IPsec Job Trends in the North West

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 198 189
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 +110
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 4 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.065% 0.13% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.21% 1.29% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £46,550 - -
25th Percentile £47,000 £40,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% +3.03% -17.50%
75th Percentile £51,875 £56,250 £43,125
90th Percentile £53,450 £69,500 -
England median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -14.17% +23.08% -7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

IPsec 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,917 542 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.10% 10.42% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 357 321 443
10th Percentile - £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

IPsec job vacancy trend in the North West

IPsec
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IPsec

IPsec
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Manchester +16 2 £48,000 - 2
Cheshire -12 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 £53,000 -
IPsec
England

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) HSRP
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) Junos
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (25.00%) High Availability
1 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (25.00%) Presales
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) JNCIA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper