Network Security Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Network Security
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 70 63
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 +15
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 6 17 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.94% 1.61% 2.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.14% 11.64% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 20
10th Percentile £50,313 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £36,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £46,005
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +30.42% +8.25%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £73,125 £67,968 £48,988
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £46,005
% change year-on-year -4.17% +30.42% +8.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 146 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 11.33% 13.85% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 28 138 86
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,599 £31,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,688 £49,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,968 £67,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £25,087 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -37.28% -5.88% +3.66%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Network Security
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Network Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
1 5 (83.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 6 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (83.33%) BCP
2 5 (83.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 5 (83.33%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (83.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS