (6.27%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (6.27%) ITIL
11 17 (6.27%) Migration
12 15 (5.54%) Project Delivery
13 14 (5.17%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.18%) Python
2 6 (2.21%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.48%) Bash
4 2 (0.74%) Bicep
4 2 (0.74%) SQL
5 1 (0.37%) C
5 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 81 (29.89%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (25.46%) CCNP
3 41 (15.13%) CCNA
4 22 (8.12%) Degree
5 21 (7.75%) Azure Certification
5 21 (7.75%) Security Cleared
6 17 (6.27%) CCIE
7 10 (3.69%) SC Cleared
8 8 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.85%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.74%) CCSA
11 2 (0.74%) CCSE
11 2 (0.74%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.37%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.37%) CCSP
12 1 (0.37%) CISSP
12 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.12%) NIST
2 18 (6.64%) QA
3 13 (4.80%) PCI DSS
4 9 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.95%) GDPR
6 6 (2.21%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.85%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.48%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.86%) Ansible
2 23 (8.49%) FortiGate
3 14 (5.17%) Terraform
4 9 (3.32%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.21%) Check_MK
7 3 (1.11%) Nagios
8 2 (0.74%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.37%) OpenView
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 151 (55.72%) Cisco
2 74 (27.31%) Palo Alto
3 52 (19.19%) Microsoft
4 46 (16.97%) Meraki
5 33 (12.18%) SolarWinds
6 31 (11.44%) F5
7 30 (11.07%) Arista
8 29 (10.70%) Fortinet
8 29 (10.70%) Zscaler
9 19 (7.01%) ForeScout
10 17 (6.27%) CheckPoint
11 14 (5.17%) HP
11 14 (5.17%) VMware
12 13 (4.80%) Infoblox
12 13 (4.80%) Juniper
12 13 (4.80%) SevOne
12 13 (4.80%) Splunk
13 10 (3.69%) Remedy
14 5 (1.85%) Aruba
15 4 (1.48%) ServiceNow