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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 129 114
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +74
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 41 14 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.06% 0.67% 1.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.53% 5.86% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23 13 58
10th Percentile £62,500 - £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -13.79% +20.83%
75th Percentile £74,250 £95,000 £84,063
90th Percentile £78,500 £104,000 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -13.79% +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 264 239 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.81% 11.42% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 180 201 339
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,950
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
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 £85,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £87,500
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 29 April 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 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Azure
2 7 (17.07%) Entra ID
3 4 (9.76%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
4 3 (7.32%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.88%) Tessian
6 1 (2.44%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) Firewall
2 7 (17.07%) WAN
3 6 (14.63%) Cisco ISE
3 6 (14.63%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (14.63%) LAN
3 6 (14.63%) SD-WAN
4 5 (12.20%) BGP
4 5 (12.20%) Kerberos
4 5 (12.20%) OSPF
4 5 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (12.20%) Wireless
4 5 (12.20%) WLAN
5 4 (9.76%) VPN
6 3 (7.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (4.88%) DKIM
7 2 (4.88%) DMARC
8 1 (2.44%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (2.44%) VoIP
General
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Banking
2 4 (9.76%) Finance
3 1 (2.44%) Advertising
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Analyst
1 17 (41.46%) Security Analyst
2 15 (36.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Architect
3 6 (14.63%) Network Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Senior
4 4 (9.76%) Azure Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Identity Management Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Testing Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Information Security Officer
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Firewall Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Information Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Information Security Officer
6 1 (2.44%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) LDAP
1 5 (12.20%) OAuth
1 5 (12.20%) OpenID
1 5 (12.20%) REST
1 5 (12.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (39.02%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (36.59%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
4 4 (9.76%) Algorithms
4 4 (9.76%) Blockchain
4 4 (9.76%) Data Structures
4 4 (9.76%) Public Cloud
4 4 (9.76%) Security Posture
5 3 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.32%) PKI
6 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (46.34%) Windows
2 18 (43.90%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (46.34%) SIEM
3 17 (41.46%) Incident Response
3 17 (41.46%) Security Operations
4 15 (36.59%) Cloud Security
4 15 (36.59%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 15 (36.59%) Root Cause Analysis
4 15 (36.59%) Security Monitoring
4 15 (36.59%) SOAR
4 15 (36.59%) Use Case
5 14 (34.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 14 (34.15%) Threat Intelligence
6 10 (24.39%) Computer Science
7 9 (21.95%) Machine Learning
7 9 (21.95%) Roadmaps
8 7 (17.07%) Mentoring
8 7 (17.07%) Threat Management
9 6 (14.63%) Information Security
9 6 (14.63%) Zero Trust
10 5 (12.20%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (56.10%) PowerShell
2 18 (43.90%) Python
3 3 (7.32%) Bash
3 3 (7.32%) C
3 3 (7.32%) C#
3 3 (7.32%) C++
3 3 (7.32%) Go
3 3 (7.32%) Java
3 3 (7.32%) Objective-C
3 3 (7.32%) Perl
3 3 (7.32%) Ruby
3 3 (7.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) GIAC
2 13 (31.71%) Degree
3 10 (24.39%) CISSP
4 5 (12.20%) CISM
4 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (9.76%) PhD
5 4 (9.76%) Postgraduate
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.32%) CCSAM
6 3 (7.32%) CISA
6 3 (7.32%) CREST Certified
6 3 (7.32%) GPEN
6 3 (7.32%) GXPN
6 3 (7.32%) OSCE
6 3 (7.32%) OSCP
7 2 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.44%) CRISC
8 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (36.59%) NIST
2 5 (12.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.76%) GDPR
4 3 (7.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.88%) HIPAA
5 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) KVM
2 1 (2.44%) NLBS
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) FortiGate
2 5 (12.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Cisco
3 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.44%) Meraki
5 1 (2.44%) VMware
5 1 (2.44%) Zscaler