Network Security Job Trends in the South West

Network Security
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 100 146
Rank change year-on-year -78 +46 -10
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 62 68 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.59% 1.90% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.21% 11.76% 11.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 57 52
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -37.50% +52.38%
75th Percentile £84,750 £53,750 £97,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £64,250 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.84%

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 673 578 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.38% 16.18% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 369 365 415
10th Percentile £26,620 £26,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -31.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,450 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the South West

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the South West over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

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 11 October 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
Gloucestershire -44 24 £88,000 - 12
Wiltshire -13 13 £57,500 +34.50% 5
Somerset -18 10 £50,000 -10.91% 3
Bristol -68 7 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Devon -25 4 £32,500 -37.17% 6
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) NetWeaver
3 1 (1.61%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (46.77%) Azure
2 21 (33.87%) Entra ID
3 19 (30.65%) AWS
4 12 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (14.52%) Azure AKS
5 9 (14.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (9.68%) GCP
6 6 (9.68%) OCI
7 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (4.84%) SaaS
9 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 38 (61.29%) Firewall
2 21 (33.87%) VPN
3 19 (30.65%) VLAN
4 14 (22.58%) WAN
5 10 (16.13%) Software-Defined Networking
6 9 (14.52%) BGP
6 9 (14.52%) DHCP
6 9 (14.52%) DNS
6 9 (14.52%) SD-WAN
7 8 (12.90%) LAN
8 6 (9.68%) DMZ
8 6 (9.68%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (8.06%) SNMP
9 5 (8.06%) TCP/IP
9 5 (8.06%) VoIP
9 5 (8.06%) VXLAN
9 5 (8.06%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (8.06%) Wireless
9 5 (8.06%) Wireshark
10 4 (6.45%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
2 3 (4.84%) GitLab
3 1 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (27.42%) Finance
2 15 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Aerospace
4 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.45%) Automotive
6 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Aviation
8 1 (1.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (25.81%) Support Engineer
2 15 (24.19%) Architect
3 13 (20.97%) Network Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) IT Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) IT Support
4 12 (19.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (14.52%) Azure Architect
5 9 (14.52%) Technical Architect
6 6 (9.68%) Network Architect
7 5 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.06%) Security Specialist
7 5 (8.06%) Senior
8 4 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (6.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Secure Network Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (6.45%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (30.65%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.61%) IDoc
2 1 (1.61%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.61%) SAP TM
2 1 (1.61%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.23%) Blog
4 2 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) PKI
4 2 (3.23%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.61%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.58%) Windows
2 10 (16.13%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.06%) Linux
4 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (29.03%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (24.19%) Network Virtualisation
4 14 (22.58%) Containerisation
5 13 (20.97%) Cloud Security
6 12 (19.35%) CI/CD
6 12 (19.35%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (17.74%) Agile
7 11 (17.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (17.74%) Zero Trust
8 10 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (14.52%) Business Continuity
9 9 (14.52%) DevSecOps
9 9 (14.52%) GitOps
9 9 (14.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (14.52%) Project Delivery
9 9 (14.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (12.90%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.52%) Bicep
2 6 (9.68%) Python
3 3 (4.84%) Bash
3 3 (4.84%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.23%) Java
5 1 (1.61%) ABAP
5 1 (1.61%) Ada
5 1 (1.61%) C
5 1 (1.61%) C++
5 1 (1.61%) Rust
5 1 (1.61%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 28 (45.16%) Security Cleared
2 17 (27.42%) DV Cleared
3 14 (22.58%) SC Cleared
4 9 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (8.06%) CCNP
5 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (8.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (6.45%) AWS Certification
6 4 (6.45%) Azure Certification
6 4 (6.45%) CCIE
6 4 (6.45%) CCNA
6 4 (6.45%) MCSA
6 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (3.23%) CISSP
8 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.61%) CISM
8 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (14.52%) NIST
4 7 (11.29%) GRC
5 4 (6.45%) GDPR
6 3 (4.84%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (3.23%) JSP 440
7 2 (3.23%) NCSC
8 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 23 (37.10%) Active Directory
2 21 (33.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (16.13%) Hyper-V
4 7 (11.29%) Docker
5 4 (6.45%) VMware NSX
6 3 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (3.23%) Firmware
7 2 (3.23%) vSphere
8 1 (1.61%) KVM
8 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (22.58%) Kubernetes
2 9 (14.52%) Ansible
3 4 (6.45%) Iperf
4 3 (4.84%) Grafana
4 3 (4.84%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.23%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.61%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.61%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 21 (33.87%) VMware
3 13 (20.97%) Cisco
4 8 (12.90%) Fortinet
5 5 (8.06%) SonicWALL
6 4 (6.45%) Oracle
6 4 (6.45%) Ruckus Wireless
6 4 (6.45%) Veeam
7 3 (4.84%) Aruba
7 3 (4.84%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.61%) Arista
8 1 (1.61%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.61%) EMC
8 1 (1.61%) Google
8 1 (1.61%) Juniper
8 1 (1.61%) SAP
8 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.61%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.61%) Thales
8 1 (1.61%) WatchGuard