Network Security Manager Job Trends in London

Network Security Manager
England > London

The median Network Security Manager salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 - 437
Rank change year-on-year - - +239
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Manager 4 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.028% - 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile £62,000 - £66,875
25th Percentile £68,750 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £71,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £95,000
90th Percentile - - £115,500
England median annual salary £60,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,906 14,408 17,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.72% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,555 8,332 13,847
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,060
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Network Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Security Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Network Security Manager job vacancy trend in London

Network Security Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Manager job vacancies in London

Network Security Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Manager in London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Security Manager in London

Network Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Network Security Manager 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 London region featuring Network Security Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (75.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) IBM Cloud
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Nessus
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Proxmox
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VMware

Network Security Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) IBM Cloud
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Security Management
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) People Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (75.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Nessus
1 3 (75.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco