Network Security Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Security Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 717 759
Rank change year-on-year -8 +42 -175
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 24 54 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.087% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.097% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23 39 78
10th Percentile £32,000 £40,625 £42,125
25th Percentile £36,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +2.42% -5.91%
75th Percentile £53,125 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £56,750 £65,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,266 55,558 67,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.27% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,071 31,423 43,057
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,292
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,606 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Security Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 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 +42 8 £50,000 -11.11% 4
South East +7 5 £37,500 -31.82% 5
North West +2 5 £50,000 -5.66% 3
Yorkshire +89 3 £50,000 -21.88%
Wales +11 3 £40,000 +26.98%
South West -13 3 £32,500 -38.10%
Scotland - 3 £41,500 - 1
East of England +28 2 £50,000 -16.67% 4
Network Security Engineer
UK

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (95.83%) Network Security
2 22 (91.67%) Cisco
3 17 (70.83%) Firewall
4 11 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (45.83%) Palo Alto
5 10 (41.67%) CCNA
6 9 (37.50%) Wireless
6 9 (37.50%) LAN
7 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (25.00%) VPN
8 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 6 (25.00%) Azure
9 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
9 5 (20.83%) WLAN
9 5 (20.83%) Network Architecture
9 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (20.83%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
9 5 (20.83%) Data Centre Operations
9 5 (20.83%) NGFW
9 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
10 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
10 4 (16.67%) WAN
10 4 (16.67%) CCNP
10 4 (16.67%) DNS
10 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
10 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
10 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
11 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
11 3 (12.50%) WatchGuard

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 23 (95.83%) Network Security
2 17 (70.83%) Firewall
3 9 (37.50%) LAN
3 9 (37.50%) Wireless
4 6 (25.00%) VPN
5 5 (20.83%) NGFW
5 5 (20.83%) Software-Defined Networking
5 5 (20.83%) WLAN
6 4 (16.67%) DNS
6 4 (16.67%) WAN
7 2 (8.33%) DHCP
7 2 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (8.33%) SSL
7 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.17%) VoIP
8 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) CCTV
2 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Tandem
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
2 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (20.83%) Data Centre Operations
2 5 (20.83%) Network Architecture
3 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) SIEM
4 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (8.33%) Cryptography
5 2 (8.33%) Email Filtering
5 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) Security Patching
5 2 (8.33%) Web Filtering
6 1 (4.17%) Security Operations
6 1 (4.17%) Threat Detection
6 1 (4.17%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (41.67%) CCNA
3 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) CCNP
4 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) CCDP
6 2 (8.33%) MCP
6 2 (8.33%) MCSA
6 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CCSA
7 1 (4.17%) CCSE
7 1 (4.17%) CISMP
7 1 (4.17%) CISSP
7 1 (4.17%) CWNA
7 1 (4.17%) CWTS
7 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) Cisco
2 11 (45.83%) Palo Alto
3 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 3 (12.50%) Forcepoint
4 3 (12.50%) Juniper
4 3 (12.50%) Sophos
4 3 (12.50%) WatchGuard
5 2 (8.33%) Blue Coat
5 2 (8.33%) Infoblox
5 2 (8.33%) SonicWALL
6 1 (4.17%) Aruba
6 1 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.17%) Meraki
6 1 (4.17%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.17%) VMware