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 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 259 243
Rank change year-on-year +85 -16 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 267 140 315
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.25% 1.15% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.27% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 193 96 271
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,227
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,813 £75,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,125 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.14% -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 19,710 11,054 23,192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 90.49% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13,587 6,953 17,198
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -13.32%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +33 55 £74,000 +11.70% 10
West London -9 10 £70,000 -8.20% 2
South London +24 9 £50,000 +2.56% 5
East London - 8 - - 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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.

1 170 (63.67%) Cisco
2 137 (51.31%) Firewall
3 105 (39.33%) WAN
4 96 (35.96%) Azure
5 91 (34.08%) VPN
6 90 (33.71%) Cisco Certification
7 89 (33.33%) Network Security
8 84 (31.46%) SD-WAN
9 81 (30.34%) Palo Alto
10 78 (29.21%) CCNP
11 74 (27.72%) BGP
12 59 (22.10%) Cisco ISE
12 59 (22.10%) OSPF
13 56 (20.97%) LAN
14 55 (20.60%) Fortinet
15 50 (18.73%) Wireless
16 48 (17.98%) High Availability
16 48 (17.98%) SolarWinds
17 47 (17.60%) Meraki
18 45 (16.85%) CCNA
19 44 (16.48%) AWS
19 44 (16.48%) Network Monitoring
20 43 (16.10%) Python
21 40 (14.98%) Wi-Fi
22 36 (13.48%) DNS
23 35 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
24 34 (12.73%) Microsoft
24 34 (12.73%) VLAN
25 32 (11.99%) Cisco Firepower
25 32 (11.99%) FortiGate

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 2 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (5.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 96 (35.96%) Azure
2 44 (16.48%) AWS
3 15 (5.62%) Datadog
4 13 (4.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (3.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (3.75%) GCP
5 10 (3.75%) SaaS
6 9 (3.37%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.75%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.75%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.75%) Route 53
9 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.37%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.37%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.37%) OCI
9 1 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 137 (51.31%) Firewall
2 105 (39.33%) WAN
3 91 (34.08%) VPN
4 89 (33.33%) Network Security
5 84 (31.46%) SD-WAN
6 74 (27.72%) BGP
7 59 (22.10%) Cisco ISE
7 59 (22.10%) OSPF
8 56 (20.97%) LAN
9 50 (18.73%) Wireless
10 40 (14.98%) Wi-Fi
11 36 (13.48%) DNS
12 34 (12.73%) VLAN
13 32 (11.99%) Cisco Firepower
13 32 (11.99%) MPLS
14 28 (10.49%) Cisco Wireless
15 26 (9.74%) TCP/IP
16 23 (8.61%) Cisco ASA
17 20 (7.49%) VXLAN
18 19 (7.12%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 10 (3.75%) Git
2 2 (0.75%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) JIRA
General
1 61 (22.85%) Finance
2 57 (21.35%) Social Skills
3 15 (5.62%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.75%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.00%) Banking
7 6 (2.25%) Retail
8 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.50%) Law
9 4 (1.50%) Marketing
10 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.75%) Advertising
11 2 (0.75%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Electronics
12 1 (0.37%) Military
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.49%) 802.1X
2 8 (3.00%) Jinja
2 8 (3.00%) NETCONF
2 8 (3.00%) YANG
3 1 (0.37%) gRPC
3 1 (0.37%) OpenID
3 1 (0.37%) REST
3 1 (0.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (24.72%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.36%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.12%) PKI
4 10 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.00%) Social Media
6 7 (2.62%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.12%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.75%) IVR
8 2 (0.75%) Life Science
8 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Replication
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.37%) Home Automation
9 1 (0.37%) IPTV
9 1 (0.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.49%) Linux
2 8 (3.00%) Windows
3 3 (1.12%) Unix
4 2 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (17.98%) High Availability
2 44 (16.48%) Network Monitoring
3 35 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (11.99%) Network Design
5 28 (10.49%) Zero Trust
6 27 (10.11%) Network Architecture
7 26 (9.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (7.87%) Security Architecture
9 19 (7.12%) Network Segmentation
10 18 (6.74%) Load Balancing
11 17 (6.37%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (5.99%) Business Continuity
12 16 (5.99%) ITIL
13 15 (5.62%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (5.62%) Runbook
14 14 (5.24%) Agile
14 14 (5.24%) Computer Science
14 14 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (5.24%) Technical Leadership
15 12 (4.49%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.10%) Python
2 6 (2.25%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.50%) Bash
4 2 (0.75%) Bicep
4 2 (0.75%) SQL
5 1 (0.37%) C
5 1 (0.37%) Go
5 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 90 (33.71%) Cisco Certification
2 78 (29.21%) CCNP
3 45 (16.85%) CCNA
4 28 (10.49%) CCIE
5 27 (10.11%) Degree
6 22 (8.24%) Azure Certification
7 18 (6.74%) Security Cleared
8 13 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.49%) SC Cleared
10 10 (3.75%) CCSA
10 10 (3.75%) CCSE
11 9 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.75%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.75%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.37%) CWNA
14 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.37%) MBA
14 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.36%) NIST
2 15 (5.62%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.37%) GDPR
5 7 (2.62%) QA
6 4 (1.50%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.62%) Firmware
2 6 (2.25%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.50%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (11.99%) FortiGate
2 26 (9.74%) Ansible
3 15 (5.62%) Terraform
4 10 (3.75%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.37%) Check_MK
6 5 (1.87%) Nagios
7 2 (0.75%) Grafana
8 1 (0.37%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.37%) OpenView
8 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.37%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 170 (63.67%) Cisco
2 81 (30.34%) Palo Alto
3 55 (20.60%) Fortinet
4 48 (17.98%) SolarWinds
5 47 (17.60%) Meraki
6 34 (12.73%) Microsoft
7 30 (11.24%) Arista
8 27 (10.11%) CheckPoint
9 24 (8.99%) F5
10 21 (7.87%) ForeScout
11 15 (5.62%) Infoblox
11 15 (5.62%) SevOne
11 15 (5.62%) Splunk
12 12 (4.49%) Zscaler
13 10 (3.75%) Dynatrace
13 10 (3.75%) Juniper
14 9 (3.37%) ServiceNow
14 9 (3.37%) VMware
15 8 (3.00%) Aruba
16 7 (2.62%) HP