Network Engineer Jobs in Central London

Network Engineer
London > Central London

The median Network Engineer salary in Central London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 199 188
Rank change year-on-year +65 -11 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 56 40 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.48% 0.80% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.84% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 53 37 102
10th Percentile £44,250 £32,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,500 £58,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £94,750 £88,000 £92,000
London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +12.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,611 4,775 8,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.94% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,764 3,960 6,445
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
City of London +62 50 £55,000 -8.33% 8
West End of London +12 1 £40,000 -
Lambeth - 1 £43,227 -
Network Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Central London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (58.93%) Cisco
2 32 (57.14%) Firewall
3 30 (53.57%) WAN
3 30 (53.57%) Azure
4 28 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (48.21%) LAN
5 27 (48.21%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (44.64%) Wireless
7 23 (41.07%) Network Security
8 20 (35.71%) VPN
9 19 (33.93%) DHCP
10 18 (32.14%) CCNA
11 16 (28.57%) DNS
11 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
12 15 (26.79%) IPsec
13 14 (25.00%) Data Centre
13 14 (25.00%) Palo Alto
14 13 (23.21%) IPv4
14 13 (23.21%) Meraki
15 12 (21.43%) SolarWinds
15 12 (21.43%) PKI
15 12 (21.43%) IPv6
15 12 (21.43%) CCNP
15 12 (21.43%) Microsoft
15 12 (21.43%) SD-WAN
16 11 (19.64%) Degree
17 9 (16.07%) OSPF
17 9 (16.07%) BGP
17 9 (16.07%) Project Management
18 8 (14.29%) NetApp

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (53.57%) Azure
2 8 (14.29%) Rubrik
3 6 (10.71%) Datadog
3 6 (10.71%) PaaS
3 6 (10.71%) SaaS
4 5 (8.93%) AWS
5 4 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.14%) IaaS
6 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.57%) GCP
8 1 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 32 (57.14%) Firewall
2 30 (53.57%) WAN
3 28 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (48.21%) LAN
5 25 (44.64%) Wireless
6 23 (41.07%) Network Security
7 20 (35.71%) VPN
8 19 (33.93%) DHCP
9 16 (28.57%) DNS
10 15 (26.79%) IPsec
11 13 (23.21%) IPv4
12 12 (21.43%) IPv6
12 12 (21.43%) SD-WAN
13 9 (16.07%) BGP
13 9 (16.07%) OSPF
14 5 (8.93%) NetScaler
15 4 (7.14%) HSRP
15 4 (7.14%) Internet
15 4 (7.14%) MPLS
15 4 (7.14%) Unified Communications
General
1 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Retail
5 2 (3.57%) Japanese Language
5 2 (3.57%) Law
5 2 (3.57%) Legal
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.79%) Police
6 1 (1.79%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (21.43%) PKI
3 4 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.07%) Project Management
2 7 (12.50%) Load Balancing
2 7 (12.50%) Network Management
3 6 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (8.93%) Change Control
4 5 (8.93%) DevOps
4 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (7.14%) Change Management
5 4 (7.14%) DevSecOps
5 4 (7.14%) IT Strategy
5 4 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.14%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (7.14%) Time Management
6 3 (5.36%) Capacity Management
6 3 (5.36%) Customer Service
6 3 (5.36%) Network Virtualisation
7 2 (3.57%) Mentoring
7 2 (3.57%) Network Optimisation
7 2 (3.57%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) Bash
1 4 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (48.21%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (32.14%) CCNA
3 12 (21.43%) CCNP
4 11 (19.64%) Degree
5 4 (7.14%) JNCIP
6 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.79%) HNC
7 1 (1.79%) HND
7 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.93%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (58.93%) Cisco
2 14 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 13 (23.21%) Meraki
4 12 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 12 (21.43%) SolarWinds
5 8 (14.29%) Aruba
5 8 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 8 (14.29%) HP
5 8 (14.29%) NetApp
5 8 (14.29%) Veeam
6 6 (10.71%) Juniper
6 6 (10.71%) LogicMonitor
6 6 (10.71%) Remedy
7 5 (8.93%) Citrix
8 4 (7.14%) Mitel
8 4 (7.14%) Riverbed
9 1 (1.79%) F5
9 1 (1.79%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.79%) VMware