Network Security Jobs in Essex

Network Security
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 75 79
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +21
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 3 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 0.64% 0.35% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.33% 2.50% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £23,650 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -38.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £43,750 £33,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £53,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.63% +11.76% -19.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 120 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 19.19% 13.81% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 38 85 68
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,350 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,125 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -10.26% -11.86%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £70,813
90th Percentile - £65,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Essex

Network Security
Salary Trend in Essex

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Essex.

Salary trend for Network Security in Essex

Network Security
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Essex region over the 6 months to 14 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
Colchester - 1 £42,500 - 1
Hockley - 1 - -
Network Security
East of England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Server Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) LPIC
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco