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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 109 170
Rank change year-on-year -4 +61 +42
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 29 70 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.49% 2.11% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.45% 15.42% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25 66 32
10th Percentile £37,500 £51,875 £36,425
25th Percentile £41,250 £57,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +24.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,188 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £118,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +24.00% -7.41%

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 233 454 523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 12.01% 13.70% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 195 331 409
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £61,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.91% -8.33% -4.00%

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 2 July 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 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (10.34%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) Azure
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (27.59%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.79%) Nutanix
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (6.90%) PaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.45%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 22 (75.86%) Firewall
2 8 (27.59%) VLAN
2 8 (27.59%) VPN
3 6 (20.69%) DHCP
3 6 (20.69%) DNS
4 3 (10.34%) BGP
4 3 (10.34%) LAN
4 3 (10.34%) NetScaler
4 3 (10.34%) OSPF
4 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (6.90%) Spanning Tree
5 2 (6.90%) VoIP
5 2 (6.90%) WAN
5 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (3.45%) HSRP
6 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Data Lake
1 4 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (13.79%) SAP Data Services
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) ER Studio
2 2 (6.90%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Law
4 4 (13.79%) Marketing
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Banking
5 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.90%) German Language
6 2 (6.90%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Senior
2 7 (24.14%) Network Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Architect
5 4 (13.79%) Chief Architect
5 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Security Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Support Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Technical Support
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Technical Support
5 4 (13.79%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Junior Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Network Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Tandem
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) CMDB
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Linux
3 9 (31.03%) Windows Server
4 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
4 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (6.90%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Mentoring
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (27.59%) Technology Strategy
4 7 (24.14%) Business Continuity
4 7 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (24.14%) SIEM
5 6 (20.69%) Business Strategy
5 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
6 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
6 5 (17.24%) ITSM
7 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (13.79%) Change Management
7 4 (13.79%) CRM
7 4 (13.79%) ERP
7 4 (13.79%) Logistics
7 4 (13.79%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.90%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) Shell Script
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.34%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (6.90%) CCNA
4 2 (6.90%) CCNP
5 1 (3.45%) CCIE
5 1 (3.45%) CISSP
5 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.45%) JNCIP
5 1 (3.45%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.90%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (34.48%) Active Directory
3 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
4 3 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (6.90%) VMware NSX
5 2 (6.90%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (17.24%) SCCM
2 3 (10.34%) SCOM
2 3 (10.34%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (10.34%) vCenter Server
3 2 (6.90%) Ansible
3 2 (6.90%) Autotask
3 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
4 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (37.93%) VMware
3 7 (24.14%) Cisco
4 6 (20.69%) Salesforce
5 5 (17.24%) ServiceNow
6 4 (13.79%) Fortinet
6 4 (13.79%) SAP
7 3 (10.34%) Bloomberg
7 3 (10.34%) Citrix
7 3 (10.34%) FactSet
7 3 (10.34%) Juniper
7 3 (10.34%) Mitel
7 3 (10.34%) NetApp
7 3 (10.34%) Refinitiv
7 3 (10.34%) Veeam
8 2 (6.90%) HP
8 2 (6.90%) SonicWALL
8 2 (6.90%) Sophos
9 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
9 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds