Network Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Security
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 238 104
Rank change year-on-year -47 -134 +236
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 375 903 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.11% 3.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.91% 8.92% 16.84%
Number of salaries quoted 311 678 503
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £30,725
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,750 £38,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,968 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,639 10,127 10,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.19% 12.50% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,686 7,137 4,524
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.97% -1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -18.95% -7.50% -2.19%

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 16 June 2025.

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 16 June 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
South East +5 102 £53,000 -11.67% 615
North of England -59 76 £57,500 +9.52% 525
South West +62 62 £65,000 -3.70% 255
Midlands -35 52 £48,750 +12.78% 403
Yorkshire +26 42 £55,000 +10.00% 231
West Midlands -23 35 £48,750 +2.63% 241
Wales +55 34 £75,000 +66.67% 92
East of England -5 21 £49,750 +2.58% 312
North West -83 21 £57,500 +7.48% 255
Scotland +59 20 £85,882 +43.14% 181
East Midlands +22 17 £50,500 +55.38% 162
North East +41 13 £57,500 +6.98% 39
Northern Ireland +37 7 £76,092 +117.41% 58
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
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 23 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.80%) nginx
4 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.87%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.07%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 112 (29.87%) Azure
2 58 (15.47%) AWS
3 36 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.13%) GCP
5 16 (4.27%) Entra ID
6 14 (3.73%) IaaS
7 12 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (3.20%) PaaS
8 10 (2.67%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (2.40%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.87%) SaaS
11 6 (1.60%) OCI
12 4 (1.07%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.53%) Cloudflare
14 1 (0.27%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.27%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 193 (51.47%) Firewall
2 94 (25.07%) VPN
3 90 (24.00%) WAN
4 69 (18.40%) LAN
5 61 (16.27%) TCP/IP
6 53 (14.13%) BGP
7 48 (12.80%) DNS
8 47 (12.53%) OSPF
9 41 (10.93%) DHCP
10 39 (10.40%) VLAN
11 32 (8.53%) EIGRP
12 29 (7.73%) SD-WAN
13 21 (5.60%) VoIP
14 19 (5.07%) Wireless
15 18 (4.80%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (4.53%) MPLS
17 15 (4.00%) Cisco Firepower
18 14 (3.73%) Internet
18 14 (3.73%) SMTP
19 12 (3.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.87%) Relational Database
3 14 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (3.73%) RDBMS
4 6 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.07%) GitLab
3 3 (0.80%) Git
3 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.53%) Subversion
5 1 (0.27%) Maven
5 1 (0.27%) MSBuild
General
1 139 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.13%) Finance
3 29 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (4.00%) Legal
6 14 (3.73%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.93%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.67%) Banking
9 9 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.13%) Marketing
11 7 (1.87%) Aviation
11 7 (1.87%) Retail
12 6 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.07%) Law
14 3 (0.80%) Advertising
15 2 (0.53%) Automotive
15 2 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (27.20%) Network Engineer
2 63 (16.80%) Lead
3 55 (14.67%) Security Engineer
4 34 (9.07%) Architect
5 31 (8.27%) Network Security Engineer
5 31 (8.27%) Senior
6 30 (8.00%) Analyst
7 28 (7.47%) IT Support
8 25 (6.67%) Security Architect
9 22 (5.87%) Security Analyst
10 21 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (4.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 15 (4.00%) IT Engineer
13 13 (3.47%) Cloud Security Lead
13 13 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 13 (3.47%) Developer
13 13 (3.47%) Software Engineer
14 12 (3.20%) Head of IT
14 12 (3.20%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.33%) .NET
2 8 (2.13%) LDAP
3 6 (1.60%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.07%) REST
5 2 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.53%) HTML
5 2 (0.53%) Leaflet
5 2 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.53%) Spring
5 2 (0.53%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.53%) Symfony
6 1 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.27%) JSON
6 1 (0.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.13%) Management Information System
2 25 (6.67%) Client/Server
3 21 (5.60%) Security Operations Centre
4 20 (5.33%) IoT
5 19 (5.07%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.07%) Driving Licence
6 16 (4.27%) Security Posture
7 12 (3.20%) Operational Technology
8 11 (2.93%) Device Driver
9 10 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.67%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.13%) PKI
10 8 (2.13%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.60%) Clustering
11 6 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.60%) Robotics
12 5 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 85 (22.67%) Windows
2 41 (10.93%) Linux
3 33 (8.80%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.60%) Unix
5 6 (1.60%) Android
5 6 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.60%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.07%) AIX
7 3 (0.80%) VMS
7 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (15.47%) Mentoring
4 50 (13.33%) SIEM
5 46 (12.27%) Information Security
6 44 (11.73%) Cloud Security
6 44 (11.73%) Incident Response
6 44 (11.73%) Risk Management
7 41 (10.93%) Network Design
8 40 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (10.13%) Technical Leadership
10 35 (9.33%) Agile
10 35 (9.33%) Roadmaps
11 32 (8.53%) Computer Science
12 31 (8.27%) Migration
13 30 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 29 (7.73%) Disaster Recovery
14 29 (7.73%) Security Operations
15 28 (7.47%) ITIL
15 28 (7.47%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.20%) PowerShell
2 35 (9.33%) SQL
3 31 (8.27%) Python
4 20 (5.33%) C++
5 19 (5.07%) C#
6 14 (3.73%) C
7 9 (2.40%) Bash
8 7 (1.87%) Perl
9 6 (1.60%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.80%) Java
10 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.53%) PHP
11 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.27%) Bicep
12 1 (0.27%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (25.07%) Security Cleared
2 78 (20.80%) SC Cleared
3 73 (19.47%) Cisco Certification
3 73 (19.47%) Degree
4 52 (13.87%) CCNP
5 50 (13.33%) CCNA
5 50 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 34 (9.07%) CISSP
7 26 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (6.13%) CISM
9 16 (4.27%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.93%) JNCIA
11 8 (2.13%) CCSA
11 8 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (1.60%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.33%) CCIE
13 5 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.07%) MCSE
14 4 (1.07%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (13.33%) NIST
2 46 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (10.13%) GDPR
4 25 (6.67%) NCSC
5 23 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (3.20%) Accessibility
6 12 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (3.20%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.87%) QA
8 5 (1.33%) SLA
9 2 (0.53%) COBIT
9 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.27%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (10.93%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.27%) Firmware
5 14 (3.73%) Docker
6 6 (1.60%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.60%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (1.60%) Terminal Services
6 6 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.60%) vSphere
7 5 (1.33%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.27%) XenApp
10 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (7.73%) Ansible
2 28 (7.47%) FortiGate
3 18 (4.80%) Terraform
4 16 (4.27%) Kubernetes
5 12 (3.20%) QRadar
6 6 (1.60%) ArcSight ESM
6 6 (1.60%) Nagios
6 6 (1.60%) Puppet
6 6 (1.60%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.60%) vMotion
7 4 (1.07%) CASB
8 2 (0.53%) EnCase
8 2 (0.53%) FTK
8 2 (0.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.53%) Nessus
8 2 (0.53%) RSA Security Analytics
9 1 (0.27%) Istio
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 116 (30.93%) Microsoft
2 109 (29.07%) Cisco
3 63 (16.80%) Fortinet
4 34 (9.07%) VMware
5 27 (7.20%) Juniper
6 25 (6.67%) Meraki
7 19 (5.07%) Palo Alto
7 19 (5.07%) Splunk
8 16 (4.27%) CheckPoint
8 16 (4.27%) HP
9 15 (4.00%) SolarWinds
10 13 (3.47%) Citrix
11 9 (2.40%) Google
12 6 (1.60%) ArcSight
12 6 (1.60%) Arista
12 6 (1.60%) Aruba
12 6 (1.60%) LogLogic
12 6 (1.60%) McAfee
12 6 (1.60%) Symantec
13 5 (1.33%) HubSpot