Network Security Jobs in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 222 213 253
Rank change year-on-year -9 +40 -43
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 169 230 250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.02% 1.53% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.13% 8.84% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 131 129 227
10th Percentile £37,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £34,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £68,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,800 £75,000
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,758 2,602 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.61% 17.26% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,898 1,528 1,860
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,075 £75,000 £77,500
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the South East 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
Thames Valley -27 66 £50,000 +0.15% 28
Berkshire -19 52 £47,625 +2.42% 21
Surrey +41 43 £73,750 +18.00% 8
Hampshire -8 42 £69,000 +53.33% 20
West Sussex +20 9 £65,000 +23.81% 5
Buckinghamshire -15 8 £62,500 +92.31% 4
Oxfordshire +11 6 £45,000 -20.00% 3
Kent -29 4 £40,000 +40.35% 6
East Sussex - 4 £39,500 - 6
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 26 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (8.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.59%) Moodle
3 1 (0.59%) Totara
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.59%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (32.54%) Azure
2 40 (23.67%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (17.16%) AWS
4 15 (8.88%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (7.10%) Entra ID
6 12 (7.10%) iTunes
7 11 (6.51%) SaaS
8 10 (5.92%) PaaS
9 7 (4.14%) Pulumi
10 6 (3.55%) IaaS
10 6 (3.55%) Twilio
11 3 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.78%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.78%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (1.18%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 70 (41.42%) Firewall
2 36 (21.30%) VPN
3 27 (15.98%) Wireless
4 26 (15.38%) SSL
5 25 (14.79%) TCP/IP
6 23 (13.61%) WAN
7 21 (12.43%) LAN
8 19 (11.24%) DNS
8 19 (11.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 12 (7.10%) DHCP
10 11 (6.51%) BGP
10 11 (6.51%) OSPF
11 8 (4.73%) IPsec
12 7 (4.14%) SD-WAN
12 7 (4.14%) VoIP
13 6 (3.55%) SAN
13 6 (3.55%) VLAN
14 5 (2.96%) NAS
14 5 (2.96%) NGFW
15 4 (2.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.96%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (5.92%) Visual Studio
2 9 (5.33%) Git
2 9 (5.33%) Jasmine
2 9 (5.33%) NUnit
2 9 (5.33%) Selenium
2 9 (5.33%) Visual Studio Code
3 7 (4.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (4.14%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.20%) Finance
3 15 (8.88%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.10%) Marketing
5 11 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.14%) Electronics
7 7 (4.14%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.96%) Legal
8 5 (2.96%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.78%) Law
9 3 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.18%) Back Office
10 2 (1.18%) Local Government
10 2 (1.18%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.18%) Retail
11 1 (0.59%) Games
11 1 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (14.20%) Architect
2 23 (13.61%) IT Engineer
3 18 (10.65%) Lead
3 18 (10.65%) Network Engineer
3 18 (10.65%) Senior
4 17 (10.06%) Support Engineer
5 14 (8.28%) Security Engineer
6 13 (7.69%) Network Architect
6 13 (7.69%) Project Engineer
6 13 (7.69%) Security Manager
7 11 (6.51%) Analyst
7 11 (6.51%) IT Support
7 11 (6.51%) IT Support Engineer
8 9 (5.33%) Developer
8 9 (5.33%) Security Analyst
8 9 (5.33%) Software Developer
9 8 (4.73%) .NET Developer
9 8 (4.73%) Business Development Manager
9 8 (4.73%) C# Developer
9 8 (4.73%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.51%) ARM Templates
2 10 (5.92%) Web Services
3 9 (5.33%) .NET
3 9 (5.33%) .NET Framework
3 9 (5.33%) ASP.NET
3 9 (5.33%) Entity Framework
3 9 (5.33%) RESTful
4 8 (4.73%) .NET Core
5 7 (4.14%) CSS
5 7 (4.14%) HTML
5 7 (4.14%) HTML5
5 7 (4.14%) OpenID
6 6 (3.55%) Middleware
7 5 (2.96%) LDAP
8 4 (2.37%) YAML
9 3 (1.78%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (1.18%) 802.1X
10 2 (1.18%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.79%) Management Information System
2 18 (10.65%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (9.47%) Data Centre
3 16 (9.47%) Onboarding
4 12 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (4.73%) Operational Technology
6 7 (4.14%) Driving Licence
7 6 (3.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (3.55%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.96%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.96%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.96%) PKI
9 4 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.78%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.18%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (1.18%) Molecular Biology
11 2 (1.18%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.59%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.34%) Windows
2 18 (10.65%) Linux
3 12 (7.10%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.14%) Android
4 7 (4.14%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.96%) VMS
6 4 (2.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.37%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.78%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.78%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (32.54%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (21.30%) Computer Science
3 32 (18.93%) Information Security
4 27 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (15.98%) Project Management
4 27 (15.98%) Vulnerability Management
5 25 (14.79%) OWASP
6 23 (13.61%) Software Engineering
7 22 (13.02%) Penetration Testing
8 21 (12.43%) ITIL
9 19 (11.24%) Mentoring
10 18 (10.65%) Application Security
10 18 (10.65%) Security Management
11 17 (10.06%) Security Architecture
12 16 (9.47%) DevOps
13 15 (8.88%) Project Delivery
13 15 (8.88%) Risk Management
13 15 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (8.28%) Infrastructure as Code
14 14 (8.28%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.83%) PowerShell
1 20 (11.83%) Python
2 17 (10.06%) SQL
3 13 (7.69%) Bicep
4 12 (7.10%) C#
5 11 (6.51%) Bash
6 9 (5.33%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.55%) C
8 4 (2.37%) C++
9 1 (0.59%) Ada
9 1 (0.59%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.59%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.59%) Groovy
9 1 (0.59%) Perl
9 1 (0.59%) Ruby
9 1 (0.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (26.63%) Degree
2 23 (13.61%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (13.61%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.83%) SC Cleared
4 17 (10.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (8.88%) CCNA
5 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (8.28%) CISSP
7 9 (5.33%) MCP
8 8 (4.73%) CCIE
8 8 (4.73%) CISM
8 8 (4.73%) GIAC
8 8 (4.73%) GPEN
9 7 (4.14%) CCNP
10 6 (3.55%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.55%) MCSA
11 5 (2.96%) JNCIE
12 4 (2.37%) A+ Certification
12 4 (2.37%) MCSE
13 3 (1.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (15.38%) NIST
2 23 (13.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.51%) COBIT
4 10 (5.92%) GDPR
4 10 (5.92%) PCI DSS
5 8 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (4.73%) GRC
6 6 (3.55%) NIST 800
7 4 (2.37%) NCSC
8 3 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.78%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.18%) PMO
9 2 (1.18%) SLA
10 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.59%) MISRA
10 1 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (21.89%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.92%) Docker
3 8 (4.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.78%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.59%) NFS
6 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (7.69%) Terraform
2 11 (6.51%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.14%) MIIS
4 6 (3.55%) Ansible
4 6 (3.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (3.55%) Nessus
5 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.78%) Suricata
6 2 (1.18%) WSUS
7 1 (0.59%) Autotask
7 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.59%) Puppet
7 1 (0.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (27.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.57%) Cisco
3 19 (11.24%) Juniper
4 9 (5.33%) VMware
5 6 (3.55%) Qualys
6 5 (2.96%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.96%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.37%) Apple
7 4 (2.37%) F5
7 4 (2.37%) SAP
8 3 (1.78%) Sage
8 3 (1.78%) Splunk
8 3 (1.78%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.18%) Acronis
9 2 (1.18%) Citrix
9 2 (1.18%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.59%) Adobe
10 1 (0.59%) HP
10 1 (0.59%) NetApp
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle