Network Security Job Trends in Berkshire

Network Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire citing Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 125 82
Rank change year-on-year +1 -43 +45
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 16 15 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.43% 0.79% 2.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.62% 9.49% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 26
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £50,625
25th Percentile £50,938 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £53,625
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +21.21% -24.47%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £61,625 - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 210 158 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.69% 8.34% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 148 117 117
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -12.38% -
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £76,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £53,050
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.89% +6.10%

Network Security Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Network Security Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Security

Network Security Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Maidenhead - 5 £57,500 - 4
Reading -39 3 £45,000 -30.77% 7
Network Security
South East

Network Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall62.5%10
2LAN50.0%8
2VPN50.0%8
2WAN50.0%8
2Wireless50.0%8
6Wi-Fi43.8%7
7SD-WAN31.3%5
8DNS18.8%3
8TCP/IP18.8%3
10DHCP12.5%2
10VLAN12.5%2
122G6.3%1
123GPP6.3%1
124G6.3%1
125G6.3%1
12HTTP6.3%1
12Radio Access Network6.3%1
12Unified Communications6.3%1
12VoIP6.3%1
12WLAN6.3%1
20 Network Security jobs in Berkshire