Network Security Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Network Security
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 69 85
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 5 8 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.77% 1.26% 2.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 10.96% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 13
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,100 £66,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.38% +39.47% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 73 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 7.72% 11.53% 21.98%
Number of salaries quoted 31 32 120
10th Percentile £16,000 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £18,500 £37,188 £32,007
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £53,195 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +8.56% -2.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £69,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £74,500 £67,750
South West median annual salary £34,000 £51,058 £49,000
% change year-on-year -33.41% +4.20% +3.16%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Network Security job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Network Security

Network Security
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Cheltenham +10 4 - - 1
Tewkesbury - 1 £52,500 - 1
Network Security
South West

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) CMDB
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) Change Control
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Use Case
3 3 (60.00%) Network Design
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) F5
1 4 (80.00%) Fortinet