Network Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 576 729
Rank change year-on-year -55 +153 +131
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 17 55 58
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.025% 0.14% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.16% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 16 48 56
10th Percentile - £46,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £59,250 £75,528
90th Percentile £96,875 £64,875 £115,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -7.83% -8.00%

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 62,293 34,240 71,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 90.21% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 40,606 21,086 56,335
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,308 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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
North West -15 7 £45,000 -15.49% 4
North of England -47 7 £45,000 -15.49% 8
London -13 5 £87,500 +45.83% 12
South West -27 2 £67,500 +3.85% 4
West Midlands -2 1 £72,500 +51.04% 1
East of England -13 1 £55,000 -15.38% 6
Midlands -33 1 £72,500 +51.04% 3
South East -57 1 - - 6
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 March 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 15 (88.24%) Network Security
2 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 7 (41.18%) Cisco
3 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
4 6 (35.29%) Meraki
4 6 (35.29%) VPN
5 4 (23.53%) Azure
5 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
5 4 (23.53%) VLAN
5 4 (23.53%) Wireless
6 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
6 3 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (17.65%) DNS
6 3 (17.65%) F5
6 3 (17.65%) High Availability
6 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) IPv4
6 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 3 (17.65%) MPLS
7 2 (11.76%) BGP
7 2 (11.76%) BIG-IP
7 2 (11.76%) CCNP
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (11.76%) EIGRP
7 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.76%) Internet

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Mimecast
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) Network Security
2 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 6 (35.29%) VPN
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (23.53%) VLAN
4 4 (23.53%) Wireless
5 3 (17.65%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (17.65%) DNS
5 3 (17.65%) IPv4
5 3 (17.65%) MPLS
6 2 (11.76%) BGP
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (11.76%) EIGRP
6 2 (11.76%) Internet
6 2 (11.76%) Multicast
6 2 (11.76%) NX-OS
6 2 (11.76%) OSPF
6 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 2 (11.76%) WAN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.88%) CCTV
2 1 (5.88%) FMCG
2 1 (5.88%) PKI
2 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
2 3 (17.65%) High Availability
2 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.76%) Incident Response
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) SIEM
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Facial Recognition
4 1 (5.88%) Observability
4 1 (5.88%) Operational Stability
4 1 (5.88%) Product Management
4 1 (5.88%) Purple Team
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architecture
4 1 (5.88%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) SOAR
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (5.88%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CCNP
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco
2 6 (35.29%) Meraki
3 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
4 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
4 3 (17.65%) F5
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) Splunk
6 1 (5.88%) Blue Coat
6 1 (5.88%) Darktrace
6 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.88%) LogRhythm
6 1 (5.88%) NetApp
6 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.88%) Sophos
6 1 (5.88%) Zscaler