Network Security Engineer Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Network Security Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Network Security Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 92 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.23% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 -
25th Percentile £46,875 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £56,875 £55,000 -
90th Percentile £58,000 £56,500 -
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 802 1,385 747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 95.32% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 520 684 491
10th Percentile £28,450 £27,117 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,000 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,281 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% -1.33% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Stevenage - 1 £57,500 - 2
Network Security Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Nagios
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Packet Inspection
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ
2 1 (50.00%) FTP
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) SMTP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Deep Packet Inspection
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (50.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk