Network Security Job Trends in St Albans

Network Security
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in St Albans requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 10 23
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 +4
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in St Albans 0.85% 2.78% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.88% 50.00% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +24.00% +5.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
St Albans

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 St Albans.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 17 2 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Albans 14.53% 5.56% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile - £53,875 -
25th Percentile £28,000 £55,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,576 £61,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.18% +88.46% -25.71%
75th Percentile £44,364 £65,938 £50,938
90th Percentile £53,746 £67,625 £57,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £46,160 £57,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -19.72% +35.29% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in St Albans

Network Security
Salary Trend in St Albans

Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Network Security

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Presales Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet