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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 124 316
Rank change year-on-year -148 +192 -67
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 732 1,677 786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.03% 2.79% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.48% 15.35% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 589 522 610
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,850 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

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 9,781 10,926 10,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.77% 18.16% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7,086 4,783 6,460
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -111 207 £52,500 - 41
South East -27 177 £60,000 +22.45% 49
North West -121 114 £55,000 +3.77% 22
South West -37 112 £60,000 +0.80% 17
Midlands -130 101 £42,500 -29.17% 30
Yorkshire -38 76 £50,000 -6.54% 12
West Midlands -91 69 £43,227 -27.96% 21
East of England -34 57 £47,500 +11.76% 16
Scotland -128 56 £60,000 +0.80% 14
East Midlands -65 32 £32,500 -20.40% 9
North East -7 23 £60,000 +30.42% 7
Wales -22 18 £44,886 +11.29% 11
Northern Ireland +15 9 £32,500 -26.14% 1
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 55 (7.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (6.01%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.14%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) Moodle
4 1 (0.14%) Totara
Applications
1 53 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.68%) FrameMaker
2 5 (0.68%) RoboHelp
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.41%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 202 (27.60%) Azure
2 123 (16.80%) Microsoft 365
3 99 (13.52%) AWS
4 46 (6.28%) Cloud Computing
5 43 (5.87%) Entra ID
6 29 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.28%) SaaS
8 19 (2.60%) GCP
9 14 (1.91%) PaaS
10 12 (1.64%) IaaS
10 12 (1.64%) iTunes
11 10 (1.37%) OneDrive
11 10 (1.37%) Serverless
12 9 (1.23%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.96%) Amazon S3
13 7 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.96%) Pulumi
14 6 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.82%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 292 (39.89%) Firewall
2 138 (18.85%) VPN
3 137 (18.72%) LAN
4 132 (18.03%) WAN
5 71 (9.70%) DNS
6 69 (9.43%) TCP/IP
7 63 (8.61%) Wi-Fi
8 61 (8.33%) Wireless
9 42 (5.74%) DHCP
10 39 (5.33%) SSL
11 38 (5.19%) VLAN
12 36 (4.92%) Intrusion Detection
13 32 (4.37%) WLAN
14 31 (4.23%) MPLS
14 31 (4.23%) OSPF
15 29 (3.96%) BGP
16 27 (3.69%) Internet
16 27 (3.69%) SD-WAN
17 17 (2.32%) SAN
17 17 (2.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.37%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.09%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.68%) InfluxDB
5 5 (0.68%) Redis
6 4 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.41%) Big Data
7 3 (0.41%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.41%) Power BI
8 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.46%) Git
2 16 (2.19%) JIRA
3 12 (1.64%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.50%) Jasmine
4 11 (1.50%) NUnit
4 11 (1.50%) Selenium
4 11 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.96%) TeamCity
6 6 (0.82%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 218 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 87 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (9.97%) Finance
4 66 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (5.33%) Telecoms
6 35 (4.78%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.83%) Aerospace
8 27 (3.69%) Military
9 26 (3.55%) Marketing
10 25 (3.42%) Retail
11 19 (2.60%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.32%) Law
14 10 (1.37%) Games
14 10 (1.37%) Police
15 9 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.23%) Legal
15 9 (1.23%) Local Government
16 7 (0.96%) Electronics
16 7 (0.96%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 125 (17.08%) Network Engineer
2 107 (14.62%) Senior
3 73 (9.97%) Architect
4 62 (8.47%) Lead
5 53 (7.24%) IT Manager
6 51 (6.97%) IT Engineer
7 48 (6.56%) Analyst
8 46 (6.28%) IT Support
9 45 (6.15%) Security Engineer
9 45 (6.15%) Support Engineer
10 40 (5.46%) Consultant
11 39 (5.33%) Software Engineer
12 37 (5.05%) Security Consultant
13 36 (4.92%) Security Manager
14 31 (4.23%) Network Manager
15 29 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 28 (3.83%) Network Architect
17 27 (3.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 27 (3.69%) Desktop Engineer
18 25 (3.42%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.19%) Web Services
2 12 (1.64%) LDAP
2 12 (1.64%) RESTful
3 11 (1.50%) .NET
3 11 (1.50%) .NET Framework
3 11 (1.50%) ARM Templates
3 11 (1.50%) ASP.NET
3 11 (1.50%) Entity Framework
3 11 (1.50%) Middleware
4 10 (1.37%) .NET Core
4 10 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.09%) CSS
5 8 (1.09%) HTML
6 7 (0.96%) HTML5
6 7 (0.96%) OpenID
7 5 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.55%) Akka
8 4 (0.55%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (0.55%) YAML
9 3 (0.41%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.11%) Data Centre
2 70 (9.56%) Management Information System
3 45 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 37 (5.05%) Security Operations Centre
5 32 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (3.83%) Driving Licence
7 23 (3.14%) Security Posture
8 20 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (2.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 17 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (2.05%) CCTV
13 14 (1.91%) Public Cloud
14 13 (1.78%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (1.64%) Operational Technology
16 11 (1.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 11 (1.50%) PKI
17 10 (1.37%) Cloud Native
18 9 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 152 (20.77%) Windows
2 93 (12.70%) Linux
3 52 (7.10%) Windows Server
4 33 (4.51%) Mac OS
5 18 (2.46%) Windows 10
6 17 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (2.19%) Android
7 16 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.05%) Apple iOS
9 14 (1.91%) Unix
9 14 (1.91%) VMS
10 12 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.09%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.41%) CatOS
12 3 (0.41%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.14%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (30.60%) Cybersecurity
2 185 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (17.49%) Computer Science
4 103 (14.07%) Information Security
5 87 (11.89%) Agile
6 83 (11.34%) ITIL
7 81 (11.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 77 (10.52%) Cloud Security
8 77 (10.52%) SIEM
9 73 (9.97%) Project Management
10 71 (9.70%) Software Engineering
11 67 (9.15%) Customer Service
11 67 (9.15%) Mentoring
11 67 (9.15%) Security Operations
12 63 (8.61%) DevOps
13 61 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 55 (7.51%) Security Architecture
14 55 (7.51%) Service Delivery
15 47 (6.42%) Coaching
16 46 (6.28%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 69 (9.43%) Python
2 56 (7.65%) PowerShell
3 41 (5.60%) SQL
4 35 (4.78%) C
5 31 (4.23%) Bash
6 28 (3.83%) C++
7 25 (3.42%) Bicep
8 20 (2.73%) Java
9 17 (2.32%) C#
10 12 (1.64%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.09%) Go
12 5 (0.68%) R
12 5 (0.68%) Scala
12 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.14%) Ada
13 1 (0.14%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.14%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.14%) Groovy
13 1 (0.14%) Perl
13 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 160 (21.86%) Degree
2 119 (16.26%) Security Cleared
3 112 (15.30%) Cisco Certification
4 85 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 79 (10.79%) CISSP
6 63 (8.61%) CCNP
7 62 (8.47%) SC Cleared
8 59 (8.06%) CCNA
9 56 (7.65%) DV Cleared
10 51 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 40 (5.46%) MCP
12 34 (4.64%) CCIE
13 33 (4.51%) Azure Certification
14 30 (4.10%) DBS Check
15 28 (3.83%) A+ Certification
16 24 (3.28%) CISM
17 13 (1.78%) SANS
18 11 (1.50%) AWS Certification
18 11 (1.50%) JNCIA
18 11 (1.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (15.03%) NIST
2 73 (9.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.96%) NIST 800
4 27 (3.69%) PCI DSS
5 19 (2.60%) GDPR
6 18 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (2.46%) GRC
6 18 (2.46%) NCSC
7 14 (1.91%) SLA
8 11 (1.50%) COBIT
9 7 (0.96%) DO-254
10 6 (0.82%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.55%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.27%) PMO
14 1 (0.14%) GxP
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.14%) MISRA
System Software
1 120 (16.39%) Active Directory
2 40 (5.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (4.51%) Docker
3 33 (4.51%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (1.37%) vSphere
7 7 (0.96%) XenApp
7 7 (0.96%) XenDesktop
8 4 (0.55%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.41%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.14%) Firmware
11 1 (0.14%) NFS
11 1 (0.14%) Snort
Systems Management
1 46 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.92%) WSUS
3 30 (4.10%) Terraform
4 23 (3.14%) SCCM
5 21 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (2.46%) Ansible
7 10 (1.37%) Grafana
7 10 (1.37%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (1.09%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.96%) MIIS
10 7 (0.96%) Nessus
11 6 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 6 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.82%) Nmap
11 6 (0.82%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.68%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.68%) SCOM
12 5 (0.68%) Suricata
Vendors
1 194 (26.50%) Cisco
2 192 (26.23%) Microsoft
3 56 (7.65%) Juniper
4 54 (7.38%) VMware
5 53 (7.24%) Palo Alto
6 32 (4.37%) CheckPoint
7 29 (3.96%) Fortinet
8 28 (3.83%) Meraki
9 22 (3.01%) SolarWinds
10 21 (2.87%) Splunk
11 19 (2.60%) Citrix
12 16 (2.19%) Apple
13 15 (2.05%) Aruba
14 14 (1.91%) Blue Coat
14 14 (1.91%) Infoblox
14 14 (1.91%) Qualys
14 14 (1.91%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.91%) Tanium
15 13 (1.78%) Riverbed
16 11 (1.50%) F5