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 leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 311 477
Rank change year-on-year +67 +166 -128
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 313 323 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.27% 1.03% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 1.08% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 273 256 397
10th Percentile £43,232 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +12.07%
75th Percentile £77,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £96,875 £92,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year 0.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 23,255 29,806 71,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.99% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17,131 22,408 34,801
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +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 10 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 10 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 +60 61 £60,000 - 6
West London -5 12 £52,500 +5.00% 2
South London -14 8 £57,500 +15.00%
North London - 3 £45,000 - 1
East London +25 1 £55,000 +57.14% 4
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 165 (52.72%) Cisco
2 156 (49.84%) Firewall
3 147 (46.96%) WAN
4 133 (42.49%) LAN
5 123 (39.30%) Cisco Certification
6 101 (32.27%) Azure
7 93 (29.71%) Wireless
8 90 (28.75%) VPN
9 89 (28.43%) Network Security
10 86 (27.48%) CCNP
11 83 (26.52%) Data Centre
12 82 (26.20%) BGP
13 73 (23.32%) Wi-Fi
14 68 (21.73%) SD-WAN
15 66 (21.09%) Palo Alto
16 65 (20.77%) ITIL
17 62 (19.81%) SolarWinds
18 61 (19.49%) MPLS
19 60 (19.17%) CCNA
20 56 (17.89%) Juniper
20 56 (17.89%) Fortinet
21 55 (17.57%) Social Skills
22 54 (17.25%) OSPF
23 52 (16.61%) DHCP
24 51 (16.29%) DNS
24 51 (16.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
25 49 (15.65%) Microsoft
26 47 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
27 46 (14.70%) TCP/IP
27 46 (14.70%) 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 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.28%) IIS
2 4 (1.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.19%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 101 (32.27%) Azure
2 44 (14.06%) AWS
3 17 (5.43%) SaaS
4 15 (4.79%) PaaS
5 14 (4.47%) IaaS
6 13 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.51%) Datadog
7 11 (3.51%) Rubrik
8 9 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.24%) GCP
11 5 (1.60%) AWS Direct Connect
12 4 (1.28%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.96%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
14 2 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 1 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 1 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
15 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 156 (49.84%) Firewall
2 147 (46.96%) WAN
3 133 (42.49%) LAN
4 93 (29.71%) Wireless
5 90 (28.75%) VPN
6 89 (28.43%) Network Security
7 82 (26.20%) BGP
8 73 (23.32%) Wi-Fi
9 68 (21.73%) SD-WAN
10 61 (19.49%) MPLS
11 54 (17.25%) OSPF
12 52 (16.61%) DHCP
13 51 (16.29%) DNS
14 46 (14.70%) TCP/IP
15 42 (13.42%) Internet
16 41 (13.10%) VLAN
17 35 (11.18%) Cisco Firepower
18 30 (9.58%) Ethernet
18 30 (9.58%) IPsec
19 26 (8.31%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.64%) GitLab
1 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.32%) Git
General
1 55 (17.57%) Social Skills
2 46 (14.70%) Finance
3 38 (12.14%) Telecoms
4 27 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.39%) Law
6 10 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.88%) Banking
7 9 (2.88%) Legal
8 7 (2.24%) Mandarin Language
9 5 (1.60%) Retail
10 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.28%) Marketing
10 4 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.28%) Publishing
11 2 (0.64%) Front Office
11 2 (0.64%) Games
11 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.19%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.60%) XMPP
3 4 (1.28%) LAMP
4 1 (0.32%) ADO
4 1 (0.32%) EDI
4 1 (0.32%) HTML
4 1 (0.32%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 83 (26.52%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.67%) PKI
3 16 (5.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.88%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.60%) Replication
8 4 (1.28%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.96%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.64%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.32%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.32%) NHS
11 1 (0.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.43%) Windows
2 12 (3.83%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 10 (3.19%) Linux
5 6 (1.92%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.60%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) Unix
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (20.77%) ITIL
2 51 (16.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 47 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (12.78%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (11.50%) Network Design
6 32 (10.22%) Customer Service
7 31 (9.90%) Network Management
8 30 (9.58%) Mentoring
9 29 (9.27%) Network Monitoring
10 25 (7.99%) Roadmaps
11 24 (7.67%) Infrastructure Management
12 23 (7.35%) Project Delivery
12 23 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (7.03%) Customer Experience
13 22 (7.03%) Technology Roadmap
14 19 (6.07%) Data Modelling
15 18 (5.75%) Disaster Recovery
16 16 (5.11%) DevOps
17 15 (4.79%) SIEM
18 14 (4.47%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.79%) Python
2 13 (4.15%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.88%) Bash
4 1 (0.32%) C#
4 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (39.30%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (27.48%) CCNP
3 60 (19.17%) CCNA
4 45 (14.38%) Degree
5 17 (5.43%) CCIE
6 15 (4.79%) JNCIA
7 13 (4.15%) JNCIP
8 7 (2.24%) CISA
8 7 (2.24%) CISSP
8 7 (2.24%) JNCIS
9 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.28%) GIAC
10 4 (1.28%) MCSA
10 4 (1.28%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.96%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 3 (0.96%) CCSA
11 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.75%) SLA
2 9 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.24%) NCSC
4 5 (1.60%) NIST
5 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.64%) QA
6 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.28%) vSphere
3 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Docker
5 1 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.95%) FortiGate
2 9 (2.88%) Ansible
3 7 (2.24%) Terraform
4 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.60%) Nessus
6 4 (1.28%) SCCM
7 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.96%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.64%) CASB
8 2 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.64%) Grafana
8 2 (0.64%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.32%) Nmap
9 1 (0.32%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.32%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 165 (52.72%) Cisco
2 66 (21.09%) Palo Alto
3 62 (19.81%) SolarWinds
4 56 (17.89%) Fortinet
4 56 (17.89%) Juniper
5 49 (15.65%) Microsoft
6 42 (13.42%) Meraki
7 38 (12.14%) CheckPoint
8 26 (8.31%) Aruba
9 23 (7.35%) F5
9 23 (7.35%) HP
10 21 (6.71%) Sandvine
11 19 (6.07%) Veeam
12 16 (5.11%) VMware
13 13 (4.15%) LogicMonitor
13 13 (4.15%) NetApp
14 10 (3.19%) Citrix
15 8 (2.56%) Nokia
16 6 (1.92%) Remedy
16 6 (1.92%) Riverbed