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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 883 1173
Rank change year-on-year +46 +290 -263
Permanent jobs citing Communications Security 26 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.013% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.014% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 26 9 12
10th Percentile £37,500 £47,200 £55,609
25th Percentile £43,438 £51,250 £61,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £56,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.83% -29.38% +40.97%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,375
UK median annual salary £63,750 £56,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.83% -29.38% +40.97%

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 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Communications Security in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Salary histogram 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 20 June 2024. 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 +102 15 £67,500 +19.47% 1
South West -35 6 £40,000 -38.46%
West Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
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 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (34.62%) AWS
3 7 (26.92%) Azure
4 5 (19.23%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.69%) GCP
6 1 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.85%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (3.85%) MinIO
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Unified Communications
2 6 (23.08%) DHCP
2 6 (23.08%) DNS
2 6 (23.08%) Ethernet
2 6 (23.08%) Firewall
2 6 (23.08%) RS-232
2 6 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (7.69%) VoIP
4 1 (3.85%) Internet
4 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.85%) VLAN
4 1 (3.85%) VPN
4 1 (3.85%) WAN
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Aerospace
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Electronics
2 6 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Games
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (26.92%) Messaging Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) IT Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Coordinator
5 3 (11.54%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 1 (3.85%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Architect
6 1 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Systems Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (23.08%) Analogue Electronics
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (11.54%) CESG
3 3 (11.54%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (3.85%) CCTV
4 1 (3.85%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
1 6 (23.08%) Windows
2 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (34.62%) Validation
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 7 (26.92%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (26.92%) IT Strategy
3 7 (26.92%) Technology Strategy
4 6 (23.08%) Coaching
4 6 (23.08%) Commercialisation
4 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 6 (23.08%) Physics
4 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (23.08%) Project Management
4 6 (23.08%) Test Strategy
5 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Virtual Environments
6 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (11.54%) Computer Security
7 3 (11.54%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Go
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) Rust
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
1 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (11.54%) CLAS
3 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (11.54%) JSP 440
2 3 (11.54%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Argo
3 1 (3.85%) Istio
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) F5
2 1 (3.85%) Fortinet