IPsec Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 507 548
Rank change year-on-year -102 +41 -38
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 37 43 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 0.74% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28 37 92
10th Percentile - £31,450 £26,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £44,700 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% -0.67% -15.89%
75th Percentile £73,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - £76,250 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% -1.02% -10.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

IPsec 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,298 5,813 6,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.89% 16.79% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,568 3,177 4,663
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -3.85%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IPsec job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IPsec
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IPsec

IPsec
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPsec in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for IPsec in the UK excluding London

IPsec
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
South East -25 18 £72,500 +28.89%
Wales - 6 £45,000 -
North West -8 5 £50,000 -27.27% 4
East of England -27 5 £62,500 +8.70%
North of England -45 5 £50,000 +2.88% 7
Midlands -33 3 £56,250 -19.64% 1
West Midlands -29 1 £50,000 -28.57% 1
South West -77 1 £32,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
IPsec
UK

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) AWS
2 6 (16.22%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (91.89%) VPN
2 29 (78.38%) WAN
3 25 (67.57%) SSL
4 22 (59.46%) BGP
4 22 (59.46%) Network Security
5 20 (54.05%) SD-WAN
6 18 (48.65%) DHCP
6 18 (48.65%) DNS
7 16 (43.24%) MPLS
7 16 (43.24%) SSH
7 16 (43.24%) VLAN
8 15 (40.54%) Firewall
9 12 (32.43%) LAN
10 11 (29.73%) SNMP
11 10 (27.03%) FTP
11 10 (27.03%) HTTP
11 10 (27.03%) ICMP
12 9 (24.32%) TCP/IP
13 8 (21.62%) WLAN
14 6 (16.22%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Automotive
5 1 (2.70%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Network Engineer
2 10 (27.03%) Architect
2 10 (27.03%) Network Architect
2 10 (27.03%) Network Security Architect
2 10 (27.03%) Security Architect
3 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
3 6 (16.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) IT Security Specialist
4 3 (8.11%) Security Specialist
4 3 (8.11%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Network Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) OAuth
1 10 (27.03%) SAML
2 4 (10.81%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 8 (21.62%) PKI
3 6 (16.22%) Data Centre
4 5 (13.51%) Onboarding
5 3 (8.11%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.70%) SCADA
6 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.81%) Linux
4 3 (8.11%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (29.73%) Network Segmentation
3 10 (27.03%) Incident Response
3 10 (27.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (21.62%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (16.22%) BCP
5 6 (16.22%) Business Continuity
5 6 (16.22%) Business Continuity Planning
5 6 (16.22%) High Availability
5 6 (16.22%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (13.51%) ITIL
6 5 (13.51%) SIEM
7 4 (10.81%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (10.81%) Network Design
7 4 (10.81%) Validation
7 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 3 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) Python
2 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.11%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) C
3 1 (2.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (43.24%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (37.84%) CCNP
3 12 (32.43%) Security Cleared
4 8 (21.62%) CCIE
4 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 7 (18.92%) CCNA
6 6 (16.22%) JNCIP
7 4 (10.81%) Degree
7 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (35.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (29.73%) NIST
3 7 (18.92%) SLA
4 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
5 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (5.41%) GDPR
6 1 (2.70%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.22%) vSphere
3 3 (8.11%) Docker
3 3 (8.11%) Firmware
4 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (40.54%) FortiGate
2 10 (27.03%) CASB
3 4 (10.81%) Ansible
4 3 (8.11%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (8.11%) Nagios
4 3 (8.11%) Netcool
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (5.41%) Proxmox
5 2 (5.41%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (5.41%) Terraform
6 1 (2.70%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) Cisco
2 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
3 10 (27.03%) Palo Alto
4 8 (21.62%) VMware
5 6 (16.22%) Fortinet
6 5 (13.51%) Zscaler
7 3 (8.11%) F5
7 3 (8.11%) Forcepoint
7 3 (8.11%) McAfee
7 3 (8.11%) Oracle
7 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
7 3 (8.11%) Snow
7 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
8 2 (5.41%) Splunk
9 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.70%) Juniper
9 1 (2.70%) Qualys