Network Security Jobs in Berkshire

Network Security
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 97 134
Rank change year-on-year -20 +37 0
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 50 96 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.61% 3.05% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.16% 21.10% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 35 17 42
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,674 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £46,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -12.26% -7.83%
75th Percentile £53,125 £54,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,200 £75,850 £75,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £49,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +22.45% -7.55% -3.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 492 455 548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.88% 14.44% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 362 193 356
10th Percentile £29,813 £24,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £46,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.26% -5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Reading -18 28 £52,625 +7.40% 14
Bracknell +5 7 £42,500 -42.95% 1
Ascot - 5 £42,500 - 2
Wokingham +5 1 £40,000 -54.29% 3
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 17 (34.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (24.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) Moodle
3 1 (2.00%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Sage X3
2 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (24.00%) iTunes
3 8 (16.00%) Azure
4 3 (6.00%) AWS
4 3 (6.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (60.00%) Firewall
2 18 (36.00%) SSL
3 10 (20.00%) VPN
4 8 (16.00%) LAN
4 8 (16.00%) WAN
5 6 (12.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (10.00%) NAS
6 5 (10.00%) SAN
6 5 (10.00%) VoIP
7 4 (8.00%) BGP
7 4 (8.00%) DNS
7 4 (8.00%) MPLS
7 4 (8.00%) OSPF
7 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
7 4 (8.00%) Wireshark
8 3 (6.00%) DMZ
8 3 (6.00%) IPsec
8 3 (6.00%) SD-WAN
9 2 (4.00%) Internet
10 1 (2.00%) HTTPS
General
1 11 (22.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Finance
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Games
4 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) IT Engineer
2 12 (24.00%) Project Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) IT Support
3 10 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Network Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Security Assurance Manager
4 8 (16.00%) Security Manager
5 6 (12.00%) Architect
5 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 5 (10.00%) Project Support Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Security Architect
7 4 (8.00%) Security Consultant
7 4 (8.00%) Security Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Analyst
8 3 (6.00%) Field Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (12.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.00%) Security Posture
5 3 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (6.00%) PKI
6 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.00%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
7 1 (2.00%) Learning Management System
7 1 (2.00%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.00%) Linux
3 3 (6.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.00%) Kali Linux
5 1 (2.00%) Unix
5 1 (2.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (32.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 15 (30.00%) Application Security
4 14 (28.00%) OWASP
4 14 (28.00%) Project Planning
5 13 (26.00%) Computer Science
5 13 (26.00%) Project Management
6 12 (24.00%) Data Integration
6 12 (24.00%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (24.00%) Project Delivery
6 12 (24.00%) Security Management
6 12 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 10 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 10 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 8 (16.00%) Content Development
8 8 (16.00%) DevSecOps
8 8 (16.00%) Purple Team
8 8 (16.00%) Red Team
9 7 (14.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (12.00%) Python
4 4 (8.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (36.00%) Degree
2 11 (22.00%) CISSP
3 9 (18.00%) CCNA
3 9 (18.00%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (16.00%) CISM
4 8 (16.00%) GIAC
4 8 (16.00%) GPEN
5 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
6 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (8.00%) MCSE
8 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.00%) A+ Certification
9 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
9 2 (4.00%) Azure Certification
9 2 (4.00%) CCNP
9 2 (4.00%) DBS Check
9 2 (4.00%) ISACA
9 2 (4.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.00%) NIST
2 10 (20.00%) GDPR
3 8 (16.00%) GRC
4 6 (12.00%) NIST 800
5 5 (10.00%) COBIT
6 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
8 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (38.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (12.00%) Nessus
2 2 (4.00%) Suricata
3 1 (2.00%) Ansible
3 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.00%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.00%) Puppet
3 1 (2.00%) SCCM
3 1 (2.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Cisco
2 7 (14.00%) Juniper
3 6 (12.00%) Qualys
4 5 (10.00%) VMware
5 4 (8.00%) Fortinet
6 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (6.00%) Sage
7 2 (4.00%) Splunk
8 1 (2.00%) Apple
8 1 (2.00%) F5
8 1 (2.00%) HP