Network Security Job Trends in Central London

Network Security
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 99 105
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +110
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 35 79 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.40% 2.47% 2.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.67% 17.25% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 26 37 64
10th Percentile £33,000 £66,500 £43,384
25th Percentile £62,188 £72,000 £53,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £83,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +15.17% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £92,188
90th Percentile £88,750 £125,000 £97,500
London median annual salary £71,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -13.94% +10.00% +11.11%

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 256 458 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.24% 14.30% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 201 254 378
10th Percentile £28,697 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -3.23%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,188 £76,188
90th Percentile £92,500 £108,875 £92,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Central London

Network Security
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Central London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

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 11 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
City of London -14 32 £74,500 -10.78% 14
City of Westminster +35 4 - -
Network Security
London

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (11.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (8.57%) AWS
5 2 (5.71%) AWS CodePipeline
5 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.71%) Mimecast
5 2 (5.71%) Power Automate
5 2 (5.71%) Tessian
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.86%) GitHub
6 1 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (57.14%) Firewall
2 8 (22.86%) WAN
3 7 (20.00%) Wireless
4 6 (17.14%) LAN
4 6 (17.14%) SD-WAN
5 5 (14.29%) VoIP
5 5 (14.29%) VPN
5 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (14.29%) WLAN
6 4 (11.43%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (11.43%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (8.57%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (5.71%) BGP
8 2 (5.71%) DKIM
8 2 (5.71%) DMARC
8 2 (5.71%) OSPF
9 1 (2.86%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (2.86%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.86%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.86%) GitLab
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.86%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Senior
2 5 (14.29%) Analyst
2 5 (14.29%) Lead
2 5 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Information Security Specialist
4 3 (8.57%) Information Specialist
4 3 (8.57%) Network Support
4 3 (8.57%) Network Support Technician
4 3 (8.57%) Network Technician
4 3 (8.57%) Security Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Security Specialist
4 3 (8.57%) Support Technician
5 2 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.71%) Administrator
5 2 (5.71%) Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Security Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 5 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (11.43%) Algorithms
2 4 (11.43%) Blockchain
2 4 (11.43%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (11.43%) Data Structures
2 4 (11.43%) PKI
3 3 (8.57%) CMDB
4 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (34.29%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Linux
3 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) SIEM
2 11 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (25.71%) Information Security
3 9 (25.71%) Security Operations
4 8 (22.86%) Incident Response
4 8 (22.86%) Mentoring
5 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
5 6 (17.14%) SOAR
5 6 (17.14%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 5 (14.29%) DevOps
6 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (11.43%) AI
7 4 (11.43%) Coaching
7 4 (11.43%) Ergonomics
7 4 (11.43%) Human Factors
7 4 (11.43%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (11.43%) Software Engineering
7 4 (11.43%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) CISSP
2 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) CISM
4 5 (14.29%) Degree
4 5 (14.29%) GIAC
4 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 4 (11.43%) PhD
5 4 (11.43%) Postgraduate
6 3 (8.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
6 3 (8.57%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (8.57%) Novell Certification
7 2 (5.71%) CCNP
7 2 (5.71%) CEH
7 2 (5.71%) CISA
7 2 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (5.71%) GSEC
7 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.86%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (20.00%) NIST
2 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.57%) GDPR
3 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.57%) KVM
2 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) FortiGate
2 3 (8.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (8.57%) CSIRT
2 3 (8.57%) Terraform
3 2 (5.71%) Autotask
3 2 (5.71%) SCOM
4 1 (2.86%) Ansible
4 1 (2.86%) Argo
4 1 (2.86%) Grafana
4 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.86%) Nessus
4 1 (2.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) Cisco
3 4 (11.43%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.57%) Tenable
4 3 (8.57%) VMware
4 3 (8.57%) Zscaler
5 2 (5.71%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.71%) SolarWinds
5 2 (5.71%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.86%) Aruba
6 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.86%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.86%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.86%) Stonesoft