Network Security Engineer Jobs in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £53,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 789 755
Rank change year-on-year +129 -34 +286
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 31 71 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.079% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.083% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 30 69 91
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,250 £41,625
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,125 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £91,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - -7.69%

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 47,389 85,136 69,214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.65% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 26,468 61,265 48,239
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 13 July 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 13 July 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 +77 14 £53,000 +0.95% 2
North of England +30 11 £53,250 +1.43% 4
North East - 7 £48,750 -
London +63 6 £58,750 -16.07% 16
Yorkshire +34 2 £53,750 -2.27% 2
North West 0 2 £55,375 +5.48% 2
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 29 (93.55%) Network Security
2 24 (77.42%) Firewall
3 18 (58.06%) Cisco
4 17 (54.84%) Fortinet
5 13 (41.94%) BGP
6 11 (35.48%) VPN
6 11 (35.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (35.48%) SC Cleared
6 11 (35.48%) Security Cleared
7 10 (32.26%) FortiGate
7 10 (32.26%) DV Cleared
7 10 (32.26%) EIGRP
7 10 (32.26%) OSPF
8 9 (29.03%) Juniper
8 9 (29.03%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (29.03%) SIEM
9 7 (22.58%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (22.58%) GDPR
9 7 (22.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (22.58%) Business Continuity Planning
9 7 (22.58%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (22.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
9 7 (22.58%) Business Continuity
9 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (22.58%) BCP
9 7 (22.58%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (22.58%) CCNP
9 7 (22.58%) NIST
10 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 29 (93.55%) Network Security
2 24 (77.42%) Firewall
3 13 (41.94%) BGP
4 11 (35.48%) VPN
5 10 (32.26%) EIGRP
5 10 (32.26%) OSPF
6 9 (29.03%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (16.13%) WAN
8 4 (12.90%) SD-WAN
9 3 (9.68%) MPLS
9 3 (9.68%) Wireless
10 1 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (3.23%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (3.23%) DNS
10 1 (3.23%) LAN
10 1 (3.23%) NGFW
10 1 (3.23%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (3.23%) TACACS
10 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
10 1 (3.23%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 7 (22.58%) Manufacturing
1 7 (22.58%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) PMI
2 1 (3.23%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 3 (9.68%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.45%) Linux
4 1 (3.23%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Disaster Recovery
2 9 (29.03%) SIEM
3 7 (22.58%) BCP
3 7 (22.58%) Business Continuity
3 7 (22.58%) Business Continuity Planning
3 7 (22.58%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (22.58%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (22.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) Incident Response
6 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) ITIL
6 3 (9.68%) Network Architecture
6 3 (9.68%) Patch Management
6 3 (9.68%) Project Planning
6 3 (9.68%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Bash
1 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) SC Cleared
1 11 (35.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) DV Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) CCNP
3 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.68%) Degree
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
5 2 (6.45%) CCSA
5 2 (6.45%) CCSE
5 2 (6.45%) CISSP
6 1 (3.23%) CCIE
6 1 (3.23%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) GDPR
1 7 (22.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (22.58%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (9.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.23%) Ansible
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Cisco
2 17 (54.84%) Fortinet
3 9 (29.03%) Juniper
4 3 (9.68%) CheckPoint
4 3 (9.68%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.68%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.68%) VMware
5 2 (6.45%) Sophos
6 1 (3.23%) Meraki
6 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow