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 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 271 250
Rank change year-on-year +87 -21 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 260 124 292
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.24% 1.05% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.16% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 185 84 266
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £59,175
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +9.84% -8.96%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,500 £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 19,264 10,646 22,241
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 89.94% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,218 6,784 16,738
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,196
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +29 55 £74,000 +9.63% 13
East London - 11 £90,000 - 4
South London +11 8 £50,000 +2.56% 1
West London -7 8 £45,000 -30.77% 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 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.

1 175 (67.31%) Cisco
2 140 (53.85%) Firewall
3 102 (39.23%) WAN
4 99 (38.08%) Azure
5 88 (33.85%) Cisco Certification
6 87 (33.46%) VPN
7 78 (30.00%) SD-WAN
8 76 (29.23%) CCNP
8 76 (29.23%) Network Security
9 72 (27.69%) Palo Alto
10 66 (25.38%) BGP
11 64 (24.62%) Fortinet
12 58 (22.31%) LAN
13 57 (21.92%) Cisco ISE
14 53 (20.38%) OSPF
15 48 (18.46%) Meraki
15 48 (18.46%) SolarWinds
16 46 (17.69%) Wireless
17 43 (16.54%) CCNA
17 43 (16.54%) High Availability
17 43 (16.54%) Python
18 42 (16.15%) AWS
18 42 (16.15%) Wi-Fi
19 37 (14.23%) Network Monitoring
20 33 (12.69%) Cisco Firepower
20 33 (12.69%) FortiGate
20 33 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
21 31 (11.92%) DNS
22 30 (11.54%) CCIE
22 30 (11.54%) CheckPoint

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 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (5.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 99 (38.08%) Azure
2 42 (16.15%) AWS
3 15 (5.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 13 (5.00%) Datadog
5 11 (4.23%) AWS Direct Connect
6 10 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (3.85%) SaaS
7 9 (3.46%) GCP
8 5 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.77%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.77%) Route 53
10 1 (0.38%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.38%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.38%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.38%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 140 (53.85%) Firewall
2 102 (39.23%) WAN
3 87 (33.46%) VPN
4 78 (30.00%) SD-WAN
5 76 (29.23%) Network Security
6 66 (25.38%) BGP
7 58 (22.31%) LAN
8 57 (21.92%) Cisco ISE
9 53 (20.38%) OSPF
10 46 (17.69%) Wireless
11 42 (16.15%) Wi-Fi
12 33 (12.69%) Cisco Firepower
13 31 (11.92%) DNS
14 29 (11.15%) MPLS
14 29 (11.15%) VLAN
15 27 (10.38%) Cisco ASA
15 27 (10.38%) Cisco Wireless
16 23 (8.85%) WLAN
17 22 (8.46%) VXLAN
18 20 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 10 (3.85%) Git
2 2 (0.77%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 62 (23.85%) Finance
2 50 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 13 (5.00%) Telecoms
4 10 (3.85%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.08%) Banking
7 6 (2.31%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.92%) Retail
9 4 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.15%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Advertising
11 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Law
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Military
12 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.62%) 802.1X
2 8 (3.08%) Jinja
2 8 (3.08%) NETCONF
2 8 (3.08%) YANG
3 1 (0.38%) gRPC
3 1 (0.38%) OpenID
3 1 (0.38%) REST
3 1 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (24.23%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.23%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.54%) PKI
4 11 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.08%) Social Media
8 7 (2.69%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.15%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.15%) IoT
10 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.77%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.77%) Replication
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.38%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.38%) IPTV
11 1 (0.38%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.85%) Linux
1 10 (3.85%) Windows
2 3 (1.15%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.38%) Unix
3 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (16.54%) High Availability
2 37 (14.23%) Network Monitoring
3 33 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (11.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 28 (10.77%) Zero Trust
6 27 (10.38%) Network Design
7 24 (9.23%) Network Architecture
8 21 (8.08%) Kalman Filter
8 21 (8.08%) Network Segmentation
9 19 (7.31%) Load Balancing
10 16 (6.15%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (6.15%) ITIL
10 16 (6.15%) Runbook
10 16 (6.15%) Security Architecture
11 14 (5.38%) AI
11 14 (5.38%) Business Continuity
11 14 (5.38%) Computer Science
11 14 (5.38%) Task Automation
11 14 (5.38%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.54%) Python
2 5 (1.92%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.77%) Bash
4 1 (0.38%) C
4 1 (0.38%) Go
4 1 (0.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 88 (33.85%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (29.23%) CCNP
3 43 (16.54%) CCNA
4 30 (11.54%) CCIE
5 25 (9.62%) Degree
6 22 (8.46%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.54%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.62%) CCSA
9 12 (4.62%) CCSE
9 12 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (4.62%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.92%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.92%) JNCIP
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 23 (8.85%) NIST
2 13 (5.00%) PCI DSS
3 10 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.46%) GDPR
5 4 (1.54%) SLA
6 2 (0.77%) QA
7 1 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (6.15%) Firmware
2 6 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.31%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (12.69%) FortiGate
2 28 (10.77%) Ansible
3 12 (4.62%) Terraform
4 10 (3.85%) Cisco Prime
5 9 (3.46%) Check_MK
6 5 (1.92%) Nagios
7 2 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.77%) Grafana
8 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.38%) OpenView
8 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.38%) SCCM
8 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 175 (67.31%) Cisco
2 72 (27.69%) Palo Alto
3 64 (24.62%) Fortinet
4 48 (18.46%) Meraki
4 48 (18.46%) SolarWinds
5 30 (11.54%) CheckPoint
5 30 (11.54%) Microsoft
6 25 (9.62%) Arista
7 20 (7.69%) F5
8 19 (7.31%) ForeScout
9 17 (6.54%) Juniper
10 13 (5.00%) Infoblox
10 13 (5.00%) SevOne
10 13 (5.00%) Splunk
10 13 (5.00%) Zscaler
11 12 (4.62%) Dynatrace
12 11 (4.23%) ServiceNow
13 8 (3.08%) Aruba
13 8 (3.08%) VMware
14 7 (2.69%) HP