Network Security Jobs in London

Network Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 229 385
Rank change year-on-year -23 +156 -40
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 251 408 780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.21% 1.50% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.39% 12.79% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 206 317 425
10th Percentile £48,375 £36,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £54,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,220 £70,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.03% +3.32% +0.37%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,750 £103,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -

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 2,672 3,190 8,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.88% 11.76% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,498 2,548 4,345
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,548 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +44 61 £80,000 +18.08% 13
South London -23 5 £54,500 -0.91%
West London -46 5 £55,000 +46.67% 1
North London - 1 £45,000 -
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.19%) Skype for Business
2 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.20%) Apache
3 3 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.80%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (5.98%) Ripple
2 1 (0.40%) HFM
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 93 (37.05%) Azure
2 67 (26.69%) AWS
3 27 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (9.56%) Cloud Computing
5 22 (8.76%) GCP
6 15 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (5.98%) SaaS
7 14 (5.58%) PaaS
8 13 (5.18%) Power Platform
9 11 (4.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (3.98%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (3.98%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
10 10 (3.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (3.98%) IaaS
11 8 (3.19%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.59%) Datadog
13 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.59%) Rubrik
14 3 (1.20%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 104 (41.43%) Firewall
2 55 (21.91%) SD-WAN
3 53 (21.12%) WAN
4 51 (20.32%) LAN
4 51 (20.32%) Wireless
5 34 (13.55%) VPN
6 30 (11.95%) BGP
7 25 (9.96%) OSPF
8 23 (9.16%) DNS
9 22 (8.76%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (7.97%) TCP/IP
11 19 (7.57%) Internet
11 19 (7.57%) MPLS
12 17 (6.77%) Cisco Firepower
13 16 (6.37%) Intrusion Detection
14 15 (5.98%) Cisco Nexus
15 14 (5.58%) DHCP
15 14 (5.58%) VLAN
15 14 (5.58%) VoIP
16 13 (5.18%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.18%) Power BI
2 11 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.98%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 8 (3.19%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.80%) Flink
5 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.40%) Redis
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.37%) Git
2 15 (5.98%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.80%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (25.10%) Social Skills
2 62 (24.70%) Finance
3 30 (11.95%) Law
4 23 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (5.98%) Financial Institution
6 12 (4.78%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.19%) Retail
10 7 (2.79%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.39%) Legal
11 6 (2.39%) Marketing
12 5 (1.99%) Military
13 4 (1.59%) Advertising
13 4 (1.59%) Japanese Language
13 4 (1.59%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.20%) Publishing
15 1 (0.40%) Banking
Job Titles
1 85 (33.86%) Senior
2 77 (30.68%) Network Engineer
3 70 (27.89%) Security Engineer
4 34 (13.55%) Senior Network Engineer
5 33 (13.15%) Senior Security Engineer
6 29 (11.55%) Analyst
6 29 (11.55%) Network Security Engineer
7 27 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (9.16%) Azure Engineer
9 22 (8.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (8.37%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 20 (7.97%) Consultant
11 20 (7.97%) Security Analyst
12 17 (6.77%) Security Consultant
13 14 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (5.58%) Senior Network Security Engineer
14 13 (5.18%) Architect
14 13 (5.18%) Network Consultant
15 11 (4.38%) Senior Consultant
15 11 (4.38%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.78%) 802.1X
2 11 (4.38%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (3.19%) SAML
4 4 (1.59%) Kafka
5 3 (1.20%) XMPP
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.40%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.40%) CSS
6 1 (0.40%) HTML
6 1 (0.40%) Node.js
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.40%) React
6 1 (0.40%) REST
6 1 (0.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) SignalR
6 1 (0.40%) SOAP
6 1 (0.40%) Web Services
6 1 (0.40%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (20.72%) Data Centre
2 29 (11.55%) Management Information System
3 18 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (6.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 15 (5.98%) Blockchain
5 15 (5.98%) Product Ownership
5 15 (5.98%) Public Cloud
5 15 (5.98%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.78%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.98%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (3.19%) Client/Server
9 7 (2.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 6 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.99%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.59%) IoT
12 4 (1.59%) PKI
13 3 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (15.14%) Windows
2 25 (9.96%) Linux
3 15 (5.98%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.99%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.59%) Rocky
5 4 (1.59%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Unix
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (34.26%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (27.49%) Information Security
3 63 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (21.12%) SIEM
5 51 (20.32%) Vulnerability Management
6 48 (19.12%) DevOps
7 40 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 36 (14.34%) Agile
9 34 (13.55%) Security Operations
10 33 (13.15%) Cloud Security
11 28 (11.16%) ITIL
12 27 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (9.56%) Change Management
13 24 (9.56%) Computer Science
14 21 (8.37%) Change Control
14 21 (8.37%) Risk Analysis
15 20 (7.97%) Incident Management
15 20 (7.97%) Mentoring
15 20 (7.97%) Network Management
16 18 (7.17%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 62 (24.70%) Python
2 27 (10.76%) PowerShell
3 18 (7.17%) SQL
4 14 (5.58%) Bash
5 11 (4.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (3.98%) U-SQL
7 3 (1.20%) C++
7 3 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.80%) C#
8 2 (0.80%) Java
8 2 (0.80%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.80%) VBA
9 1 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 77 (30.68%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (22.31%) CISSP
3 53 (21.12%) CCNP
4 39 (15.54%) Degree
5 35 (13.94%) CCNA
6 24 (9.56%) CEH
6 24 (9.56%) CISA
7 18 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (7.17%) Security Cleared
8 17 (6.77%) CRISC
9 16 (6.37%) CISM
9 16 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (5.98%) CCIE
11 13 (5.18%) CCSP
12 8 (3.19%) Azure Certification
13 7 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (2.79%) AWS Certification
13 7 (2.79%) OSCP
13 7 (2.79%) SANS
14 6 (2.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.95%) NIST
2 15 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.78%) GDPR
4 8 (3.19%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.79%) NCSC
6 6 (2.39%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.99%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.99%) SLA
8 2 (0.80%) COBIT
8 2 (0.80%) GxP
8 2 (0.80%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 30 (11.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.79%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.39%) Docker
5 5 (1.99%) vSphere
6 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (8.76%) FortiGate
2 14 (5.58%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.98%) Ansible
4 10 (3.98%) CASB
5 6 (2.39%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.99%) Terraform
7 4 (1.59%) QRadar
8 3 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.20%) Nessus
9 2 (0.80%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 83 (33.07%) Cisco
2 72 (28.69%) Microsoft
3 36 (14.34%) Palo Alto
4 28 (11.16%) F5
5 25 (9.96%) CheckPoint
6 24 (9.56%) VMware
7 23 (9.16%) SolarWinds
8 22 (8.76%) Juniper
9 21 (8.37%) Fortinet
10 17 (6.77%) Splunk
11 15 (5.98%) Aruba
12 10 (3.98%) Databricks
12 10 (3.98%) Infoblox
13 9 (3.59%) Meraki
14 8 (3.19%) Ribbon
15 7 (2.79%) HP
15 7 (2.79%) ServiceNow
16 6 (2.39%) Zscaler
17 5 (1.99%) Tanium
17 5 (1.99%) Veeam