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 17 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 129 316
Rank change year-on-year -52 +187 -96
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 167 247 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.12% 2.55% 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.15% 14.17% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 121 105 104
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,000 £38,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +9.28% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,070 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £66,938
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 1,374 1,743 2,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.22% 17.99% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 775 1,007 1,625
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £25,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,542 £74,589
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%

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 17 September 2024.

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 17 September 2024. 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
North West -43 97 £50,500 -12.17% 27
Yorkshire -26 50 £55,000 -2.65% 16
North East -22 20 £43,500 -8.90% 4
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 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.80%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Apache
3 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.60%) IIS
3 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.60%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (33.53%) Azure
2 27 (16.17%) AWS
3 16 (9.58%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (5.39%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.19%) GCP
7 6 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (2.99%) Serverless
9 4 (2.40%) Azure AKS
9 4 (2.40%) IaaS
9 4 (2.40%) PaaS
10 3 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.80%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.80%) SaaS
11 2 (1.20%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.20%) Nutanix
11 2 (1.20%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 62 (37.13%) Firewall
2 35 (20.96%) WAN
3 30 (17.96%) LAN
4 24 (14.37%) VPN
5 18 (10.78%) DNS
6 15 (8.98%) BGP
6 15 (8.98%) DHCP
7 14 (8.38%) Internet
8 13 (7.78%) OSPF
9 12 (7.19%) MPLS
10 11 (6.59%) Wireless
11 10 (5.99%) SD-WAN
11 10 (5.99%) TCP/IP
11 10 (5.99%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (5.39%) VLAN
12 9 (5.39%) WLAN
13 8 (4.79%) VoIP
14 7 (4.19%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (4.19%) Software-Defined Networking
15 6 (3.59%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.80%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.20%) Power BI
4 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.60%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.60%) Redis
4 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.60%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.60%) Fiddler
General
1 38 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.38%) Finance
4 10 (5.99%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.39%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.39%) Retail
6 4 (2.40%) Law
6 4 (2.40%) Marketing
6 4 (2.40%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.20%) Banking
8 1 (0.60%) Automotive
8 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (26.95%) Network Engineer
2 25 (14.97%) Senior
3 15 (8.98%) Lead
4 14 (8.38%) Analyst
5 13 (7.78%) Security Engineer
6 12 (7.19%) Architect
7 11 (6.59%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (5.99%) Network Security Engineer
9 9 (5.39%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 9 (5.39%) Security Specialist
10 8 (4.79%) IT Manager
11 7 (4.19%) C Software Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) IT Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Project Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Senior C Software Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Software Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) Web Services
2 1 (0.60%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.77%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.59%) Security Posture
3 9 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.79%) AS400
4 8 (4.79%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.19%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (3.59%) CCTV
6 6 (3.59%) iSeries
6 6 (3.59%) NHS
6 6 (3.59%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.40%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.40%) IoT
8 3 (1.80%) Insider Threat
8 3 (1.80%) Tandem
8 3 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.20%) CMDB
9 2 (1.20%) FMCG
9 2 (1.20%) Life Science
9 2 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.57%) Windows
2 13 (7.78%) Linux
3 4 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.80%) Unix
5 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.60%) Android
6 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (29.34%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (16.77%) ITIL
4 23 (13.77%) DevOps
5 20 (11.98%) Incident Response
5 20 (11.98%) Mentoring
6 19 (11.38%) Computer Science
6 19 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (10.78%) Information Security
8 17 (10.18%) Service Delivery
9 16 (9.58%) CI/CD
9 16 (9.58%) Cloud Security
10 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (8.98%) Network Virtualisation
11 14 (8.38%) PRINCE2
11 14 (8.38%) Project Management
12 13 (7.78%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (7.78%) Product Management
13 12 (7.19%) Customer Service
13 12 (7.19%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.77%) Python
2 12 (7.19%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.79%) Bash
3 8 (4.79%) Bicep
3 8 (4.79%) SQL
4 7 (4.19%) C
4 7 (4.19%) C++
5 6 (3.59%) Perl
5 6 (3.59%) PHP
6 1 (0.60%) Go
6 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (17.96%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (16.77%) CISSP
3 26 (15.57%) Degree
4 23 (13.77%) CCNP
5 17 (10.18%) CCNA
6 12 (7.19%) Security Cleared
7 10 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (5.39%) CISM
8 9 (5.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (4.79%) A+ Certification
9 8 (4.79%) CCIE
10 7 (4.19%) SC Cleared
11 6 (3.59%) CCSK
11 6 (3.59%) JNCIS
11 6 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (2.99%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.99%) CCSA
13 4 (2.40%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (2.40%) CEH
13 4 (2.40%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (7.78%) NIST
3 8 (4.79%) SLA
4 6 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.59%) NIST 800
4 6 (3.59%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (2.40%) GDPR
5 4 (2.40%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
System Software
1 27 (16.17%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.99%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.59%) Docker
4 6 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.40%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.60%) Shibboleth
8 1 (0.60%) Snort
8 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (8.98%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.78%) Ansible
3 11 (6.59%) Terraform
4 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.80%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.80%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.20%) CloudForms
6 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.20%) vRealize
7 1 (0.60%) CA Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.60%) Grafana
7 1 (0.60%) Istio
7 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.60%) Puppet
7 1 (0.60%) SCOM
7 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (19.16%) Cisco
2 31 (18.56%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.78%) VMware
4 11 (6.59%) Fortinet
5 10 (5.99%) Dell
5 10 (5.99%) Meraki
6 9 (5.39%) SolarWinds
7 8 (4.79%) Palo Alto
8 7 (4.19%) CheckPoint
9 6 (3.59%) Juniper
9 6 (3.59%) Openreach
10 4 (2.40%) Aruba
10 4 (2.40%) Citrix
10 4 (2.40%) Google
10 4 (2.40%) HP
10 4 (2.40%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (1.80%) Intel
11 3 (1.80%) Oracle
11 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.80%) Veeam