Network Security Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Security
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 163 166
Rank change year-on-year +35 +3 +28
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 66 26 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.75% 0.74% 1.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.25% 4.85% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 29 25 52
10th Percentile £43,785 £36,750 £36,625
25th Percentile £44,106 £37,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -20.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £90,500 £70,250
South East median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £50,845
% change year-on-year -7.83% +13.09% -7.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 498 536 979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.22% 15.30% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 237 393 643
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,300 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,125
Median % change year-on-year - +3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% +1.05%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 2024. 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
Berkshire +34 36 £60,000 - 15
Buckinghamshire -6 18 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Oxfordshire -3 12 £45,096 -21.57% 2
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.55%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.64%) Azure
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.55%) AWS
3 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.55%) GCP
3 3 (4.55%) IaaS
3 3 (4.55%) PaaS
3 3 (4.55%) SaaS
4 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.03%) iTunes
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (50.00%) Firewall
2 21 (31.82%) WAN
3 17 (25.76%) LAN
4 16 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (19.70%) VPN
5 13 (19.70%) VSAN
6 12 (18.18%) DNS
7 9 (13.64%) DHCP
7 9 (13.64%) WLAN
8 7 (10.61%) MPLS
8 7 (10.61%) TCP/IP
9 4 (6.06%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (6.06%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (6.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (6.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (6.06%) Internet
9 4 (6.06%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (6.06%) SD-WAN
9 4 (6.06%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (19.70%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (10.61%) Retail
4 2 (3.03%) Finance
4 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.52%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 15 (22.73%) Senior
4 13 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 11 (16.67%) Consultant
5 11 (16.67%) Security Consultant
6 10 (15.15%) Architect
6 10 (15.15%) Security Architect
7 9 (13.64%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 7 (10.61%) Field Engineer
9 7 (10.61%) Network Field Engineer
10 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 6 (9.09%) Support Engineer
11 5 (7.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 5 (7.58%) Network Consultant
11 5 (7.58%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) EDI
2 1 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (42.42%) Data Centre
2 13 (19.70%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (18.18%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.33%) Windows
2 19 (28.79%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (43.94%) Information Security
4 27 (40.91%) ITIL
5 15 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (21.21%) Application Security
6 14 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (19.70%) Change Management
7 13 (19.70%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (13.64%) Presales
10 8 (12.12%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (12.12%) Project Planning
10 8 (12.12%) Roadmaps
10 8 (12.12%) Security Management
11 7 (10.61%) Computer Science
11 7 (10.61%) Information Security Management
11 7 (10.61%) Network Architecture
11 7 (10.61%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.55%) C#
2 3 (4.55%) Java
3 2 (3.03%) SQL
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (28.79%) CCNA
3 18 (27.27%) CCNP
3 18 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 17 (25.76%) SC Cleared
5 9 (13.64%) CISSP
5 9 (13.64%) CTC Cleared
5 9 (13.64%) DV Cleared
6 8 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (12.12%) Degree
7 7 (10.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (7.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (7.58%) GCIA
8 5 (7.58%) SANS
9 4 (6.06%) CISM
10 3 (4.55%) CEH
11 2 (3.03%) LPIC
11 2 (3.03%) MCP
11 2 (3.03%) MCSE
11 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) GDPR
2 10 (15.15%) NIST
3 8 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (10.61%) COBIT
5 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (19.70%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.55%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.03%) Docker
4 2 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 24 (36.36%) Palo Alto
2 20 (30.30%) HP
3 17 (25.76%) CheckPoint
4 16 (24.24%) Fortinet
5 15 (22.73%) Cisco
6 14 (21.21%) VMware
7 10 (15.15%) Microsoft
8 9 (13.64%) Infoblox
9 4 (6.06%) Aruba
9 4 (6.06%) Blue Coat
9 4 (6.06%) F5
9 4 (6.06%) Juniper
9 4 (6.06%) McAfee
9 4 (6.06%) Zscaler
10 3 (4.55%) Atlassian
10 3 (4.55%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (1.52%) Salesforce