Network Security Jobs in London

Network Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 225 230 399
Rank change year-on-year +5 +169 -118
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 324 569 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.38% 1.59% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.71% 13.78% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 291 306 422
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,942 £44,325
25th Percentile £54,625 £52,500 £56,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.79% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £109,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,338 4,128 7,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.22% 11.53% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,051 2,835 4,335
10th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in London

Network Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the London 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
Central London +59 62 £72,500 +20.83% 13
South London -46 15 £52,500 -19.23% 1
West London -44 11 £55,000 +37.50% 4
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 20 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.78%) Apache
3 8 (2.47%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.23%) nginx
6 2 (0.62%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Gunicorn
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.31%) uWSGI
7 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) HFM
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 110 (33.95%) Azure
2 64 (19.75%) AWS
3 34 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (7.10%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.17%) Power Platform
5 20 (6.17%) SaaS
6 18 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (4.94%) Entra ID
8 15 (4.63%) PaaS
9 13 (4.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (3.40%) IaaS
11 10 (3.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (2.78%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
12 9 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.78%) Serverless
13 8 (2.47%) AWS Direct Connect
13 8 (2.47%) Datadog
13 8 (2.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 123 (37.96%) Firewall
2 87 (26.85%) LAN
3 81 (25.00%) WAN
4 56 (17.28%) Wireless
5 48 (14.81%) VPN
6 41 (12.65%) DNS
7 40 (12.35%) TCP/IP
7 40 (12.35%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (12.04%) SD-WAN
9 30 (9.26%) BGP
10 26 (8.02%) Cisco Firepower
11 25 (7.72%) VoIP
12 24 (7.41%) Internet
13 22 (6.79%) OSPF
14 21 (6.48%) Cisco Nexus
14 21 (6.48%) MPLS
15 17 (5.25%) Cisco ISE
16 16 (4.94%) DHCP
16 16 (4.94%) VLAN
17 15 (4.63%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.17%) Power BI
2 10 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.09%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.78%) Data Lake
3 9 (2.78%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.54%) Flink
6 4 (1.23%) Tableau
7 3 (0.93%) Redis
7 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.62%) MySQL
8 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 28 (8.64%) Burp Suite
1 28 (8.64%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.85%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) git-flow
3 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 100 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (15.74%) Finance
4 16 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (4.63%) Law
5 15 (4.63%) Military
5 15 (4.63%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.47%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.16%) Marketing
8 6 (1.85%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.54%) Retail
10 4 (1.23%) Japanese Language
10 4 (1.23%) Legal
10 4 (1.23%) Publishing
11 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.93%) Games
12 2 (0.62%) Banking
12 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 82 (25.31%) Network Engineer
2 69 (21.30%) Senior
3 64 (19.75%) Security Engineer
4 34 (10.49%) Senior Network Engineer
5 33 (10.19%) Network Security Engineer
6 32 (9.88%) Analyst
7 29 (8.95%) Penetration Tester
7 29 (8.95%) Tester
8 26 (8.02%) Consultant
9 24 (7.41%) Security Consultant
10 23 (7.10%) Senior Security Engineer
11 22 (6.79%) Security Analyst
12 20 (6.17%) Architect
13 18 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
14 16 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 16 (4.94%) Lead
15 15 (4.63%) Senior Network Security Engineer
16 12 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
16 12 (3.70%) Network Analyst
16 12 (3.70%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.17%) 802.1X
2 15 (4.63%) Elastic Stack
3 12 (3.70%) HTML
4 8 (2.47%) SAML
5 7 (2.16%) RESTful
6 6 (1.85%) CSS
7 5 (1.54%) .NET
7 5 (1.54%) Kafka
7 5 (1.54%) XMPP
8 4 (1.23%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.23%) Node.js
8 4 (1.23%) React
8 4 (1.23%) web3js
9 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.62%) LAMP
9 2 (0.62%) LEMP Stack
9 2 (0.62%) Web Services
10 1 (0.31%) SOAP
10 1 (0.31%) XML
10 1 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.98%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.26%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (5.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (4.94%) Cyber Defence
5 16 (4.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 16 (4.94%) PKI
6 14 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (3.70%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.47%) Client/Server
12 7 (2.16%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.54%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.54%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.54%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.23%) Blockchain
14 4 (1.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.81%) Windows
2 44 (13.58%) Linux
3 28 (8.64%) Kali Linux
4 16 (4.94%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.40%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.47%) Android
7 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.93%) Unix
8 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (42.90%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (28.70%) Information Security
3 80 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (18.21%) SIEM
5 55 (16.98%) Agile
5 55 (16.98%) Security Operations
6 50 (15.43%) DevOps
7 49 (15.12%) Computer Science
8 46 (14.20%) Vulnerability Management
9 42 (12.96%) Cloud Security
10 41 (12.65%) ITIL
11 38 (11.73%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 37 (11.42%) Application Security
12 37 (11.42%) Penetration Testing
13 35 (10.80%) Incident Management
14 33 (10.19%) Disaster Recovery
14 33 (10.19%) Roadmaps
15 31 (9.57%) Security Architecture
16 30 (9.26%) Analytics
16 30 (9.26%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.96%) Python
2 32 (9.88%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.88%) SQL
3 13 (4.01%) C#
4 10 (3.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 9 (2.78%) U-SQL
6 7 (2.16%) Bash
7 6 (1.85%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.85%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.54%) Java
8 5 (1.54%) VBA
9 4 (1.23%) C++
10 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.31%) C
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (21.60%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (19.44%) Degree
3 48 (14.81%) CCNP
3 48 (14.81%) CISSP
4 44 (13.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (7.10%) CCNA
6 22 (6.79%) Security Cleared
7 18 (5.56%) CEH
7 18 (5.56%) CISM
8 17 (5.25%) DV Cleared
9 16 (4.94%) CCSP
9 16 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (4.63%) CCIE
10 15 (4.63%) SANS
11 13 (4.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (3.09%) Azure Certification
12 10 (3.09%) CISA
12 10 (3.09%) GIAC
13 8 (2.47%) SSCP
14 6 (1.85%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.20%) NIST
2 23 (7.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.79%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.78%) NCSC
5 8 (2.47%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.93%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) SLA
7 2 (0.62%) COBIT
7 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.31%) GxP
System Software
1 43 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.56%) vSphere
3 13 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.54%) Docker
5 5 (1.54%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.94%) Terraform
3 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.47%) Ansible
4 8 (2.47%) Nmap
4 8 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.16%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (2.16%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (1.54%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (1.54%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.23%) CASB
8 3 (0.93%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.93%) Nessus
9 2 (0.62%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.62%) SCCM
9 2 (0.62%) WSUS
10 1 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Management
10 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 97 (29.94%) Cisco
3 45 (13.89%) SolarWinds
4 31 (9.57%) Palo Alto
5 26 (8.02%) CheckPoint
6 21 (6.48%) Splunk
6 21 (6.48%) VMware
7 16 (4.94%) F5
8 15 (4.63%) Tanium
8 15 (4.63%) Tripwire
9 14 (4.32%) Juniper
10 12 (3.70%) Aruba
11 11 (3.40%) HP
12 10 (3.09%) Meraki
12 10 (3.09%) Qualys
12 10 (3.09%) Veeam
13 9 (2.78%) Databricks
13 9 (2.78%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.78%) NetApp
13 9 (2.78%) Rapid7