Network Security Engineer Jobs in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 781 813 987
Rank change year-on-year +32 +174 -243
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 58 105 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 57 82 131
10th Percentile £36,050 £41,625 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,188 £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 £77,113 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £89,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -4.17% -2.04% +11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,157 82,189 127,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.48% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,579 52,238 74,819
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
London +115 36 £70,073 +0.10% 13
North of England +26 8 £50,000 -13.04% 1
South East 0 8 £52,500 -10.64% 5
North West -6 5 £50,000 -7.41% 1
Yorkshire +80 3 £50,000 -20.00%
South West -29 3 £32,500 -38.10%
East of England +19 2 £50,000 -16.67% 2
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 across the England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (94.83%) Network Security
2 51 (87.93%) Cisco
3 29 (50.00%) Firewall
4 26 (44.83%) LAN
4 26 (44.83%) WAN
5 24 (41.38%) AWS
5 24 (41.38%) Palo Alto
6 22 (37.93%) Azure
6 22 (37.93%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (37.93%) Wireless
7 21 (36.21%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (34.48%) Data Centre
9 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
9 19 (32.76%) VPN
10 18 (31.03%) CCNA
11 17 (29.31%) Cisco Firepower
12 16 (27.59%) SD-WAN
12 16 (27.59%) CheckPoint
13 14 (24.14%) CCNP
14 13 (22.41%) ITIL
14 13 (22.41%) VMware
14 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (22.41%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (18.97%) BGP
15 11 (18.97%) VLAN
15 11 (18.97%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (17.24%) Splunk
16 10 (17.24%) TCP/IP
17 9 (15.52%) WLAN
17 9 (15.52%) Juniper

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (41.38%) AWS
2 22 (37.93%) Azure
3 9 (15.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (13.79%) AWS Direct Connect
4 8 (13.79%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (10.34%) IaaS
5 6 (10.34%) PaaS
5 6 (10.34%) SaaS
6 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.45%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 55 (94.83%) Network Security
2 29 (50.00%) Firewall
3 26 (44.83%) LAN
3 26 (44.83%) WAN
4 22 (37.93%) Wireless
5 19 (32.76%) VPN
6 17 (29.31%) Cisco Firepower
7 16 (27.59%) SD-WAN
8 13 (22.41%) Cisco ISE
9 11 (18.97%) BGP
9 11 (18.97%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (18.97%) VLAN
10 10 (17.24%) TCP/IP
11 9 (15.52%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (15.52%) NGFW
11 9 (15.52%) WLAN
12 7 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (10.34%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (10.34%) DMZ
13 6 (10.34%) MPLS
General
1 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.90%) Marketing
4 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Publishing
5 3 (5.17%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.72%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) 802.1X
2 6 (10.34%) HTML
3 5 (8.62%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (34.48%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.34%) Hedge funds
2 6 (10.34%) PKI
3 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.72%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Windows
1 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (22.41%) ITIL
2 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (13.79%) SIEM
4 6 (10.34%) Computer Science
4 6 (10.34%) DevOps
4 6 (10.34%) Network Design
4 6 (10.34%) Network Management
4 6 (10.34%) Open Source
4 6 (10.34%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
4 6 (10.34%) Service Design
5 5 (8.62%) Cloud Security
5 5 (8.62%) Data Centre Operations
5 5 (8.62%) Incident Management
5 5 (8.62%) Network Architecture
6 4 (6.90%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (6.90%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) C#
1 6 (10.34%) PowerShell
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (31.03%) CCNA
3 14 (24.14%) CCNP
4 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
5 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
6 6 (10.34%) Degree
6 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
6 6 (10.34%) MCSA
6 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (8.62%) CISA
7 5 (8.62%) CISSP
8 4 (6.90%) CCIE
8 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.90%) GIAC
8 4 (6.90%) JNCIA
8 4 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (5.17%) CCDP
10 2 (3.45%) CCIP
10 2 (3.45%) MCP
11 1 (1.72%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) NCSC
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) Hyper-V
2 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Cisco CUCM
1 6 (10.34%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 51 (87.93%) Cisco
2 24 (41.38%) Palo Alto
3 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
4 16 (27.59%) CheckPoint
5 13 (22.41%) VMware
6 10 (17.24%) Splunk
7 9 (15.52%) Juniper
8 7 (12.07%) F5
9 6 (10.34%) SolarWinds
10 3 (5.17%) Forcepoint
10 3 (5.17%) Sophos
10 3 (5.17%) WatchGuard
11 2 (3.45%) Blue Coat
11 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
11 2 (3.45%) Infoblox
11 2 (3.45%) SonicWALL
12 1 (1.72%) Riverbed
12 1 (1.72%) Zscaler