Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 146 358
Rank change year-on-year -107 +212 -73
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,144 2,415 1,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 2.45% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.50% 15.49% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 957 884 1,125
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,125 £93,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 -94 997 £60,000 +4.35% 355
UK excluding London -140 758 £53,500 +1.90% 264
Work from Home -33 413 £60,000 +0.80% 156
London -16 319 £72,500 +3.57% 171
North of England -103 219 £52,500 - 49
South East -13 182 £60,000 +16.50% 118
North West -111 124 £53,500 +0.94% 27
South West -37 111 £60,000 +0.80% 22
Midlands -134 104 £42,864 -28.56% 31
Yorkshire -33 79 £50,000 -5.66% 16
West Midlands -97 73 £43,227 -27.96% 24
East of England -42 58 £48,000 +12.94% 17
Scotland -129 58 £60,000 +0.80% 24
East Midlands -68 31 £32,500 -21.99% 5
North East -7 22 £53,750 +16.84% 6
Wales -25 21 £44,886 +25.85% 9
Northern Ireland +17 10 £35,000 -23.08%
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 -

Network Security
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 72 (6.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.87%) Apache
4 8 (0.70%) Skype for Business
5 7 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.17%) Confluence
8 2 (0.17%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.087%) Moodle
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.087%) Totara
9 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 61 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.44%) FrameMaker
3 5 (0.44%) RoboHelp
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.087%) HFM
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.087%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.087%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 337 (29.46%) Azure
2 174 (15.21%) AWS
3 157 (13.72%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (6.03%) Cloud Computing
5 63 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (5.16%) Entra ID
7 42 (3.67%) SaaS
8 29 (2.53%) GCP
9 28 (2.45%) PaaS
9 28 (2.45%) Power Platform
10 26 (2.27%) IaaS
11 19 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (1.40%) Serverless
13 14 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 13 (1.14%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (1.05%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 448 (39.16%) Firewall
2 245 (21.42%) LAN
3 240 (20.98%) WAN
4 214 (18.71%) VPN
5 127 (11.10%) Wireless
6 122 (10.66%) DNS
7 115 (10.05%) TCP/IP
8 103 (9.00%) Wi-Fi
9 89 (7.78%) SD-WAN
10 62 (5.42%) DHCP
11 61 (5.33%) BGP
11 61 (5.33%) VLAN
12 60 (5.24%) Internet
13 57 (4.98%) MPLS
13 57 (4.98%) OSPF
13 57 (4.98%) SSL
14 53 (4.63%) Intrusion Detection
15 51 (4.46%) WLAN
16 43 (3.76%) Cisco Firepower
17 40 (3.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (2.45%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.01%) Power BI
3 16 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.05%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 11 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.70%) Redis
8 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.44%) Big Data
9 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.44%) Flink
9 5 (0.44%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.35%) Tableau
11 3 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (2.45%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.45%) Metasploit
2 25 (2.19%) Git
3 19 (1.66%) JIRA
4 13 (1.14%) Jasmine
4 13 (1.14%) NUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
4 13 (1.14%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.61%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.17%) git-flow
8 1 (0.087%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.087%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.087%) GitLab
General
1 324 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 148 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (11.28%) Finance
4 80 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 58 (5.07%) Telecoms
6 46 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 42 (3.67%) Military
8 34 (2.97%) Marketing
9 33 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 33 (2.88%) Retail
10 32 (2.80%) Law
11 30 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 23 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.22%) Games
15 12 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.05%) Legal
15 12 (1.05%) Police
16 11 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 246 (21.50%) Network Engineer
2 206 (18.01%) Senior
3 126 (11.01%) Security Engineer
4 110 (9.62%) Architect
5 83 (7.26%) Analyst
5 83 (7.26%) Consultant
6 80 (6.99%) Lead
7 75 (6.56%) Security Consultant
8 74 (6.47%) Network Security Engineer
9 73 (6.38%) Senior Network Engineer
10 58 (5.07%) IT Engineer
10 58 (5.07%) IT Manager
11 54 (4.72%) Support Engineer
12 50 (4.37%) IT Support
13 48 (4.20%) Software Engineer
14 43 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 42 (3.67%) Azure Engineer
15 42 (3.67%) Security Analyst
16 41 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
16 41 (3.58%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (1.84%) 802.1X
3 19 (1.66%) RESTful
4 18 (1.57%) HTML
5 17 (1.49%) Web Services
6 16 (1.40%) .NET
7 15 (1.31%) CSS
8 14 (1.22%) ASP.NET
9 13 (1.14%) .NET Framework
9 13 (1.14%) Entity Framework
10 12 (1.05%) .NET Core
10 12 (1.05%) Middleware
11 11 (0.96%) ARM Templates
11 11 (0.96%) LDAP
12 8 (0.70%) OpenID
12 8 (0.70%) SAML
13 7 (0.61%) HTML5
14 6 (0.52%) ASP.NET Web API
14 6 (0.52%) Kafka
15 5 (0.44%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 141 (12.33%) Data Centre
2 104 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 61 (5.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 51 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (4.11%) Onboarding
6 41 (3.58%) Security Posture
7 39 (3.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 37 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 36 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
10 35 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
11 31 (2.71%) Driving Licence
12 24 (2.10%) PKI
13 22 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.75%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.57%) Operational Technology
16 17 (1.49%) CCTV
16 17 (1.49%) Cloud Native
16 17 (1.49%) Virtual Team
17 14 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
18 13 (1.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 204 (17.83%) Windows
2 145 (12.67%) Linux
3 70 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 37 (3.23%) Mac OS
5 36 (3.15%) Kali Linux
6 27 (2.36%) Apple iOS
7 25 (2.19%) Android
8 20 (1.75%) Windows 10
9 18 (1.57%) Unix
10 17 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (1.40%) VMS
11 16 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
12 12 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.26%) CatOS
13 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.087%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.087%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (32.87%) Cybersecurity
2 262 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (17.48%) Information Security
4 184 (16.08%) Computer Science
5 151 (13.20%) Agile
6 142 (12.41%) SIEM
7 132 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
8 128 (11.19%) ITIL
9 123 (10.75%) Cloud Security
10 122 (10.66%) DevOps
11 121 (10.58%) Security Operations
12 91 (7.95%) Roadmaps
13 90 (7.87%) Project Management
14 89 (7.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 85 (7.43%) Security Architecture
15 85 (7.43%) Software Engineering
16 80 (6.99%) Customer Service
17 79 (6.91%) Analytics
17 79 (6.91%) Mentoring
18 75 (6.56%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (10.49%) Python
2 86 (7.52%) PowerShell
3 71 (6.21%) SQL
4 38 (3.32%) C
5 37 (3.23%) Bash
6 35 (3.06%) C++
7 28 (2.45%) C#
8 26 (2.27%) Bicep
9 25 (2.19%) Java
10 19 (1.66%) JavaScript
11 12 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.96%) U-SQL
13 9 (0.79%) Go
14 5 (0.44%) R
14 5 (0.44%) Scala
14 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.44%) VBA
15 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 237 (20.72%) Degree
2 212 (18.53%) Cisco Certification
3 158 (13.81%) Security Cleared
4 141 (12.33%) CCNP
5 140 (12.24%) CISSP
6 133 (11.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 90 (7.87%) CCNA
8 83 (7.26%) SC Cleared
9 77 (6.73%) DV Cleared
10 74 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 51 (4.46%) CCIE
12 47 (4.11%) Azure Certification
13 45 (3.93%) CISM
14 43 (3.76%) MCP
15 34 (2.97%) DBS Check
16 32 (2.80%) A+ Certification
17 29 (2.53%) CCSP
17 29 (2.53%) SANS
18 27 (2.36%) CEH
19 25 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (14.42%) NIST
2 97 (8.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.53%) NIST 800
5 27 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (2.27%) NCSC
7 22 (1.92%) GDPR
8 20 (1.75%) SLA
9 17 (1.49%) GRC
10 13 (1.14%) COBIT
11 12 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.70%) HIPAA
13 7 (0.61%) DO-254
14 6 (0.52%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.44%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.26%) GxP
17 2 (0.17%) Accessibility
17 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
17 2 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 164 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 50 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (3.41%) Hyper-V
4 38 (3.32%) Docker
5 28 (2.45%) vSphere
6 23 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.61%) XenApp
8 7 (0.61%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.52%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.17%) Firmware
11 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.087%) NFS
12 1 (0.087%) Snort
Systems Management
1 65 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 52 (4.55%) Terraform
3 38 (3.32%) WSUS
4 32 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (2.53%) Ansible
6 25 (2.19%) SCCM
7 15 (1.31%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.22%) Nmap
9 13 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (0.87%) Grafana
11 10 (0.87%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.79%) Nessus
13 7 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
13 7 (0.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.61%) MIIS
14 6 (0.52%) CASB
14 6 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.52%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.44%) Suricata
Vendors
1 335 (29.28%) Cisco
2 305 (26.66%) Microsoft
3 97 (8.48%) Palo Alto
4 78 (6.82%) Juniper
5 74 (6.47%) VMware
6 69 (6.03%) SolarWinds
7 68 (5.94%) CheckPoint
8 56 (4.90%) Fortinet
9 53 (4.63%) Meraki
10 42 (3.67%) Splunk
11 33 (2.88%) F5
12 32 (2.80%) Aruba
13 30 (2.62%) Tanium
14 27 (2.36%) Tripwire
15 24 (2.10%) Qualys
16 23 (2.01%) Citrix
16 23 (2.01%) Zscaler
17 21 (1.84%) Blue Coat
18 19 (1.66%) HP
19 18 (1.57%) Veeam