Network Security Jobs in England

Network Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 140 380
Rank change year-on-year -106 +240 -100
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,034 2,218 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.14% 2.64% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.49% 16.11% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 860 779 940
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in England.

Salary trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in England

Network Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the England 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
London -14 326 £72,500 +9.85% 106
North of England -120 224 £52,500 - 44
South East -18 188 £60,000 +14.29% 61
North West -115 127 £53,500 +0.94% 27
South West -40 114 £67,500 +13.40% 22
Midlands -140 113 £43,227 -27.96% 24
West Midlands -110 82 £44,351 -26.08% 21
Yorkshire -55 81 £50,000 -5.66% 14
East of England -52 60 £48,500 +7.78% 14
East Midlands -94 31 £32,500 -30.97% 3
North East -18 22 £53,750 +13.16% 3
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 63 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.77%) Apache
3 8 (0.77%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.29%) nginx
6 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.19%) Confluence
6 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.097%) IIS
7 1 (0.097%) Moodle
7 1 (0.097%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.097%) Totara
7 1 (0.097%) WebLogic
Applications
1 56 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.19%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.097%) HFM
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.097%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 311 (30.08%) Azure
2 162 (15.67%) AWS
3 152 (14.70%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (6.38%) Cloud Computing
5 58 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 36 (3.48%) SaaS
8 28 (2.71%) GCP
8 28 (2.71%) Power Platform
9 22 (2.13%) PaaS
10 20 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (1.55%) IaaS
13 15 (1.45%) Serverless
14 14 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 13 (1.26%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.16%) iTunes
17 11 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (1.06%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 407 (39.36%) Firewall
2 212 (20.50%) LAN
3 211 (20.41%) WAN
4 174 (16.83%) VPN
5 118 (11.41%) Wireless
6 105 (10.15%) DNS
7 102 (9.86%) TCP/IP
8 96 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
9 83 (8.03%) SD-WAN
10 58 (5.61%) BGP
10 58 (5.61%) SSL
11 57 (5.51%) OSPF
12 56 (5.42%) DHCP
13 50 (4.84%) VLAN
14 49 (4.74%) Internet
15 47 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
16 46 (4.45%) MPLS
17 42 (4.06%) Cisco Firepower
18 41 (3.97%) WLAN
19 38 (3.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.22%) Power BI
1 23 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.16%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.06%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.06%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 8 (0.77%) Redis
7 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.48%) Flink
8 5 (0.48%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.39%) Tableau
10 3 (0.29%) Big Data
10 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (2.71%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.71%) Metasploit
2 27 (2.61%) Git
3 19 (1.84%) JIRA
4 14 (1.35%) Jasmine
4 14 (1.35%) NUnit
4 14 (1.35%) Selenium
4 14 (1.35%) Visual Studio
4 14 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.68%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.19%) git-flow
8 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.097%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.097%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.097%) GitLab
General
1 294 (28.43%) Social Skills
2 136 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (12.48%) Finance
4 52 (5.03%) Telecoms
5 39 (3.77%) Military
6 38 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 37 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (3.38%) Law
9 34 (3.29%) Marketing
10 33 (3.19%) Retail
11 31 (3.00%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.42%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.26%) Legal
16 10 (0.97%) Multimedia
17 9 (0.87%) Electronics
17 9 (0.87%) Games
17 9 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 225 (21.76%) Network Engineer
2 179 (17.31%) Senior
3 122 (11.80%) Security Engineer
4 99 (9.57%) Architect
5 81 (7.83%) Lead
6 77 (7.45%) Consultant
7 75 (7.25%) Analyst
8 70 (6.77%) Network Security Engineer
8 70 (6.77%) Security Consultant
9 65 (6.29%) Senior Network Engineer
10 58 (5.61%) IT Engineer
11 53 (5.13%) IT Manager
12 51 (4.93%) Support Engineer
13 47 (4.55%) IT Support
14 41 (3.97%) Security Analyst
15 39 (3.77%) Security Manager
16 38 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 38 (3.68%) Senior Security Engineer
17 36 (3.48%) Azure Engineer
17 36 (3.48%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.71%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (1.93%) 802.1X
3 19 (1.84%) RESTful
4 16 (1.55%) .NET
4 16 (1.55%) HTML
5 15 (1.45%) ASP.NET
6 14 (1.35%) .NET Framework
6 14 (1.35%) CSS
6 14 (1.35%) Entity Framework
7 13 (1.26%) .NET Core
8 11 (1.06%) ARM Templates
8 11 (1.06%) Web Services
9 10 (0.97%) LDAP
10 8 (0.77%) OpenID
10 8 (0.77%) SAML
11 7 (0.68%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (0.68%) HTML5
12 6 (0.58%) Kafka
12 6 (0.58%) Middleware
13 5 (0.48%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 130 (12.57%) Data Centre
2 88 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 57 (5.51%) Security Operations Centre
4 45 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 42 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 40 (3.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 36 (3.48%) Cyber Defence
7 36 (3.48%) Security Posture
8 32 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
9 29 (2.80%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 22 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.93%) PKI
12 20 (1.93%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.74%) CCTV
14 17 (1.64%) Cloud Native
14 17 (1.64%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
16 11 (1.06%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 188 (18.18%) Windows
2 117 (11.32%) Linux
3 62 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 36 (3.48%) Kali Linux
4 36 (3.48%) Mac OS
5 27 (2.61%) Apple iOS
6 25 (2.42%) Android
7 21 (2.03%) Windows 10
8 19 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.16%) Unix
11 11 (1.06%) VMS
11 11 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.29%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.29%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.097%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (33.95%) Cybersecurity
2 234 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (18.09%) Information Security
4 171 (16.54%) Computer Science
5 144 (13.93%) Agile
6 143 (13.83%) SIEM
7 120 (11.61%) Vulnerability Management
8 117 (11.32%) ITIL
9 113 (10.93%) Security Operations
10 111 (10.74%) DevOps
11 110 (10.64%) Cloud Security
12 90 (8.70%) Project Management
13 84 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 77 (7.45%) Security Architecture
15 75 (7.25%) Mentoring
16 74 (7.16%) Analytics
17 72 (6.96%) Incident Management
18 71 (6.87%) Customer Service
18 71 (6.87%) Roadmaps
19 68 (6.58%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 116 (11.22%) Python
2 89 (8.61%) PowerShell
3 67 (6.48%) SQL
4 33 (3.19%) Bash
5 29 (2.80%) C#
6 26 (2.51%) Bicep
7 20 (1.93%) JavaScript
8 19 (1.84%) C
8 19 (1.84%) C++
9 16 (1.55%) Java
10 12 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.06%) Go
11 11 (1.06%) U-SQL
12 5 (0.48%) R
12 5 (0.48%) Scala
12 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.48%) VBA
13 3 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 219 (21.18%) Degree
2 184 (17.79%) Cisco Certification
3 147 (14.22%) Security Cleared
4 131 (12.67%) CISSP
5 125 (12.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 121 (11.70%) CCNP
7 84 (8.12%) CCNA
8 78 (7.54%) DV Cleared
9 72 (6.96%) SC Cleared
10 71 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 44 (4.26%) CCIE
11 44 (4.26%) MCP
12 41 (3.97%) CISM
13 38 (3.68%) Azure Certification
14 35 (3.38%) A+ Certification
14 35 (3.38%) DBS Check
15 29 (2.80%) SANS
16 25 (2.42%) CEH
17 23 (2.22%) CCSP
18 19 (1.84%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (14.41%) NIST
2 83 (8.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.87%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.80%) NIST 800
5 24 (2.32%) NCSC
6 23 (2.22%) SLA
7 22 (2.13%) GDPR
8 20 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 18 (1.74%) GRC
10 8 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.68%) COBIT
12 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.58%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 4 (0.39%) DO-254
15 3 (0.29%) GxP
15 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.19%) PMO
17 1 (0.097%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 156 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 46 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (3.68%) Docker
3 38 (3.68%) Hyper-V
4 30 (2.90%) vSphere
5 21 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.58%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.48%) XenApp
8 5 (0.48%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.29%) Firmware
9 3 (0.29%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.097%) NFS
11 1 (0.097%) Snort
Systems Management
1 64 (6.19%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.74%) Terraform
3 33 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (3.19%) WSUS
4 30 (2.90%) Ansible
5 18 (1.74%) SCCM
6 17 (1.64%) FortiGate
7 14 (1.35%) Nmap
8 12 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.97%) Grafana
9 10 (0.97%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.87%) CASB
10 9 (0.87%) Nessus
11 7 (0.68%) MIIS
12 6 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.58%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.48%) OfficeScan
Vendors
1 303 (29.30%) Cisco
2 286 (27.66%) Microsoft
3 89 (8.61%) Palo Alto
4 73 (7.06%) Juniper
5 70 (6.77%) VMware
6 68 (6.58%) SolarWinds
7 59 (5.71%) CheckPoint
8 49 (4.74%) Fortinet
9 45 (4.35%) Meraki
10 41 (3.97%) Splunk
11 34 (3.29%) Aruba
11 34 (3.29%) F5
12 32 (3.09%) Tanium
13 29 (2.80%) Tripwire
14 24 (2.32%) Qualys
15 21 (2.03%) Citrix
16 19 (1.84%) HP
16 19 (1.84%) ServiceNow
17 18 (1.74%) Infoblox
18 17 (1.64%) Veeam