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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 114 106
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +86
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 31 44 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.09% 1.79% 2.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.36% 12.54% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 66
10th Percentile £28,500 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £83,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +15.17% +13.73%
75th Percentile £76,000 £95,000 £90,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £83,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -16.17% +15.17% +11.54%

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 232 351 418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.13% 14.26% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 165 217 370
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,975
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £76,188
90th Percentile £97,000 £100,000 £92,625
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -7.26%

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 26 February 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 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.45%) Mimecast
3 2 (6.45%) Tessian
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (48.39%) Firewall
2 9 (29.03%) WAN
3 7 (22.58%) LAN
3 7 (22.58%) Wireless
4 6 (19.35%) SD-WAN
4 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (19.35%) WLAN
5 5 (16.13%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (16.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (16.13%) VPN
6 3 (9.68%) BGP
6 3 (9.68%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (9.68%) OSPF
6 3 (9.68%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (9.68%) VoIP
7 2 (6.45%) DKIM
7 2 (6.45%) DMARC
8 1 (3.23%) Kerberos
8 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Advertising
2 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.23%) Banking
2 1 (3.23%) Finance
2 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Analyst
1 11 (35.48%) Security Analyst
2 10 (32.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Network Support
4 3 (9.68%) Network Support Technician
4 3 (9.68%) Network Technician
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.45%) Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Wintel Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Wintel Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.23%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) IT Auditor
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) LDAP
1 1 (3.23%) OAuth
1 1 (3.23%) OpenID
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (32.26%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (16.13%) PKI
4 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
4 4 (12.90%) Blockchain
4 4 (12.90%) Data Structures
5 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (41.94%) Windows
2 10 (32.26%) Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) SIEM
2 14 (45.16%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (38.71%) Security Operations
4 11 (35.48%) Incident Response
5 10 (32.26%) Cloud Security
5 10 (32.26%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 10 (32.26%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (32.26%) Security Monitoring
5 10 (32.26%) SOAR
5 10 (32.26%) Use Case
6 9 (29.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 9 (29.03%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
8 5 (16.13%) Machine Learning
8 5 (16.13%) Threat Management
9 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (12.90%) Computer Architecture
9 4 (12.90%) Edge Computing
9 4 (12.90%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) PowerShell
2 10 (32.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) GIAC
2 6 (19.35%) CISSP
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
3 5 (16.13%) CISM
3 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) PhD
4 4 (12.90%) Postgraduate
5 3 (9.68%) CISA
5 3 (9.68%) DBS Check
5 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.23%) CRISC
7 1 (3.23%) MCITP
7 1 (3.23%) MCSA
7 1 (3.23%) MCSE
7 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) NIST
2 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (9.68%) GDPR
5 2 (6.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) KVM
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) NLBS
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.23%) Nessus
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) Cisco
3 5 (16.13%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.68%) Zscaler
5 2 (6.45%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.23%) Aruba
6 1 (3.23%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.23%) Forcepoint
6 1 (3.23%) Rapid7
6 1 (3.23%) Stonesoft
6 1 (3.23%) Tenable
6 1 (3.23%) VMware