IPsec Job Trends in England

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 561 661
Rank change year-on-year -104 +100 +31
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 52 89 178
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.059% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.80% 1.36% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 33 69 139
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £26,700
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £57,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.36% +17.35% -7.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £54,500
90th Percentile £102,200 £76,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -12.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

IPsec 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,474 6,521 11,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.39% 15.02% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,273 3,747 7,947
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,800 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,200 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IPsec job vacancy trend in England

IPsec
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing IPsec

IPsec
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPsec in England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IPsec in England

IPsec
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the England region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
South East -20 22 £61,250 -2.00% 8
London -41 18 £105,000 +108.96% 2
North West -17 4 - - 3
North of England -32 4 - - 7
South West -69 3 £32,500 +0.78% 1
East of England -18 2 £62,500 +20.19% 4
Midlands -44 2 £62,500 -3.85% 1
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
IPsec
UK

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 6 (11.54%) Apache Spark
1 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 24 (46.15%) AWS
2 19 (36.54%) Azure
3 12 (23.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (21.15%) AWS Direct Connect
5 9 (17.31%) SaaS
6 7 (13.46%) Entra ID
7 6 (11.54%) Amazon Kinesis
7 6 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (11.54%) Serverless
8 3 (5.77%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (3.85%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 48 (92.31%) VPN
2 41 (78.85%) BGP
3 33 (63.46%) WAN
4 29 (55.77%) SD-WAN
5 27 (51.92%) MPLS
6 25 (48.08%) Firewall
7 24 (46.15%) DNS
8 21 (40.38%) VLAN
9 17 (32.69%) DHCP
9 17 (32.69%) SSL
10 16 (30.77%) LAN
11 15 (28.85%) Network Security
11 15 (28.85%) OSPF
11 15 (28.85%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (25.00%) WLAN
13 12 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (23.08%) Cisco Firepower
13 12 (23.08%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (21.15%) NX-OS
14 11 (21.15%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) Apache Hive
1 6 (11.54%) Big Data
1 6 (11.54%) Hadoop
1 6 (11.54%) HBase
1 6 (11.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Finance
3 6 (11.54%) Marketing
3 6 (11.54%) Military
3 6 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Automotive
8 1 (1.92%) Electronics
8 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (32.69%) Network Engineer
2 15 (28.85%) Architect
3 14 (26.92%) Network Architect
4 10 (19.23%) Network Security Architect
4 10 (19.23%) Security Architect
5 6 (11.54%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Firewall Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Network Operations Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
7 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) IT Support
7 4 (7.69%) IT Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.15%) OAuth
1 11 (21.15%) SAML
2 6 (11.54%) Kafka
2 6 (11.54%) Node.js
3 4 (7.69%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.92%) LDAP
4 1 (1.92%) Middleware
4 1 (1.92%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.92%) OpenID
4 1 (1.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.69%) Data Centre
2 11 (21.15%) Onboarding
3 10 (19.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
5 4 (7.69%) Driving Licence
5 4 (7.69%) PKI
5 4 (7.69%) Replication
6 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.92%) SCADA
7 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Linux
2 7 (13.46%) Windows
3 6 (11.54%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.77%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Network Segmentation
2 15 (28.85%) Roadmaps
3 13 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 11 (21.15%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (19.23%) Computer Science
6 10 (19.23%) ITIL
6 10 (19.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (19.23%) Zero Trust
7 9 (17.31%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.38%) AI
8 8 (15.38%) Use Case
9 7 (13.46%) Cloud Security
9 7 (13.46%) Runbook
10 6 (11.54%) Data Science
10 6 (11.54%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) Python
2 9 (17.31%) SQL
3 7 (13.46%) C
4 6 (11.54%) C#
4 6 (11.54%) Java
4 6 (11.54%) PHP
4 6 (11.54%) Ruby
5 4 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.92%) Bash
6 1 (1.92%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (23.08%) Degree
3 11 (21.15%) CCNP
4 9 (17.31%) CCNA
5 8 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.69%) CCIE
6 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.85%) CCSA
8 2 (3.85%) CCSE
9 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.92%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (21.15%) NIST
2 7 (13.46%) SLA
3 1 (1.92%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.54%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.77%) Docker
4 1 (1.92%) Firmware
4 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (26.92%) FortiGate
2 11 (21.15%) CASB
3 6 (11.54%) Hadoop YARN
4 4 (7.69%) Ansible
4 4 (7.69%) Backup Exec
5 3 (5.77%) Netcool
6 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.85%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (3.85%) Terraform
7 1 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 35 (67.31%) Cisco
2 21 (40.38%) Microsoft
3 15 (28.85%) Meraki
4 14 (26.92%) SolarWinds
5 13 (25.00%) CheckPoint
6 12 (23.08%) Fortinet
7 11 (21.15%) Dynatrace
7 11 (21.15%) Palo Alto
8 9 (17.31%) Oracle
9 8 (15.38%) ServiceNow
10 6 (11.54%) HP
10 6 (11.54%) IBM
10 6 (11.54%) SAP
11 4 (7.69%) Veeam
12 3 (5.77%) F5
12 3 (5.77%) Snow
12 3 (5.77%) VMware
13 2 (3.85%) Splunk
13 2 (3.85%) Zscaler
14 1 (1.92%) Qualys