Network Security Jobs in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 280 198 80
Rank change year-on-year -82 -118 +250
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 66 220 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.57% 1.22% 3.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.97% 10.05% 20.61%
Number of salaries quoted 45 188 161
10th Percentile £25,530 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - -2.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,968 £76,316
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 of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,221 2,190 3,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.19% 12.10% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,683 1,246
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £34,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £47,313 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Yorkshire +22 38 £60,000 +20.00% 122
North West -104 18 £62,500 +16.82% 125
North East +36 10 £57,500 +6.98% 42
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.52%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.73%) Azure
2 8 (12.12%) AWS
2 8 (12.12%) GCP
3 6 (9.09%) OCI
4 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.03%) IaaS
5 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.52%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (59.09%) Firewall
2 27 (40.91%) VPN
3 22 (33.33%) WAN
4 19 (28.79%) TCP/IP
5 15 (22.73%) LAN
6 11 (16.67%) BGP
6 11 (16.67%) OSPF
7 10 (15.15%) VLAN
8 8 (12.12%) SD-WAN
9 7 (10.61%) DNS
9 7 (10.61%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (9.09%) DWDM
11 5 (7.58%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (7.58%) EIGRP
11 5 (7.58%) Wireless
11 5 (7.58%) WLAN
12 3 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (3.03%) NGFW
13 2 (3.03%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
1 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.52%) GitLab
2 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Finance
3 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.58%) Banking
4 5 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.58%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (51.52%) Network Engineer
2 11 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 8 (12.12%) Architect
3 8 (12.12%) Network Security Engineer
3 8 (12.12%) Security Architect
4 7 (10.61%) Lead
5 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Lead Network Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Network Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Network Security Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Security Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Security Technical Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Technical Security Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Technologist
7 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Principal Security Architect
7 3 (4.55%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) 802.1X
2 4 (6.06%) REST
3 1 (1.52%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.52%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.52%) Life Science
3 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.52%) Tandem
3 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
4 14 (21.21%) Migration
4 14 (21.21%) Risk Management
5 12 (18.18%) Information Security
5 12 (18.18%) Task Automation
6 11 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 11 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
6 11 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (15.15%) Mentoring
8 9 (13.64%) Network Design
8 9 (13.64%) Security Architecture
9 8 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (12.12%) SIEM
10 7 (10.61%) Network Architecture
10 7 (10.61%) TOGAF
11 6 (9.09%) Business Continuity
11 6 (9.09%) Load Balancing
11 6 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.30%) Python
2 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.52%) Bash
3 1 (1.52%) Bicep
3 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (30.30%) CCNP
3 19 (28.79%) Degree
4 15 (22.73%) CCNA
5 10 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (10.61%) JNCIA
6 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
7 6 (9.09%) JNCIS
8 5 (7.58%) CCSA
9 4 (6.06%) CISSP
10 3 (4.55%) CCIE
11 1 (1.52%) CCSE
11 1 (1.52%) CEH
11 1 (1.52%) CISM
11 1 (1.52%) GIAC
11 1 (1.52%) JNCIE
11 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.52%) Novell Certification
11 1 (1.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (21.21%) NIST
3 8 (12.12%) GDPR
4 5 (7.58%) NCSC
4 5 (7.58%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.55%) QA
6 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.06%) Docker
2 4 (6.06%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.52%) XenApp
4 1 (1.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (28.79%) Ansible
2 10 (15.15%) Terraform
3 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.52%) Istio
4 1 (1.52%) Nessus
4 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (43.94%) Cisco
2 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.12%) CheckPoint
4 7 (10.61%) Fortinet
4 7 (10.61%) Meraki
5 6 (9.09%) Arista
6 5 (7.58%) Palo Alto
6 5 (7.58%) VMware
7 2 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (3.03%) Juniper
7 2 (3.03%) Tenable
7 2 (3.03%) Varonis
8 1 (1.52%) Citrix
8 1 (1.52%) Commvault
8 1 (1.52%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.52%) Google
8 1 (1.52%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.52%) Qualys
8 1 (1.52%) Sage
8 1 (1.52%) Ubiquiti