Network Security Job Trends in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 136 242
Rank change year-on-year -94 +106 -22
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 45 139 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.37% 1.94% 0.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.77% 12.93% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 33 101 98
10th Percentile £25,500 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £53,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% -15.20% +22.92%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £66,500 £75,000 £77,875
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +7.17%

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 1,622 1,075 2,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.27% 15.00% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 765 689 1,762
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -4.98%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South East over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 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 -41 22 £46,000 -13.21% 7
Thames Valley -41 9 £59,000 +2.61% 15
Surrey -21 6 £60,000 +6.19% 2
East Sussex -9 5 £27,000 -
Buckinghamshire -17 4 £57,000 +26.67% 6
Berkshire -20 3 £65,000 +4.00% 5
Oxfordshire +1 2 £46,250 - 4
Kent -20 2 £35,500 -25.26% 2
West Sussex -17 1 £50,000 -28.57%
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.44%) Apache
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.00%) Azure
2 16 (35.56%) AWS
3 6 (13.33%) GCP
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (60.00%) Firewall
2 18 (40.00%) VPN
3 12 (26.67%) WAN
4 10 (22.22%) LAN
5 6 (13.33%) VoIP
6 4 (8.89%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (6.67%) BGP
7 3 (6.67%) DMZ
7 3 (6.67%) Wireless
8 2 (4.44%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (4.44%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (4.44%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (4.44%) iSCSI
8 2 (4.44%) NGFW
8 2 (4.44%) OSPF
8 2 (4.44%) PBX
8 2 (4.44%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (4.44%) SAN
8 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) MySQL
2 2 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Subversion
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 18 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
2 6 (13.33%) Legal
3 3 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.44%) Military
4 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.22%) Electronics
5 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.22%) Law
5 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Security Engineer
2 13 (28.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (28.89%) Network Engineer
3 12 (26.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 11 (24.44%) Senior
5 5 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) IT Security Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) IT Support
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Design Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Network Design Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Lead
7 3 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) SOC Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Lead Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) HTML
2 1 (2.22%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.11%) Client/Server
3 4 (8.89%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.89%) PKI
3 4 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (6.67%) Security Posture
5 2 (4.44%) Blog
5 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.44%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.22%) CCTV
6 1 (2.22%) FMCG
6 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (4.44%) CentOS
2 2 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (4.44%) Windows
3 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) SIEM
2 14 (31.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (28.89%) Security Operations
4 12 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 9 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (20.00%) Situational Awareness
5 9 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 9 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
6 7 (15.56%) Information Security
7 6 (13.33%) Business Continuity
7 6 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 5 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 5 (11.11%) E-Commerce
9 4 (8.89%) ITIL
9 4 (8.89%) Network Design
10 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
10 3 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.78%) SQL
2 4 (8.89%) C
3 3 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) C++
4 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.78%) Degree
3 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (15.56%) DV Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) CCNP
5 5 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.89%) CCNA
7 3 (6.67%) CREST Certified
7 3 (6.67%) JNCIS
7 3 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (4.44%) CISSP
8 2 (4.44%) PhD
8 2 (4.44%) RHCE
8 2 (4.44%) RHCSA
9 1 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.22%) CCSP
9 1 (2.22%) GCIA
9 1 (2.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (15.56%) NIST
2 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.67%) NCSC
3 2 (4.44%) GDPR
3 2 (4.44%) GRC
3 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (4.44%) JSP 440
3 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.44%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 2 (4.44%) Docker
2 2 (4.44%) Samba
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.22%) Ansible
2 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.22%) Nagios
2 1 (2.22%) SCCM
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) Cisco
3 6 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (8.89%) F5
5 3 (6.67%) Juniper
5 3 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.67%) Splunk
6 2 (4.44%) Dell
6 2 (4.44%) D-Link
6 2 (4.44%) Meraki
6 2 (4.44%) Qualys
6 2 (4.44%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.44%) Tenable
7 1 (2.22%) Imperva
7 1 (2.22%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.22%) Mellanox
7 1 (2.22%) NVIDIA
7 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.22%) Thales