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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 248 266
Rank change year-on-year -11 +18 +117
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 8 46 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.077% 0.51% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.53% 3.29% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8 37 19
10th Percentile £52,100 £42,750 £44,080
25th Percentile £55,438 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% -11.11% +34.33%
75th Percentile £73,500 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - £71,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -16.67% +23.08% -7.14%

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 1,512 1,397 1,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.52% 15.55% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 678 724 1,029
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,313 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,860 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.44% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,700
90th Percentile £73,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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
Hampshire -5 6 £69,000 +15.00% 2
Surrey +4 1 £50,000 -16.67%
Thames Valley - 1 £57,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £57,000 -
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 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
2 6 (75.00%) VPN
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (62.50%) LAN
4 4 (50.00%) Firewall
4 4 (50.00%) Junos
4 4 (50.00%) MPLS
4 4 (50.00%) OSPF
5 3 (37.50%) Network Security
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
7 1 (12.50%) BIG-IP
7 1 (12.50%) ICMP
7 1 (12.50%) SSL
7 1 (12.50%) VoIP
7 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Design Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Senior Network Design Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Network Design
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Availability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CCNA
1 6 (75.00%) CCNP
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) JNCIS
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Juniper
3 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) F5
5 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (12.50%) HP
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) VMware