Network Security Jobs in Wales

Network Security
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 74 117
Rank change year-on-year -29 +43 -30
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 18 54 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.88% 3.28% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.03% 21.09% 8.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 19
10th Percentile £37,390 £23,000 -
25th Percentile £42,994 £24,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £40,333 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.29% -23.17% +68.00%
75th Percentile £52,813 £45,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £57,125 £46,050 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 256 256 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.55% 15.57% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 147 80 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,113 £27,450
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £37,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.28% -16.11% +26.49%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £69,196 £75,000
UK 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 Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Wales

Network Security
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 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
South Wales -25 17 £44,886 +95.16% 9
Mid Wales - 1 - -
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (5.56%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) Firewall
2 12 (66.67%) LAN
2 12 (66.67%) WAN
3 9 (50.00%) VPN
4 8 (44.44%) VLAN
5 7 (38.89%) MPLS
6 6 (33.33%) Wireless
7 5 (27.78%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (27.78%) WLAN
8 3 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (16.67%) DNS
9 2 (11.11%) BGP
9 2 (11.11%) EIGRP
9 2 (11.11%) IPsec
10 1 (5.56%) DHCP
10 1 (5.56%) FTP
10 1 (5.56%) Internet
10 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (5.56%) SMTP
10 1 (5.56%) Sourcefire
General
1 8 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Local Government
2 5 (27.78%) Police
3 3 (16.67%) Automotive
3 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Welsh Language
5 1 (5.56%) Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Games
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Network Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) ICT Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Data Centre
2 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) CatOS
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.56%) Unix
4 1 (5.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Network Management
2 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 5 (27.78%) Business Continuity
4 5 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (27.78%) High Availability
4 5 (27.78%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (11.11%) Line Management
6 2 (11.11%) Security Operations
6 2 (11.11%) SIEM
7 1 (5.56%) Compliance Audit
7 1 (5.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (5.56%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (44.44%) Degree
3 7 (38.89%) CCNA
4 6 (33.33%) CCNP
5 3 (16.67%) CCIE
5 3 (16.67%) Check Point Certification
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.56%) CISMP
7 1 (5.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (11.11%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.56%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) CheckPoint
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) Apple
4 1 (5.56%) ArcSight
4 1 (5.56%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (5.56%) F5
4 1 (5.56%) IBM
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) TippingPoint
4 1 (5.56%) Trend Micro
4 1 (5.56%) VMware