Boundary Protection Jobs

Boundary Protection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Boundary Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Boundary Protection over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 - 850
Rank change year-on-year - - +371
Permanent jobs citing Boundary Protection 5 0 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 - -
75th Percentile £59,000 - -
90th Percentile £69,800 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Boundary Protection 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Boundary Protection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Boundary Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Boundary Protection in the UK

Boundary Protection
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Boundary Protection.

Salary trend for Boundary Protection in the UK

Boundary Protection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Boundary Protection over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Boundary Protection in the UK

Boundary Protection
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Boundary Protection within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 £58,000 -
England - 5 £58,000 -
UK excluding London - 5 £58,000 -

Boundary Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (80.00%) DMVPN
2 4 (80.00%) EIGRP
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Support
3 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ISMS
1 1 (20.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (80.00%) Juniper