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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 195 73
Rank change year-on-year -82 -122 +249
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 72 225 742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.61% 1.22% 4.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.09% 10.21% 22.99%
Number of salaries quoted 49 190 157
10th Percentile £25,313 £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 2,328 2,203 3,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.78% 11.93% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 976 1,676 1,213
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,813 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,086 £31,250 £34,723
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% -5.56% -2.64%
75th Percentile £45,764 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,113 £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 31 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 31 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 +15 40 £57,500 +15.00% 32
North West -104 19 £60,000 +12.15% 30
North East +41 13 £57,500 +6.98% 12
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 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.39%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.61%) Azure
2 8 (11.11%) AWS
2 8 (11.11%) GCP
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.33%) OCI
4 3 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.78%) IaaS
5 2 (2.78%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.78%) SaaS
6 1 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (61.11%) Firewall
2 30 (41.67%) VPN
3 25 (34.72%) WAN
4 20 (27.78%) TCP/IP
5 18 (25.00%) LAN
6 12 (16.67%) VLAN
7 11 (15.28%) BGP
7 11 (15.28%) OSPF
8 9 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (11.11%) DNS
9 8 (11.11%) SD-WAN
10 7 (9.72%) Wireless
11 6 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (8.33%) DWDM
12 5 (6.94%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (6.94%) EIGRP
12 5 (6.94%) WLAN
13 3 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (4.17%) Internet
13 3 (4.17%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Power BI
1 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.39%) GitLab
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.44%) Finance
3 8 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 7 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.72%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (6.94%) Banking
5 5 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Automotive
8 1 (1.39%) Law
8 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (54.17%) Network Engineer
2 13 (18.06%) Security Engineer
3 10 (13.89%) Network Security Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Architect
4 8 (11.11%) Lead
4 8 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 5 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (6.94%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) IT Security Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Lead Network Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Network Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Network Security Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Security Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Security Technical Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Technical Security Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Technologist
7 3 (4.17%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) 802.1X
2 4 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.39%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.39%) Life Science
3 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.39%) Tandem
3 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
4 14 (19.44%) Migration
4 14 (19.44%) Risk Management
5 13 (18.06%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (16.67%) Information Security
6 12 (16.67%) Task Automation
7 11 (15.28%) Computer Science
7 11 (15.28%) Risk Assessment
8 10 (13.89%) Mentoring
8 10 (13.89%) SIEM
9 9 (12.50%) Network Design
9 9 (12.50%) Security Architecture
10 8 (11.11%) Business Continuity
10 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (9.72%) Business Continuity Planning
11 7 (9.72%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) Python
2 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
3 1 (1.39%) Bicep
3 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (34.72%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (30.56%) CCNP
3 21 (29.17%) Degree
4 17 (23.61%) CCNA
5 10 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (11.11%) JNCIA
7 7 (9.72%) SC Cleared
7 7 (9.72%) Security Cleared
8 6 (8.33%) JNCIS
9 5 (6.94%) CCSA
10 4 (5.56%) CISSP
11 3 (4.17%) CCIE
12 2 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (1.39%) CCSE
13 1 (1.39%) CEH
13 1 (1.39%) CISM
13 1 (1.39%) GIAC
13 1 (1.39%) JNCIE
13 1 (1.39%) Novell Certification
13 1 (1.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (22.22%) NIST
3 10 (13.89%) GDPR
4 5 (6.94%) NCSC
4 5 (6.94%) PCI DSS
5 3 (4.17%) QA
6 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.56%) Docker
2 4 (5.56%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.39%) XenApp
4 1 (1.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (26.39%) Ansible
2 10 (13.89%) Terraform
3 5 (6.94%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.39%) Istio
4 1 (1.39%) Nessus
4 1 (1.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (44.44%) Cisco
2 16 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 10 (13.89%) CheckPoint
4 8 (11.11%) Meraki
5 7 (9.72%) Fortinet
6 6 (8.33%) Arista
7 5 (6.94%) Palo Alto
7 5 (6.94%) VMware
8 3 (4.17%) Juniper
9 2 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (2.78%) Tenable
9 2 (2.78%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (2.78%) Varonis
10 1 (1.39%) Citrix
10 1 (1.39%) Commvault
10 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.39%) Google
10 1 (1.39%) Hitachi
10 1 (1.39%) Qualys
10 1 (1.39%) Sage