Network Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 605 642
Rank change year-on-year +23 +37 +229
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 16 66 54
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.031% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13 50 50
10th Percentile - £51,475 £42,077
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £73,439
90th Percentile £69,750 £72,849 £115,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,440 44,776 47,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.73% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29,933 23,492 36,893
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
London +35 5 £70,000 - 4
North West +27 4 £45,000 -10.00% 3
North of England +20 4 £45,000 -21.74% 3
East of England +19 3 £55,000 -15.38% 2
South East -6 3 £55,000 -4.35% 3
West Midlands +32 1 £47,500 -1.04% 1
Midlands +19 1 £47,500 -1.04% 1
Network Security Engineer
UK

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Network Security
2 11 (68.75%) Firewall
3 9 (56.25%) CheckPoint
3 9 (56.25%) Cisco
4 8 (50.00%) VPN
5 5 (31.25%) CCNP
5 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (31.25%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (31.25%) F5
5 5 (31.25%) Fortinet
5 5 (31.25%) Splunk
6 4 (25.00%) CCNA
6 4 (25.00%) DNS
6 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
6 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
6 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 4 (25.00%) SSL
6 4 (25.00%) VLAN
7 3 (18.75%) Blue Coat
7 3 (18.75%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
7 3 (18.75%) IPsec
7 3 (18.75%) LAN
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
7 3 (18.75%) WAN
7 3 (18.75%) Windows
8 2 (12.50%) BGP
8 2 (12.50%) CCSE

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Mimecast
1 2 (12.50%) Rubrik
1 2 (12.50%) SecurityScorecard
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) Network Security
2 11 (68.75%) Firewall
3 8 (50.00%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (25.00%) DNS
5 4 (25.00%) SSL
5 4 (25.00%) VLAN
6 3 (18.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (18.75%) IPsec
6 3 (18.75%) LAN
6 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
6 3 (18.75%) WAN
7 2 (12.50%) BGP
7 2 (12.50%) DMZ
7 2 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (12.50%) OSPF
7 2 (12.50%) WLAN
8 1 (6.25%) EIGRP
8 1 (6.25%) Internet
8 1 (6.25%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
1 1 (6.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (6.25%) CCTV
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.25%) FMCG
2 1 (6.25%) PKI
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
2 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (12.50%) High Availability
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Scorecard
3 2 (12.50%) SIEM
3 2 (12.50%) Threat Detection
3 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (6.25%) Change Management
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Management
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CCNP
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (12.50%) CCSE
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) CCSA
4 1 (6.25%) Check Point Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CISSP
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
1 2 (12.50%) pfSense
1 2 (12.50%) Squid
2 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (12.50%) Nagios
1 2 (12.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) CheckPoint
1 9 (56.25%) Cisco
2 5 (31.25%) F5
2 5 (31.25%) Fortinet
2 5 (31.25%) Splunk
3 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (18.75%) Blue Coat
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 2 (12.50%) Darktrace
5 2 (12.50%) Dell
5 2 (12.50%) HP
5 2 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (12.50%) LogRhythm
5 2 (12.50%) Okta
5 2 (12.50%) Sophos
5 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 2 (12.50%) Zscaler
6 1 (6.25%) Citrix
6 1 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds