Network Security Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Security
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 151 185
Rank change year-on-year -26 +34 -29
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 66 112 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.98% 1.82% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.90% 11.27% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 46 33 84
10th Percentile £35,625 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,845 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% -7.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £74,063
90th Percentile £68,125 £74,950 £75,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £49,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.45% -6.67% -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 957 994 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.18% 16.14% 19.92%
Number of salaries quoted 686 562 751
10th Percentile £28,675 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -15 52 £47,625 +2.42% 20
Buckinghamshire -14 8 £62,500 +92.31% 4
Oxfordshire +10 6 £45,000 -18.18% 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 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) Moodle
3 1 (1.52%) Totara
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (25.76%) Azure
3 12 (18.18%) iTunes
4 9 (13.64%) AWS
4 9 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Stack
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Storage
7 2 (3.03%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.52%) GCP
8 1 (1.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (59.09%) Firewall
2 20 (30.30%) SSL
3 16 (24.24%) VPN
4 11 (16.67%) WAN
5 10 (15.15%) LAN
6 7 (10.61%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (9.09%) BGP
7 6 (9.09%) DNS
7 6 (9.09%) OSPF
7 6 (9.09%) SAN
7 6 (9.09%) SD-WAN
8 5 (7.58%) NAS
8 5 (7.58%) TCP/IP
8 5 (7.58%) VoIP
9 4 (6.06%) MPLS
9 4 (6.06%) Wireshark
10 3 (4.55%) DMZ
10 3 (4.55%) IPsec
10 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 8 (12.12%) Finance
4 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.03%) Electronics
6 2 (3.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Games
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) IT Engineer
2 12 (18.18%) Project Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) IT Support
3 11 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 10 (15.15%) Network Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Security Assurance Manager
5 8 (12.12%) Security Manager
6 7 (10.61%) Architect
7 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 5 (7.58%) Project Support Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Security Architect
8 5 (7.58%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.58%) Senior
9 4 (6.06%) Consultant
9 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 4 (6.06%) Lead
9 4 (6.06%) Security Consultant
10 3 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Systems Administration Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Web Services
2 3 (4.55%) Azure Blueprints
3 2 (3.03%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 9 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 9 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (10.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (7.58%) PKI
4 5 (7.58%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (3.03%) Molecular Biology
5 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.03%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.52%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.52%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.18%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Linux
3 3 (4.55%) Kali Linux
3 3 (4.55%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.03%) Android
4 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.52%) Unix
5 1 (1.52%) VMS
5 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
3 17 (25.76%) Application Security
3 17 (25.76%) Computer Science
4 16 (24.24%) Project Management
5 15 (22.73%) OWASP
6 14 (21.21%) Information Security
6 14 (21.21%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (21.21%) Project Planning
7 12 (18.18%) Data Integration
7 12 (18.18%) Project Delivery
7 12 (18.18%) Security Management
7 12 (18.18%) Security Operations
7 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (16.67%) Software Engineering
9 10 (15.15%) Risk Management
10 8 (12.12%) Content Development
10 8 (12.12%) ITIL
10 8 (12.12%) Purple Team
10 8 (12.12%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) SQL
2 13 (19.70%) PowerShell
3 9 (13.64%) Python
4 6 (9.09%) Bash
5 2 (3.03%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Degree
2 13 (19.70%) CISSP
3 12 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (15.15%) CCNA
5 8 (12.12%) CISM
5 8 (12.12%) GIAC
5 8 (12.12%) GPEN
6 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
7 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (7.58%) CCNP
8 5 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (6.06%) MCSE
10 3 (4.55%) AWS Certification
10 3 (4.55%) Azure Certification
10 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
11 2 (3.03%) A+ Certification
11 2 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (3.03%) DBS Check
11 2 (3.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.21%) NIST
2 13 (19.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (15.15%) GDPR
4 8 (12.12%) GRC
5 6 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 5 (7.58%) COBIT
6 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (4.55%) ISO 9001
7 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (4.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (3.03%) SLA
9 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (34.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.03%) Docker
5 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.52%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (9.09%) Nessus
2 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (4.55%) Suricata
3 2 (3.03%) WSUS
4 1 (1.52%) Ansible
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.52%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.52%) Puppet
4 1 (1.52%) SCCM
4 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.12%) Cisco
2 8 (12.12%) Juniper
3 6 (9.09%) Qualys
3 6 (9.09%) VMware
4 4 (6.06%) Fortinet
4 4 (6.06%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.55%) Sage
5 3 (4.55%) Splunk
6 2 (3.03%) Acronis
6 2 (3.03%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.52%) Adobe
7 1 (1.52%) Apple
7 1 (1.52%) Citrix
7 1 (1.52%) F5
7 1 (1.52%) HP
7 1 (1.52%) Meraki
7 1 (1.52%) NetApp
7 1 (1.52%) Oracle