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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 91 79
Rank change year-on-year -14 -12 +53
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 24 41 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.86% 2.44% 3.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.58% 22.53% 24.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17 35 67
10th Percentile £57,500 £37,500 £54,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -6.06% +15.79%
75th Percentile £94,750 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,250 £90,750 £118,750
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £83,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -3.61% +16.49%

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 154 182 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 5.51% 10.81% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 118 158 263
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -18.52% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £71,938 £85,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,250 £103,250
Central London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

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 October 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 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Azure
2 8 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
5 2 (8.33%) IaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (8.33%) Mimecast
5 2 (8.33%) PaaS
5 2 (8.33%) SaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Serverless
6 1 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (4.17%) Cloudflare
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (4.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) Firewall
2 6 (25.00%) BGP
2 6 (25.00%) OSPF
2 6 (25.00%) VPN
2 6 (25.00%) WAN
3 5 (20.83%) Kerberos
3 5 (20.83%) VLAN
4 4 (16.67%) LAN
4 4 (16.67%) Wireless
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (12.50%) MPLS
5 3 (12.50%) SD-WAN
6 2 (8.33%) TACACS
6 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (8.33%) WLAN
7 1 (4.17%) DHCP
7 1 (4.17%) DNS
7 1 (4.17%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Identity Management Architect
5 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Lead
5 2 (8.33%) Lead Network Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) LDAP
1 5 (20.83%) OAuth
1 5 (20.83%) OpenID
1 5 (20.83%) REST
1 5 (20.83%) SAML
2 4 (16.67%) Terraform
3 3 (12.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.17%) IPTV
4 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Unix
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (37.50%) Zero Trust
3 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 8 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 7 (29.17%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (29.17%) Privileged Access Management
5 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (25.00%) RBAC
6 5 (20.83%) Anomaly Detection
6 5 (20.83%) Biometrics
6 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
6 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Automation
6 5 (20.83%) Machine Learning
6 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
6 5 (20.83%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 5 (20.83%) Security Architecture
6 5 (20.83%) Threat Detection
6 5 (20.83%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 3 (12.50%) Bash
4 2 (8.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) CISSP
2 9 (37.50%) Degree
3 7 (29.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 3 (12.50%) CCSP
5 3 (12.50%) CISM
6 2 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (8.33%) CCNP
6 2 (8.33%) CEH
6 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 2 (8.33%) SANS
6 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
7 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (4.17%) CCIE
7 1 (4.17%) CCNA
7 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) GDPR
1 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.50%) NIST
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (16.67%) FortiGate
3 2 (8.33%) Ansible
4 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.33%) VMware
5 1 (4.17%) Arista
5 1 (4.17%) Aruba
5 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.17%) F5
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) iManage
5 1 (4.17%) Meraki
5 1 (4.17%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.17%) Red Hat