Network Security Engineer Job Trends in Staffordshire

Network Security Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Network Security Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 1 0 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.16% - 4.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 20
10th Percentile - - £37,982
25th Percentile £46,250 - £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £43,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.78%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £44,875
90th Percentile - - £44,913
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +16.28% -33.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Staffordshire with a recognized job title 551 714 387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.74% 96.36% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 239 462 331
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,580 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -3.95%
75th Percentile £53,566 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £61,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,398 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.58% +4.80% -

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Tamworth - 1 £47,500 -
Network Security Engineer
West Midlands

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Staffordshire region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft