Network Security Job Trends in Cheltenham

Network Security
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.61% - 0.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.90% - 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £66,375
25th Percentile £31,250 - £70,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +128.57%
75th Percentile £43,125 - £87,500
90th Percentile £48,750 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -8.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 31 12 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 4.76% 9.68% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 21 4 51
10th Percentile £41,250 £29,700 £31,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,500 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,875 £78,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +20.48%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Network Security
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Cheltenham

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) SABSA
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet