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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 133 116
Rank change year-on-year +23 -17 +70
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 42 15 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.05% 0.72% 1.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.44% 6.38% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 23 14 60
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -5.17% +20.83%
75th Percentile £74,250 £91,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £103,500 £96,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -5.17% +20.83%

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 272 235 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.78% 11.31% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 181 201 340
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,975
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,961 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,113
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £91,250
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -15.38%

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 6 May 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) Azure
2 7 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (9.52%) AWS
4 3 (7.14%) GCP
4 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.14%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.76%) Tessian
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.38%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (45.24%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 7 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 7 (16.67%) WAN
3 6 (14.29%) BGP
3 6 (14.29%) LAN
3 6 (14.29%) OSPF
4 5 (11.90%) Kerberos
4 5 (11.90%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (11.90%) Wireless
4 5 (11.90%) WLAN
5 3 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (7.14%) VPN
6 2 (4.76%) DKIM
6 2 (4.76%) DMARC
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Banking
2 4 (9.52%) Finance
3 1 (2.38%) Advertising
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Analyst
1 17 (40.48%) Security Analyst
2 15 (35.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Senior
4 6 (14.29%) Architect
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Azure Architect
7 3 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Identity Management Architect
7 3 (7.14%) Testing Manager
8 1 (2.38%) Information Manager
8 1 (2.38%) Information Security Analyst
8 1 (2.38%) Information Security Manager
8 1 (2.38%) IT Security Analyst
8 1 (2.38%) Network Specialist
8 1 (2.38%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) LDAP
1 5 (11.90%) OAuth
1 5 (11.90%) OpenID
1 5 (11.90%) REST
1 5 (11.90%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (38.10%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (35.71%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
4 4 (9.52%) Algorithms
4 4 (9.52%) Blockchain
4 4 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (9.52%) Data Structures
4 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 4 (9.52%) Security Posture
5 3 (7.14%) PKI
6 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (45.24%) Windows
2 18 (42.86%) Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (45.24%) SIEM
3 18 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 17 (40.48%) Security Operations
5 16 (38.10%) Cloud Security
5 16 (38.10%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 16 (38.10%) Security Monitoring
6 15 (35.71%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (35.71%) SOAR
6 15 (35.71%) Use Case
7 14 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 14 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (26.19%) Computer Science
9 9 (21.43%) Machine Learning
9 9 (21.43%) Roadmaps
10 8 (19.05%) Threat Management
11 7 (16.67%) Information Security
11 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
12 5 (11.90%) Biometrics
12 5 (11.90%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 23 (54.76%) PowerShell
2 18 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (7.14%) Bash
3 3 (7.14%) C
3 3 (7.14%) C#
3 3 (7.14%) C++
3 3 (7.14%) Go
3 3 (7.14%) Java
3 3 (7.14%) Objective-C
3 3 (7.14%) Perl
3 3 (7.14%) Ruby
3 3 (7.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) GIAC
2 14 (33.33%) Degree
3 11 (26.19%) CISSP
4 6 (14.29%) CISM
4 6 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (9.52%) Azure Certification
5 4 (9.52%) PhD
5 4 (9.52%) Postgraduate
6 3 (7.14%) CCSAM
6 3 (7.14%) CISA
6 3 (7.14%) CREST Certified
6 3 (7.14%) GPEN
6 3 (7.14%) GXPN
6 3 (7.14%) OSCE
6 3 (7.14%) OSCP
7 2 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (4.76%) CCSP
7 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (38.10%) NIST
2 6 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.90%) GDPR
4 4 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (7.14%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.76%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) NLBS
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) FortiGate
2 5 (11.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Cisco
3 7 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.38%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.38%) Meraki
5 1 (2.38%) VMware