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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 177 61
Rank change year-on-year -97 -116 +180
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 21 119 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.26% 1.20% 5.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 10.24% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 18 111 79
10th Percentile £25,599 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,625 £46,875 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,375 £53,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +0.94% -2.03%
75th Percentile £74,165 £63,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £84,250 £67,968 £80,400
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 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 1,368 1,162 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.00% 11.69% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 453 885 679
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,608 £73,250 £74,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 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
Manchester -7 14 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Merseyside +26 3 £66,625 +24.53% 2
Lancashire -89 3 £53,000 -3.64% 13
Cheshire -7 1 £42,500 -1.73% 9
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) Cloudflare
3 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (4.76%) IaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) Firewall
2 8 (38.10%) WAN
3 7 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 7 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (14.29%) LAN
5 2 (9.52%) BGP
5 2 (9.52%) Broadband
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (9.52%) IPsec
5 2 (9.52%) NGFW
5 2 (9.52%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (9.52%) TACACS
5 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (9.52%) Wireless
6 1 (4.76%) EIGRP
6 1 (4.76%) Internet
6 1 (4.76%) MPLS
6 1 (4.76%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Legal
3 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Security Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Network Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Network Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Network Security Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Security Technical Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Security Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Head of IT
5 1 (4.76%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (4.76%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
1 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (4.76%) Life Science
2 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Security Architecture
4 4 (19.05%) TOGAF
5 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
6 2 (9.52%) Information Security Management
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (9.52%) IT Strategy
6 2 (9.52%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (9.52%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
6 2 (9.52%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Bash
2 1 (4.76%) Bicep
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (23.81%) CCNP
3 3 (14.29%) CCIE
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) CCSA
4 2 (9.52%) CISSP
4 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) JNCIA
5 1 (4.76%) JNCIE
5 1 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.76%) Novell Certification
5 1 (4.76%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) GDPR
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) NCSC
2 2 (9.52%) NIST
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) Istio
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) Fortinet
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Juniper
3 3 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 2 (9.52%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.76%) Google
5 1 (4.76%) Hitachi
5 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.76%) Ubiquiti