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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 91 79
Rank change year-on-year -15 -12 +58
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 31 42 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.95% 2.37% 3.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.85% 22.11% 21.95%
Number of salaries quoted 20 37 60
10th Percentile £59,375 £37,500 £54,000
25th Percentile £66,875 £52,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £92,125 £82,500 £93,125
90th Percentile £100,375 £92,750 £118,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% -3.13% +17.65%

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 184 190 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 5.62% 10.74% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 133 166 265
10th Percentile £37,200 £36,250 £36,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -6.35% +0.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £96,250
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

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 3 September 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 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (64.52%) Azure
2 8 (25.81%) Entra ID
3 6 (19.35%) AWS
4 5 (16.13%) GCP
5 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (6.45%) IaaS
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (6.45%) Mimecast
7 2 (6.45%) PaaS
7 2 (6.45%) SaaS
7 2 (6.45%) Serverless
8 1 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (3.23%) Cloudflare
8 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) BGP
2 7 (22.58%) OSPF
3 6 (19.35%) VPN
3 6 (19.35%) WAN
4 5 (16.13%) Kerberos
4 5 (16.13%) LAN
4 5 (16.13%) VLAN
4 5 (16.13%) Wireless
5 4 (12.90%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (12.90%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (12.90%) SD-WAN
6 3 (9.68%) MPLS
6 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (9.68%) WLAN
7 2 (6.45%) TACACS
7 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
8 1 (3.23%) DHCP
8 1 (3.23%) DNS
8 1 (3.23%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Banking
4 3 (9.68%) Law
5 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Network Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Architect
3 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Security Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 4 (12.90%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Testing Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Azure Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Identity Management Architect
6 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Lead
6 2 (6.45%) Lead Network Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) GCP Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) LDAP
1 5 (16.13%) OAuth
1 5 (16.13%) OpenID
1 5 (16.13%) REST
1 5 (16.13%) SAML
2 4 (12.90%) Terraform
3 3 (9.68%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (19.35%) Data Centre
2 5 (16.13%) Security Posture
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.68%) Public Cloud
3 3 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.23%) IPTV
5 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Linux
2 8 (25.81%) Windows
3 1 (3.23%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (35.48%) Roadmaps
3 8 (25.81%) Cloud Security
3 8 (25.81%) Computer Science
3 8 (25.81%) Mentoring
3 8 (25.81%) Zero Trust
4 7 (22.58%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (22.58%) Incident Response
4 7 (22.58%) Information Security
4 7 (22.58%) Privileged Access Management
5 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (19.35%) RBAC
6 5 (16.13%) Anomaly Detection
6 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
6 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Automation
6 5 (16.13%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 5 (16.13%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 5 (16.13%) Security Monitoring
6 5 (16.13%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) PowerShell
2 9 (29.03%) Python
3 6 (19.35%) Bash
4 3 (9.68%) C
4 3 (9.68%) C#
4 3 (9.68%) C++
4 3 (9.68%) Go
4 3 (9.68%) Java
4 3 (9.68%) Objective-C
4 3 (9.68%) Perl
4 3 (9.68%) Ruby
4 3 (9.68%) Rust
5 2 (6.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) Degree
2 10 (32.26%) CISSP
3 7 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.90%) Azure Certification
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (9.68%) CCSAM
5 3 (9.68%) CISM
5 3 (9.68%) CREST Certified
5 3 (9.68%) GIAC
5 3 (9.68%) GPEN
5 3 (9.68%) GXPN
5 3 (9.68%) OSCE
5 3 (9.68%) OSCP
6 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (6.45%) CCSP
6 2 (6.45%) CEH
6 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.45%) SANS
6 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
6 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) NIST
2 4 (12.90%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (12.90%) GDPR
2 4 (12.90%) PCI DSS
3 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (12.90%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.23%) Ansible
3 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Cisco
3 5 (16.13%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.45%) VMware
5 1 (3.23%) Arista
5 1 (3.23%) Aruba
5 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.23%) Google
5 1 (3.23%) iManage
5 1 (3.23%) Meraki
5 1 (3.23%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.23%) Red Hat