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 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 229 238
Rank change year-on-year +40 +9 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 292 165 254
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.22% 1.36% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.49% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 231 101 207
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,950
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,000
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 22,236 11,095 18,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 91.68% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 15,219 7,183 12,627
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +2.11% -2.07%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £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 21 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 21 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 +21 34 £70,000 +5.66% 11
West London -11 13 £60,000 -31.43% 4
South London +10 9 £50,000 +3.63% 4
East London - 1 - - 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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.

1 153 (52.40%) Cisco
2 114 (39.04%) Firewall
3 99 (33.90%) Network Security
4 90 (30.82%) Azure
5 85 (29.11%) WAN
6 81 (27.74%) Cisco Certification
7 72 (24.66%) Palo Alto
7 72 (24.66%) VPN
8 68 (23.29%) CCNP
9 65 (22.26%) Microsoft
10 63 (21.58%) SD-WAN
11 61 (20.89%) BGP
12 53 (18.15%) LAN
13 50 (17.12%) DNS
14 47 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 47 (16.10%) Meraki
15 45 (15.41%) OSPF
15 45 (15.41%) Wireless
16 43 (14.73%) AWS
16 43 (14.73%) Cisco ISE
17 42 (14.38%) CCNA
18 41 (14.04%) TCP/IP
19 38 (13.01%) High Availability
20 36 (12.33%) Network Monitoring
20 36 (12.33%) Zscaler
21 34 (11.64%) Python
22 32 (10.96%) F5
22 32 (10.96%) Network Design
22 32 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
23 31 (10.62%) 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 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.11%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 90 (30.82%) Azure
2 43 (14.73%) AWS
3 18 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.11%) Datadog
5 9 (3.08%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (2.74%) GCP
6 8 (2.74%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.74%) SaaS
7 7 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.68%) Route 53
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.34%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 114 (39.04%) Firewall
2 99 (33.90%) Network Security
3 85 (29.11%) WAN
4 72 (24.66%) VPN
5 63 (21.58%) SD-WAN
6 61 (20.89%) BGP
7 53 (18.15%) LAN
8 50 (17.12%) DNS
9 45 (15.41%) OSPF
9 45 (15.41%) Wireless
10 43 (14.73%) Cisco ISE
11 41 (14.04%) TCP/IP
12 32 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (9.93%) VLAN
14 24 (8.22%) DHCP
15 22 (7.53%) Cisco Wireless
16 20 (6.85%) MPLS
17 15 (5.14%) SSL
18 14 (4.79%) Cisco Nexus
19 13 (4.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) GitLab
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 62 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.75%) Finance
3 19 (6.51%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.79%) Law
5 10 (3.42%) Banking
6 7 (2.40%) Legal
7 6 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.05%) Digital Health
7 6 (2.05%) Marketing
7 6 (2.05%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.71%) Retail
9 4 (1.37%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.03%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.34%) Advertising
12 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.14%) Terraform
2 10 (3.42%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.03%) OpenID
3 3 (1.03%) SAML
4 2 (0.68%) JWT
4 2 (0.68%) OAuth
4 2 (0.68%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.68%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) gRPC
5 1 (0.34%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 62 (21.23%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.51%) Security Posture
3 14 (4.79%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.79%) PKI
4 8 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.05%) IVR
7 3 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.03%) Life Science
8 2 (0.68%) IoT
8 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.68%) Replication
9 1 (0.34%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.34%) Home Automation
9 1 (0.34%) IPTV
9 1 (0.34%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.53%) Windows
2 20 (6.85%) Linux
3 7 (2.40%) Unix
3 7 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (13.01%) High Availability
3 36 (12.33%) Network Monitoring
4 32 (10.96%) Network Design
5 29 (9.93%) Validation
6 27 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (8.90%) Network Architecture
8 24 (8.22%) Migration
9 22 (7.53%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (7.19%) Project Delivery
11 20 (6.85%) Change Management
11 20 (6.85%) Security Architecture
12 19 (6.51%) Computer Science
13 18 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (6.16%) Incident Response
13 18 (6.16%) Load Balancing
13 18 (6.16%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (5.82%) Zero Trust
15 16 (5.48%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.64%) Python
2 6 (2.05%) SQL
3 5 (1.71%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.37%) Bash
5 2 (0.68%) Bicep
6 1 (0.34%) C
6 1 (0.34%) Go
6 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 81 (27.74%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (23.29%) CCNP
3 42 (14.38%) CCNA
4 25 (8.56%) Degree
5 23 (7.88%) Security Cleared
6 20 (6.85%) Azure Certification
7 18 (6.16%) CCIE
8 8 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (2.74%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.40%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.68%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (0.68%) CCSP
11 2 (0.68%) CISSP
12 1 (0.34%) CCIE Service Provider
12 1 (0.34%) CCIP
12 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.88%) QA
2 20 (6.85%) NIST
3 12 (4.11%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.40%) GDPR
6 6 (2.05%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (3.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.37%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (8.22%) Ansible
2 23 (7.88%) FortiGate
3 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.40%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (1.03%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.68%) Grafana
6 2 (0.68%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.68%) Nagios
7 1 (0.34%) Argo
7 1 (0.34%) Istio
7 1 (0.34%) OpenView
7 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 153 (52.40%) Cisco
2 72 (24.66%) Palo Alto
3 65 (22.26%) Microsoft
4 47 (16.10%) Meraki
5 36 (12.33%) Zscaler
6 32 (10.96%) F5
7 31 (10.62%) Arista
8 24 (8.22%) Fortinet
8 24 (8.22%) SolarWinds
9 22 (7.53%) HP
10 18 (6.16%) ForeScout
11 14 (4.79%) CheckPoint
11 14 (4.79%) Juniper
11 14 (4.79%) VMware
12 13 (4.45%) Infoblox
13 12 (4.11%) SevOne
13 12 (4.11%) Splunk
14 11 (3.77%) Remedy
15 7 (2.40%) Oracle
16 3 (1.03%) Cognizant