Network Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 595 790
Rank change year-on-year -71 +195 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 31 38 74
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.038% 0.096% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.11% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 31 35 72
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,063 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £53,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% -7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £83,125 £61,250 £71,752
90th Percentile £105,000 £63,750 £106,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £53,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +32.08% -10.92% -0.83%

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 77,628 35,459 88,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 89.91% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54,586 20,559 65,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,355
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -13.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -7 12 £86,250 +53.33% 9
South East -26 8 £62,500 +17.92% 10
North West +10 7 £45,000 -18.74% 1
North of England -43 7 £45,000 -21.74% 2
South West - 2 £67,500 - 1
Midlands -18 1 £72,500 - 6
West Midlands -22 1 £72,500 - 5
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 13 June 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 21 (67.74%) Network Security
2 19 (61.29%) Firewall
3 15 (48.39%) VPN
4 14 (45.16%) Azure
5 12 (38.71%) Cisco
6 9 (29.03%) BGP
6 9 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (29.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (29.03%) Palo Alto
6 9 (29.03%) Security Operations
7 8 (25.81%) Meraki
7 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
7 8 (25.81%) SIEM
7 8 (25.81%) VLAN
8 7 (22.58%) AWS
8 7 (22.58%) CCNA
8 7 (22.58%) High Availability
8 7 (22.58%) OSPF
9 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (19.35%) ITIL
9 6 (19.35%) Linux
9 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (19.35%) Windows
10 5 (16.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (16.13%) CCNP
10 5 (16.13%) CheckPoint
10 5 (16.13%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (16.13%) F5

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 (12.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (45.16%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) AWS
3 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (16.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (12.90%) Cloudflare
6 3 (9.68%) Mimecast
7 2 (6.45%) GCP
8 1 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (3.23%) ChatGPT
8 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
8 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 21 (67.74%) Network Security
2 19 (61.29%) Firewall
3 15 (48.39%) VPN
4 9 (29.03%) BGP
5 8 (25.81%) VLAN
6 7 (22.58%) OSPF
7 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (16.13%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (12.90%) BIG-IP
9 4 (12.90%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (12.90%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (12.90%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (12.90%) EIGRP
9 4 (12.90%) IPv4
9 4 (12.90%) MPLS
9 4 (12.90%) Multicast
9 4 (12.90%) NX-OS
9 4 (12.90%) Wireless
10 3 (9.68%) LAN
10 3 (9.68%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
General
1 6 (19.35%) Finance
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) PKI
2 3 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (6.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Linux
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (29.03%) Security Operations
2 8 (25.81%) SIEM
3 7 (22.58%) High Availability
4 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (19.35%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.13%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 5 (16.13%) Zero Trust
6 4 (12.90%) Information Management
7 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.68%) Load Balancing
7 3 (9.68%) Network Architecture
7 3 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (9.68%) Operational Stability
7 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
7 3 (9.68%) Security Architecture
7 3 (9.68%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
1 5 (16.13%) Python
2 4 (12.90%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (22.58%) CCNA
3 5 (16.13%) CCNP
4 3 (9.68%) CCIE
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.45%) CISSP
5 2 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Hyper-V
1 4 (12.90%) KVM
1 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Graylog
1 4 (12.90%) Proxmox
1 4 (12.90%) ZABBIX
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Cisco
2 9 (29.03%) Palo Alto
3 8 (25.81%) Meraki
3 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.13%) CheckPoint
4 5 (16.13%) F5
5 4 (12.90%) IBM
5 4 (12.90%) Veeam
5 4 (12.90%) VMware
6 3 (9.68%) Arista
7 1 (3.23%) Blue Coat
7 1 (3.23%) Darktrace
7 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.23%) LogRhythm
7 1 (3.23%) Sophos
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk
7 1 (3.23%) Zscaler