Communications Security Jobs in England

Communications Security (COMSEC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Communications Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Communications Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 681 811 908
Rank change year-on-year +130 +97 +236
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 10 29 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.020% 0.034% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.039% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 2 29 8
10th Percentile - £37,500 £46,925
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +15.04% -22.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,938
90th Percentile - £83,500 £82,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +15.04% -22.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Communications Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,933 73,419 85,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.08% 85.47% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 24,038 53,988 50,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Communications Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Communications Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Communications Security in England

Communications Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Communications Security in England.

Salary trend for Communications Security in England

Communications Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Security within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
London +105 8 - - 6
South East - 2 £60,000 - 3
Communications Security
UK

Communications Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (20.00%) TPMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) VLAN
2 7 (70.00%) Link 16
2 7 (70.00%) RS-232
2 7 (70.00%) RS-485
2 7 (70.00%) Tactical Data Link
2 7 (70.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (10.00%) BGP
3 1 (10.00%) DMVPN
3 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) NAS
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 8 (80.00%) Military
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Information Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Key Management
1 7 (70.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (10.00%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) R
2 7 (70.00%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) CCNA
1 8 (80.00%) CCNP
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (80.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) GSEC
2 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SSCP
3 2 (20.00%) CEH
3 2 (20.00%) CISM
3 2 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) MIL-STD-1553
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (10.00%) VMware