Network Security Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network Security
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 124 150
Rank change year-on-year -40 +26 +8
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 15 71 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.39% 1.80% 0.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.25% 13.79% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13 33 26
10th Percentile £55,500 £42,821 £36,875
25th Percentile £59,500 £44,106 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £68,863 £80,000 £89,375
South East median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% +13.09%

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 353 515 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.24% 13.02% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 218 244 398
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +3.76%
75th Percentile £60,938 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,442 £87,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.81% +9.50% +3.90%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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
Berkshire -24 12 £65,000 +6.12% 20
Oxfordshire +16 2 £77,500 +71.86% 12
Buckinghamshire -2 1 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) OCI
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Firewall
2 7 (46.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
4 4 (26.67%) LAN
5 3 (20.00%) VoIP
5 3 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (20.00%) Wireless
5 3 (20.00%) WLAN
6 2 (13.33%) 5G
6 2 (13.33%) 802.11
6 2 (13.33%) Internet
6 2 (13.33%) SD-WAN
6 2 (13.33%) VPN
7 1 (6.67%) BGP
7 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) DTS
General
1 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Humanities
3 1 (6.67%) Law
3 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Senior
2 8 (53.33%) Security Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Network Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Security Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (13.33%) BYOD
2 2 (13.33%) CCTV
2 2 (13.33%) IoT
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (60.00%) SIEM
2 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
3 7 (46.67%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Logistics
5 2 (13.33%) AI
5 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) Economics
5 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
5 2 (13.33%) Network Design
5 2 (13.33%) Presales
5 2 (13.33%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Identity Management
6 1 (6.67%) Information Security
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) CCNP
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (53.33%) CISSP
2 7 (46.67%) CCNA
2 7 (46.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (46.67%) GCIA
2 7 (46.67%) SANS
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) CCIE
4 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
4 1 (6.67%) GIAC
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) GRC
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (6.67%) Aruba
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) Juniper
3 1 (6.67%) Meraki
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.67%) Qualys
3 1 (6.67%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Tenable