Network Security Job Trends in the Home Counties

Network Security
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Home Counties requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Home Counties 14.29% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% -11.67% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Home Counties

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Home Counties.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Home Counties 57.14% 33.33% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £65,750 - -
25th Percentile £78,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -22.22% +50.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile £92,000 - -
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

Network Security job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

Network Security
Salary Trend in the Home Counties

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Network Security

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Home Counties by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SonicWALL