Network Security Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Network Security
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 81 71
Rank change year-on-year +29 -10 +21
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 5 19 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.08% 1.42% 2.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.85% 10.86% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5 19 21
10th Percentile - £32,500 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £36,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £44,510
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +34.80% +4.73%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £67,968 -
North East median annual salary £57,500 £53,750 £46,005
% change year-on-year +6.98% +16.84% +8.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 103 175 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 22.20% 13.07% 23.14%
Number of salaries quoted 66 165 90
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,000 £30,733
25th Percentile - £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £56,563 £53,750 £49,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,687 £71,375
North East median annual salary £25,087 £42,500 £41,683
% change year-on-year -40.97% +1.96% +4.21%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Tyne and Wear

Network Security
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Network Security in Tyne and Wear

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Tyne and Wear

Network Security
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +25 5 £57,500 -4.17% 6
Network Security
North East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (20.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) BCP
2 4 (80.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS