Network Security Jobs in Central London

Network Security
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 133 197
Rank change year-on-year -17 +64 +8
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 15 64 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.59% 1.69% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.42% 13.11% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 13 62 33
10th Percentile - £51,375 £34,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,563 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £95,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.79% +11.54% -7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 277 488 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.91% 12.90% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 225 370 505
10th Percentile £35,300 £32,450 £34,509
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,063 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +4.84%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,897 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,000 £87,500 £105,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Central London

Network Security
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
City of London -10 14 £62,500 -13.79% 9
City of Westminster - 1 £26,000 -
Network Security
London

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 4 (26.67%) Nutanix
5 1 (6.67%) AWS
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub
5 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (6.67%) Google Workspace
5 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) Firewall
2 7 (46.67%) DHCP
2 7 (46.67%) DNS
2 7 (46.67%) VLAN
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (20.00%) LAN
4 3 (20.00%) WAN
4 3 (20.00%) Wireless
5 2 (13.33%) NetScaler
5 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.67%) 4G
6 1 (6.67%) Internet
6 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (6.67%) SAN
6 1 (6.67%) VSAN
6 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
1 1 (6.67%) CircleCI
1 1 (6.67%) Eclipse
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (26.67%) Law
4 3 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Financial Institution
5 2 (13.33%) German Language
6 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Senior Support Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Senior Technical Support
4 4 (26.67%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Support Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Technical Support
4 4 (26.67%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Network Technician
6 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Signage
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (26.67%) Apple iOS
3 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (20.00%) Linux
5 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) ITSM
3 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
4 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (13.33%) BCP
5 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) High Availability
5 2 (13.33%) ITIL
5 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (13.33%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) CCNA
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (6.67%) Docker
5 1 (6.67%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (13.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.67%) SCOM
3 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) VMware
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Veeam
4 2 (13.33%) Bloomberg
4 2 (13.33%) Citrix
4 2 (13.33%) FactSet
4 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (13.33%) Mitel
4 2 (13.33%) NetApp
4 2 (13.33%) Refinitiv
5 1 (6.67%) Apple
5 1 (6.67%) Cognos
5 1 (6.67%) Google
5 1 (6.67%) HP
5 1 (6.67%) Juniper
5 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.67%) Sun