Network Security Jobs in the City of London

Network Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 116 178
Rank change year-on-year -5 +62 +32
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 16 67 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.83% 2.01% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.96% 14.92% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 16 65 32
10th Percentile £33,375 £51,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £56,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +18.37% -9.26%
75th Percentile £81,563 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year +3.45% +18.37% -9.26%

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 230 449 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 11.86% 13.44% 11.18%
Number of salaries quoted 193 332 398
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,775 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £92,500 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +0.81%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the City of London.

Salary trend for Network Security in the City of London

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the City of London

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 4 (25.00%) Nutanix
5 2 (12.50%) AWS
6 1 (6.25%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (6.25%) GitHub
6 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) Firewall
2 8 (50.00%) VLAN
3 6 (37.50%) DHCP
3 6 (37.50%) DNS
4 5 (31.25%) VPN
5 3 (18.75%) LAN
5 3 (18.75%) NetScaler
6 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (12.50%) WAN
6 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (6.25%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (6.25%) HSRP
7 1 (6.25%) Internet
7 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Bitbucket
1 1 (6.25%) CircleCI
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (25.00%) Law
5 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Banking
6 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 2 (12.50%) German Language
7 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Senior
2 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Technical Support
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 4 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Junior Network Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Network Technician
5 2 (12.50%) Senior IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Digital Signage
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (37.50%) Linux
4 4 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) BCP
4 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
4 3 (18.75%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (18.75%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (18.75%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) CCNA
3 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CCIE
4 1 (6.25%) CCNP
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
3 3 (18.75%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (6.25%) Docker
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
1 3 (18.75%) SCOM
1 3 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (18.75%) vCenter Server
2 2 (12.50%) Terraform
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) VMware
3 6 (37.50%) Cisco
4 3 (18.75%) Bloomberg
4 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 3 (18.75%) FactSet
4 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
4 3 (18.75%) Mitel
4 3 (18.75%) NetApp
4 3 (18.75%) Refinitiv
4 3 (18.75%) Veeam
5 2 (12.50%) HP
5 2 (12.50%) Juniper
6 1 (6.25%) Apple
6 1 (6.25%) Google
6 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
6 1 (6.25%) Sophos