Network Security Jobs in London

Network Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 223 401
Rank change year-on-year -14 +178 -116
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 321 562 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.36% 1.64% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.78% 14.09% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 288 296 411
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,397 £44,250
25th Percentile £54,813 £50,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% -1.43% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,375 £108,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,282 3,989 7,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.89% 11.64% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,015 2,737 4,258
10th Percentile £32,850 £33,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,631 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 11 May 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 11 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 +60 63 £72,500 +20.83% 20
South London -46 13 £57,500 -11.54%
West London -51 11 £55,000 +37.50% 3
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 20 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.49%) Apache
2 8 (2.49%) Skype for Business
3 7 (2.18%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.93%) nginx
6 2 (0.62%) Confluence
6 2 (0.62%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.31%) IIS
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) HFM
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 107 (33.33%) Azure
2 62 (19.31%) AWS
3 34 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.23%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.92%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (4.98%) Entra ID
7 16 (4.98%) SaaS
8 14 (4.36%) PaaS
9 13 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (3.12%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
10 10 (3.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (3.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (3.12%) IaaS
10 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.49%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.49%) AWS Direct Connect
11 8 (2.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 117 (36.45%) Firewall
2 81 (25.23%) LAN
3 77 (23.99%) WAN
4 56 (17.45%) Wireless
5 48 (14.95%) VPN
6 44 (13.71%) DNS
7 42 (13.08%) TCP/IP
8 40 (12.46%) SD-WAN
9 36 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (8.41%) BGP
10 27 (8.41%) Cisco Firepower
11 26 (8.10%) Internet
12 24 (7.48%) VoIP
13 20 (6.23%) Cisco Nexus
13 20 (6.23%) MPLS
13 20 (6.23%) OSPF
14 19 (5.92%) DHCP
15 16 (4.98%) VLAN
16 15 (4.67%) Intrusion Detection
17 14 (4.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.23%) Power BI
2 11 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.12%) Data Lake
3 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 9 (2.80%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.56%) Flink
5 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.25%) Tableau
7 3 (0.93%) Redis
7 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.62%) MySQL
8 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 28 (8.72%) Burp Suite
1 28 (8.72%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.87%) Git
3 2 (0.62%) git-flow
3 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.62%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
General
1 101 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (16.20%) Finance
4 16 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (4.98%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.67%) Military
6 12 (3.74%) Law
7 8 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.49%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.49%) Marketing
8 6 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.87%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.87%) Retail
9 4 (1.25%) Japanese Language
9 4 (1.25%) Publishing
10 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.93%) Games
11 2 (0.62%) Advertising
11 2 (0.62%) Banking
11 2 (0.62%) Legal
Job Titles
1 83 (25.86%) Network Engineer
2 71 (22.12%) Senior
3 63 (19.63%) Security Engineer
4 34 (10.59%) Senior Network Engineer
5 33 (10.28%) Network Security Engineer
6 31 (9.66%) Analyst
7 29 (9.03%) Penetration Tester
7 29 (9.03%) Tester
8 28 (8.72%) Consultant
9 26 (8.10%) Security Consultant
10 23 (7.17%) Senior Security Engineer
11 22 (6.85%) Security Analyst
12 19 (5.92%) Architect
12 19 (5.92%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 15 (4.67%) Lead
15 14 (4.36%) Senior Network Security Engineer
16 13 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
16 13 (4.05%) Python Engineer
17 11 (3.43%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.92%) 802.1X
2 15 (4.67%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (3.43%) HTML
4 8 (2.49%) SAML
5 6 (1.87%) CSS
5 6 (1.87%) Kafka
5 6 (1.87%) RESTful
6 5 (1.56%) XMPP
7 4 (1.25%) .NET
7 4 (1.25%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.25%) Node.js
7 4 (1.25%) React
7 4 (1.25%) web3js
8 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.62%) LAMP
8 2 (0.62%) LEMP Stack
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.31%) SOAP
9 1 (0.31%) Web Services
9 1 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 56 (17.45%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.35%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.48%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (5.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 17 (5.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 16 (4.98%) Cyber Defence
6 15 (4.67%) PKI
7 14 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (4.05%) Cyber Threat
8 13 (4.05%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (3.12%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (2.49%) Client/Server
11 6 (1.87%) Hedge funds
12 5 (1.56%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.56%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.56%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.25%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.25%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.95%) Windows
2 45 (14.02%) Linux
3 28 (8.72%) Kali Linux
4 17 (5.30%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.74%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.80%) Android
7 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.93%) Unix
8 3 (0.93%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.31%) VMS
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (43.30%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (29.28%) Information Security
3 76 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (19.00%) SIEM
5 56 (17.45%) Security Operations
6 52 (16.20%) Agile
7 49 (15.26%) DevOps
8 48 (14.95%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (14.64%) Computer Science
10 40 (12.46%) Cloud Security
11 38 (11.84%) Application Security
11 38 (11.84%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 37 (11.53%) ITIL
12 37 (11.53%) Penetration Testing
13 36 (11.21%) Incident Management
14 32 (9.97%) Disaster Recovery
14 32 (9.97%) Roadmaps
15 31 (9.66%) Analytics
15 31 (9.66%) Network Monitoring
16 30 (9.35%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 43 (13.40%) Python
2 32 (9.97%) PowerShell
3 30 (9.35%) SQL
4 12 (3.74%) C#
5 11 (3.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (3.12%) U-SQL
7 6 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.56%) Bash
8 5 (1.56%) Java
8 5 (1.56%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.56%) VBA
9 4 (1.25%) C++
10 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.31%) C
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (22.74%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (19.63%) Degree
3 50 (15.58%) CCNP
4 49 (15.26%) CISSP
5 44 (13.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (7.79%) CCNA
7 22 (6.85%) Security Cleared
8 18 (5.61%) CEH
8 18 (5.61%) CISM
9 17 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (4.98%) CCSP
10 16 (4.98%) DV Cleared
11 15 (4.67%) SANS
12 13 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (4.05%) CCIE
13 11 (3.43%) GIAC
14 10 (3.12%) Azure Certification
14 10 (3.12%) CISA
15 8 (2.49%) SSCP
16 6 (1.87%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.33%) NIST
2 22 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (6.54%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.12%) NCSC
5 7 (2.18%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.25%) SLA
7 3 (0.93%) GDPR
8 2 (0.62%) COBIT
8 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) GxP
System Software
1 43 (13.40%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.61%) vSphere
3 13 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.87%) Docker
5 6 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.67%) Terraform
3 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.49%) Ansible
4 8 (2.49%) Nmap
4 8 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.18%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.87%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (1.87%) Stealthwatch
7 4 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.25%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.93%) CASB
8 3 (0.93%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.93%) Nessus
9 2 (0.62%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.62%) SCCM
9 2 (0.62%) WSUS
10 1 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 96 (29.91%) Microsoft
2 94 (29.28%) Cisco
3 43 (13.40%) SolarWinds
4 31 (9.66%) Palo Alto
5 27 (8.41%) CheckPoint
6 22 (6.85%) VMware
7 21 (6.54%) Splunk
8 15 (4.67%) F5
8 15 (4.67%) Juniper
8 15 (4.67%) Tanium
8 15 (4.67%) Tripwire
9 12 (3.74%) HP
10 11 (3.43%) Aruba
10 11 (3.43%) Meraki
11 10 (3.12%) Databricks
11 10 (3.12%) Qualys
11 10 (3.12%) Veeam
12 9 (2.80%) Fortinet
12 9 (2.80%) NetApp
12 9 (2.80%) Rapid7