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 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 109 148 93
Rank change year-on-year +39 -55 +36
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 50 36 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.20% 1.02% 2.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.84% 5.51% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 42 18 38
10th Percentile - £42,375 £39,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £55,313 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £70,000 £64,900
Median % change year-on-year -51.43% +7.86% +52.71%
75th Percentile £60,250 £75,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £66,125 £80,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +8.70%

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 731 653 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.48% 18.51% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 281 329 321
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 14 January 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 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
Cambridgeshire +40 26 £34,000 - 2
Hertfordshire +5 14 £61,250 -12.50% 12
Norfolk - 6 £40,000 - 4
Bedfordshire +33 4 £63,750 -13.56% 1
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 23 (46.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 25 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.00%) Azure
4 3 (6.00%) AWS
5 2 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.00%) IaaS
6 1 (2.00%) PaaS
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) Firewall
2 11 (22.00%) DNS
2 11 (22.00%) VLAN
3 9 (18.00%) TCP/IP
3 9 (18.00%) VPN
4 8 (16.00%) LAN
4 8 (16.00%) WAN
5 7 (14.00%) DHCP
5 7 (14.00%) SMTP
6 6 (12.00%) OSPF
7 5 (10.00%) EIGRP
7 5 (10.00%) IMAP
7 5 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (10.00%) POP3
7 5 (10.00%) Wireless
7 5 (10.00%) Wireshark
8 4 (8.00%) DMZ
8 4 (8.00%) SSL
9 3 (6.00%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (4.00%) Spanning Tree
General
1 32 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.00%) Electronics
5 3 (6.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.00%) Marketing
6 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.00%) Law
6 1 (2.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (14.00%) Lead
2 5 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (8.00%) Consultant
3 4 (8.00%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Architect
4 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.00%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (2.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (2.00%) Network Architect
6 1 (2.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (46.00%) IoT
2 5 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.00%) Blog
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (6.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (6.00%) PKI
3 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) CSOC
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Windows
2 6 (12.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (62.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (10.00%) Time Management
6 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.00%) RBAC
6 4 (8.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (6.00%) AI
7 3 (6.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.00%) Cryptography
7 3 (6.00%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (6.00%) ISMS
7 3 (6.00%) Network Management
7 3 (6.00%) Programme Management
7 3 (6.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (6.00%) TOGAF
7 3 (6.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 13 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) CCNA
3 5 (10.00%) CCNP
3 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (10.00%) DBS Check
3 5 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) CISM
5 3 (6.00%) CISSP
6 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.00%) CEH
6 1 (2.00%) CISA
6 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.00%) Degree
6 1 (2.00%) MCSA
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) GDPR
1 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (8.00%) NIST
2 3 (6.00%) GRC
2 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 3 (6.00%) JSP 440
2 3 (6.00%) NCSC
2 3 (6.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (46.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) Nagios
3 1 (2.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 30 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (24.00%) Cisco
3 7 (14.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (6.00%) Blue Coat
4 3 (6.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.00%) F5
4 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.00%) SAP
5 2 (4.00%) Darktrace
5 2 (4.00%) LogRhythm
5 2 (4.00%) Splunk
6 1 (2.00%) Veeam
6 1 (2.00%) VMware