Network Security Engineer Jobs in London

Network Security Engineer
England > London

The median Network Security Engineer salary in London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 472 565
Rank change year-on-year +83 +93 +245
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 7 36 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.055% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7 35 38
10th Percentile £52,000 £54,000 £56,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,073 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.94% +0.10% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £106,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £74,000 £115,000 £102,375
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.83% -8.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in London

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in London

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in London

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 London region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (57.14%) Patch Management
4 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
4 4 (57.14%) Extreme Networks
4 4 (57.14%) Wireless
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (57.14%) ITIL
4 4 (57.14%) Network Security
4 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (57.14%) vSphere
5 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
5 3 (42.86%) Degree
5 3 (42.86%) Azure
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco
5 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Firewall
6 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
6 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
6 2 (28.57%) Linux

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (28.57%) VSAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) Patch Management
3 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (28.57%) Antivirus Management
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
5 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Presales
5 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) SIEM
6 1 (14.29%) RBAC
6 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) CCSE
3 2 (28.57%) CCSM
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (57.14%) vSphere
3 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco
4 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
5 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) Meraki
6 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
55 Network Security Engineer jobs in England