Network Security Jobs in Berkshire

Network Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 99 97
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 +47
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 12 60 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.74% 1.94% 3.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.45% 12.02% 22.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11 42 14
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,343
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,750 £73,875
90th Percentile - £63,750 £76,675
South East median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.67% +14.29% +5.00%

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 161 499 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.99% 16.16% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 120 360 175
10th Percentile £27,025 £28,790 £25,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,300 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,875 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 2025. 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
Bracknell +15 3 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Reading +28 1 £36,500 -39.17% 30
Slough - 1 £57,500 - 54
Windsor - 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £37,500 - 5
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) VPN
3 5 (41.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 2 (16.67%) LAN
4 2 (16.67%) WAN
5 1 (8.33%) BGP
5 1 (8.33%) DHCP
5 1 (8.33%) DMZ
5 1 (8.33%) DWDM
5 1 (8.33%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) OSPF
5 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (8.33%) VLAN
5 1 (8.33%) VoIP
5 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (25.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 4 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Service Delivery
3 4 (33.33%) Analytics
3 4 (33.33%) Business Analytics
3 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (33.33%) High Availability
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Server Management
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Major Incident Management
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Tech Ops
4 2 (16.67%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
6 1 (8.33%) Apple
6 1 (8.33%) Draytek
6 1 (8.33%) HP
6 1 (8.33%) Meraki
6 1 (8.33%) Sophos