Network Security Jobs in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 211 249
Rank change year-on-year +36 +38 -2
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 202 157 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.34% 1.35% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.68% 7.09% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 162 105 238
10th Percentile £39,282 £28,700 £30,988
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,328 2,213 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 19.10% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £26,660 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
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 Network Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +46 94 £52,500 -8.70% 7
Berkshire +45 75 £52,500 +7.14% 2
Hampshire -7 58 £67,500 +17.39% 4
Surrey -7 33 £75,000 +36.36% 7
East Sussex +30 12 £55,000 - 1
Oxfordshire -14 12 £45,096 -21.57% 2
Buckinghamshire +2 7 £65,000 +108.00% 3
Kent -23 4 £40,000 +40.35% 3
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (10.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.49%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 68 (33.66%) Azure
2 37 (18.32%) AWS
3 32 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (9.41%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (7.43%) SaaS
6 14 (6.93%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (6.44%) iTunes
8 10 (4.95%) Entra ID
9 9 (4.46%) GCP
10 7 (3.47%) Pulumi
11 6 (2.97%) Twilio
12 3 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.49%) Azure Stack
12 3 (1.49%) Azure Storage
12 3 (1.49%) PaaS
13 2 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
13 2 (0.99%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 83 (41.09%) Firewall
2 42 (20.79%) VPN
3 34 (16.83%) SSL
4 28 (13.86%) Wireless
5 26 (12.87%) WAN
6 21 (10.40%) BGP
6 21 (10.40%) OSPF
7 20 (9.90%) DNS
7 20 (9.90%) LAN
7 20 (9.90%) TCP/IP
8 16 (7.92%) Intrusion Detection
9 13 (6.44%) Cisco Firepower
9 13 (6.44%) DHCP
10 8 (3.96%) EIGRP
10 8 (3.96%) IPsec
10 8 (3.96%) SD-WAN
10 8 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (3.47%) RIP
11 7 (3.47%) VLAN
12 6 (2.97%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.98%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.43%) Git
1 15 (7.43%) Visual Studio
1 15 (7.43%) Visual Studio Code
2 14 (6.93%) Jasmine
2 14 (6.93%) NUnit
2 14 (6.93%) Selenium
3 7 (3.47%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (3.47%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.99%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.99%) JIRA
4 2 (0.99%) Metasploit
General
1 37 (18.32%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.34%) Finance
3 21 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.42%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.46%) Law
5 9 (4.46%) Marketing
6 8 (3.96%) Multimedia
7 7 (3.47%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.48%) Electronics
10 4 (1.98%) Legal
10 4 (1.98%) Retail
11 3 (1.49%) Local Government
11 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.99%) Back Office
12 2 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.99%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.50%) Automotive
13 1 (0.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 43 (21.29%) Network Engineer
2 38 (18.81%) Senior
3 31 (15.35%) Architect
4 23 (11.39%) Security Engineer
5 21 (10.40%) IT Engineer
6 15 (7.43%) Developer
6 15 (7.43%) Lead
6 15 (7.43%) Network Security Engineer
6 15 (7.43%) Security Manager
6 15 (7.43%) Software Developer
7 14 (6.93%) .NET Developer
7 14 (6.93%) .NET Software Developer
7 14 (6.93%) C# .NET Developer
7 14 (6.93%) C# Developer
7 14 (6.93%) C# Software Developer
7 14 (6.93%) Project Engineer
8 13 (6.44%) Network Architect
8 13 (6.44%) Senior Network Engineer
9 11 (5.45%) Analyst
9 11 (5.45%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.92%) .NET
2 15 (7.43%) .NET Framework
2 15 (7.43%) ASP.NET
2 15 (7.43%) Entity Framework
2 15 (7.43%) RESTful
3 13 (6.44%) .NET Core
4 9 (4.46%) ARM Templates
5 8 (3.96%) ASP.NET Web API
6 7 (3.47%) CSS
6 7 (3.47%) HTML
6 7 (3.47%) HTML5
6 7 (3.47%) OpenID
7 5 (2.48%) Web Services
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Blueprints
8 3 (1.49%) EDI
9 2 (0.99%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.99%) LDAP
9 2 (0.99%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.37%) Data Centre
2 24 (11.88%) Management Information System
3 16 (7.92%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (7.43%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (5.45%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.46%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.47%) Algorithms
8 7 (3.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (2.97%) PKI
9 6 (2.97%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.98%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
13 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.99%) Molecular Biology
13 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.37%) Windows
2 13 (6.44%) Linux
3 12 (5.94%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.97%) Android
4 6 (2.97%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.48%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.49%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.99%) VMS
7 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.23%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (16.83%) Software Engineering
3 33 (16.34%) Computer Science
4 27 (13.37%) OWASP
5 26 (12.87%) Application Security
5 26 (12.87%) Information Security
5 26 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (12.38%) Project Management
6 25 (12.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 24 (11.88%) Penetration Testing
8 21 (10.40%) DevOps
8 21 (10.40%) ITIL
9 17 (8.42%) Agile
9 17 (8.42%) Project Planning
9 17 (8.42%) Risk Management
9 17 (8.42%) SIEM
10 16 (7.92%) Incident Response
10 16 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (7.43%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.43%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.88%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.89%) C#
3 17 (8.42%) Python
3 17 (8.42%) SQL
4 13 (6.44%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.45%) Bicep
6 7 (3.47%) Bash
7 2 (0.99%) C
7 2 (0.99%) C++
7 2 (0.99%) Java
Qualifications
1 40 (19.80%) Degree
2 39 (19.31%) Security Cleared
3 34 (16.83%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (15.84%) SC Cleared
5 22 (10.89%) CCNP
6 19 (9.41%) CISSP
7 17 (8.42%) DV Cleared
8 14 (6.93%) CCNA
8 14 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (4.95%) MCP
11 9 (4.46%) GPEN
12 8 (3.96%) Azure Certification
12 8 (3.96%) CISM
12 8 (3.96%) GIAC
13 7 (3.47%) CCIE
14 6 (2.97%) MCSA
14 6 (2.97%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (2.48%) AWS Certification
16 4 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.38%) NIST
2 16 (7.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.93%) GDPR
4 9 (4.46%) GRC
5 8 (3.96%) COBIT
5 8 (3.96%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.97%) NIST 800
7 5 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.99%) PMO
8 2 (0.99%) SLA
9 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (15.84%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.95%) Docker
3 4 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (6.44%) Terraform
2 11 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.47%) Ansible
3 7 (3.47%) MIIS
4 6 (2.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.97%) Nessus
5 5 (2.48%) Suricata
6 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.99%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.99%) Nmap
8 1 (0.50%) Autotask
8 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (27.72%) Cisco
2 54 (26.73%) Microsoft
3 27 (13.37%) Juniper
4 13 (6.44%) F5
5 11 (5.45%) Fortinet
5 11 (5.45%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.97%) Qualys
7 5 (2.48%) Splunk
8 4 (1.98%) VMware
9 3 (1.49%) Apple
9 3 (1.49%) Aruba
9 3 (1.49%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (1.49%) Infoblox
9 3 (1.49%) Mellanox
9 3 (1.49%) NVIDIA
9 3 (1.49%) Sage
10 2 (0.99%) Acronis
10 2 (0.99%) Meraki
10 2 (0.99%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.99%) WatchGuard