Network Security Jobs in Northern Ireland

Network Security
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 68 84
Rank change year-on-year +41 +16 -8
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 8 10 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.11% 1.34% 2.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.60% 8.70% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 4
10th Percentile £58,728 £27,250 -
25th Percentile £62,444 £30,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,092 £35,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +117.41% -20.90% -4.32%
75th Percentile £94,999 £38,750 £51,625
90th Percentile £107,000 £45,125 £58,150
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 43 115 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.73% 15.42% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 32 37
10th Percentile - £28,750 £29,300
25th Percentile - £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,504 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.85% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £70,381 £42,125 £47,250
90th Percentile £88,083 £65,000 £54,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Northern Ireland

Network Security
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Network Security in Northern Ireland

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Northern Ireland

Network Security
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 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
County Antrim +40 8 £76,092 +134.13% 24
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) IPsec
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Network Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) SABSA
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Retention
4 1 (12.50%) Data Encryption
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) CCSP
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NCSC
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) CASB
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Hyperion
2 1 (12.50%) JD Edwards
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (12.50%) Zscaler