Network Engineer Jobs in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 331 464
Rank change year-on-year +83 +133 -145
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 288 333 504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.22% 0.99% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.04% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 263 260 372
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,024
25th Percentile £49,625 £48,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +12.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £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% +5.00%

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 22,283 31,984 66,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.13% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,636 23,610 34,531
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £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 £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +70 51 £55,000 -8.33% 18
West London +4 14 £52,500 +0.96% 4
South London -6 7 £57,500 +15.00%
North London - 2 £45,000 -
East London +21 1 £55,000 +57.14% 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 159 (55.21%) Cisco
2 152 (52.78%) WAN
3 148 (51.39%) Firewall
4 134 (46.53%) LAN
5 116 (40.28%) Cisco Certification
6 90 (31.25%) Wireless
7 85 (29.51%) VPN
7 85 (29.51%) Network Security
8 83 (28.82%) Azure
8 83 (28.82%) CCNP
8 83 (28.82%) Data Centre
9 69 (23.96%) BGP
10 66 (22.92%) Palo Alto
10 66 (22.92%) SD-WAN
11 65 (22.57%) Wi-Fi
12 62 (21.53%) ITIL
13 61 (21.18%) Juniper
13 61 (21.18%) MPLS
14 60 (20.83%) SolarWinds
15 56 (19.44%) CCNA
16 54 (18.75%) DNS
17 53 (18.40%) Social Skills
18 51 (17.71%) DHCP
19 49 (17.01%) Microsoft
20 48 (16.67%) Fortinet
20 48 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
21 47 (16.32%) OSPF
22 44 (15.28%) TCP/IP
22 44 (15.28%) VLAN
23 43 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineering

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 12 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.39%) IIS
3 4 (1.39%) WordPress
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.47%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (28.82%) Azure
2 35 (12.15%) AWS
3 13 (4.51%) SaaS
4 11 (3.82%) Datadog
4 11 (3.82%) IaaS
4 11 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.82%) PaaS
4 11 (3.82%) Rubrik
5 8 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.74%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (1.39%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.04%) GCP
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.69%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 152 (52.78%) WAN
2 148 (51.39%) Firewall
3 134 (46.53%) LAN
4 90 (31.25%) Wireless
5 85 (29.51%) Network Security
5 85 (29.51%) VPN
6 69 (23.96%) BGP
7 66 (22.92%) SD-WAN
8 65 (22.57%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (21.18%) MPLS
10 54 (18.75%) DNS
11 51 (17.71%) DHCP
12 47 (16.32%) OSPF
13 44 (15.28%) TCP/IP
13 44 (15.28%) VLAN
14 40 (13.89%) Cisco Firepower
15 38 (13.19%) Internet
16 28 (9.72%) IPsec
17 27 (9.38%) Cisco Nexus
18 26 (9.03%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.69%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Git
1 1 (0.35%) GitLab
1 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (18.40%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.50%) Finance
2 36 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 34 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.64%) Law
5 10 (3.47%) Banking
5 10 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.13%) Legal
7 4 (1.39%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.39%) Marketing
7 4 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.39%) Publishing
7 4 (1.39%) Retail
8 2 (0.69%) Billing
8 2 (0.69%) Front Office
8 2 (0.69%) Japanese Language
8 2 (0.69%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.17%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.74%) HTML
2 5 (1.74%) XMPP
3 4 (1.39%) LAMP
4 1 (0.35%) ADO
4 1 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 83 (28.82%) Data Centre
2 26 (9.03%) PKI
3 12 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.78%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.74%) Replication
9 4 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.69%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.69%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.35%) CCTV
12 1 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.35%) NHS
12 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.90%) Windows
2 12 (4.17%) Linux
2 12 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (1.74%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.74%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.39%) VMS
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (21.53%) ITIL
2 48 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (13.89%) Network Design
5 38 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (12.15%) Network Monitoring
7 31 (10.76%) Customer Service
7 31 (10.76%) Network Management
8 28 (9.72%) Mentoring
9 26 (9.03%) Infrastructure Management
9 26 (9.03%) Roadmaps
10 24 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (7.99%) Customer Experience
11 23 (7.99%) Project Delivery
11 23 (7.99%) Technology Roadmap
12 21 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
13 20 (6.94%) Data Modelling
14 16 (5.56%) Service Delivery
15 15 (5.21%) SIEM
16 14 (4.86%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.21%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.86%) Python
3 11 (3.82%) Bash
4 5 (1.74%) C#
4 5 (1.74%) SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 116 (40.28%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (28.82%) CCNP
3 56 (19.44%) CCNA
4 37 (12.85%) Degree
5 16 (5.56%) CCIE
6 13 (4.51%) JNCIP
7 12 (4.17%) JNCIA
8 6 (2.08%) CISA
8 6 (2.08%) CISSP
9 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.39%) GIAC
9 4 (1.39%) MCSA
9 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.39%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.04%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 3 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.04%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.69%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.69%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.90%) SLA
2 8 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.08%) NCSC
4 3 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.74%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.39%) vSphere
5 1 (0.35%) Docker
5 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (7.64%) FortiGate
2 7 (2.43%) Ansible
3 6 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.74%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (1.74%) Terraform
5 4 (1.39%) Nessus
5 4 (1.39%) SCCM
6 3 (1.04%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.69%) Grafana
7 2 (0.69%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.69%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.35%) Icinga
8 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.35%) Nagios
8 1 (0.35%) Nmap
8 1 (0.35%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 159 (55.21%) Cisco
2 66 (22.92%) Palo Alto
3 61 (21.18%) Juniper
4 60 (20.83%) SolarWinds
5 49 (17.01%) Microsoft
6 48 (16.67%) Fortinet
7 39 (13.54%) Meraki
8 36 (12.50%) CheckPoint
9 26 (9.03%) Aruba
10 23 (7.99%) HP
11 22 (7.64%) Sandvine
12 21 (7.29%) F5
12 21 (7.29%) VMware
13 19 (6.60%) Veeam
14 13 (4.51%) LogicMonitor
14 13 (4.51%) NetApp
15 10 (3.47%) Citrix
16 9 (3.13%) Splunk
17 8 (2.78%) Nokia
18 6 (2.08%) Mitel