Network Security Jobs in the South West

Network Security
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 173 171
Rank change year-on-year +68 -2 +44
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 85 116 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.16% 1.16% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.27% 9.68% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 80 94 72
10th Percentile £39,000 £28,500 £30,725
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,438 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +34.40% +3.52%
75th Percentile £68,525 £97,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £107,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year - +3.90% -3.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 754 1,198 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 19.16% 11.93% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 451 874 577
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,575 £28,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,313 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £67,500 £74,250 £78,250
England median annual salary £37,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.11% -5.00% -4.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South West

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the South West

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South West over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the South West

Network Security
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Bristol +68 37 £50,000 -45.84% 21
Dorset +46 15 £63,750 -44.57% 5
Wiltshire +27 14 £56,335 -38.43% 9
Somerset +18 10 £72,500 +150.00% 7
Devon +3 4 £51,729 -8.04% 4
Gloucestershire +51 2 £55,000 -15.38% 22
Cornwall - 1 - - 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (23.53%) AWS
1 20 (23.53%) Azure
2 6 (7.06%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.35%) IaaS
4 2 (2.35%) PaaS
4 2 (2.35%) SaaS
5 1 (1.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (35.29%) Firewall
2 20 (23.53%) VPN
3 13 (15.29%) DHCP
3 13 (15.29%) DNS
4 9 (10.59%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (9.41%) MPLS
5 8 (9.41%) WAN
6 7 (8.24%) LAN
6 7 (8.24%) PBX
6 7 (8.24%) VPLS
7 6 (7.06%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (7.06%) SD-WAN
7 6 (7.06%) TCP/IP
7 6 (7.06%) VLAN
8 5 (5.88%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (5.88%) WLAN
9 4 (4.71%) BGP
10 3 (3.53%) OSPF
10 3 (3.53%) Wireless
General
1 33 (38.82%) Finance
2 27 (31.76%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
4 24 (28.24%) Public Sector
5 21 (24.71%) Telecoms
6 19 (22.35%) Marketing
7 17 (20.00%) Manufacturing
8 16 (18.82%) Electronics
9 8 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (3.53%) Legal
11 2 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (1.18%) Local Government
12 1 (1.18%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (20.00%) Consultant
1 17 (20.00%) Network Engineer
1 17 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 16 (18.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 9 (10.59%) Head of IT
4 8 (9.41%) Security Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 6 (7.06%) Cloud Security Lead
5 6 (7.06%) Lead
5 6 (7.06%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 5 (5.88%) IT Support
6 5 (5.88%) Senior
7 4 (4.71%) Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Architect
8 3 (3.53%) Engagement Manager
8 3 (3.53%) IT Engineer
9 2 (2.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) JSON
1 1 (1.18%) Leaflet
1 1 (1.18%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (1.18%) Spring
1 1 (1.18%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.71%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.35%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) CSOC
6 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.18%) PKI
6 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) SCADA
6 1 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.59%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (28.24%) Mentoring
3 18 (21.18%) Programme Management
3 18 (21.18%) Roadmaps
3 18 (21.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 16 (18.82%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (18.82%) Digital Marketing
5 14 (16.47%) Budget Management
5 14 (16.47%) Project Management
6 13 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (12.94%) ERP
7 11 (12.94%) IT Strategy
8 10 (11.76%) ITIL
8 10 (11.76%) Network Design
8 10 (11.76%) Proactive Monitoring
9 9 (10.59%) DevOps
9 9 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (10.59%) Service Delivery
10 8 (9.41%) Regulatory Compliance
10 8 (9.41%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.35%) Python
3 1 (1.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 25 (29.41%) CISSP
3 20 (23.53%) CEH
4 19 (22.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (21.18%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (18.82%) CCNA
7 13 (15.29%) Degree
8 12 (14.12%) CCNP
9 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
10 9 (10.59%) CISM
11 5 (5.88%) DV Cleared
12 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
12 3 (3.53%) FFIEC
12 3 (3.53%) MCP
13 2 (2.35%) GIAC
13 2 (2.35%) ISSAP
13 2 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (2.35%) SANS
14 1 (1.18%) CCSA
14 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (36.47%) NIST
2 21 (24.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (23.53%) PCI DSS
4 14 (16.47%) GDPR
5 6 (7.06%) Accessibility
5 6 (7.06%) NCSC
6 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.35%) COBIT
7 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.35%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (9.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.53%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (7.06%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.53%) Ansible
3 2 (2.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (2.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (24.71%) Cisco
2 16 (18.82%) SAP
3 12 (14.12%) Meraki
4 11 (12.94%) VMware
5 10 (11.76%) Fortinet
5 10 (11.76%) SolarWinds
6 9 (10.59%) Microsoft
7 7 (8.24%) HP
8 6 (7.06%) Citrix
9 5 (5.88%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.35%) Aruba
10 2 (2.35%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.18%) Avaya
11 1 (1.18%) F5
11 1 (1.18%) Freshdesk
11 1 (1.18%) Google
11 1 (1.18%) Juniper