IPsec Job Trends in the South East

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 282 302
Rank change year-on-year -25 +20 -26
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 18 13 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.29% 0.97% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 26
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £52,125 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £56,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,188 £62,500
90th Percentile - £76,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £50,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +44.28% +0.50% -7.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

IPsec 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,390 1,334 2,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.19% 15.24% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 822 1,292
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.96%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

IPsec job vacancy trend in the South East

IPsec
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IPsec

IPsec
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the South East over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for IPsec in the South East

IPsec
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
Thames Valley -2 10 £72,500 +28.89%
Oxfordshire - 10 £72,500 -
Surrey - 5 £45,000 -
Hampshire -43 3 £48,000 -14.67%
IPsec
England

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (16.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (100.00%) BGP
1 18 (100.00%) VPN
2 15 (83.33%) WAN
3 14 (77.78%) Network Security
3 14 (77.78%) SD-WAN
3 14 (77.78%) SSL
3 14 (77.78%) VLAN
4 13 (72.22%) MPLS
5 11 (61.11%) DHCP
5 11 (61.11%) DNS
5 11 (61.11%) SNMP
6 10 (55.56%) FTP
6 10 (55.56%) HTTP
6 10 (55.56%) ICMP
6 10 (55.56%) SSH
7 5 (27.78%) Firewall
8 4 (22.22%) OSPF
8 4 (22.22%) VoIP
9 3 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Network Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Network Security Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Security Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) OAuth
1 10 (55.56%) SAML
2 4 (22.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) AIX
3 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
4 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) Network Design
5 1 (5.56%) Configuration Management
5 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) High Availability
5 1 (5.56%) Incident Response
5 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.56%) Runbook
5 1 (5.56%) SIEM
5 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (5.56%) Web Filtering
5 1 (5.56%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) CCNP
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (22.22%) CCNA
3 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.56%) Degree
5 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (61.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (61.11%) NIST
2 7 (38.89%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (72.22%) FortiGate
2 10 (55.56%) CASB
3 3 (16.67%) Netcool
4 1 (5.56%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Cisco
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) Palo Alto
3 4 (22.22%) Fortinet
4 3 (16.67%) Oracle
4 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 3 (16.67%) Snow
4 3 (16.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.56%) Juniper