Network Security Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Network Security Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Network Security Engineer salary in Sheffield is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 83 94
Rank change year-on-year +44 +11 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.35% 0.094% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.099% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £56,125
25th Percentile £57,500 - £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -29.69% +4.49%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £68,625
90th Percentile - - £69,300
South Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -29.69% +4.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 274 1,015 819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 95.48% 88.44%
Number of salaries quoted 188 820 398
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £24,745
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in Sheffield

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in Sheffield

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) Tandem
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto