Network Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 580 773
Rank change year-on-year -83 +193 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 26 39 72
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.031% 0.10% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.11% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 26 37 70
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,375
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £59,000 £71,757
90th Percentile £96,875 £61,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £53,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +17.92% -9.40% -2.50%

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 77,713 34,322 82,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 89.63% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 52,897 19,727 62,281
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,748 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -15 10 £83,750 +52.27% 8
North West 0 7 £45,000 -18.74% 5
North of England -49 7 £45,000 -21.74% 6
South East -50 5 £60,000 +13.21% 10
South West - 2 £67,500 - 3
Midlands -31 1 £72,500 +51.04% 5
West Midlands -35 1 £72,500 +51.04% 4
East of England - 1 £55,000 -
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 19 (73.08%) Network Security
2 16 (61.54%) Firewall
3 14 (53.85%) VPN
4 13 (50.00%) Azure
5 10 (38.46%) Cisco
6 9 (34.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
7 8 (30.77%) Security Operations
8 7 (26.92%) AWS
8 7 (26.92%) BGP
8 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (26.92%) Meraki
8 7 (26.92%) Palo Alto
8 7 (26.92%) SIEM
9 6 (23.08%) High Availability
9 6 (23.08%) ITIL
9 6 (23.08%) Linux
9 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (23.08%) VLAN
9 6 (23.08%) Windows
10 5 (19.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (19.23%) CCNA
10 5 (19.23%) OSPF
10 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
10 5 (19.23%) Python
10 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 5 (19.23%) Zero Trust
11 4 (15.38%) Bash
11 4 (15.38%) CCNP

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 4 (15.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) AWS
3 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (19.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (15.38%) Cloudflare
6 3 (11.54%) Mimecast
7 2 (7.69%) GCP
8 1 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (3.85%) ChatGPT
8 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (73.08%) Network Security
2 16 (61.54%) Firewall
3 14 (53.85%) VPN
4 7 (26.92%) BGP
5 6 (23.08%) VLAN
6 5 (19.23%) OSPF
7 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (15.38%) Wireless
8 3 (11.54%) BIG-IP
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (11.54%) EIGRP
8 3 (11.54%) IPv4
8 3 (11.54%) MPLS
8 3 (11.54%) Multicast
8 3 (11.54%) NX-OS
8 3 (11.54%) Wireless Security
9 2 (7.69%) HSRP
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) PKI
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.69%) Replication
2 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
1 6 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (30.77%) Security Operations
3 7 (26.92%) SIEM
4 6 (23.08%) High Availability
4 6 (23.08%) ITIL
5 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 5 (19.23%) Zero Trust
6 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.54%) Information Management
6 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
6 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 2 (7.69%) Analytics
7 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) Network Architecture
7 2 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (7.69%) Problem Management
7 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.69%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (19.23%) CCNA
3 4 (15.38%) CCNP
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.69%) CCIE
5 1 (3.85%) CISSP
5 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
1 4 (15.38%) KVM
1 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Graylog
1 4 (15.38%) Proxmox
1 4 (15.38%) ZABBIX
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Cisco
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 7 (26.92%) Meraki
3 7 (26.92%) Palo Alto
4 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
4 4 (15.38%) F5
4 4 (15.38%) IBM
4 4 (15.38%) Veeam
4 4 (15.38%) VMware
5 2 (7.69%) Arista
6 1 (3.85%) Blue Coat
6 1 (3.85%) Darktrace
6 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.85%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.85%) Sophos
6 1 (3.85%) Splunk
6 1 (3.85%) Zscaler