Network Engineer Jobs in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in 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 235 331 485
Rank change year-on-year +96 +154 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 303 326 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.25% 1.02% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.08% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 270 258 389
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +12.07%
75th Percentile £77,085 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 22,824 30,324 70,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.02% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,907 22,700 34,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 June 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 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
Central London +65 56 £60,000 - 8
West London +10 14 £52,500 +0.96% 3
South London -9 8 £57,500 +15.00%
North London - 3 £45,000 - 1
East London +24 1 £55,000 +57.14% 3
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 164 (54.13%) Cisco
2 156 (51.49%) Firewall
3 150 (49.50%) WAN
4 133 (43.89%) LAN
5 116 (38.28%) Cisco Certification
6 97 (32.01%) Azure
7 91 (30.03%) VPN
7 91 (30.03%) Wireless
8 90 (29.70%) Network Security
9 82 (27.06%) CCNP
10 80 (26.40%) Data Centre
11 76 (25.08%) BGP
12 72 (23.76%) Wi-Fi
13 69 (22.77%) SD-WAN
14 65 (21.45%) Palo Alto
15 63 (20.79%) ITIL
16 62 (20.46%) SolarWinds
17 60 (19.80%) MPLS
18 58 (19.14%) Juniper
19 57 (18.81%) CCNA
20 53 (17.49%) Fortinet
21 52 (17.16%) DHCP
21 52 (17.16%) Social Skills
22 51 (16.83%) DNS
22 51 (16.83%) OSPF
23 50 (16.50%) Microsoft
24 46 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
24 46 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
25 44 (14.52%) TCP/IP
26 43 (14.19%) Finance

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 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.32%) IIS
3 4 (1.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (3.30%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 97 (32.01%) Azure
2 41 (13.53%) AWS
3 16 (5.28%) SaaS
4 14 (4.62%) PaaS
5 13 (4.29%) IaaS
5 13 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.63%) Datadog
6 11 (3.63%) Rubrik
7 8 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 6 (1.98%) GCP
10 5 (1.65%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (1.32%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.99%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
14 1 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.33%) AWS Lambda
14 1 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 156 (51.49%) Firewall
2 150 (49.50%) WAN
3 133 (43.89%) LAN
4 91 (30.03%) VPN
4 91 (30.03%) Wireless
5 90 (29.70%) Network Security
6 76 (25.08%) BGP
7 72 (23.76%) Wi-Fi
8 69 (22.77%) SD-WAN
9 60 (19.80%) MPLS
10 52 (17.16%) DHCP
11 51 (16.83%) DNS
11 51 (16.83%) OSPF
12 44 (14.52%) TCP/IP
13 41 (13.53%) VLAN
14 40 (13.20%) Internet
15 39 (12.87%) Cisco Firepower
16 29 (9.57%) IPsec
17 28 (9.24%) Ethernet
18 26 (8.58%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.98%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.66%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) GitLab
1 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 52 (17.16%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.19%) Finance
3 38 (12.54%) Telecoms
4 28 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.60%) Law
6 10 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.30%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.97%) Banking
7 9 (2.97%) Legal
8 5 (1.65%) Retail
9 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.32%) Mandarin Language
9 4 (1.32%) Marketing
9 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.32%) Publishing
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Front Office
11 2 (0.66%) Games
11 2 (0.66%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.63%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.65%) XMPP
3 4 (1.32%) LAMP
4 3 (0.99%) HTML
5 1 (0.33%) ADO
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
5 1 (0.33%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 80 (26.40%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.25%) PKI
3 15 (4.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 12 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.65%) Hedge funds
7 5 (1.65%) Replication
8 4 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.66%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.33%) CCTV
11 1 (0.33%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.33%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.94%) Windows
2 13 (4.29%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (3.30%) Linux
5 6 (1.98%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.65%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.32%) VMS
8 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.33%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (20.79%) ITIL
2 46 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (12.87%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (12.21%) Network Design
5 31 (10.23%) Customer Service
5 31 (10.23%) Network Monitoring
6 30 (9.90%) Network Management
7 29 (9.57%) Mentoring
8 25 (8.25%) Roadmaps
9 24 (7.92%) Infrastructure Management
10 23 (7.59%) Project Delivery
10 23 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (7.26%) Customer Experience
11 22 (7.26%) Technology Roadmap
12 21 (6.93%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (6.27%) Data Modelling
14 17 (5.61%) DevOps
15 15 (4.95%) Service Delivery
16 14 (4.62%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.95%) PowerShell
1 15 (4.95%) Python
2 9 (2.97%) Bash
3 3 (0.99%) C#
3 3 (0.99%) SQL
4 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 116 (38.28%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (27.06%) CCNP
3 57 (18.81%) CCNA
4 41 (13.53%) Degree
5 16 (5.28%) CCIE
6 14 (4.62%) JNCIA
7 13 (4.29%) JNCIP
8 7 (2.31%) CISA
8 7 (2.31%) CISSP
9 5 (1.65%) JNCIS
9 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.32%) GIAC
10 4 (1.32%) MCSA
10 4 (1.32%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.99%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 3 (0.99%) CISM
11 3 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.94%) SLA
2 9 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.98%) NCSC
4 3 (0.99%) NIST
4 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.66%) QA
6 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.32%) vSphere
3 3 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.33%) Docker
4 1 (0.33%) Firmware
4 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (8.58%) FortiGate
2 9 (2.97%) Ansible
3 7 (2.31%) Terraform
4 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (1.32%) Nessus
5 4 (1.32%) SCCM
6 3 (0.99%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.99%) SolarWinds Orion
6 3 (0.99%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.66%) CASB
7 2 (0.66%) Grafana
7 2 (0.66%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.33%) Nmap
8 1 (0.33%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 164 (54.13%) Cisco
2 65 (21.45%) Palo Alto
3 62 (20.46%) SolarWinds
4 58 (19.14%) Juniper
5 53 (17.49%) Fortinet
6 50 (16.50%) Microsoft
7 43 (14.19%) Meraki
8 37 (12.21%) CheckPoint
9 27 (8.91%) Aruba
10 24 (7.92%) HP
11 23 (7.59%) F5
12 21 (6.93%) Sandvine
13 19 (6.27%) Veeam
14 17 (5.61%) VMware
15 13 (4.29%) LogicMonitor
15 13 (4.29%) NetApp
16 9 (2.97%) Citrix
16 9 (2.97%) Nokia
17 7 (2.31%) Splunk
18 6 (1.98%) Yealink