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 requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 100 135
Rank change year-on-year -18 +35 -25
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 11 31 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.55% 1.79% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.21% 20.26% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 8
10th Percentile £59,100 £50,500 £37,125
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £86,563
90th Percentile - £75,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% +12.75%

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 177 153 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.86% 8.82% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 98 80 239
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% +5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £58,438 £63,750 £59,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £73,750 £79,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

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
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 1 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +20 9 £65,000 +6.12%
Network Security
South East

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) TCP/IP
3 4 (36.36%) WAN
4 3 (27.27%) LAN
4 3 (27.27%) VoIP
4 3 (27.27%) Wireless
4 3 (27.27%) WLAN
5 2 (18.18%) 5G
5 2 (18.18%) 802.11
5 2 (18.18%) Internet
5 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.09%) BGP
6 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Games
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Senior
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Security Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (18.18%) BYOD
2 2 (18.18%) CCTV
2 2 (18.18%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
1 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
1 7 (63.64%) SIEM
2 2 (18.18%) AI
2 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 2 (18.18%) Economics
2 2 (18.18%) Logistics
2 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
2 2 (18.18%) Network Design
2 2 (18.18%) Presales
2 2 (18.18%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (9.09%) Biotechnology
3 1 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CCNA
1 7 (63.64%) CCNP
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (63.64%) CISSP
1 7 (63.64%) CompTIA Security+
1 7 (63.64%) GCIA
1 7 (63.64%) SANS
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Ruckus Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki