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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 126 186
Rank change year-on-year -21 +60 +28
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 13 70 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.55% 1.85% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.38% 14.46% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13 66 32
10th Percentile - £50,625 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +18.37% -9.26%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,188 £72,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £105,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.79% +7.41% -3.57%

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 297 484 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.58% 12.80% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 213 360 476
10th Percentile £35,150 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +0.81%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £105,000
London median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% -

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 29 May 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 29 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
City of London -11 13 £65,000 -10.34% 17
City of Westminster - 1 £26,000 - 2
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 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (46.15%) Entra ID
4 4 (30.77%) Nutanix
5 1 (7.69%) AWS
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) VLAN
3 5 (38.46%) DHCP
3 5 (38.46%) DNS
4 4 (30.77%) VPN
5 3 (23.08%) NetScaler
6 2 (15.38%) LAN
6 2 (15.38%) Wireless
7 1 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (7.69%) HSRP
7 1 (7.69%) Internet
7 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
7 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 1 (7.69%) WAN
7 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Bitbucket
1 1 (7.69%) CircleCI
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 5 (38.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (30.77%) Law
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
6 2 (15.38%) German Language
7 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Senior
2 6 (46.15%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Support Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Technical Support
3 4 (30.77%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Support
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Lead
5 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior IT Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Digital Signage
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) Windows Server
3 4 (30.77%) Apple iOS
3 4 (30.77%) Linux
3 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) ITSM
2 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 3 (23.08%) BCP
3 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
3 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (23.08%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (23.08%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
4 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
3 3 (23.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (7.69%) Docker
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
1 3 (23.08%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (23.08%) vCenter Server
2 2 (15.38%) SCOM
3 1 (7.69%) Ansible
3 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) VMware
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco
4 3 (23.08%) Bloomberg
4 3 (23.08%) Citrix
4 3 (23.08%) FactSet
4 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
4 3 (23.08%) Mitel
4 3 (23.08%) NetApp
4 3 (23.08%) Refinitiv
4 3 (23.08%) Veeam
5 1 (7.69%) Apple
5 1 (7.69%) Google
5 1 (7.69%) HP
5 1 (7.69%) Juniper