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 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 236 209
Rank change year-on-year +19 -27 +195
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 194 325 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.53% 1.37% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.27% 10.01% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 159 291 305
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £37,397
25th Percentile £63,504 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% +6.62% -2.86%
75th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £118,000 £96,250 £108,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 1,889 3,246 3,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.91% 13.67% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,989 2,678
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% +0.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 25 May 2025.

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 25 May 2025. 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 -23 12 £63,750 -12.07% 24
South London -13 6 £60,000 +4.35%
West London +19 2 £55,000 - 37
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 17 (8.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Confluence
3 3 (1.55%) nginx
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.06%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 103 (53.09%) Azure
2 58 (29.90%) AWS
3 42 (21.65%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (19.59%) GCP
5 18 (9.28%) AWS CloudFormation
6 16 (8.25%) Serverless
7 15 (7.73%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (6.70%) AWS KMS
9 11 (5.67%) PaaS
9 11 (5.67%) SaaS
10 10 (5.15%) IaaS
11 9 (4.64%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (4.64%) Entra ID
12 6 (3.09%) Azure AKS
12 6 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (2.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (2.06%) Nutanix
15 3 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (1.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 116 (59.79%) Firewall
2 60 (30.93%) VPN
3 30 (15.46%) WAN
4 26 (13.40%) LAN
5 24 (12.37%) BGP
5 24 (12.37%) DNS
6 21 (10.82%) OSPF
7 18 (9.28%) VLAN
7 18 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (8.25%) SD-WAN
8 16 (8.25%) Wireless
9 12 (6.19%) DHCP
9 12 (6.19%) MPLS
9 12 (6.19%) TCP/IP
10 11 (5.67%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (3.61%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (3.61%) IPsec
11 7 (3.61%) Spanning Tree
12 6 (3.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (3.09%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.52%) GIS
2 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.52%) HBase
2 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Git
1 2 (1.03%) GitLab
1 2 (1.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.52%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 63 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 60 (30.93%) Finance
3 27 (13.92%) Banking
4 19 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.79%) Telecoms
5 17 (8.76%) Legal
6 15 (7.73%) Retail
7 10 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.61%) Mandarin Language
9 6 (3.09%) Front Office
10 5 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.58%) Law
11 4 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.55%) Marketing
13 2 (1.03%) Electronics
13 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.03%) German Language
13 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (30.41%) Senior
2 38 (19.59%) Network Engineer
3 36 (18.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (18.04%) Architect
5 24 (12.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (11.86%) Analyst
7 17 (8.76%) Cloud Architect
8 14 (7.22%) Lead
8 14 (7.22%) Security Analyst
8 14 (7.22%) Security Engineer
9 13 (6.70%) AWS Architect
10 11 (5.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (5.67%) Security Architect
10 11 (5.67%) Senior Network Engineer
11 10 (5.15%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 9 (4.64%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (3.61%) Network Architect
14 6 (3.09%) Head of Information Security
14 6 (3.09%) Head of Security
14 6 (3.09%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.73%) Elastic Stack
1 15 (7.73%) Kafka
2 6 (3.09%) RESTful
3 3 (1.55%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (1.03%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.03%) Jinja
5 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.52%) Middleware
5 1 (0.52%) REST
5 1 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 54 (27.84%) Management Information System
2 32 (16.49%) Security Posture
3 21 (10.82%) Data Centre
4 12 (6.19%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.58%) IoT
7 4 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.06%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.03%) CCTV
9 2 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.52%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 44 (22.68%) Windows
2 21 (10.82%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.79%) Windows 10
4 12 (6.19%) Linux
5 4 (2.06%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.06%) VMS
5 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (37.11%) Incident Response
2 62 (31.96%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (30.93%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (27.32%) Information Security
5 49 (25.26%) Vulnerability Management
6 47 (24.23%) DevOps
6 47 (24.23%) SIEM
7 43 (22.16%) Data Protection
8 40 (20.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 39 (20.10%) Cloud Security
10 36 (18.56%) CI/CD
11 34 (17.53%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (16.49%) Computer Science
13 30 (15.46%) Risk Management
14 29 (14.95%) Security Architecture
15 28 (14.43%) Identity Access Management
16 26 (13.40%) Infrastructure as Code
16 26 (13.40%) Mentoring
17 24 (12.37%) Change Management
17 24 (12.37%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.43%) Python
2 21 (10.82%) Java
3 20 (10.31%) PowerShell
4 14 (7.22%) Bash
5 5 (2.58%) Go
6 4 (2.06%) SQL
7 3 (1.55%) R
8 2 (1.03%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.03%) Ruby
9 1 (0.52%) C#
9 1 (0.52%) C++
9 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 65 (33.51%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (29.90%) Degree
3 47 (24.23%) CCNP
4 33 (17.01%) CCNA
5 28 (14.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (11.34%) AWS Certification
7 17 (8.76%) CISSP
7 17 (8.76%) SC Cleared
7 17 (8.76%) Security Cleared
8 16 (8.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (6.19%) CISM
10 11 (5.67%) CCIE
11 9 (4.64%) CCSP
12 6 (3.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (3.09%) CEH
12 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (2.58%) Check Point Certification
13 5 (2.58%) CISA
13 5 (2.58%) Master's Degree
14 4 (2.06%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (23.71%) GDPR
2 45 (23.20%) NIST
3 44 (22.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (11.34%) HIPAA
5 19 (9.79%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.15%) SLA
7 3 (1.55%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.55%) QA
7 3 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.03%) GRC
8 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.03%) NCSC
9 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.52%) COBIT
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 32 (16.49%) Active Directory
2 20 (10.31%) Docker
3 19 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (4.12%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.06%) vSphere
9 2 (1.03%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.52%) HDFS
10 1 (0.52%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.52%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 27 (13.92%) Terraform
2 24 (12.37%) Kubernetes
3 18 (9.28%) Grafana
3 18 (9.28%) Prometheus
4 14 (7.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (6.19%) FortiGate
6 8 (4.12%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (3.09%) CASB
8 5 (2.58%) HP Fortify
9 4 (2.06%) Ansible
9 4 (2.06%) Istio
9 4 (2.06%) linkerd
9 4 (2.06%) SCCM
9 4 (2.06%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.55%) CSIRT
11 2 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (1.03%) HAProxy
11 2 (1.03%) SCOM
11 2 (1.03%) VxRail
12 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 63 (32.47%) Cisco
2 36 (18.56%) Microsoft
3 32 (16.49%) Meraki
4 30 (15.46%) Fortinet
5 25 (12.89%) VMware
6 15 (7.73%) F5
7 14 (7.22%) CheckPoint
8 12 (6.19%) Google
9 11 (5.67%) Palo Alto
10 10 (5.15%) Citrix
11 9 (4.64%) Juniper
12 8 (4.12%) Splunk
13 7 (3.61%) SolarWinds
14 6 (3.09%) Arista
14 6 (3.09%) Zscaler
15 5 (2.58%) Riverbed
15 5 (2.58%) ServiceNow
15 5 (2.58%) Tanium
16 4 (2.06%) FactSet
16 4 (2.06%) Veeam