Network Security Jobs in Reading

Network Security
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 59 89 80
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +25
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 2 32 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.39% 1.86% 3.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.65% 11.39% 24.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 7
10th Percentile £37,025 £36,750 £34,007
25th Percentile £40,438 £37,500 £35,564
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.58% +22.45% -7.55%
75th Percentile £56,438 £63,750 £49,500
90th Percentile £60,075 £73,750 £58,200
Berkshire median annual salary £61,250 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +22.50% +2.04% -2.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 43 281 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 8.33% 16.30% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29 184 86
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.85% -9.65%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £74,250
90th Percentile £83,500 £78,375 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -10.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Reading over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Reading

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware