Network Security Jobs in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 86 305
Rank change year-on-year -118 +219 -113
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 205 660 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.17% 3.83% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.46% 20.83% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 173 168 114
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,250 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -3.42% +3.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £63,700
90th Percentile £67,968 £80,000 £74,257
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,166 3,168 2,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.39% 18.37% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,257 1,688
10th Percentile £25,888 £26,000 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £60,938 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,706 £73,675
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 the North of England

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the North of England.

Salary trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West -123 113 £55,000 +3.77% 25
Yorkshire -33 75 £50,000 -6.54% 17
North East -5 23 £60,000 +34.80% 6
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 14 (6.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.46%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 67 (32.68%) Azure
2 36 (17.56%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (13.66%) AWS
4 24 (11.71%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (7.80%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.39%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.41%) GCP
9 6 (2.93%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.93%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.93%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.44%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.95%) Serverless
12 3 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.46%) IaaS
12 3 (1.46%) SaaS
13 2 (0.98%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.98%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (40.00%) Firewall
2 50 (24.39%) LAN
3 48 (23.41%) WAN
4 43 (20.98%) VPN
5 24 (11.71%) DNS
5 24 (11.71%) TCP/IP
6 18 (8.78%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (7.32%) DHCP
8 14 (6.83%) Software-Defined Networking
8 14 (6.83%) Wireless
9 13 (6.34%) OSPF
9 13 (6.34%) SSL
10 12 (5.85%) WLAN
11 10 (4.88%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (4.88%) Internet
11 10 (4.88%) NetScaler
12 9 (4.39%) BGP
12 9 (4.39%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (4.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (2.44%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.44%) Redis
2 3 (1.46%) Big Data
2 3 (1.46%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.46%) Power BI
2 3 (1.46%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (7.80%) JIRA
2 4 (1.95%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.46%) Git
General
1 59 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.15%) Finance
3 17 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.80%) Retail
5 13 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.41%) Marketing
7 6 (2.93%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.95%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.95%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.46%) Games
9 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.46%) Law
10 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (22.44%) Network Engineer
2 38 (18.54%) Senior
3 30 (14.63%) Architect
4 26 (12.68%) Lead
5 16 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (7.80%) Team Leader
6 15 (7.32%) Network Architect
7 14 (6.83%) Analyst
7 14 (6.83%) Security Engineer
8 13 (6.34%) IT Engineer
9 12 (5.85%) IT Manager
9 12 (5.85%) Security Architect
10 9 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) IT Support
10 9 (4.39%) Product Owner
10 9 (4.39%) Senior Product Owner
10 9 (4.39%) Support Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Network Security Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.93%) LDAP
2 5 (2.44%) Middleware
3 4 (1.95%) Akka
3 4 (1.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.12%) Data Centre
2 21 (10.24%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.39%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.39%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.41%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.44%) PKI
6 5 (2.44%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.95%) AS400
7 4 (1.95%) IoT
7 4 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.46%) CCTV
8 3 (1.46%) iSeries
8 3 (1.46%) PMI
8 3 (1.46%) Smart Energy
8 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.90%) Windows
2 35 (17.07%) Linux
3 15 (7.32%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (4.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (3.90%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.41%) Android
7 7 (3.41%) Apple iOS
7 7 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.44%) Unix
9 3 (1.46%) Kali Linux
9 3 (1.46%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.46%) VMS
9 3 (1.46%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.24%) Cybersecurity
1 62 (30.24%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (19.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 35 (17.07%) Cloud Security
3 35 (17.07%) ITIL
4 29 (14.15%) Computer Science
5 27 (13.17%) Mentoring
6 26 (12.68%) Project Management
7 25 (12.20%) Agile
8 22 (10.73%) Customer Service
8 22 (10.73%) DevOps
8 22 (10.73%) Roadmaps
8 22 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (10.24%) Network Architecture
9 21 (10.24%) SIEM
10 20 (9.76%) Information Security
11 18 (8.78%) Product Management
11 18 (8.78%) Service Delivery
12 16 (7.80%) Incident Response
12 16 (7.80%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.24%) PowerShell
2 18 (8.78%) Python
3 10 (4.88%) SQL
4 8 (3.90%) Bash
5 7 (3.41%) Bicep
5 7 (3.41%) C
5 7 (3.41%) C++
6 3 (1.46%) Go
Qualifications
1 46 (22.44%) CISSP
2 44 (21.46%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (20.00%) Degree
4 30 (14.63%) CCNP
5 22 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (9.27%) CCIE
7 15 (7.32%) Azure Certification
8 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (5.37%) CCNA
9 11 (5.37%) Security Cleared
10 9 (4.39%) DBS Check
10 9 (4.39%) Master's Degree
10 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
11 8 (3.90%) A+ Certification
11 8 (3.90%) MCP
12 7 (3.41%) CEH
13 6 (2.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.93%) CCSP
13 6 (2.93%) HNC
13 6 (2.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.61%) NIST
2 28 (13.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.85%) PCI DSS
4 11 (5.37%) NCSC
5 9 (4.39%) SLA
6 8 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.46%) GDPR
8 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 31 (15.12%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.41%) Docker
4 7 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.41%) XenApp
4 7 (3.41%) XenDesktop
5 6 (2.93%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.95%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.46%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.49%) Snort
Systems Management
1 18 (8.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.80%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.39%) SCCM
3 9 (4.39%) WSUS
4 8 (3.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (2.93%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (2.93%) Nmap
6 5 (2.44%) Grafana
6 5 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.44%) SCOM
6 5 (2.44%) Terraform
7 4 (1.95%) ZABBIX
8 3 (1.46%) Ansible
8 3 (1.46%) Puppet
8 3 (1.46%) SELinux
9 2 (0.98%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.49%) Istio
10 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 71 (34.63%) Microsoft
2 53 (25.85%) Cisco
3 21 (10.24%) Palo Alto
3 21 (10.24%) VMware
4 18 (8.78%) Fortinet
5 16 (7.80%) Citrix
6 15 (7.32%) Meraki
6 15 (7.32%) Splunk
7 13 (6.34%) ServiceNow
8 9 (4.39%) Dell
8 9 (4.39%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.41%) Veeam
10 6 (2.93%) Aruba
10 6 (2.93%) Commvault
10 6 (2.93%) Qualys
10 6 (2.93%) Rapid7
10 6 (2.93%) Thycotic
11 5 (2.44%) Google
11 5 (2.44%) Juniper
11 5 (2.44%) Oracle