Network Security Jobs in Leeds

Network Security
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 96 97
Rank change year-on-year +30 +1 +95
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 16 38 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 2.04% 1.59% 2.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.16% 11.38% 25.80%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 18
10th Percentile £25,313 £31,250 £25,875
25th Percentile £30,547 £48,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 £68,515
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -27.02% +28.06%
75th Percentile £80,625 £63,750 £76,316
90th Percentile £85,000 £65,500 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +6.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 99 334 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 12.63% 13.99% 9.98%
Number of salaries quoted 81 225 131
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £41,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,725 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £79,500 £76,316
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.11% -7.50%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Leeds

Network Security
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Leeds

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Leeds over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Leeds

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) SugarCRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) AWS
3 6 (37.50%) GCP
3 6 (37.50%) OCI
4 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) IaaS
4 2 (12.50%) Mimecast
4 2 (12.50%) SaaS
5 1 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
1 8 (50.00%) VPN
2 6 (37.50%) BGP
2 6 (37.50%) OSPF
2 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 6 (37.50%) VLAN
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
3 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
General
1 4 (25.00%) Banking
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Lead
3 4 (25.00%) Technologist
4 3 (18.75%) Lead Network Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (6.25%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Network Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) Information Security
3 6 (37.50%) Load Balancing
3 6 (37.50%) Network Design
3 6 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 6 (37.50%) Task Automation
3 6 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 4 (25.00%) Fintech
4 4 (25.00%) Line Management
4 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
6 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) CCSA
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (12.50%) Tenable
2 2 (12.50%) Varonis
3 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.25%) Sage