Network Engineer Jobs in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £59,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 347 463
Rank change year-on-year +107 +116 -145
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 294 328 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.25% 0.91% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.96% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 269 254 362
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,575 £40,018
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,150 34,100 62,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 95.04% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,676 24,965 34,895
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,375 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +62 48 £56,250 -6.25% 10
West London +7 14 £52,500 -3.67% 5
South London +2 8 £57,500 +15.00% 1
East London +23 2 £55,000 -12.00%
North London - 2 £45,000 - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 164 (55.78%) Cisco
2 158 (53.74%) WAN
2 158 (53.74%) Firewall
3 137 (46.60%) LAN
4 112 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
5 94 (31.97%) Wireless
6 88 (29.93%) VPN
7 85 (28.91%) Azure
8 82 (27.89%) Network Security
8 82 (27.89%) Data Centre
9 81 (27.55%) CCNP
10 70 (23.81%) Palo Alto
11 67 (22.79%) BGP
12 66 (22.45%) Wi-Fi
12 66 (22.45%) SD-WAN
13 62 (21.09%) Juniper
14 61 (20.75%) MPLS
15 59 (20.07%) ITIL
16 58 (19.73%) SolarWinds
17 54 (18.37%) CCNA
17 54 (18.37%) DNS
17 54 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
18 51 (17.35%) Fortinet
19 50 (17.01%) Microsoft
20 49 (16.67%) Social Skills
21 48 (16.33%) DHCP
22 46 (15.65%) Network Design
22 46 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 42 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
23 42 (14.29%) Meraki

Network 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 14 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.70%) IIS
3 5 (1.70%) WordPress
4 4 (1.36%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.34%) nginx
5 1 (0.34%) uWSGI
Applications
1 15 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.40%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 85 (28.91%) Azure
2 37 (12.59%) AWS
3 12 (4.08%) SaaS
4 11 (3.74%) Datadog
4 11 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.74%) Rubrik
5 9 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (3.06%) IaaS
5 9 (3.06%) PaaS
6 6 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.70%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (1.70%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.02%) GCP
8 3 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.34%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 158 (53.74%) Firewall
1 158 (53.74%) WAN
2 137 (46.60%) LAN
3 94 (31.97%) Wireless
4 88 (29.93%) VPN
5 82 (27.89%) Network Security
6 67 (22.79%) BGP
7 66 (22.45%) SD-WAN
7 66 (22.45%) Wi-Fi
8 61 (20.75%) MPLS
9 54 (18.37%) DNS
10 48 (16.33%) DHCP
11 42 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
11 42 (14.29%) OSPF
12 41 (13.95%) TCP/IP
12 41 (13.95%) VLAN
13 35 (11.90%) Internet
14 28 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
15 27 (9.18%) Cisco ISE
16 26 (8.84%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Git
1 1 (0.34%) GitLab
1 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.93%) Finance
3 36 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (12.24%) Telecoms
4 22 (7.48%) Law
5 10 (3.40%) Banking
5 10 (3.40%) Legal
5 10 (3.40%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.70%) Games
7 5 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.36%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.36%) Publishing
9 3 (1.02%) Marketing
9 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Retail
10 2 (0.68%) Billing
10 2 (0.68%) Japanese Language
10 2 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.42%) 802.1X
2 7 (2.38%) HTML
3 5 (1.70%) LAMP
3 5 (1.70%) XMPP
4 2 (0.68%) LDAP
5 1 (0.34%) ADO
5 1 (0.34%) EDI
5 1 (0.34%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 82 (27.89%) Data Centre
2 28 (9.52%) PKI
3 11 (3.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (3.74%) Hedge funds
4 10 (3.40%) Linux Command Line
4 10 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.70%) Replication
6 5 (1.70%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.36%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.34%) CCTV
10 1 (0.34%) Derivative
10 1 (0.34%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.34%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.82%) Windows
2 18 (6.12%) Linux
3 15 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (2.38%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.70%) VMS
7 4 (1.36%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.02%) Debian
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.34%) Unix
9 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.07%) ITIL
2 54 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (15.65%) Network Design
4 39 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (12.59%) Network Monitoring
6 32 (10.88%) Customer Service
7 30 (10.20%) Network Management
8 29 (9.86%) Mentoring
9 28 (9.52%) Roadmaps
10 27 (9.18%) Infrastructure Management
11 25 (8.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (8.16%) Customer Experience
12 24 (8.16%) Project Delivery
13 23 (7.82%) Technology Roadmap
14 21 (7.14%) Data Modelling
15 20 (6.80%) Service Delivery
16 16 (5.44%) DevOps
16 16 (5.44%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.80%) Python
2 18 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.78%) Bash
4 7 (2.38%) C#
4 7 (2.38%) SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 112 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
2 81 (27.55%) CCNP
3 54 (18.37%) CCNA
4 32 (10.88%) Degree
5 18 (6.12%) CCIE
6 10 (3.40%) JNCIA
6 10 (3.40%) JNCIP
7 5 (1.70%) CISA
7 5 (1.70%) CISSP
8 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.36%) MCSA
8 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.36%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.02%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 3 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.02%) GIAC
10 2 (0.68%) CCIP
10 2 (0.68%) CCSA
10 2 (0.68%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.12%) SLA
2 9 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.70%) NCSC
4 3 (1.02%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 17 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.70%) vSphere
5 1 (0.34%) Docker
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (7.48%) FortiGate
2 10 (3.40%) Ansible
3 8 (2.72%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.38%) Stealthwatch
5 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.04%) Terraform
6 5 (1.70%) SCCM
7 3 (1.02%) Grafana
7 3 (1.02%) Nessus
7 3 (1.02%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.02%) Salt
7 3 (1.02%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (1.02%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.68%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.34%) Icinga
9 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.34%) Nmap
9 1 (0.34%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 164 (55.78%) Cisco
2 70 (23.81%) Palo Alto
3 62 (21.09%) Juniper
4 58 (19.73%) SolarWinds
5 51 (17.35%) Fortinet
6 50 (17.01%) Microsoft
7 42 (14.29%) Meraki
8 35 (11.90%) CheckPoint
9 31 (10.54%) Aruba
10 25 (8.50%) VMware
11 23 (7.82%) F5
11 23 (7.82%) HP
11 23 (7.82%) Sandvine
12 20 (6.80%) Veeam
13 13 (4.42%) LogicMonitor
13 13 (4.42%) NetApp
14 10 (3.40%) Citrix
14 10 (3.40%) Nokia
14 10 (3.40%) Splunk
15 8 (2.72%) Riverbed