Network Security Jobs in the North West

Network Security
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 62 233
Rank change year-on-year -123 +171 -88
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 107 408 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.10% 5.12% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.36% 25.25% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 99 86 80
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,438 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year - +1.66% +3.05%
75th Percentile £64,375 £70,000 £63,688
90th Percentile £67,968 £87,000 £74,257
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,143 1,616 1,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.79% 20.29% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 874 681 734
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +3.87% +0.56%
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -87 68 £55,000 -7.60% 22
Lancashire -29 24 £55,000 +37.50% 17
Merseyside -32 8 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Cheshire -39 6 £35,000 -26.32% 22
Cumbria -10 1 £24,000 - 3
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 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (5.61%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.80%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.80%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.36%) Azure
2 21 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.95%) AWS
4 9 (8.41%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.54%) Entra ID
5 7 (6.54%) GCP
6 6 (5.61%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.61%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.93%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (31.78%) Firewall
2 24 (22.43%) LAN
3 20 (18.69%) WAN
4 19 (17.76%) VPN
5 13 (12.15%) OSPF
5 13 (12.15%) SSL
6 11 (10.28%) DNS
6 11 (10.28%) Wireless
7 10 (9.35%) WLAN
8 9 (8.41%) BGP
8 9 (8.41%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (6.54%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (6.54%) IPsec
9 7 (6.54%) MPLS
10 6 (5.61%) DHCP
11 5 (4.67%) EIGRP
11 5 (4.67%) NAS
11 5 (4.67%) NGFW
11 5 (4.67%) SAN
11 5 (4.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) Big Data
1 3 (2.80%) BigQuery
1 3 (2.80%) Power BI
1 3 (2.80%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (12.15%) JIRA
2 4 (3.74%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (2.80%) Git
General
1 20 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.15%) Finance
3 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.61%) Retail
5 3 (2.80%) Law
5 3 (2.80%) Marketing
6 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.87%) Games
7 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (28.04%) Network Engineer
2 27 (25.23%) Senior
3 19 (17.76%) Architect
4 11 (10.28%) Network Architect
5 10 (9.35%) Security Architect
6 8 (7.48%) Analyst
7 7 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.54%) Network Security Architect
8 6 (5.61%) IT Support
8 6 (5.61%) Lead
8 6 (5.61%) Product Owner
8 6 (5.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.61%) Senior Product Owner
9 5 (4.67%) Network Security Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.67%) Senior Network Engineer
10 4 (3.74%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.74%) Support Engineer
11 3 (2.80%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.61%) LDAP
2 4 (3.74%) Akka
3 2 (1.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.48%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.48%) Security Posture
3 6 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.74%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.80%) PKI
6 3 (2.80%) PMI
6 3 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.80%) Smart Energy
6 3 (2.80%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.93%) CCTV
8 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.93%) CSOC
8 1 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (23.36%) Linux
2 18 (16.82%) Windows
3 9 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (6.54%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (6.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.74%) Unix
6 3 (2.80%) Kali Linux
6 3 (2.80%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.87%) VMS
8 1 (0.93%) Android
8 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.93%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.51%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (22.43%) ITIL
4 20 (18.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (17.76%) Product Management
6 15 (14.02%) Mentoring
6 15 (14.02%) Service Delivery
7 14 (13.08%) Network Monitoring
7 14 (13.08%) PRINCE2
8 13 (12.15%) Cloud Security
8 13 (12.15%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (12.15%) Network Architecture
8 13 (12.15%) Project Management
8 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (11.21%) Agile
10 10 (9.35%) Migration
10 10 (9.35%) Roadmaps
11 9 (8.41%) Incident Response
11 9 (8.41%) Information Security
12 8 (7.48%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.41%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.61%) Python
3 3 (2.80%) C
3 3 (2.80%) C++
3 3 (2.80%) Go
4 2 (1.87%) Bash
5 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (19.63%) CISSP
2 19 (17.76%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (10.28%) CCNP
3 11 (10.28%) Degree
4 7 (6.54%) Master's Degree
5 6 (5.61%) CCNA
6 5 (4.67%) CCIE
6 5 (4.67%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (4.67%) JNCIA
6 5 (4.67%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.67%) VCAP
6 5 (4.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.74%) CCNA CyberOps
7 4 (3.74%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (3.74%) CISM
7 4 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.74%) CRISC
7 4 (3.74%) HNC
7 4 (3.74%) HND
8 3 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.82%) NIST
2 11 (10.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.61%) NCSC
3 6 (5.61%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.80%) GDPR
5 2 (1.87%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (7.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (6.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.74%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.80%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.93%) Docker
5 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.93%) Snort
Systems Management
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.48%) WSUS
3 6 (5.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 6 (5.61%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (3.74%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.74%) Terraform
4 4 (3.74%) ZABBIX
5 3 (2.80%) Ansible
5 3 (2.80%) Puppet
5 3 (2.80%) SELinux
6 2 (1.87%) SCCM
7 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (29.91%) Cisco
2 22 (20.56%) Microsoft
3 13 (12.15%) VMware
4 10 (9.35%) Fortinet
4 10 (9.35%) Palo Alto
4 10 (9.35%) ServiceNow
5 9 (8.41%) Citrix
5 9 (8.41%) Dell
6 6 (5.61%) Splunk
7 5 (4.67%) Aruba
7 5 (4.67%) Juniper
7 5 (4.67%) Meraki
7 5 (4.67%) Veeam
8 4 (3.74%) Google
8 4 (3.74%) HP
8 4 (3.74%) SolarWinds
8 4 (3.74%) Tanium
8 4 (3.74%) Thales
8 4 (3.74%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (1.87%) Apple