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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 170 365
Rank change year-on-year -83 +195 -88
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 960 2,104 1,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.13% 2.26% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.91% 14.60% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 803 795 990
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,306 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,575
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

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 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
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 27 April 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 27 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
London +5 324 £72,500 +11.11% 106
North of England -115 196 £52,500 - 101
South East -9 169 £60,000 +26.32% 83
South West -14 113 £60,000 +0.80% 21
North West -123 107 £55,000 - 69
Midlands -118 101 £39,750 -33.75% 47
Yorkshire -33 73 £45,000 -14.29% 24
West Midlands -91 66 £42,864 -28.56% 31
East of England -38 50 £48,500 +14.12% 36
East Midlands -57 35 £32,500 -20.40% 16
North East -6 22 £60,000 +34.80% 9
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 71 (7.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (5.21%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.94%) Apache
4 8 (0.83%) Skype for Business
5 7 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.42%) nginx
7 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.10%) Confluence
9 1 (0.10%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.10%) IIS
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.10%) Totara
9 1 (0.10%) uWSGI
9 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 50 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.31%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.21%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.10%) HFM
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 297 (30.94%) Azure
2 158 (16.46%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (15.52%) AWS
4 62 (6.46%) Cloud Computing
5 56 (5.83%) Entra ID
6 51 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (4.06%) SaaS
8 30 (3.13%) PaaS
9 29 (3.02%) Power Platform
10 25 (2.60%) IaaS
11 21 (2.19%) GCP
12 19 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.98%) Serverless
13 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 12 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (1.25%) iTunes
16 10 (1.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 388 (40.42%) Firewall
2 215 (22.40%) LAN
3 207 (21.56%) WAN
4 169 (17.60%) VPN
5 112 (11.67%) Wireless
6 104 (10.83%) TCP/IP
7 101 (10.52%) Wi-Fi
8 100 (10.42%) DNS
9 70 (7.29%) SD-WAN
10 57 (5.94%) BGP
11 53 (5.52%) OSPF
12 52 (5.42%) DHCP
13 50 (5.21%) SSL
14 45 (4.69%) Internet
14 45 (4.69%) Intrusion Detection
14 45 (4.69%) MPLS
15 44 (4.58%) VLAN
16 41 (4.27%) VoIP
17 38 (3.96%) WLAN
18 33 (3.44%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.40%) Power BI
3 14 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.25%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 8 (0.83%) Redis
8 7 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.52%) Flink
10 5 (0.52%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.42%) Tableau
12 3 (0.31%) Big Data
12 3 (0.31%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 28 (2.92%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.92%) Metasploit
2 23 (2.40%) Git
3 17 (1.77%) JIRA
4 10 (1.04%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.94%) Jasmine
5 9 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.94%) NUnit
5 9 (0.94%) Selenium
5 9 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.73%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.21%) git-flow
9 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.10%) CircleCI
General
1 291 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 140 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (12.19%) Finance
4 47 (4.90%) Telecoms
5 42 (4.38%) Military
6 38 (3.96%) Public Sector
7 32 (3.33%) Marketing
8 31 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.92%) Law
10 25 (2.60%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.60%) Retail
11 23 (2.40%) Aerospace
12 22 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.35%) Legal
15 11 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.94%) Games
18 8 (0.83%) Electronics
18 8 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 194 (20.21%) Network Engineer
2 145 (15.10%) Senior
3 103 (10.73%) Security Engineer
4 86 (8.96%) Architect
5 75 (7.81%) Lead
6 70 (7.29%) Analyst
7 64 (6.67%) Consultant
8 59 (6.15%) IT Engineer
8 59 (6.15%) Security Consultant
9 54 (5.63%) Network Security Engineer
10 51 (5.31%) Senior Network Engineer
11 49 (5.10%) Support Engineer
12 44 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (4.58%) IT Manager
13 42 (4.38%) IT Support
14 39 (4.06%) Security Analyst
15 36 (3.75%) Cloud Engineer
16 35 (3.65%) Security Manager
17 33 (3.44%) Azure Engineer
17 33 (3.44%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
2 22 (2.29%) 802.1X
3 20 (2.08%) HTML
4 17 (1.77%) RESTful
5 16 (1.67%) Web Services
6 14 (1.46%) .NET
6 14 (1.46%) CSS
7 12 (1.25%) Middleware
8 11 (1.15%) ARM Templates
8 11 (1.15%) LDAP
9 10 (1.04%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.94%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.94%) Entity Framework
11 8 (0.83%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.83%) OpenID
11 8 (0.83%) SAML
12 7 (0.73%) HTML5
13 5 (0.52%) Kafka
13 5 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (0.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 122 (12.71%) Data Centre
2 88 (9.17%) Management Information System
3 55 (5.73%) Security Operations Centre
4 44 (4.58%) Onboarding
5 40 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
7 34 (3.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 34 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
8 33 (3.44%) Security Posture
9 26 (2.71%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 25 (2.60%) PKI
11 19 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.88%) Operational Technology
12 18 (1.88%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.35%) CCTV
14 12 (1.25%) Cloud Native
15 11 (1.15%) Product Ownership
16 10 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 190 (19.79%) Windows
2 112 (11.67%) Linux
3 66 (6.88%) Windows Server
4 34 (3.54%) Kali Linux
5 33 (3.44%) Mac OS
6 26 (2.71%) Apple iOS
7 24 (2.50%) Android
8 20 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.98%) Windows 10
10 18 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (1.25%) Unix
13 11 (1.15%) VMS
14 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.31%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
17 1 (0.10%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (35.10%) Cybersecurity
2 230 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
3 184 (19.17%) Information Security
4 150 (15.63%) Computer Science
5 133 (13.85%) Agile
6 130 (13.54%) SIEM
7 126 (13.13%) ITIL
8 111 (11.56%) Security Operations
8 111 (11.56%) Vulnerability Management
9 109 (11.35%) Cloud Security
10 108 (11.25%) DevOps
11 89 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 83 (8.65%) Security Architecture
13 82 (8.54%) Project Management
14 74 (7.71%) Customer Service
14 74 (7.71%) Roadmaps
15 73 (7.60%) Mentoring
16 72 (7.50%) Penetration Testing
17 70 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
18 69 (7.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.52%) Python
2 84 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 72 (7.50%) SQL
4 34 (3.54%) Bash
5 26 (2.71%) Bicep
6 25 (2.60%) C#
7 18 (1.88%) C
8 16 (1.67%) JavaScript
9 15 (1.56%) C++
10 14 (1.46%) Java
11 10 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.94%) Go
12 9 (0.94%) U-SQL
13 6 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.52%) VBA
15 4 (0.42%) R
15 4 (0.42%) Scala
16 3 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
17 1 (0.10%) Rust
Qualifications
1 194 (20.21%) Degree
2 166 (17.29%) Cisco Certification
3 132 (13.75%) Security Cleared
4 118 (12.29%) CISSP
5 116 (12.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 100 (10.42%) CCNP
7 73 (7.60%) CCNA
8 68 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 66 (6.88%) SC Cleared
10 64 (6.67%) DV Cleared
11 44 (4.58%) CCIE
11 44 (4.58%) MCP
12 38 (3.96%) Azure Certification
13 36 (3.75%) CISM
14 34 (3.54%) DBS Check
15 33 (3.44%) A+ Certification
16 27 (2.81%) SANS
17 25 (2.60%) CEH
18 23 (2.40%) CCSP
19 19 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (15.21%) NIST
2 90 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (4.79%) PCI DSS
4 29 (3.02%) NIST 800
5 27 (2.81%) NCSC
6 22 (2.29%) GDPR
7 18 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (1.88%) GRC
7 18 (1.88%) SLA
8 13 (1.35%) COBIT
9 9 (0.94%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.73%) DO-254
11 6 (0.63%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.42%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.21%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.21%) GxP
14 2 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 155 (16.15%) Active Directory
2 56 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 36 (3.75%) Docker
5 27 (2.81%) vSphere
6 24 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.73%) XenApp
8 7 (0.73%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.31%) Firmware
10 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.10%) NFS
12 1 (0.10%) Snort
Systems Management
1 59 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 49 (5.10%) Terraform
3 34 (3.54%) WSUS
4 33 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (2.50%) Ansible
6 21 (2.19%) SCCM
7 14 (1.46%) Nmap
8 13 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (1.25%) Nessus
9 12 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (1.15%) FortiGate
11 10 (1.04%) Grafana
11 10 (1.04%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.83%) Stealthwatch
13 7 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.73%) MIIS
14 6 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (0.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 6 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.63%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 281 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 274 (28.54%) Cisco
3 80 (8.33%) VMware
4 76 (7.92%) Palo Alto
5 66 (6.88%) SolarWinds
6 62 (6.46%) Juniper
7 47 (4.90%) CheckPoint
8 41 (4.27%) Fortinet
8 41 (4.27%) Meraki
9 39 (4.06%) Splunk
10 28 (2.92%) Aruba
10 28 (2.92%) Tanium
11 25 (2.60%) Qualys
11 25 (2.60%) Tripwire
12 23 (2.40%) Citrix
13 22 (2.29%) F5
14 18 (1.88%) HP
15 17 (1.77%) Veeam
16 15 (1.56%) Rapid7
16 15 (1.56%) ServiceNow