Network Security Job Trends in the City of London

Network Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 124 97
Rank change year-on-year +8 -27 +92
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 35 31 73
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.17% 1.32% 2.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.02% 9.97% 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 71
10th Percentile £33,050 £41,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% +5.86% +16.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £111,000 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £76,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -8.79% +5.86% +13.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 233 311 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 7.76% 13.28% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 164 212 370
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,350
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,063 £76,188
90th Percentile £97,125 £102,250 £92,625
Central London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -11.29%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 9 (25.71%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.71%) Mimecast
3 2 (5.71%) Tessian
4 1 (2.86%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (48.57%) Firewall
2 10 (28.57%) WAN
3 8 (22.86%) LAN
3 8 (22.86%) Wireless
4 7 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 7 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (20.00%) WLAN
5 6 (17.14%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (17.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (14.29%) VPN
7 4 (11.43%) BGP
7 4 (11.43%) OSPF
8 3 (8.57%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (8.57%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (8.57%) VoIP
9 2 (5.71%) DKIM
9 2 (5.71%) DMARC
9 2 (5.71%) Kerberos
10 1 (2.86%) NetScaler
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Advertising
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Banking
2 1 (2.86%) Finance
2 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) Security Analyst
2 12 (34.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Network Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Senior
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Network Support
5 3 (8.57%) Network Support Technician
5 3 (8.57%) Network Technician
5 3 (8.57%) Support Technician
6 2 (5.71%) Administrator
6 2 (5.71%) Azure Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (5.71%) Wintel Administrator
6 2 (5.71%) Wintel Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.86%) Identity Management Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) LDAP
1 2 (5.71%) OAuth
1 2 (5.71%) OpenID
1 2 (5.71%) REST
1 2 (5.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (34.29%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (14.29%) PKI
4 4 (11.43%) Algorithms
4 4 (11.43%) Blockchain
4 4 (11.43%) Data Structures
5 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (42.86%) Windows
2 12 (34.29%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Cybersecurity
1 17 (48.57%) SIEM
2 14 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 13 (37.14%) Incident Response
4 12 (34.29%) Cloud Security
4 12 (34.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 12 (34.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 12 (34.29%) Security Monitoring
4 12 (34.29%) SOAR
4 12 (34.29%) Use Case
5 11 (31.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (31.43%) Threat Intelligence
6 7 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (17.14%) Machine Learning
7 6 (17.14%) Threat Management
8 5 (14.29%) Zero Trust
9 4 (11.43%) Coaching
9 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (11.43%) Edge Computing
9 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (34.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) GIAC
2 7 (20.00%) CISSP
2 7 (20.00%) Degree
3 5 (14.29%) CISM
3 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) PhD
4 4 (11.43%) Postgraduate
5 3 (8.57%) CISA
5 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
5 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) CCNP
7 1 (2.86%) CCSP
7 1 (2.86%) CRISC
7 1 (2.86%) MCITP
7 1 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (37.14%) NIST
2 6 (17.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (8.57%) GDPR
5 2 (5.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) KVM
2 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.86%) NLBS
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (28.57%) Cisco
3 6 (17.14%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.57%) Zscaler
5 2 (5.71%) CheckPoint
5 2 (5.71%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.86%) Aruba
6 1 (2.86%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.86%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.86%) Stonesoft
6 1 (2.86%) Tenable
6 1 (2.86%) VMware