Network Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary in London is £68,322 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 489 607
Rank change year-on-year +115 +118 +228
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 27 16 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.068% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.072% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 25
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,322 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.32% +4.17% -40.00%
75th Percentile £105,938 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £82,500 -
England median annual salary £56,250 £50,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +12.50% +5.82% -14.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
South London - 3 £61,644 -
Central London +30 1 £97,500 +56.00%
Network Infrastructure Engineer
England

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Network Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (96.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (81.48%) Firewall
3 16 (59.26%) Cisco
3 16 (59.26%) Data Centre
4 14 (51.85%) VPN
4 14 (51.85%) Fortinet
5 13 (48.15%) AWS
6 12 (44.44%) Azure
6 12 (44.44%) Meraki
6 12 (44.44%) WAN
7 11 (40.74%) LAN
7 11 (40.74%) BGP
7 11 (40.74%) Network Security
8 10 (37.04%) CheckPoint
9 9 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (33.33%) Change Management
9 9 (33.33%) WLAN
9 9 (33.33%) Windows
9 9 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (29.63%) NX-OS
10 8 (29.63%) Windows Server
10 8 (29.63%) VXLAN
10 8 (29.63%) SD-WAN
10 8 (29.63%) SolarWinds
10 8 (29.63%) Process Improvement
10 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (25.93%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (25.93%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) AWS
2 12 (44.44%) Azure
3 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (25.93%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 2 (7.41%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.70%) GCP
7 1 (3.70%) IaaS
7 1 (3.70%) PaaS
7 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (81.48%) Firewall
2 14 (51.85%) VPN
3 12 (44.44%) WAN
4 11 (40.74%) BGP
4 11 (40.74%) LAN
4 11 (40.74%) Network Security
5 9 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (33.33%) WLAN
6 8 (29.63%) NX-OS
6 8 (29.63%) SD-WAN
6 8 (29.63%) VXLAN
7 7 (25.93%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (25.93%) IPsec
7 7 (25.93%) MPLS
7 7 (25.93%) OSPF
7 7 (25.93%) Wireless
8 5 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (18.52%) VLAN
8 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (14.81%) NetScaler
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (59.26%) Data Centre
2 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) PKI
4 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (33.33%) Change Management
2 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (29.63%) Process Improvement
4 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (25.93%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (25.93%) Incident Response
4 7 (25.93%) Network Segmentation
5 6 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
5 6 (22.22%) Network Architecture
5 6 (22.22%) Runbook
6 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
6 4 (14.81%) ITIL
6 4 (14.81%) Network Design
6 4 (14.81%) Patch Management
6 4 (14.81%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (25.93%) CCNP
3 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (18.52%) CCNA
5 4 (14.81%) CCIE
6 3 (11.11%) AWS Certification
6 3 (11.11%) CCSA
6 3 (11.11%) CCSE
6 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (7.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Firmware
1 7 (25.93%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) vSphere
3 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Cisco
2 14 (51.85%) Fortinet
3 12 (44.44%) Meraki
4 10 (37.04%) CheckPoint
5 8 (29.63%) SolarWinds
6 7 (25.93%) Dynatrace
6 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
6 7 (25.93%) VMware
7 5 (18.52%) Arista
7 5 (18.52%) Infoblox
7 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
8 4 (14.81%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
10 2 (7.41%) Darktrace
10 2 (7.41%) Juniper
10 2 (7.41%) Yardi
11 1 (3.70%) Rapid7
11 1 (3.70%) Zscaler