Network Security Engineer Job Trends in Stevenage

Network Security Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Network Security Engineer salary in Stevenage is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stevenage 1.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 90 267 122
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 93.68% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 77 163 101
10th Percentile £27,250 £45,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +15.00% -13.42%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £58,000 £75,000 £70,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £46,000 £53,656 £53,250
% change year-on-year -14.27% +0.76% +1.43%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Stevenage

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

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 11 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 Stevenage region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto