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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 124 108
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +68
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 45 17 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.08% 0.88% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.92% 7.98% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 26 17 63
10th Percentile £61,250 £34,950 £51,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £82,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,000 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +16.00%

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 266 213 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 6.38% 11.05% 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 176 189 326
10th Percentile £36,750 £34,800 £31,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +10.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,000 £93,750
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.44% +10.00% -9.17%

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 5 June 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 (2.22%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 21 (46.67%) Azure
2 7 (15.56%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (8.89%) GCP
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.44%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.44%) Serverless
7 1 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.22%) Cloudflare
7 1 (2.22%) IaaS
7 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.22%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.22%) PaaS
7 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (51.11%) Firewall
2 10 (22.22%) BGP
2 10 (22.22%) OSPF
3 8 (17.78%) WAN
4 7 (15.56%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (15.56%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (15.56%) SD-WAN
5 6 (13.33%) Kerberos
5 6 (13.33%) LAN
6 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (11.11%) Wireless
6 5 (11.11%) WLAN
7 3 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (6.67%) MPLS
7 3 (6.67%) VPN
8 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.44%) VLAN
9 1 (2.22%) DHCP
9 1 (2.22%) DNS
9 1 (2.22%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) GitLab
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 21 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Advertising
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Law
4 1 (2.22%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Analyst
1 14 (31.11%) Security Analyst
2 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Network Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Senior
5 7 (15.56%) Architect
5 7 (15.56%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Azure Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Identity Management Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Testing Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) AWS Architect
9 1 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) IT Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) Security Auditor
9 1 (2.22%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) LDAP
1 6 (13.33%) OAuth
1 6 (13.33%) OpenID
1 6 (13.33%) REST
1 6 (13.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Cyber Defence
1 12 (26.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.89%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.89%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 3 (6.67%) Blockchain
4 3 (6.67%) Data Structures
4 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.22%) IPTV
6 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (37.78%) Linux
1 17 (37.78%) Windows
2 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (37.78%) Cloud Security
3 16 (35.56%) Incident Response
4 14 (31.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 14 (31.11%) Security Monitoring
4 14 (31.11%) SIEM
5 13 (28.89%) Computer Science
6 12 (26.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 12 (26.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (26.67%) Security Operations
6 12 (26.67%) SOAR
6 12 (26.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (26.67%) Use Case
7 9 (20.00%) Machine Learning
7 9 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 9 (20.00%) Zero Trust
8 8 (17.78%) Mentoring
8 8 (17.78%) Threat Management
9 7 (15.56%) Privileged Access Management
9 7 (15.56%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 25 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 18 (40.00%) Python
3 6 (13.33%) Bash
4 3 (6.67%) C
4 3 (6.67%) C#
4 3 (6.67%) C++
4 3 (6.67%) Go
4 3 (6.67%) Java
4 3 (6.67%) Objective-C
4 3 (6.67%) Perl
4 3 (6.67%) Ruby
4 3 (6.67%) Rust
5 2 (4.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) Degree
2 13 (28.89%) GIAC
3 12 (26.67%) CISSP
4 8 (17.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (11.11%) CISM
6 4 (8.89%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (6.67%) CCNP
7 3 (6.67%) CCSAM
7 3 (6.67%) CCSP
7 3 (6.67%) CISA
7 3 (6.67%) CREST Certified
7 3 (6.67%) GPEN
7 3 (6.67%) GXPN
7 3 (6.67%) OSCE
7 3 (6.67%) OSCP
7 3 (6.67%) PhD
7 3 (6.67%) Postgraduate
8 2 (4.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (33.33%) NIST
2 6 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.11%) GDPR
3 5 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 4 (8.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.44%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) NLBS
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) FortiGate
1 7 (15.56%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (8.89%) Terraform
3 1 (2.22%) Ansible
3 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) Cisco
3 7 (15.56%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.44%) VMware
5 1 (2.22%) Arista
5 1 (2.22%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.22%) Meraki
5 1 (2.22%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.22%) Red Hat