Network Security Jobs in the North West

Network Security
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 141 262
Rank change year-on-year -24 +121 -65
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 113 136 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.22% 2.10% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.59% 11.53% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 104 62 58
10th Percentile £33,475 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £44,498 £42,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -8.26% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,333 £63,500
90th Percentile £67,827 £71,250 £66,938
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 975 1,180 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.53% 18.24% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 697 572 856
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,126
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.10% +4.72%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,200 £77,542 £71,250
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the North West

Network Security
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 Network Security within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Manchester -1 56 £60,000 +0.80% 8
Lancashire -23 26 £55,000 +22.91%
Merseyside +10 14 £53,500 +18.89% 1
Cheshire -27 10 £44,000 +3.53% 2
Cumbria -12 1 £24,000 - 1
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.77%) Apache Spark
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.47%) Azure
2 17 (15.04%) AWS
3 16 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.31%) GCP
5 4 (3.54%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.77%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.77%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.88%) IaaS
8 1 (0.88%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.88%) PaaS
8 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (30.09%) Firewall
2 19 (16.81%) LAN
3 18 (15.93%) WAN
4 17 (15.04%) VPN
5 12 (10.62%) DNS
5 12 (10.62%) SSL
6 10 (8.85%) BGP
7 9 (7.96%) OSPF
7 9 (7.96%) Wireless
8 8 (7.08%) MPLS
8 8 (7.08%) SAN
9 7 (6.19%) DHCP
9 7 (6.19%) IPsec
9 7 (6.19%) SD-WAN
10 6 (5.31%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (5.31%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (5.31%) WLAN
11 5 (4.42%) EIGRP
12 4 (3.54%) NAS
12 4 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.77%) Big Data
2 2 (1.77%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.77%) Power BI
3 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) JIRA
2 2 (1.77%) Git
3 1 (0.88%) Eclipse
General
1 17 (15.04%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.96%) Finance
2 9 (7.96%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.31%) Retail
4 3 (2.65%) Law
4 3 (2.65%) Marketing
5 2 (1.77%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Network Engineer
2 24 (21.24%) Senior
3 14 (12.39%) Architect
4 10 (8.85%) IT Manager
5 8 (7.08%) Analyst
5 8 (7.08%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (6.19%) Lead
7 6 (5.31%) IT Support
7 6 (5.31%) Product Owner
7 6 (5.31%) Security Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Senior Product Owner
8 5 (4.42%) Network Architect
8 5 (4.42%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Security Specialist
9 4 (3.54%) IT Architect
9 4 (3.54%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (3.54%) Security Architect
9 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.54%) Systems Architect
10 3 (2.65%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.77%) LDAP
1 2 (1.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.96%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.08%) AS400
4 6 (5.31%) iSeries
4 6 (5.31%) NHS
4 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.42%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.65%) PKI
7 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.77%) Smart Energy
9 1 (0.88%) CCTV
9 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.88%) CSOC
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.88%) Replication
9 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.39%) Linux
2 11 (9.73%) Windows
3 4 (3.54%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.77%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.77%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.77%) Unix
5 2 (1.77%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.88%) Android
6 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.63%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (23.89%) ITIL
3 25 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (15.93%) Product Management
5 16 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (14.16%) PRINCE2
5 16 (14.16%) Project Management
6 15 (13.27%) Network Monitoring
6 15 (13.27%) Service Delivery
7 14 (12.39%) Computer Science
8 13 (11.50%) Mentoring
9 11 (9.73%) Agile
9 11 (9.73%) Mobile Device Management
9 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (8.85%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (8.85%) ERP
10 10 (8.85%) SIEM
11 9 (7.96%) Migration
11 9 (7.96%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (7.08%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.42%) PowerShell
1 5 (4.42%) Python
2 3 (2.65%) C
2 3 (2.65%) C++
3 2 (1.77%) Bash
3 2 (1.77%) Go
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
4 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (17.70%) CISSP
1 20 (17.70%) Degree
2 17 (15.04%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (11.50%) CCNP
4 8 (7.08%) Master's Degree
5 7 (6.19%) CCIE
5 7 (6.19%) CCNA
6 6 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.42%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.54%) CCNA CyberOps
8 4 (3.54%) CISM
8 4 (3.54%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (3.54%) CRISC
8 4 (3.54%) JNCIA
8 4 (3.54%) VCAP
8 4 (3.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.77%) CREST Certified
10 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.39%) NIST
2 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (5.31%) NCSC
4 4 (3.54%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.77%) GDPR
6 2 (1.77%) SLA
6 2 (1.77%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (7.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.54%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.77%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.88%) Docker
5 1 (0.88%) Shibboleth
5 1 (0.88%) Snort
5 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.54%) ZABBIX
4 3 (2.65%) Terraform
5 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.77%) Ansible
5 2 (1.77%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.77%) Puppet
5 2 (1.77%) SELinux
5 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (23.01%) Cisco
2 21 (18.58%) Microsoft
3 12 (10.62%) VMware
4 11 (9.73%) ServiceNow
5 10 (8.85%) Dell
5 10 (8.85%) Fortinet
6 8 (7.08%) Citrix
7 6 (5.31%) Meraki
7 6 (5.31%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.31%) Splunk
8 5 (4.42%) Aruba
8 5 (4.42%) Juniper
8 5 (4.42%) SolarWinds
8 5 (4.42%) Veeam
9 4 (3.54%) Google
9 4 (3.54%) HP
9 4 (3.54%) Tanium
9 4 (3.54%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (1.77%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.88%) Huawei