Network Security Engineer Jobs in the North East

Network Security Engineer
England > North East

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the North East is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.37% - 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £52,500
75th Percentile £61,250 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 728 1,803 1,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 95.75% 79.89%
Number of salaries quoted 399 1,448 598
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,558
25th Percentile £26,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £65,552 £62,500 £61,162
90th Percentile £76,118 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the North East

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer in the North East.

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in the North East

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Tyne and Wear - 3 £57,500 - 1
Network Security Engineer
England

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 19 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 North East region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) NIST

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST