Network Segmentation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Segmentation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Network Segmentation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 556 499
Rank change year-on-year +64 -57 +248
Permanent jobs citing Network Segmentation 17 10 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.028% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.031% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 25
10th Percentile £41,650 £46,875 £41,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,688 £58,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £65,063 £63,100
UK median annual salary £75,000 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +26.05% +3.48% +9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Segmentation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Segmentation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Network Segmentation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Segmentation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Segmentation

Network Segmentation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Segmentation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Segmentation in the UK excluding London

Network Segmentation
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 Segmentation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 - 10 £75,000 - 6
North of England +7 2 £82,500 +44.74% 3
West Midlands - 2 £65,000 - 2
East of England - 2 £38,000 - 1
Midlands - 2 £65,000 - 2
North West - 2 £82,500 - 2
South West +9 1 £87,500 +59.09% 4
Network Segmentation
UK

Network Segmentation
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (82.35%) Firewall
2 12 (70.59%) VPN
3 10 (58.82%) LAN
3 10 (58.82%) WAN
4 8 (47.06%) BGP
4 8 (47.06%) OSPF
5 7 (41.18%) MPLS
5 7 (41.18%) SD-WAN
5 7 (41.18%) VXLAN
5 7 (41.18%) Wireless
6 3 (17.65%) SSL
7 2 (11.76%) Internet
7 2 (11.76%) Modbus
7 2 (11.76%) Network Security
7 2 (11.76%) VLAN
8 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (5.88%) EIGRP
8 1 (5.88%) IKE
8 1 (5.88%) IPsec
8 1 (5.88%) WLAN
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Games
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco Consultant
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 7 (41.18%) Consultant
1 7 (41.18%) Network Consultant
1 7 (41.18%) WAN Consultant
2 6 (35.29%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Professional Services Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) GCP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
2 2 (11.76%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) SCADA
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Network Management
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) Incident Response
3 4 (23.53%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
4 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (17.65%) RBAC
4 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
4 3 (17.65%) SIEM
5 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (11.76%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (11.76%) Presales
5 2 (11.76%) Product Requirements
5 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) CCNP
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) CCNA
4 1 (5.88%) CISM
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Ansible
1 7 (41.18%) FortiGate
2 3 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (11.76%) CASB
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
4 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco
2 7 (41.18%) Fortinet
2 7 (41.18%) Meraki
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) Netskope
4 2 (11.76%) VMware
5 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.88%) Citrix
5 1 (5.88%) Google
5 1 (5.88%) HP
5 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.88%) Splunk