Network Security Engineer Jobs

Network Security Engineer
UK

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 863 1055
Rank change year-on-year +32 +192 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 68 106 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 66 84 148
10th Percentile £37,125 £41,625 £45,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -2.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £76,585 £70,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £110,625 £88,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £51,750
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.97% -5.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 94,378 91,115 153,780
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.48% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,475 57,415 84,334
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +49 59 £57,500 -8.00% 20
London +110 35 £70,037 +0.05% 11
UK excluding London -40 28 £50,000 -2.44% 12
Work from Home +45 23 £52,500 -9.09% 9
South East -1 10 £52,500 -10.64% 4
North of England +29 8 £50,000 -13.04% 2
North West -10 5 £50,000 -7.41% 1
Yorkshire +76 3 £50,000 -20.00% 1
South West -27 3 £32,500 -38.10%
Scotland - 3 £41,500 - 2
Wales +8 2 £46,250 +46.83%
East of England +4 2 £50,000 -16.67% 1

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Network Security 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 featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 62 (91.18%) Network Security
2 56 (82.35%) Cisco
3 33 (48.53%) Firewall
4 28 (41.18%) LAN
5 27 (39.71%) WAN
6 26 (38.24%) Palo Alto
7 25 (36.76%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (36.76%) AWS
8 24 (35.29%) Azure
8 24 (35.29%) Wireless
8 24 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (30.88%) CCNA
10 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
10 20 (29.41%) Data Centre
11 19 (27.94%) VPN
12 18 (26.47%) CheckPoint
12 18 (26.47%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (23.53%) SD-WAN
14 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (22.06%) VMware
14 15 (22.06%) CCNP
15 13 (19.12%) ITIL
16 12 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
17 11 (16.18%) Cisco Nexus
17 11 (16.18%) BGP
17 11 (16.18%) VLAN
18 10 (14.71%) Security Cleared
18 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
19 9 (13.24%) NGFW
19 9 (13.24%) Cisco Wireless

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (36.76%) AWS
2 24 (35.29%) Azure
3 9 (13.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (11.76%) AWS Direct Connect
4 8 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (8.82%) IaaS
5 6 (8.82%) PaaS
5 6 (8.82%) SaaS
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.94%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 62 (91.18%) Network Security
2 33 (48.53%) Firewall
3 28 (41.18%) LAN
4 27 (39.71%) WAN
5 24 (35.29%) Wireless
6 19 (27.94%) VPN
7 18 (26.47%) Cisco Firepower
8 16 (23.53%) SD-WAN
9 12 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (16.18%) BGP
10 11 (16.18%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (16.18%) VLAN
11 9 (13.24%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (13.24%) NGFW
11 9 (13.24%) TCP/IP
11 9 (13.24%) WLAN
12 7 (10.29%) SSL
12 7 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (8.82%) DMZ
13 6 (8.82%) Unified Communications
General
1 10 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.82%) Finance
2 6 (8.82%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.88%) Marketing
4 4 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.88%) Publishing
5 3 (4.41%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.47%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) 802.1X
2 5 (7.35%) HTML
2 5 (7.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.35%) Hedge funds
2 5 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.35%) PKI
2 5 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.47%) CCTV
5 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Windows
2 5 (7.35%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (19.12%) ITIL
4 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (13.24%) SIEM
5 8 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (8.82%) Computer Science
6 6 (8.82%) Network Management
6 6 (8.82%) Open Source
6 6 (8.82%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.82%) Service Design
7 5 (7.35%) Cloud Security
7 5 (7.35%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (7.35%) DevOps
7 5 (7.35%) Incident Management
7 5 (7.35%) Network Architecture
7 5 (7.35%) Network Design
8 4 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.35%) C#
1 5 (7.35%) PowerShell
1 5 (7.35%) SQL
2 2 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (36.76%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (30.88%) CCNA
3 15 (22.06%) CCNP
4 10 (14.71%) Security Cleared
5 9 (13.24%) SC Cleared
6 8 (11.76%) DV Cleared
7 6 (8.82%) CISSP
7 6 (8.82%) Degree
7 6 (8.82%) MCSA
7 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (7.35%) CISA
9 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.88%) GIAC
9 4 (5.88%) JNCIA
9 4 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (4.41%) CCDP
10 3 (4.41%) CCIE
11 2 (2.94%) CCIP
11 2 (2.94%) MCP
12 1 (1.47%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) NCSC
2 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.47%) GDPR
3 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.41%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Cisco CUCM
1 5 (7.35%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.94%) Nessus
Vendors
1 56 (82.35%) Cisco
2 26 (38.24%) Palo Alto
3 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 18 (26.47%) CheckPoint
5 15 (22.06%) VMware
6 9 (13.24%) F5
6 9 (13.24%) Juniper
6 9 (13.24%) Splunk
7 6 (8.82%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.41%) Forcepoint
8 3 (4.41%) Sophos
8 3 (4.41%) WatchGuard
9 2 (2.94%) Blue Coat
9 2 (2.94%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.94%) HP
9 2 (2.94%) Infoblox
9 2 (2.94%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.47%) Aruba
10 1 (1.47%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (1.47%) Meraki