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 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 694 626 704
Rank change year-on-year -68 +78 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 40 28 67
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.042% 0.064% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.071% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 32 26 63
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,875 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £82,563 £62,500 £71,400
90th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% +7.14%

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 88,788 39,586 68,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.58% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 62,342 23,878 46,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,076 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% - -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 15 August 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 15 August 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
South East -13 24 £60,000 +26.32% 8
London -46 14 £84,750 +21.07% 27
South West - 2 £75,000 - 4
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 27 (67.50%) Firewall
2 22 (55.00%) Cisco
3 20 (50.00%) Network Security
4 18 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (42.50%) VPN
6 15 (37.50%) Azure
6 15 (37.50%) SIEM
7 14 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (35.00%) Palo Alto
8 13 (32.50%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (27.50%) Internet
11 10 (25.00%) AWS
11 10 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (22.50%) Business Continuity
12 9 (22.50%) Cisco Firepower
12 9 (22.50%) Cisco ISE
12 9 (22.50%) LAN
12 9 (22.50%) Security Operations
12 9 (22.50%) WAN
13 8 (20.00%) BGP
13 8 (20.00%) CCNA
13 8 (20.00%) Fortinet
13 8 (20.00%) ITIL
13 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
13 8 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (20.00%) Threat Detection
14 7 (17.50%) CCNP
14 7 (17.50%) Cisco Nexus
15 6 (15.00%) Aruba

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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (37.50%) Azure
2 10 (25.00%) AWS
3 8 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (10.00%) Cloudflare
4 4 (10.00%) Mimecast
5 2 (5.00%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (5.00%) GCP
5 2 (5.00%) SaaS
6 1 (2.50%) ChatGPT
6 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (67.50%) Firewall
2 20 (50.00%) Network Security
3 17 (42.50%) VPN
4 12 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (27.50%) Internet
6 9 (22.50%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (22.50%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (22.50%) LAN
6 9 (22.50%) WAN
7 8 (20.00%) BGP
8 7 (17.50%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (15.00%) OSPF
9 6 (15.00%) VLAN
10 3 (7.50%) BIG-IP
10 3 (7.50%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (7.50%) EIGRP
10 3 (7.50%) IPv4
10 3 (7.50%) MPLS
10 3 (7.50%) Multicast
10 3 (7.50%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (17.50%) Finance
2 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Banking
3 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (5.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) JWT
1 2 (5.00%) OAuth
1 2 (5.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (5.00%) OpenID
1 2 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) PKI
2 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.00%) Replication
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Linux
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (37.50%) SIEM
3 13 (32.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (22.50%) Business Continuity
5 9 (22.50%) Security Operations
6 8 (20.00%) ITIL
6 8 (20.00%) Threat Detection
7 6 (15.00%) BCP
7 6 (15.00%) Business Continuity Planning
7 6 (15.00%) Data Security
7 6 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (15.00%) Incident Management
7 6 (15.00%) Network Load Balancing
7 6 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (15.00%) Problem Management
7 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (15.00%) Zero Trust
8 5 (12.50%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (15.00%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (20.00%) CCNA
3 7 (17.50%) CCNP
4 5 (12.50%) CISSP
5 3 (7.50%) CCIE
5 3 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.00%) CCSP
7 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) GDPR
2 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (10.00%) KVM
1 4 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.00%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) FortiGate
1 6 (15.00%) Stealthwatch
2 4 (10.00%) Graylog
2 4 (10.00%) Proxmox
2 4 (10.00%) ZABBIX
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (55.00%) Cisco
2 14 (35.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (15.00%) Aruba
4 6 (15.00%) Qualys
5 5 (12.50%) Arista
5 5 (12.50%) Meraki
6 4 (10.00%) IBM
6 4 (10.00%) Veeam
6 4 (10.00%) VMware
7 3 (7.50%) CheckPoint
7 3 (7.50%) F5
8 2 (5.00%) Broadcom
8 2 (5.00%) Netskope
8 2 (5.00%) Sophos
8 2 (5.00%) Zscaler