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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 89 95
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 +90
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 28 74 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.13% 2.85% 2.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.40% 18.83% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 20 34 69
10th Percentile £28,500 £65,750 £49,500
25th Percentile £65,938 £71,400 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £83,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% +15.17% +6.62%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £83,000 £121,625 £99,000
Central London median annual salary £72,000 £83,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -13.77% +15.17% +6.62%

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 209 393 421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.41% 15.16% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 159 219 377
10th Percentile £33,400 £40,000 £31,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,500 £106,000 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.73% +6.25% -4.00%

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 January 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) Mimecast
2 2 (7.14%) Tessian
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (53.57%) Firewall
2 8 (28.57%) WAN
3 6 (21.43%) Wireless
4 5 (17.86%) LAN
4 5 (17.86%) SD-WAN
4 5 (17.86%) VPN
4 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (17.86%) WLAN
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (10.71%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (10.71%) VoIP
7 2 (7.14%) BGP
7 2 (7.14%) DKIM
7 2 (7.14%) DMARC
7 2 (7.14%) OSPF
8 1 (3.57%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 2 (7.14%) Banking
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Analyst
1 7 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Senior
4 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Network Support
5 3 (10.71%) Network Support Technician
5 3 (10.71%) Network Technician
5 3 (10.71%) Support Technician
6 2 (7.14%) Administrator
6 2 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Information Security Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) Information Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (7.14%) Security Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.14%) Wintel Administrator
6 2 (7.14%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (21.43%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 4 (14.29%) Blockchain
3 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 4 (14.29%) PKI
4 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (7.14%) CMDB
5 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) SIEM
2 10 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (35.71%) Security Operations
3 9 (32.14%) Incident Response
4 7 (25.00%) Information Security
4 7 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 6 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
5 6 (21.43%) SOAR
5 6 (21.43%) Use Case
6 5 (17.86%) Cloud Security
6 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
6 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (17.86%) Mentoring
7 4 (14.29%) Cryptography
7 4 (14.29%) Ergonomics
7 4 (14.29%) Human Factors
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 6 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) CISSP
1 7 (25.00%) GIAC
2 5 (17.86%) CISM
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) PhD
3 4 (14.29%) Postgraduate
4 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
4 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) CISA
5 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (7.14%) Novell Certification
6 1 (3.57%) CEH
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.57%) GSEC
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) NIST
2 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (10.71%) GDPR
5 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) KVM
2 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (7.14%) CSIRT
3 1 (3.57%) Nessus
3 1 (3.57%) SCOM
3 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) Cisco
3 4 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 3 (10.71%) Zscaler
5 2 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.57%) Aruba
6 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.57%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.57%) Forcepoint
6 1 (3.57%) Rapid7
6 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.57%) Stonesoft
6 1 (3.57%) Tenable
6 1 (3.57%) VMware