Network Security Engineer Jobs in London

Network Security Engineer
England > London

The median Network Security Engineer salary in London is £70,073 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 565 811
Rank change year-on-year +93 +246 -230
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 36 48 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 35 38 53
10th Percentile £54,000 £56,750 £46,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £68,125 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,073 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £106,250 £88,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,375 £79,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,209 32,673 64,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 94.98% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,661 24,068 34,399
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in London

Network Security Engineer
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 Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +56 2 £73,441 +14.75% 3
North London - 1 £45,000 -
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 33 (91.67%) Network Security
2 30 (83.33%) Cisco
3 23 (63.89%) WAN
4 22 (61.11%) AWS
5 19 (52.78%) LAN
6 18 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (50.00%) Azure
7 16 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (41.67%) SD-WAN
8 15 (41.67%) Firewall
8 15 (41.67%) Wireless
8 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
8 15 (41.67%) Data Centre
9 14 (38.89%) VPN
9 14 (38.89%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (36.11%) CheckPoint
10 13 (36.11%) VMware
10 13 (36.11%) Palo Alto
10 13 (36.11%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (33.33%) CCNA
12 11 (30.56%) CCNP
12 11 (30.56%) BGP
12 11 (30.56%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (30.56%) VLAN
13 10 (27.78%) Splunk
13 10 (27.78%) ITIL
14 9 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
14 9 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
15 8 (22.22%) AWS Direct Connect

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (61.11%) AWS
2 18 (50.00%) Azure
3 9 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (22.22%) AWS Direct Connect
5 6 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (16.67%) IaaS
5 6 (16.67%) PaaS
5 6 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (91.67%) Network Security
2 23 (63.89%) WAN
3 19 (52.78%) LAN
4 15 (41.67%) Firewall
4 15 (41.67%) SD-WAN
4 15 (41.67%) Wireless
5 14 (38.89%) Cisco Firepower
5 14 (38.89%) VPN
6 13 (36.11%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (30.56%) BGP
7 11 (30.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (30.56%) VLAN
8 9 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
10 6 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (16.67%) DMZ
10 6 (16.67%) MPLS
10 6 (16.67%) Unified Communications
10 6 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (13.89%) DMVPN
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Marketing
3 4 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Publishing
4 3 (8.33%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) 802.1X
2 6 (16.67%) HTML
3 5 (13.89%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 6 (16.67%) Hedge funds
2 6 (16.67%) PKI
3 5 (13.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
1 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (27.78%) ITIL
3 8 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 6 (16.67%) DevOps
4 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.67%) Network Design
4 6 (16.67%) Network Management
4 6 (16.67%) Open Source
4 6 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 6 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 6 (16.67%) Service Design
4 6 (16.67%) SIEM
5 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
6 4 (11.11%) Change Control
6 4 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 4 (11.11%) Product Management
6 4 (11.11%) Software Deployment
6 4 (11.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) C#
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (33.33%) CCNA
3 11 (30.56%) CCNP
4 6 (16.67%) Degree
5 5 (13.89%) CISA
5 5 (13.89%) CISSP
6 4 (11.11%) CCIE
6 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (11.11%) GIAC
6 4 (11.11%) JNCIA
6 4 (11.11%) MCSA
6 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (5.56%) CCIP
8 1 (2.78%) CCDP
8 1 (2.78%) CCNP Voice
8 1 (2.78%) CCSP
8 1 (2.78%) CISM
8 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) NCSC
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Cisco CUCM
1 6 (16.67%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (5.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 30 (83.33%) Cisco
2 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 13 (36.11%) CheckPoint
3 13 (36.11%) Palo Alto
3 13 (36.11%) VMware
4 10 (27.78%) Splunk
5 6 (16.67%) Juniper
5 6 (16.67%) SolarWinds
6 4 (11.11%) F5
7 1 (2.78%) Zscaler