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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 106 102
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +66
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 39 31 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.92% 1.59% 2.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.92% 14.09% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25 27 68
10th Percentile £61,000 £37,500 £52,125
25th Percentile £67,500 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +24.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £91,563
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £118,750
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +24.00%

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 245 220 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 5.80% 11.31% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 161 196 335
10th Percentile £36,750 £34,500 £31,850
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,438 £77,813
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -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 5 July 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 (2.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 20 (51.28%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.82%) AWS
3 5 (12.82%) GCP
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (5.13%) Mimecast
5 2 (5.13%) Serverless
6 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.56%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.56%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.56%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (48.72%) Firewall
2 8 (20.51%) BGP
2 8 (20.51%) OSPF
3 6 (15.38%) Kerberos
4 5 (12.82%) LAN
4 5 (12.82%) WAN
5 4 (10.26%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (10.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (10.26%) SD-WAN
5 4 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.26%) Wireless
5 4 (10.26%) WLAN
6 3 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (7.69%) MPLS
6 3 (7.69%) VPN
7 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
7 2 (5.13%) VLAN
8 1 (2.56%) DHCP
8 1 (2.56%) DNS
8 1 (2.56%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 21 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Advertising
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Analyst
1 14 (35.90%) Security Analyst
2 13 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 8 (20.51%) Network Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Architect
4 7 (17.95%) Senior
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Azure Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Identity Management Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Testing Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) AWS Architect
9 1 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Information Officer
9 1 (2.56%) IPTV Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) IT Analyst
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) LDAP
1 6 (15.38%) OAuth
1 6 (15.38%) OpenID
1 6 (15.38%) REST
1 6 (15.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Cyber Defence
1 12 (30.77%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (12.82%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.56%) IPTV
5 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (43.59%) Linux
1 17 (43.59%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (43.59%) Cloud Security
3 16 (41.03%) Incident Response
4 14 (35.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 14 (35.90%) Security Monitoring
4 14 (35.90%) SIEM
5 13 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 12 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 12 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (30.77%) SOAR
6 12 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (30.77%) Use Case
7 10 (25.64%) Computer Science
8 9 (23.08%) Roadmaps
8 9 (23.08%) Zero Trust
9 8 (20.51%) Information Security
10 7 (17.95%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (17.95%) Privileged Access Management
10 7 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (17.95%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 25 (64.10%) PowerShell
2 18 (46.15%) Python
3 6 (15.38%) Bash
4 3 (7.69%) C
4 3 (7.69%) C#
4 3 (7.69%) C++
4 3 (7.69%) Go
4 3 (7.69%) Java
4 3 (7.69%) Objective-C
4 3 (7.69%) Perl
4 3 (7.69%) Ruby
4 3 (7.69%) Rust
5 2 (5.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) Degree
2 12 (30.77%) CISSP
2 12 (30.77%) GIAC
3 8 (20.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (12.82%) CISM
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (7.69%) CCNP
6 3 (7.69%) CCSAM
6 3 (7.69%) CCSP
6 3 (7.69%) CREST Certified
6 3 (7.69%) GPEN
6 3 (7.69%) GXPN
6 3 (7.69%) OSCE
6 3 (7.69%) OSCP
7 2 (5.13%) CEH
7 2 (5.13%) CISA
7 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (38.46%) NIST
2 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (12.82%) PCI DSS
3 4 (10.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
5 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.56%) NLBS
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (10.26%) FortiGate
2 4 (10.26%) Terraform
3 1 (2.56%) Ansible
3 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) Cisco
3 4 (10.26%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.13%) VMware
5 1 (2.56%) Arista
5 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.56%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) Meraki
5 1 (2.56%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.56%) Red Hat