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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 224 211
Rank change year-on-year +19 -13 +56
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 112 184 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.16% 1.04% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.50% 6.60% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 97 148 118
10th Percentile £25,500 £37,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £67,388
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 1,493 2,788 2,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 15.82% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 763 1,884 1,438
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +78 57 £53,000 -23.19% 14
Thames Valley +6 19 £50,000 - 30
East Sussex +36 16 £27,000 -31.65% 4
Surrey +24 15 £62,500 -16.67% 11
Berkshire -12 14 £62,500 +25.00% 18
Buckinghamshire +32 5 £45,000 -30.77% 8
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
West Sussex +34 1 - - 3
Kent +32 1 £47,500 +18.75% 4
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 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.57%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.89%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.75%) Azure
2 14 (12.50%) AWS
3 8 (7.14%) GCP
3 8 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.36%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.79%) SaaS
6 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.89%) IaaS
6 1 (0.89%) PaaS
6 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (59.82%) Firewall
2 43 (38.39%) BGP
3 40 (35.71%) OSPF
4 37 (33.04%) EIGRP
5 25 (22.32%) WAN
6 20 (17.86%) LAN
7 16 (14.29%) VoIP
8 13 (11.61%) DNS
8 13 (11.61%) VPN
9 12 (10.71%) DHCP
10 9 (8.04%) TCP/IP
11 6 (5.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (5.36%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (5.36%) SMTP
12 5 (4.46%) MPLS
12 5 (4.46%) SD-WAN
12 5 (4.46%) VLAN
13 3 (2.68%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (2.68%) DMVPN
13 3 (2.68%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.36%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Subversion
2 1 (0.89%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (5.36%) Aviation
4 4 (3.57%) Advertising
4 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.68%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.79%) Law
6 2 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.89%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.89%) Finance
7 1 (0.89%) Marketing
7 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 27 (24.11%) Security Engineer
3 25 (22.32%) Network Security Engineer
4 15 (13.39%) IT Support
5 12 (10.71%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 11 (9.82%) Lead
7 9 (8.04%) Analyst
7 9 (8.04%) Systems Support
8 8 (7.14%) Designer
8 8 (7.14%) Network Designer
8 8 (7.14%) Senior
9 7 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) Security Analyst
10 6 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.36%) Infrastructure Support
10 6 (5.36%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (5.36%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.46%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) HTML
2 1 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.89%) Spring
2 1 (0.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.39%) Client/Server
1 15 (13.39%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.04%) Operational Technology
4 6 (5.36%) Clustering
4 6 (5.36%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (5.36%) PKI
4 6 (5.36%) Robotics
5 5 (4.46%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.46%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.68%) PMI
6 3 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.89%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.89%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.89%) SCADA
8 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.00%) Windows
2 17 (15.18%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.71%) Linux
4 7 (6.25%) Android
5 6 (5.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.89%) VMS
6 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (19.64%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (13.39%) Computer Science
3 15 (13.39%) E-Commerce
4 14 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (11.61%) Incident Response
6 11 (9.82%) High Availability
6 11 (9.82%) Information Security
7 10 (8.93%) Network Design
7 10 (8.93%) Process Improvement
7 10 (8.93%) SIEM
8 9 (8.04%) Incident Management
9 8 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (7.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 7 (6.25%) Cloud Security
10 7 (6.25%) Data Protection
11 6 (5.36%) Customer Service
11 6 (5.36%) Decision-Making
11 6 (5.36%) Disk Encryption
11 6 (5.36%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.07%) SQL
2 11 (9.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.68%) Java
3 3 (2.68%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.79%) C
4 2 (1.79%) C++
4 2 (1.79%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.89%) Bash
5 1 (0.89%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.89%) Python
5 1 (0.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (48.21%) Security Cleared
2 47 (41.96%) DV Cleared
3 45 (40.18%) SC Cleared
4 21 (18.75%) Degree
5 17 (15.18%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (6.25%) CCNA
8 6 (5.36%) CCNP
9 4 (3.57%) CISSP
9 4 (3.57%) MCSA
9 4 (3.57%) MCSE
9 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.68%) PMI Certification
10 3 (2.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.79%) CCSP
11 2 (1.79%) CISM
11 2 (1.79%) GCFA
11 2 (1.79%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.79%) NIST
5 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (11.61%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.71%) Hyper-V
2 12 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.14%) Docker
4 6 (5.36%) BitLocker
4 6 (5.36%) Microsoft App-V
4 6 (5.36%) Terminal Services
4 6 (5.36%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (5.36%) vSphere
5 3 (2.68%) Firmware
6 1 (0.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (21.43%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.14%) Ansible
2 8 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.36%) ArcSight ESM
3 6 (5.36%) Nagios
3 6 (5.36%) Puppet
3 6 (5.36%) QRadar
3 6 (5.36%) vCenter Server
3 6 (5.36%) vMotion
4 5 (4.46%) Terraform
5 2 (1.79%) EnCase
5 2 (1.79%) FTK
5 2 (1.79%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 53 (47.32%) Cisco
2 46 (41.07%) Fortinet
3 41 (36.61%) Microsoft
4 24 (21.43%) Juniper
5 14 (12.50%) VMware
6 8 (7.14%) Splunk
7 7 (6.25%) HP
8 6 (5.36%) ArcSight
8 6 (5.36%) Citrix
8 6 (5.36%) Google
8 6 (5.36%) LogLogic
8 6 (5.36%) McAfee
8 6 (5.36%) Symantec
9 4 (3.57%) SAP
10 2 (1.79%) FireEye
10 2 (1.79%) NetWitness
10 2 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.89%) Draytek
11 1 (0.89%) Meraki
11 1 (0.89%) Xamarin