Network Security Jobs in Berkshire

Network Security
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 94 148
Rank change year-on-year -7 +54 -23
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 60 96 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.95% 3.09% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.07% 21.97% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 42 14 37
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,343 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -17.39%
75th Percentile £53,750 £73,875 £57,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £76,675 £76,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 497 437 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.12% 14.08% 15.08%
Number of salaries quoted 358 186 347
10th Percentile £28,670 £26,250 £30,950
25th Percentile £35,100 £35,071 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,375 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 20 May 2024.

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 20 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
Reading -15 32 £60,000 +22.45% 11
Bracknell +16 13 £52,500 -29.53% 1
Ascot - 5 £42,500 -
Wokingham 0 1 £40,000 -54.29% 1
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 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) Moodle
3 1 (1.67%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (20.00%) iTunes
3 11 (18.33%) Azure
4 6 (10.00%) AWS
4 6 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (56.67%) Firewall
2 24 (40.00%) SSL
3 13 (21.67%) VPN
4 9 (15.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (13.33%) LAN
5 8 (13.33%) WAN
6 7 (11.67%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (8.33%) Internet
7 5 (8.33%) NAS
7 5 (8.33%) SAN
7 5 (8.33%) TCP/IP
7 5 (8.33%) VoIP
8 4 (6.67%) BGP
8 4 (6.67%) DNS
8 4 (6.67%) MPLS
8 4 (6.67%) OSPF
8 4 (6.67%) Wireshark
9 3 (5.00%) DMZ
9 3 (5.00%) IPsec
9 3 (5.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 11 (18.33%) Telecoms
2 10 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (3.33%) Retail
5 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Games
5 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (30.00%) IT Engineer
2 14 (23.33%) Network Engineer
3 12 (20.00%) Project Engineer
4 11 (18.33%) Security Engineer
5 10 (16.67%) IT Support
5 10 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 9 (15.00%) Architect
7 8 (13.33%) Network Security Engineer
7 8 (13.33%) Security Assurance Manager
7 8 (13.33%) Security Manager
8 7 (11.67%) Security Architect
9 6 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 5 (8.33%) Project Support Engineer
11 4 (6.67%) Consultant
11 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 4 (6.67%) Security Consultant
12 3 (5.00%) Analyst
12 3 (5.00%) Field Engineer
12 3 (5.00%) Presales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.00%) Web Services
2 1 (1.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Data Centre
1 9 (15.00%) Management Information System
1 9 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (11.67%) Security Posture
3 6 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.00%) PKI
5 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.33%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.67%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.67%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.67%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.33%) Windows
2 5 (8.33%) Kali Linux
3 4 (6.67%) Linux
4 3 (5.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.67%) Unix
5 1 (1.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.67%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 19 (31.67%) Application Security
4 17 (28.33%) Computer Science
4 17 (28.33%) OWASP
5 16 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (23.33%) Project Planning
6 14 (23.33%) Security Operations
7 13 (21.67%) Project Management
7 13 (21.67%) Software Engineering
8 12 (20.00%) Data Integration
8 12 (20.00%) Project Delivery
8 12 (20.00%) Security Management
8 12 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (16.67%) Risk Management
10 9 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (13.33%) DevSecOps
11 8 (13.33%) Information Security
11 8 (13.33%) Purple Team
11 8 (13.33%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.00%) SQL
2 10 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 9 (15.00%) Python
4 4 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (36.67%) Degree
2 15 (25.00%) CISSP
3 13 (21.67%) SC Cleared
3 13 (21.67%) Security Cleared
4 10 (16.67%) CCNA
4 10 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (15.00%) DV Cleared
6 8 (13.33%) CISM
6 8 (13.33%) GIAC
6 8 (13.33%) GPEN
7 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (8.33%) AWS Certification
8 5 (8.33%) Azure Certification
8 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (6.67%) MCSE
10 3 (5.00%) CCNP
11 2 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (3.33%) DBS Check
11 2 (3.33%) ISACA
11 2 (3.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (26.67%) NIST
2 10 (16.67%) GDPR
3 8 (13.33%) GRC
3 8 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (10.00%) NIST 800
5 5 (8.33%) COBIT
5 5 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (8.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (31.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.67%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (10.00%) Nessus
2 5 (8.33%) Suricata
3 1 (1.67%) Ansible
3 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.67%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.67%) Puppet
3 1 (1.67%) SCCM
3 1 (1.67%) Terraform
3 1 (1.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (26.67%) Cisco
3 10 (16.67%) Juniper
4 7 (11.67%) F5
5 6 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 6 (10.00%) Qualys
6 5 (8.33%) Splunk
6 5 (8.33%) VMware
7 4 (6.67%) Fortinet
8 3 (5.00%) Sage
9 1 (1.67%) Apple
9 1 (1.67%) HP