Network Security Engineer Jobs in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 645 782 814
Rank change year-on-year +137 +32 +175
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 46 58 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.068% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.071% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 44 57 82
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,050 £41,625
25th Percentile £51,500 £47,500 £49,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -6.12% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,113 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,375 £115,000 £89,875
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -2.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,258 81,164 82,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.49% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,638 60,585 52,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,650 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

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 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
South East +119 30 £53,000 +0.95% 20
London +85 7 £57,500 -17.94% 26
North of England +61 7 £57,500 +15.00% 6
North West 0 3 £55,375 +10.75% 1
North East - 3 £57,500 - 3
Midlands - 2 £48,000 - 9
West Midlands - 2 £48,000 - 8
Yorkshire +68 1 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Network Security Engineer
UK

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (91.30%) Network Security
2 38 (82.61%) Firewall
3 37 (80.43%) Cisco
4 36 (78.26%) Fortinet
5 30 (65.22%) BGP
6 27 (58.70%) OSPF
6 27 (58.70%) SC Cleared
6 27 (58.70%) Security Cleared
7 26 (56.52%) DV Cleared
7 26 (56.52%) EIGRP
8 13 (28.26%) Juniper
9 12 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (26.09%) FortiGate
10 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (19.57%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (19.57%) CCNP
12 8 (17.39%) VPN
12 8 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (17.39%) VMware
12 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (15.22%) VMware ESXi
13 7 (15.22%) Windows
14 6 (13.04%) ITIL
14 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
14 6 (13.04%) Finance
14 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
14 6 (13.04%) SIEM
15 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (10.87%) Azure
15 5 (10.87%) Palo Alto

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Azure
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.70%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.17%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 42 (91.30%) Network Security
2 38 (82.61%) Firewall
3 30 (65.22%) BGP
4 27 (58.70%) OSPF
5 26 (56.52%) EIGRP
6 9 (19.57%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (17.39%) VPN
8 5 (10.87%) WAN
8 5 (10.87%) Wireless
9 4 (8.70%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (8.70%) MPLS
9 4 (8.70%) SD-WAN
10 3 (6.52%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (6.52%) DMVPN
10 3 (6.52%) VSAN
11 2 (4.35%) NGFW
11 2 (4.35%) TACACS
12 1 (2.17%) LAN
12 1 (2.17%) VoIP
General
1 6 (13.04%) Finance
1 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
2 3 (6.52%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (6.52%) Retail
2 3 (6.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.17%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) PMI
2 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.17%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (13.04%) ITIL
3 6 (13.04%) SIEM
4 5 (10.87%) Business Continuity
4 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.70%) Network Architecture
5 4 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (8.70%) Patch Management
5 4 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (6.52%) Business Continuity Planning
6 3 (6.52%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.52%) Load Balancing
6 3 (6.52%) Project Planning
6 3 (6.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (6.52%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (58.70%) SC Cleared
1 27 (58.70%) Security Cleared
2 26 (56.52%) DV Cleared
3 12 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (19.57%) CCNP
5 4 (8.70%) CCSE
5 4 (8.70%) CISSP
5 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.52%) CCSM
6 3 (6.52%) Degree
6 3 (6.52%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.17%) CCIE
7 1 (2.17%) CCNA
7 1 (2.17%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.52%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) NIST
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.70%) vSphere
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (26.09%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.17%) SCCM
2 1 (2.17%) SCOM
2 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (80.43%) Cisco
2 36 (78.26%) Fortinet
3 13 (28.26%) Juniper
4 8 (17.39%) VMware
5 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 5 (10.87%) CheckPoint
6 5 (10.87%) Palo Alto
7 4 (8.70%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (4.35%) Meraki
9 1 (2.17%) Aruba
9 1 (2.17%) Citrix
9 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (2.17%) Rapid7