Network Security Jobs in the South West

Network Security
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 154 193
Rank change year-on-year -21 +39 -3
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 113 130 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.25% 1.81% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.99% 9.50% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 95 75 80
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,900 £33,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,100 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £49,375
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +20.56% +10.46%
75th Percentile £97,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,290 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% +4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,257 1,369 1,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.93% 19.10% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 953 599 698
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,428 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £77,508 £75,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South West

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the South West

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the South West

Network Security
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bristol -14 33 £105,000 +76.39% 3
Devon +5 26 £55,000 +69.23% 5
Gloucestershire -24 21 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Wiltshire 0 18 £91,500 +83.00% 5
Somerset +13 10 £33,250 -41.02% 4
Dorset -20 5 £45,000 -33.33% 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (11.50%) Azure
3 11 (9.73%) AWS
4 6 (5.31%) GCP
5 5 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (4.42%) Amazon S3
5 5 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (4.42%) OpenShift
5 5 (4.42%) Serverless
6 4 (3.54%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.77%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.77%) IaaS
7 2 (1.77%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.88%) PaaS
8 1 (0.88%) SaaS
8 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (31.86%) Firewall
2 29 (25.66%) LAN
3 24 (21.24%) WAN
4 19 (16.81%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (15.04%) SD-WAN
6 15 (13.27%) VPN
7 9 (7.96%) WLAN
8 6 (5.31%) MPLS
8 6 (5.31%) VLAN
9 5 (4.42%) AMQP
9 5 (4.42%) GSM
9 5 (4.42%) NetScaler
9 5 (4.42%) PABX
9 5 (4.42%) VSAT
9 5 (4.42%) Wireless
10 3 (2.65%) BGP
10 3 (2.65%) OSPF
10 3 (2.65%) SAN
11 2 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.42%) InfluxDB
2 5 (4.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.65%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (24.78%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (23.01%) Military
4 9 (7.96%) Aerospace
5 8 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.19%) Aviation
6 7 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.54%) Finance
8 2 (1.77%) Legal
8 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.88%) Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Games
9 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Retail
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Consultant
2 29 (25.66%) Security Consultant
3 18 (15.93%) Network Manager
4 13 (11.50%) IT Manager
4 13 (11.50%) Network Engineer
5 11 (9.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (8.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Desktop Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Desktop Support
6 10 (8.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Field Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Field Support Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Support Engineer
7 9 (7.96%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (7.96%) Lead
7 9 (7.96%) Lead Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.96%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (4.42%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.77%) OAuth
4 1 (0.88%) CSS
4 1 (0.88%) HTML
4 1 (0.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.70%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (15.93%) Cyber Defence
3 13 (11.50%) Data Centre
4 11 (9.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (8.85%) Onboarding
6 5 (4.42%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (3.54%) CCTV
8 2 (1.77%) PKI
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (20.35%) Windows
2 11 (9.73%) Linux
3 10 (8.85%) Mac OS
4 5 (4.42%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.88%) Unix
6 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.33%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (25.66%) SIEM
3 24 (21.24%) Agile
3 24 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (21.24%) Security Operations
4 23 (20.35%) Coaching
4 23 (20.35%) Computer Science
5 21 (18.58%) Security Architecture
6 20 (17.70%) Information Security
7 18 (15.93%) Mentoring
7 18 (15.93%) Office Automation
7 18 (15.93%) Programme Management
7 18 (15.93%) Resource Management
7 18 (15.93%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 15 (13.27%) Project Delivery
9 14 (12.39%) Service Delivery
10 13 (11.50%) Customer Service
10 13 (11.50%) Line Management
10 13 (11.50%) Security Patching
11 12 (10.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.73%) Python
2 6 (5.31%) SQL
3 5 (4.42%) Go
3 5 (4.42%) Java
3 5 (4.42%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.42%) Shell Script
4 4 (3.54%) Bash
5 1 (0.88%) Ada
5 1 (0.88%) C
5 1 (0.88%) C#
5 1 (0.88%) C++
5 1 (0.88%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.88%) Embedded C++
5 1 (0.88%) Groovy
5 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.88%) Perl
5 1 (0.88%) Ruby
5 1 (0.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 41 (36.28%) Security Cleared
2 30 (26.55%) DV Cleared
3 22 (19.47%) Degree
4 15 (13.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (12.39%) MCP
6 11 (9.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (8.85%) A+ Certification
7 10 (8.85%) DBS Check
8 9 (7.96%) SC Cleared
9 8 (7.08%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (3.54%) CCNA
10 4 (3.54%) CCNP
11 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.65%) CISSP
12 2 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.88%) CISM
13 1 (0.88%) HNC
13 1 (0.88%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (26.55%) NIST
2 18 (15.93%) NIST 800
3 7 (6.19%) DO-254
4 4 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.77%) GDPR
5 2 (1.77%) GRC
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.88%) MISRA
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (15.93%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.96%) Docker
2 9 (7.96%) vSphere
3 4 (3.54%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.88%) Firmware
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (16.81%) WSUS
2 9 (7.96%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.96%) Terraform
3 7 (6.19%) Ansible
4 6 (5.31%) SCCM
5 5 (4.42%) Docker Swarm
5 5 (4.42%) Grafana
5 5 (4.42%) Nagios
5 5 (4.42%) OfficeScan
5 5 (4.42%) Progress Chef
5 5 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (22.12%) Cisco
2 20 (17.70%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.96%) SolarWinds
3 9 (7.96%) Tanium
3 9 (7.96%) Tripwire
4 5 (4.42%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 5 (4.42%) Centreon
4 5 (4.42%) CheckPoint
4 5 (4.42%) Fortinet
4 5 (4.42%) Google
4 5 (4.42%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.42%) VMware
5 3 (2.65%) Forcepoint
5 3 (2.65%) Sophos
5 3 (2.65%) WatchGuard
6 2 (1.77%) SonicWALL
6 2 (1.77%) Sparx
7 1 (0.88%) Apple
7 1 (0.88%) HP
7 1 (0.88%) Twitter