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 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 621 768 805
Rank change year-on-year +147 +37 +198
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 42 66 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.076% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.081% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 40 65 82
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,750 £41,625
25th Percentile £51,500 £51,250 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £59,000 £71,757 £71,875
90th Percentile £62,625 £111,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.40% -2.50% -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 43,876 81,927 80,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.56% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 23,003 60,951 51,092
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,313
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 23 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 23 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 +112 28 £53,000 +0.95% 45
North of England +38 8 £57,500 +12.20% 24
London +78 4 £55,000 -21.47% 29
North East - 4 £57,500 - 5
North West -4 3 £55,375 +5.48% 8
Midlands +73 2 £48,000 -20.00% 19
West Midlands +69 2 £48,000 -20.00% 11
Yorkshire +58 1 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 40 (95.24%) Network Security
2 34 (80.95%) Firewall
3 33 (78.57%) Cisco
4 32 (76.19%) Fortinet
5 28 (66.67%) BGP
6 25 (59.52%) OSPF
6 25 (59.52%) SC Cleared
6 25 (59.52%) Security Cleared
7 24 (57.14%) DV Cleared
7 24 (57.14%) EIGRP
8 13 (30.95%) Juniper
9 12 (28.57%) FortiGate
10 10 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (21.43%) VPN
12 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (16.67%) CCNP
14 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
14 5 (11.90%) WAN
14 5 (11.90%) Windows
14 5 (11.90%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (11.90%) Wireless
14 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
14 5 (11.90%) VMware
14 5 (11.90%) Business Continuity
14 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
14 5 (11.90%) VMware ESXi
14 5 (11.90%) SIEM
14 5 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001

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 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) AWS
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
3 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.38%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 40 (95.24%) Network Security
2 34 (80.95%) Firewall
3 28 (66.67%) BGP
4 25 (59.52%) OSPF
5 24 (57.14%) EIGRP
6 9 (21.43%) VPN
7 7 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (11.90%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (11.90%) WAN
8 5 (11.90%) Wireless
9 4 (9.52%) MPLS
9 4 (9.52%) SD-WAN
10 3 (7.14%) DMVPN
11 2 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (4.76%) NGFW
11 2 (4.76%) TACACS
12 1 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (2.38%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (2.38%) VSAN
General
1 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
2 4 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (4.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.38%) German Language
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) PMI
2 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.38%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (11.90%) Business Continuity
2 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (11.90%) SIEM
3 4 (9.52%) BCP
3 4 (9.52%) Business Continuity Planning
3 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (9.52%) ITIL
3 4 (9.52%) Patch Management
3 4 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (7.14%) Boundary Protection
4 3 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (7.14%) Incident Response
4 3 (7.14%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 25 (59.52%) SC Cleared
1 25 (59.52%) Security Cleared
2 24 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (16.67%) CCNP
5 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.14%) Degree
6 3 (7.14%) PMI Certification
7 2 (4.76%) CCSE
7 2 (4.76%) CISSP
8 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.38%) CCIE
8 1 (2.38%) CCNA
8 1 (2.38%) CCSA
8 1 (2.38%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.52%) GDPR
2 4 (9.52%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (9.52%) vSphere
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (78.57%) Cisco
2 32 (76.19%) Fortinet
3 13 (30.95%) Juniper
4 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 5 (11.90%) VMware
5 4 (9.52%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (7.14%) CheckPoint
6 3 (7.14%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.76%) Meraki
8 1 (2.38%) Aruba
8 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (2.38%) Rapid7