Network Engineer Job Trends in West London

Network Engineer
London > West London

The median Network Engineer salary in West London is £68,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 51 33
Rank change year-on-year -2 -18 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 3 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.59% 1.57% 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.72% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £50,025 - £37,625
25th Percentile £56,063 - £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 - £51,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.58%
75th Percentile £79,563 - £60,000
90th Percentile £85,075 - £71,250
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West 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 West London with a recognized job title 450 348 293
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.89% 90.86% 92.43%
Number of salaries quoted 255 143 235
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,350 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £89,500 £82,500
London median annual salary £72,434 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% - +3.45%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West 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 West London.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in West London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in West London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in West London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in West London

Network Engineer
Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Ealing - 1 - - 10
Hillingdon - 1 £49,000 -
Network Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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 West London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) Arista
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (33.33%) CWDP
3 1 (33.33%) CWNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Ekahau
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Linux

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless Security
3 1 (33.33%) WPA2
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) French Language
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) BYOD
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Presales
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) CWDP
2 1 (33.33%) CWNA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Arista
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) Ekahau
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds