Network Security Job Trends in Cumbria

Network Security
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.26% - 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% - 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 53 50 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.80% 10.27% 20.36%
Number of salaries quoted 33 4 14
10th Percentile £13,380 £30,575 -
25th Percentile - £30,688 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,250 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% +7.64% +12.14%
75th Percentile £54,500 £54,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £56,150 £76,500
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Network Security
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Network Security

Network Security
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness - 1 - - 4
Network Security
North West

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto