Network Security Jobs in the North East

Network Security
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 95 88
Rank change year-on-year +28 -7 +16
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 9 22 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.12% 1.17% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.35% 8.70% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8 22 22
10th Percentile £51,875 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £36,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,750 £46,005
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +16.84% +8.25%
75th Percentile £76,944 £63,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £85,533 £67,968 £50,888
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 269 253 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 33.37% 13.44% 23.46%
Number of salaries quoted 138 230 110
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,500 £30,750
25th Percentile - £31,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,500 £41,683
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% +1.96% +4.21%
75th Percentile £42,188 £62,188 £48,750
90th Percentile £68,775 £70,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North East

Network Security
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the North East

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the North East

Network Security
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 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 +22 5 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Durham +18 4 £69,384 +59.50% 11
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) VLAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
1 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Security Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Architect
3 3 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Principal Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Principal Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (11.11%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
1 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (44.44%) BCP
2 4 (44.44%) Business Continuity Planning
2 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) SIEM
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Energy Management
4 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) SABSA
4 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCNA
1 2 (22.22%) CCNP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (77.78%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) GDPR
3 2 (22.22%) NCSC
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Meraki
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft