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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 144 143
Rank change year-on-year +39 -1 +80
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 69 77 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.76% 1.26% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.26% 12.05% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59 55 68
10th Percentile £29,800 £38,250 £30,725
25th Percentile £39,940 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +52.38% +17.92%
75th Percentile £52,800 £97,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,000 - £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +8.70%

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 613 639 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.60% 10.48% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 388 383 632
10th Percentile £26,715 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £50,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.18% +3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £77,697
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,050 £52,000
% change year-on-year -24.60% +2.02% -0.95%

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 5 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 5 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 +40 34 £50,000 -25.93% 10
Dorset +15 14 £62,500 -20.63% 1
Wiltshire +11 8 £42,750 -53.28% 17
Cornwall - 5 £75,000 -
Devon +8 4 £43,750 +24.95%
Gloucestershire +26 3 - - 1
Somerset -8 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 13 (18.84%) Azure
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.80%) AWS
4 3 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon ECR
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.45%) CloudFront
6 1 (1.45%) GCP
6 1 (1.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.19%) Firewall
2 7 (10.14%) VPN
3 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (7.25%) DHCP
4 5 (7.25%) DNS
4 5 (7.25%) WAN
5 4 (5.80%) LAN
5 4 (5.80%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.35%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.35%) VLAN
6 3 (4.35%) WLAN
7 2 (2.90%) BGP
7 2 (2.90%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (2.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.90%) LTE
7 2 (2.90%) MPLS
7 2 (2.90%) PBX
7 2 (2.90%) VPLS
7 2 (2.90%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (50.72%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (43.48%) Telecoms
3 29 (42.03%) Finance
3 29 (42.03%) Public Sector
4 28 (40.58%) Manufacturing
4 28 (40.58%) Marketing
5 25 (36.23%) Electronics
6 11 (15.94%) Social Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (37.68%) Consultant
1 26 (37.68%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 26 (37.68%) Security Consultant
2 11 (15.94%) Network Engineer
3 6 (8.70%) Senior
4 5 (7.25%) Information Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Information Services Manager
4 5 (7.25%) IT Support
4 5 (7.25%) Service Manager
5 3 (4.35%) Architect
5 3 (4.35%) Engagement Manager
5 3 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Analyst
6 2 (2.90%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.90%) Support Engineer
6 2 (2.90%) Technical Support
6 2 (2.90%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 25 (36.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.35%) CMDB
3 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.90%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.45%) IoT
5 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.45%) PKI
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.25%) Windows
2 4 (5.80%) Linux
3 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (55.07%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (42.03%) Mentoring
3 26 (37.68%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (36.23%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (36.23%) Digital Marketing
4 25 (36.23%) Programme Management
5 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (10.14%) Incident Response
7 6 (8.70%) ITIL
7 6 (8.70%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (7.25%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (7.25%) SIEM
9 4 (5.80%) Incident Management
9 4 (5.80%) Regulatory Change
9 4 (5.80%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.80%) Roadmaps
9 4 (5.80%) Security Operations
9 4 (5.80%) Use Case
10 3 (4.35%) Analytical Thinking
10 3 (4.35%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.25%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.90%) Bash
2 2 (2.90%) Python
2 2 (2.90%) SQL
3 1 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 28 (40.58%) CompTIA Security+
3 27 (39.13%) CEH
4 25 (36.23%) CISSP
5 10 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.70%) CCNA
8 5 (7.25%) CCNP
9 4 (5.80%) CCIE
9 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
10 3 (4.35%) FFIEC
11 2 (2.90%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
12 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (1.45%) CREST Certified
12 1 (1.45%) Degree
12 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (46.38%) NIST
2 31 (44.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (39.13%) PCI DSS
4 5 (7.25%) GDPR
5 2 (2.90%) NCSC
6 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.45%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.45%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) FortiGate
1 3 (4.35%) Nagios
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.90%) Terraform
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) Grafana
3 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.45%) Puppet
3 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (36.23%) SAP
2 14 (20.29%) Cisco
3 7 (10.14%) Fortinet
4 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 6 (8.70%) SolarWinds
5 5 (7.25%) VMware
6 4 (5.80%) CheckPoint
6 4 (5.80%) Meraki
7 3 (4.35%) F5
8 2 (2.90%) Aruba
8 2 (2.90%) Citrix
8 2 (2.90%) Freshdesk
8 2 (2.90%) HP
9 1 (1.45%) Google
9 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.45%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.45%) Splunk