Network Security Job Trends in the East of England

Network Security
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 119 169
Rank change year-on-year -28 +50 -27
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 36 30 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.58% 1.15% 0.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.61% 8.57% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 24 24 38
10th Percentile - £35,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £45,000 £34,662
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,125 £66,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £70,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 781 350 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.58% 13.47% 17.03%
Number of salaries quoted 276 265 779
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,175 £24,968
25th Percentile £30,875 £34,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the East of England

Network Security
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the East of England

Network Security
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Cambridgeshire -9 17 £34,000 -46.67% 5
Hertfordshire -28 10 £50,580 -18.42% 5
Norfolk - 6 £40,000 - 1
Essex -30 2 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Suffolk - 1 - - 3
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (19.44%) AWS
3 5 (13.89%) Azure
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (5.56%) Amazon S3
4 2 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (5.56%) Serverless
4 2 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (44.44%) Firewall
2 11 (30.56%) WAN
3 10 (27.78%) VLAN
4 9 (25.00%) LAN
5 6 (16.67%) DNS
5 6 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 6 (16.67%) VPN
6 5 (13.89%) DHCP
6 5 (13.89%) EIGRP
6 5 (13.89%) IMAP
6 5 (13.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (13.89%) OSPF
6 5 (13.89%) POP3
6 5 (13.89%) SMTP
6 5 (13.89%) Wireless
6 5 (13.89%) Wireshark
7 4 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (11.11%) DMZ
8 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
General
1 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Law
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Finance
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (13.89%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Network Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Network Security Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Presales Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) IoT
2 5 (13.89%) Cloud Native
2 5 (13.89%) Driving Licence
3 4 (11.11%) Blog
3 4 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (11.11%) PKI
3 4 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 3 (8.33%) Operational Technology
5 2 (5.56%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.78%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
1 5 (13.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (27.78%) Customer Service
2 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (19.44%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 6 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.89%) Cryptography
5 5 (13.89%) Key Management
5 5 (13.89%) Security Architecture
5 5 (13.89%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (13.89%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (13.89%) Time Management
6 4 (11.11%) AI
6 4 (11.11%) ISMS
6 4 (11.11%) Network Management
6 4 (11.11%) SDLC
6 4 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Bash
1 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) CCNA
2 9 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (19.44%) CCNP
4 5 (13.89%) DBS Check
4 5 (13.89%) DV Cleared
4 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) CISSP
5 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.56%) Degree
5 2 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) GDPR
1 4 (11.11%) GRC
1 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 4 (11.11%) JSP 440
1 4 (11.11%) NCSC
1 4 (11.11%) NIST
1 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.33%) Firmware
3 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
3 2 (5.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (41.67%) Cisco
2 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 8 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 2 (5.56%) Blue Coat
4 2 (5.56%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.78%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.78%) F5
5 1 (2.78%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.78%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.78%) Splunk