Network Security Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Network Security Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Network Security Engineer salary in Manchester is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 217 227
Rank change year-on-year +74 +10 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 1 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.047% 0.098% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.10% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £40,450 £52,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £58,438
90th Percentile - - £58,625
North West median annual salary £55,375 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +10.75% -5.66% -11.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,928 4,846 4,542
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 94.61% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 3,745 2,665
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in Manchester

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in Manchester

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco