Network Security Engineer Jobs in South Wales

Network Security Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Network Security Engineer salary in South Wales is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 102 107
Rank change year-on-year +38 +5 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.12% 0.13% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £41,125 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,813 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,250 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +46.83% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,313 £32,250
90th Percentile - £52,375 -
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £46,250 £31,500
% change year-on-year +13.51% +46.83% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 711 1,356 1,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.84% 91.01% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 430 903 566
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,787 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -2.17% -8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £63,563
90th Percentile £71,062 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in South Wales

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in South Wales

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 22 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
Newport - 1 £52,500 - 1
Network Security Engineer
Wales

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Wales region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler