Network Security Engineer Jobs in London

Network Security Engineer
England > London

The median Network Security Engineer salary in London is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 466 575
Rank change year-on-year +82 +109 +235
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 6 35 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.046% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6 34 38
10th Percentile £51,875 £53,625 £60,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £70,037 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +0.05% +6.06%
75th Percentile £59,688 £105,313 £88,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £115,000 £102,375
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.83% -8.00% -3.85%

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 11,667 22,294 32,059
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 94.24% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,272 16,651 23,653
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,470
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 £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 4 (66.67%) Extreme Networks
2 4 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) Wireless
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) Network Security
3 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (33.33%) Presales

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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Wireless
2 3 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) VSAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Presales
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) CCNP
3 2 (33.33%) CCSE
3 2 (33.33%) CCSM
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
3 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Extreme Networks
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (16.67%) Meraki
5 1 (16.67%) Rapid7
56 Network Security Engineer jobs in England