Network Security Job Trends in Durham

Network Security
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 30 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 5 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 2.49% 4.65% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.63% 45.45% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £40,375
25th Percentile - £41,250 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -24.44% +30.06%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £69,688
90th Percentile - - £75,125
North East median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £46,125
% change year-on-year +17.65% -7.86% +6.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 43 22 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 21.39% 10.23% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 35 10 25
10th Percentile - £40,975 £29,200
25th Percentile - £46,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% +11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £33,250 £73,108 £62,500
90th Percentile £37,500 £74,144 £69,920
North East median annual salary £29,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -42.00% +25.00% +6.67%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Durham

Network Security
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Network Security

Network Security
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Durham region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hartlepool - 1 £35,000 -
Network Security
North East

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) BGP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 4 (80.00%) EIGRP
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) OSPF
1 4 (80.00%) SNMP
1 4 (80.00%) VLAN
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) WAAS
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Kalman Filter
1 4 (80.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (80.00%) WAN Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Blue Coat
1 4 (80.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) F5
1 4 (80.00%) Infoblox
1 4 (80.00%) Motorola
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (20.00%) VMware