Network Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Security
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 130 301
Rank change year-on-year -142 +171 -56
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 710 1,663 824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.01% 2.69% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.27% 15.05% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 566 536 645
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,363 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
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 Network Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England -115 196 £52,500 - 101
South East -9 169 £60,000 +26.32% 83
South West -14 113 £60,000 +0.80% 21
North West -123 107 £55,000 - 69
Midlands -118 101 £39,750 -33.75% 47
Yorkshire -33 73 £45,000 -14.29% 24
West Midlands -91 66 £42,864 -28.56% 31
Scotland -139 56 £60,000 +0.80% 17
East of England -38 50 £48,500 +14.12% 36
East Midlands -57 35 £32,500 -20.40% 16
North East -6 22 £60,000 +34.80% 9
Wales -19 21 £44,886 +11.29% 6
Northern Ireland +25 9 £32,500 -23.53%
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 56 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (6.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) Confluence
4 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.14%) IIS
5 1 (0.14%) Moodle
5 1 (0.14%) Totara
Applications
1 54 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.70%) FrameMaker
2 5 (0.70%) RoboHelp
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.42%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 198 (27.89%) Azure
2 129 (18.17%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (13.38%) AWS
4 44 (6.20%) Cloud Computing
4 44 (6.20%) Entra ID
5 28 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (2.96%) SaaS
7 18 (2.54%) GCP
8 15 (2.11%) PaaS
9 14 (1.97%) IaaS
10 12 (1.69%) iTunes
11 10 (1.41%) OneDrive
12 9 (1.27%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.27%) Serverless
13 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.99%) Pulumi
14 6 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.85%) PowerApps
14 6 (0.85%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 285 (40.14%) Firewall
2 141 (19.86%) VPN
3 139 (19.58%) LAN
4 134 (18.87%) WAN
5 71 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 66 (9.30%) DNS
7 65 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
8 61 (8.59%) Wireless
9 43 (6.06%) DHCP
10 38 (5.35%) VLAN
11 36 (5.07%) Intrusion Detection
11 36 (5.07%) SSL
12 32 (4.51%) WLAN
13 31 (4.37%) MPLS
13 31 (4.37%) OSPF
14 29 (4.08%) BGP
15 27 (3.80%) Internet
16 26 (3.66%) SD-WAN
17 19 (2.68%) SAN
18 18 (2.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.39%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.41%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.13%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.70%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.70%) Redis
6 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.42%) Big Data
7 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.42%) Power BI
8 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (2.82%) JIRA
2 17 (2.39%) Git
3 10 (1.41%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.27%) Jasmine
4 9 (1.27%) NUnit
4 9 (1.27%) Selenium
4 9 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.99%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 212 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 93 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (10.00%) Finance
4 63 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (5.07%) Telecoms
6 34 (4.79%) Public Sector
7 27 (3.80%) Military
8 25 (3.52%) Marketing
9 23 (3.24%) Aerospace
9 23 (3.24%) Retail
10 18 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.83%) Law
12 12 (1.69%) Games
13 10 (1.41%) Police
14 9 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.27%) Legal
14 9 (1.27%) Local Government
15 7 (0.99%) Aviation
15 7 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 121 (17.04%) Network Engineer
2 100 (14.08%) Senior
3 67 (9.44%) Architect
4 57 (8.03%) Lead
5 54 (7.61%) IT Engineer
6 50 (7.04%) Analyst
7 46 (6.48%) IT Manager
7 46 (6.48%) IT Support
7 46 (6.48%) Support Engineer
8 42 (5.92%) Security Engineer
9 39 (5.49%) Consultant
10 36 (5.07%) Software Engineer
11 34 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 34 (4.79%) Security Consultant
12 32 (4.51%) Security Manager
13 27 (3.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 27 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
13 27 (3.80%) Network Architect
13 27 (3.80%) Network Manager
14 25 (3.52%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.97%) LDAP
1 14 (1.97%) Web Services
2 11 (1.55%) ARM Templates
2 11 (1.55%) Middleware
3 10 (1.41%) RESTful
4 9 (1.27%) .NET
4 9 (1.27%) .NET Framework
4 9 (1.27%) ASP.NET
4 9 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (1.27%) Entity Framework
5 8 (1.13%) .NET Core
5 8 (1.13%) CSS
5 8 (1.13%) HTML
6 7 (0.99%) HTML5
6 7 (0.99%) OpenID
7 5 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.56%) Akka
8 4 (0.56%) YAML
9 3 (0.42%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.28%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 67 (9.44%) Management Information System
3 45 (6.34%) Onboarding
4 35 (4.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 33 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (3.94%) Driving Licence
7 22 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
8 20 (2.82%) Security Posture
9 17 (2.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 14 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.83%) CCTV
11 13 (1.83%) Cloud Native
11 13 (1.83%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.69%) Operational Technology
12 12 (1.69%) PKI
13 11 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 11 (1.55%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 156 (21.97%) Windows
2 90 (12.68%) Linux
3 57 (8.03%) Windows Server
4 33 (4.65%) Mac OS
5 18 (2.54%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (2.25%) Android
8 15 (2.11%) Apple iOS
9 14 (1.97%) VMS
9 14 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 13 (1.83%) Unix
11 7 (0.99%) Mac OS X
12 6 (0.85%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.42%) CatOS
13 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.14%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (31.27%) Cybersecurity
2 188 (26.48%) Problem-Solving
3 123 (17.32%) Computer Science
4 99 (13.94%) Information Security
5 86 (12.11%) ITIL
6 82 (11.55%) Agile
7 77 (10.85%) SIEM
8 74 (10.42%) Cloud Security
9 73 (10.28%) Vulnerability Management
10 70 (9.86%) Customer Service
11 68 (9.58%) Project Management
11 68 (9.58%) Software Engineering
12 65 (9.15%) Mentoring
13 64 (9.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 63 (8.87%) Security Operations
15 61 (8.59%) DevOps
16 52 (7.32%) Security Architecture
16 52 (7.32%) Service Delivery
17 47 (6.62%) Coaching
18 44 (6.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 70 (9.86%) Python
2 55 (7.75%) PowerShell
3 40 (5.63%) SQL
4 32 (4.51%) C
5 31 (4.37%) Bash
6 27 (3.80%) C++
7 25 (3.52%) Bicep
8 18 (2.54%) Java
9 13 (1.83%) C#
10 10 (1.41%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.13%) Go
12 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.56%) R
13 4 (0.56%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Ada
14 1 (0.14%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.14%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.14%) Groovy
14 1 (0.14%) Perl
14 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 156 (21.97%) Degree
2 112 (15.77%) Security Cleared
3 111 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
4 87 (12.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 77 (10.85%) CISSP
6 63 (8.87%) SC Cleared
7 62 (8.73%) CCNP
8 60 (8.45%) CCNA
9 52 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 49 (6.90%) DV Cleared
11 40 (5.63%) MCP
12 32 (4.51%) CCIE
13 30 (4.23%) Azure Certification
13 30 (4.23%) DBS Check
14 28 (3.94%) A+ Certification
15 23 (3.24%) CISM
16 14 (1.97%) Master's Degree
17 12 (1.69%) SANS
18 11 (1.55%) JNCIA
19 10 (1.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (14.79%) NIST
2 72 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (4.08%) NIST 800
4 25 (3.52%) PCI DSS
5 20 (2.82%) GDPR
6 19 (2.68%) NCSC
7 18 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (2.54%) GRC
8 15 (2.11%) SLA
9 11 (1.55%) COBIT
10 7 (0.99%) DO-254
11 6 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.56%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.28%) PMO
15 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 122 (17.18%) Active Directory
2 44 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (5.07%) Hyper-V
4 32 (4.51%) Docker
5 15 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.27%) vSphere
8 7 (0.99%) XenApp
8 7 (0.99%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.56%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.42%) Firmware
10 3 (0.42%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.14%) NFS
11 1 (0.14%) Snort
11 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 49 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 36 (5.07%) WSUS
3 30 (4.23%) Terraform
4 23 (3.24%) SCCM
5 21 (2.96%) Ansible
5 21 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.55%) FortiGate
7 10 (1.41%) Grafana
7 10 (1.41%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (1.27%) Nessus
9 7 (0.99%) MIIS
10 6 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.85%) Nmap
10 6 (0.85%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.70%) Nagios
11 5 (0.70%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 193 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 188 (26.48%) Cisco
3 58 (8.17%) VMware
4 53 (7.46%) Juniper
5 47 (6.62%) Palo Alto
6 29 (4.08%) CheckPoint
7 28 (3.94%) Fortinet
7 28 (3.94%) Meraki
8 21 (2.96%) SolarWinds
8 21 (2.96%) Splunk
9 19 (2.68%) Citrix
10 16 (2.25%) Apple
11 14 (1.97%) Aruba
11 14 (1.97%) Qualys
11 14 (1.97%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.83%) Dell
12 13 (1.83%) Tanium
13 10 (1.41%) Google
13 10 (1.41%) Sage
13 10 (1.41%) SonicWALL