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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 146 140
Rank change year-on-year +42 -6 +76
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 63 96 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.80% 1.27% 2.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.98% 12.08% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 55 64 83
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,671 £30,725
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £37,927
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +45.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £54,565 £97,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £65,000 - £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

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 574 795 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.37% 10.55% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 359 492 606
10th Percentile £26,625 £28,775 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £66,813
90th Percentile £64,000 £81,250 £77,715
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% -3.85% -0.95%

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +48 35 £50,000 -27.27% 7
Dorset +32 9 £65,000 -17.46% 2
Devon +14 7 £51,729 +47.74% 2
Wiltshire +12 7 £43,000 -53.01% 2
Gloucestershire +21 2 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Cornwall - 2 - -
Somerset +2 1 £72,500 +31.82% 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) Azure
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) AWS
3 3 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon ECR
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.59%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.59%) CloudFront
4 1 (1.59%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) Serverless
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (28.57%) Firewall
2 10 (15.87%) VPN
3 7 (11.11%) LAN
3 7 (11.11%) WAN
3 7 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (7.94%) DHCP
4 5 (7.94%) DNS
4 5 (7.94%) SD-WAN
4 5 (7.94%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.94%) VLAN
4 5 (7.94%) WLAN
5 4 (6.35%) BGP
6 3 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (4.76%) MPLS
6 3 (4.76%) OSPF
6 3 (4.76%) PBX
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (3.17%) LTE
7 2 (3.17%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (49.21%) Telecoms
3 29 (46.03%) Finance
4 28 (44.44%) Marketing
4 28 (44.44%) Public Sector
5 27 (42.86%) Manufacturing
6 25 (39.68%) Electronics
7 9 (14.29%) Social Skills
8 3 (4.76%) Legal
9 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 26 (41.27%) Consultant
1 26 (41.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 26 (41.27%) Security Consultant
2 11 (17.46%) Network Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Senior
4 5 (7.94%) IT Support
5 3 (4.76%) Analyst
5 3 (4.76%) Engagement Manager
5 3 (4.76%) IT Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (3.17%) Support Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.59%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (39.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.17%) Digital Signage
4 2 (3.17%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.59%) CMDB
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Windows
2 2 (3.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (46.03%) Mentoring
3 25 (39.68%) Business Intelligence
3 25 (39.68%) Digital Marketing
3 25 (39.68%) Programme Management
3 25 (39.68%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.94%) Incident Response
6 5 (7.94%) ITIL
6 5 (7.94%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (6.35%) Identity Management
7 4 (6.35%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.35%) Roadmaps
8 3 (4.76%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (4.76%) Computer Forensics
8 3 (4.76%) Data Security
8 3 (4.76%) Network Design
8 3 (4.76%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 28 (44.44%) CompTIA Security+
3 27 (42.86%) CEH
4 26 (41.27%) CISSP
5 10 (15.87%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (12.70%) CCNA
7 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 6 (9.52%) CCNP
9 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
10 3 (4.76%) Degree
10 3 (4.76%) FFIEC
11 2 (3.17%) CCIE
11 2 (3.17%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
12 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.59%) CISM
12 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (49.21%) NIST
2 28 (44.44%) PCI DSS
3 27 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (9.52%) GDPR
5 2 (3.17%) NCSC
6 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.59%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Docker
2 1 (1.59%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.76%) Ansible
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.59%) Grafana
4 1 (1.59%) Nagios
4 1 (1.59%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.59%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.59%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (39.68%) SAP
2 14 (22.22%) Cisco
3 6 (9.52%) Meraki
3 6 (9.52%) SolarWinds
4 5 (7.94%) Fortinet
4 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.35%) VMware
6 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.17%) Aruba
7 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.17%) Citrix
7 2 (3.17%) F5
7 2 (3.17%) Freshdesk
7 2 (3.17%) HP
8 1 (1.59%) Avaya
8 1 (1.59%) Google
8 1 (1.59%) Juniper