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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 130 148
Rank change year-on-year +17 +18 +73
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 70 77 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.55% 1.35% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.70% 12.96% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61 51 64
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% +9.78%
75th Percentile £55,000 £97,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 - £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +7.63%

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 654 594 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.45% 10.42% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 390 349 638
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.24% +7.14% +5.38%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,200 £76,625
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,050 £51,500
% change year-on-year -24.60% +3.01% -1.90%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 +21 34 £50,000 -25.93% 14
Wiltshire +14 12 £43,000 -53.01% 3
Dorset +15 11 £62,500 -20.63%
Cornwall - 5 £75,000 -
Devon +12 4 £43,750 +24.95%
Gloucestershire +18 3 - - 4
Somerset -13 1 £56,121 - 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (22.86%) Azure
2 9 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.57%) AWS
4 2 (2.86%) OCI
4 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.43%) Amazon ECR
5 1 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.43%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.43%) CloudFront
5 1 (1.43%) GCP
5 1 (1.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.14%) Firewall
2 10 (14.29%) VPN
3 8 (11.43%) TCP/IP
3 8 (11.43%) WAN
4 7 (10.00%) LAN
5 6 (8.57%) SD-WAN
5 6 (8.57%) VLAN
5 6 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (7.14%) BGP
6 5 (7.14%) DHCP
6 5 (7.14%) DNS
6 5 (7.14%) MPLS
7 4 (5.71%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (5.71%) OSPF
8 3 (4.29%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (4.29%) WLAN
9 2 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.86%) LTE
9 2 (2.86%) NGFW
9 2 (2.86%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Power BI
2 1 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.43%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (45.71%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 29 (41.43%) Public Sector
4 28 (40.00%) Manufacturing
5 26 (37.14%) Finance
6 25 (35.71%) Electronics
6 25 (35.71%) Marketing
7 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Local Government
8 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (37.14%) Consultant
1 26 (37.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 26 (37.14%) Security Consultant
2 11 (15.71%) Network Engineer
3 6 (8.57%) Senior
4 5 (7.14%) Information Manager
4 5 (7.14%) Information Services Manager
4 5 (7.14%) IT Support
4 5 (7.14%) Service Manager
5 4 (5.71%) Architect
6 3 (4.29%) Azure Architect
6 3 (4.29%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Network Engineering Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Network Manager
6 3 (4.29%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (4.29%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (2.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (2.86%) IT Engineer
7 2 (2.86%) Lead
7 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 25 (35.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.29%) CMDB
3 3 (4.29%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.29%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.86%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.86%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.43%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) IoT
5 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.43%) PKI
5 1 (1.43%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.14%) Windows
2 4 (5.71%) Linux
3 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (51.43%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (44.29%) Mentoring
3 26 (37.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (35.71%) Digital Marketing
4 25 (35.71%) Programme Management
5 8 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (7.14%) Cloud Security
7 5 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (7.14%) Project Management
7 5 (7.14%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.14%) SIEM
8 4 (5.71%) Incident Response
8 4 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (5.71%) Presales
8 4 (5.71%) Security Operations
8 4 (5.71%) Use Case
9 3 (4.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (4.29%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) Bash
1 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 5 (7.14%) Python
2 3 (4.29%) SQL
3 1 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 28 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 27 (38.57%) CEH
4 25 (35.71%) CISSP
5 13 (18.57%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (11.43%) CCNP
6 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.57%) CCNA
8 4 (5.71%) CCIE
8 4 (5.71%) Degree
8 4 (5.71%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.29%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.86%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.43%) CREST Certified
11 1 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (44.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (41.43%) NIST
3 27 (38.57%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.86%) GDPR
4 2 (2.86%) NCSC
5 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.43%) JSP 440
System Software
1 6 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.43%) Docker
3 1 (1.43%) iptables
Systems Management
1 5 (7.14%) Terraform
2 4 (5.71%) Ansible
3 3 (4.29%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.29%) Nagios
4 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.43%) Grafana
5 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.43%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.43%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.43%) Puppet
5 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (35.71%) SAP
2 17 (24.29%) Cisco
3 10 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 7 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (8.57%) SolarWinds
5 6 (8.57%) VMware
6 4 (5.71%) CheckPoint
6 4 (5.71%) Meraki
6 4 (5.71%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.29%) F5
8 2 (2.86%) Aruba
8 2 (2.86%) Citrix
8 2 (2.86%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.86%) HP
8 2 (2.86%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.43%) Google
9 1 (1.43%) Splunk