Network Engineer Jobs in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer salary in London is £58,175 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 328 479
Rank change year-on-year +76 +151 -156
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 287 337 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.21% 1.00% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.05% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 262 263 380
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,175 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% - +9.70%
75th Percentile £75,188 £82,500 £75,000
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 22,286 32,090 67,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,616 23,723 34,810
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 20 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 20 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 +76 52 £55,000 -8.33% 17
West London +6 14 £52,500 +0.96% 5
South London -8 7 £57,500 +15.00%
North London - 2 £45,000 -
East London +21 1 £55,000 +57.14% 17
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 158 (55.05%) Cisco
2 151 (52.61%) WAN
3 148 (51.57%) Firewall
4 133 (46.34%) LAN
5 115 (40.07%) Cisco Certification
6 91 (31.71%) Wireless
7 85 (29.62%) VPN
7 85 (29.62%) Network Security
8 83 (28.92%) Azure
9 82 (28.57%) CCNP
10 81 (28.22%) Data Centre
11 68 (23.69%) BGP
12 66 (23.00%) Palo Alto
12 66 (23.00%) SD-WAN
13 64 (22.30%) Wi-Fi
14 62 (21.60%) ITIL
15 61 (21.25%) Juniper
16 60 (20.91%) MPLS
16 60 (20.91%) SolarWinds
17 55 (19.16%) CCNA
18 54 (18.82%) DNS
19 53 (18.47%) Social Skills
20 51 (17.77%) DHCP
21 48 (16.72%) Microsoft
21 48 (16.72%) Fortinet
21 48 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
22 47 (16.38%) OSPF
23 44 (15.33%) TCP/IP
24 43 (14.98%) VLAN
25 42 (14.63%) 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 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.39%) IIS
3 4 (1.39%) WordPress
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.14%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (28.92%) Azure
2 34 (11.85%) AWS
3 12 (4.18%) Datadog
3 12 (4.18%) Rubrik
3 12 (4.18%) SaaS
4 11 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.48%) IaaS
5 10 (3.48%) PaaS
6 7 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.74%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.39%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.05%) GCP
10 3 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 151 (52.61%) WAN
2 148 (51.57%) Firewall
3 133 (46.34%) LAN
4 91 (31.71%) Wireless
5 85 (29.62%) Network Security
5 85 (29.62%) VPN
6 68 (23.69%) BGP
7 66 (23.00%) SD-WAN
8 64 (22.30%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (20.91%) MPLS
10 54 (18.82%) DNS
11 51 (17.77%) DHCP
12 47 (16.38%) OSPF
13 44 (15.33%) TCP/IP
14 43 (14.98%) VLAN
15 39 (13.59%) Cisco Firepower
16 38 (13.24%) Internet
17 28 (9.76%) IPsec
18 26 (9.06%) Cisco Nexus
18 26 (9.06%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.70%) 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 (18.47%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.54%) Finance
3 35 (12.20%) Telecoms
4 34 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.32%) Law
6 10 (3.48%) Banking
6 10 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.48%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.14%) Legal
8 4 (1.39%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.39%) Marketing
8 4 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.39%) Publishing
8 4 (1.39%) Retail
9 2 (0.70%) Billing
9 2 (0.70%) Front Office
9 2 (0.70%) Japanese Language
9 2 (0.70%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.83%) 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 81 (28.22%) Data Centre
2 26 (9.06%) PKI
3 12 (4.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.14%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.79%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.74%) Replication
9 4 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.05%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.05%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.70%) 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
12 1 (0.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.92%) Windows
2 12 (4.18%) Linux
2 12 (4.18%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.83%) 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 (21.60%) ITIL
2 48 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (14.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (13.94%) Network Design
5 37 (12.89%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (12.20%) Network Monitoring
7 31 (10.80%) Customer Service
7 31 (10.80%) Network Management
8 28 (9.76%) Mentoring
9 26 (9.06%) Infrastructure Management
9 26 (9.06%) Roadmaps
10 24 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (8.01%) Customer Experience
11 23 (8.01%) Project Delivery
11 23 (8.01%) Technology Roadmap
12 21 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
13 20 (6.97%) Data Modelling
14 16 (5.57%) Service Delivery
15 14 (4.88%) DevOps
15 14 (4.88%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.23%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.88%) Python
3 11 (3.83%) Bash
4 5 (1.74%) C#
4 5 (1.74%) SQL
5 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 115 (40.07%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (28.57%) CCNP
3 55 (19.16%) CCNA
4 37 (12.89%) Degree
5 16 (5.57%) CCIE
6 13 (4.53%) JNCIP
7 12 (4.18%) JNCIA
8 6 (2.09%) CISA
8 6 (2.09%) 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 (1.05%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.05%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.70%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.70%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.92%) SLA
2 8 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.09%) NCSC
4 3 (1.05%) 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 (5.23%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.79%) 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 (7.67%) FortiGate
2 7 (2.44%) Ansible
3 6 (2.09%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.74%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (1.74%) Terraform
5 4 (1.39%) SCCM
6 3 (1.05%) Nessus
6 3 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.70%) Grafana
7 2 (0.70%) Rundeck
7 2 (0.70%) 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
1 158 (55.05%) Cisco
2 66 (23.00%) Palo Alto
3 61 (21.25%) Juniper
4 60 (20.91%) SolarWinds
5 48 (16.72%) Fortinet
5 48 (16.72%) Microsoft
6 40 (13.94%) Meraki
7 35 (12.20%) CheckPoint
8 27 (9.41%) Aruba
9 24 (8.36%) HP
10 22 (7.67%) Sandvine
11 21 (7.32%) F5
11 21 (7.32%) VMware
12 20 (6.97%) Veeam
13 14 (4.88%) LogicMonitor
13 14 (4.88%) NetApp
14 10 (3.48%) Citrix
15 9 (3.14%) Splunk
16 8 (2.79%) Nokia
17 6 (2.09%) Mitel