Network Security Job Trends in London

Network Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 168 190
Rank change year-on-year -75 +22 +24
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 132 313 300
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.93% 2.01% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.59% 15.67% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 85 202 258
10th Percentile £50,500 £56,250 £50,875
25th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.94% +10.00% +13.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £99,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £58,300 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.31% +4.00% +8.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,740 1,998 2,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.30% 12.86% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 917 1,117 1,763
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in London

Network Security
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Network Security in London

Network Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the London region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Central London -1 35 £74,500 -10.78% 15
West London - 1 £41,500 - 6
Network Security
England

Network Security
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 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.58%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.03%) AutoCAD
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.03%) Revit
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 54 (40.91%) Azure
2 43 (32.58%) AWS
3 16 (12.12%) GCP
3 16 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (9.85%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.82%) GitHub
5 9 (6.82%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (5.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (5.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (5.30%) SaaS
7 6 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (3.79%) Serverless
9 4 (3.03%) Azure Functions
9 4 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (3.03%) Datadog
9 4 (3.03%) IaaS
9 4 (3.03%) Mimecast
9 4 (3.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (51.52%) Firewall
2 36 (27.27%) WAN
3 28 (21.21%) VPN
4 27 (20.45%) Wireless
5 26 (19.70%) LAN
6 22 (16.67%) SD-WAN
7 20 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (10.61%) BGP
9 13 (9.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 12 (9.09%) OSPF
11 11 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (7.58%) Cisco Wireless
12 10 (7.58%) VLAN
13 9 (6.82%) EIGRP
13 9 (6.82%) HSRP
14 8 (6.06%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (6.06%) VoIP
14 8 (6.06%) WLAN
15 7 (5.30%) DNS
15 7 (5.30%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.03%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.52%) Git
4 1 (0.76%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.76%) GitLab
General
1 38 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.24%) Finance
3 15 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.36%) Banking
4 12 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (6.82%) Retail
6 8 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.30%) Financial Institution
7 7 (5.30%) Law
8 6 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.03%) Aviation
9 4 (3.03%) Back Office
9 4 (3.03%) Legal
9 4 (3.03%) Marketing
10 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.76%) Advertising
12 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (28.03%) Network Engineer
2 18 (13.64%) Senior
3 16 (12.12%) Security Engineer
4 12 (9.09%) Analyst
4 12 (9.09%) Security Manager
5 11 (8.33%) Lead
5 11 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (7.58%) Consultant
6 10 (7.58%) Security Analyst
7 8 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (5.30%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.55%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.79%) Architect
10 5 (3.79%) Information Manager
10 5 (3.79%) Information Security Manager
10 5 (3.79%) Network Security Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Operations Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.03%) ADO
2 4 (3.03%) OAuth
2 4 (3.03%) SAML
2 4 (3.03%) YAML
3 3 (2.27%) RESTful
4 2 (1.52%) REST
5 1 (0.76%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 14 (10.61%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.61%) Security Posture
3 10 (7.58%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (5.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (4.55%) PKI
6 5 (3.79%) IoT
6 5 (3.79%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.79%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (3.03%) Algorithms
7 4 (3.03%) Blockchain
7 4 (3.03%) Blog
7 4 (3.03%) CMDB
7 4 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (3.03%) Data Structures
7 4 (3.03%) Digital Signage
7 4 (3.03%) Home Automation
7 4 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 4 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.94%) Windows
2 15 (11.36%) Linux
3 8 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.03%) VMS
5 3 (2.27%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.52%) CentOS
6 2 (1.52%) Debian
7 1 (0.76%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (34.09%) Incident Response
2 38 (28.79%) SIEM
3 33 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (21.21%) Security Operations
5 26 (19.70%) DevOps
6 25 (18.94%) Cloud Security
7 19 (14.39%) High Availability
7 19 (14.39%) Information Security
7 19 (14.39%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
8 18 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (12.88%) Change Management
9 17 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (12.12%) Time Management
11 15 (11.36%) CI/CD
11 15 (11.36%) Network Monitoring
12 14 (10.61%) Computer Science
12 14 (10.61%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (9.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.94%) Python
2 11 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.58%) Bash
4 6 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (3.79%) SQL
6 4 (3.03%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (22.73%) CISSP
3 23 (17.42%) CCNP
4 17 (12.88%) Degree
5 16 (12.12%) CISM
6 15 (11.36%) Security Cleared
7 13 (9.85%) CCIE
8 9 (6.82%) AWS Certification
8 9 (6.82%) SC Cleared
9 8 (6.06%) GIAC
10 7 (5.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (5.30%) CCSP
10 7 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (4.55%) Azure Certification
11 6 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (3.79%) CCNA
13 4 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (3.03%) PhD
13 4 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (32.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (24.24%) NIST
3 16 (12.12%) GDPR
4 14 (10.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (7.58%) SOC 2
6 9 (6.82%) PCI DSS
7 8 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.55%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.79%) GRC
10 4 (3.03%) PMO
11 2 (1.52%) Basel III
11 2 (1.52%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.52%) MiFID
12 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.76%) GxP
12 1 (0.76%) NCSC
12 1 (0.76%) QA
12 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.82%) Docker
3 8 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.03%) ProxySG
6 3 (2.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.27%) KVM
7 2 (1.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.52%) pfSense
7 2 (1.52%) Squid
8 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (17.42%) Terraform
2 15 (11.36%) Ansible
3 13 (9.85%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.30%) FortiGate
5 4 (3.03%) Cilium
5 4 (3.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (2.27%) CSIRT
6 3 (2.27%) VxRail
7 2 (1.52%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.52%) Grafana
7 2 (1.52%) SCOM
8 1 (0.76%) Argo
8 1 (0.76%) Autotask
8 1 (0.76%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.76%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.76%) Nessus
8 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.76%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.76%) SCCM
8 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (33.33%) Cisco
2 35 (26.52%) Microsoft
3 15 (11.36%) Palo Alto
4 12 (9.09%) Zscaler
5 11 (8.33%) Fortinet
6 10 (7.58%) CheckPoint
6 10 (7.58%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.30%) VMware
8 6 (4.55%) F5
9 5 (3.79%) Juniper
9 5 (3.79%) Meraki
10 4 (3.03%) Autodesk
10 4 (3.03%) Blue Coat
10 4 (3.03%) Infoblox
10 4 (3.03%) Motorola
10 4 (3.03%) NEC
10 4 (3.03%) Panasonic
10 4 (3.03%) Polycom
10 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
10 4 (3.03%) Sony