Network Security Engineer Jobs

Network Security Engineer
UK

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 765 775 1090
Rank change year-on-year +10 +315 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 77 112 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 75 95 160
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,100 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £71,400 £72,500 £72,813
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -18.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer.

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England -9 63 £57,500 -2.54% 11
Work from Home +39 37 £60,000 +20.00% 2
UK excluding London -57 37 £52,500 +7.14% 10
London +63 30 £70,000 -6.67%
South East +12 16 £52,500 +7.14% 6
North of England +3 11 £50,000 -7.41% 3
Yorkshire +56 6 £55,000 -8.33%
North West -11 5 £50,000 -5.66% 3
Wales +31 3 £52,500 +66.67%
East of England -6 2 £50,000 -16.67%
Scotland - 2 £49,000 -
Northern Ireland +17 1 £60,000 -8.57%
West Midlands -26 1 £60,000 +38.73% 1
Midlands -47 1 £60,000 +38.73% 1
South West - 1 £60,000 -

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 74 (96.10%) Network Security
2 43 (55.84%) Cisco
3 38 (49.35%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (42.86%) Firewall
5 22 (28.57%) AWS
6 20 (25.97%) WAN
6 20 (25.97%) LAN
6 20 (25.97%) Palo Alto
7 19 (24.68%) Azure
8 18 (23.38%) Wireless
8 18 (23.38%) Data Centre
9 17 (22.08%) VPN
9 17 (22.08%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (20.78%) Risk Management
10 16 (20.78%) BGP
10 16 (20.78%) F5
10 16 (20.78%) Security Cleared
11 15 (19.48%) SC Cleared
11 15 (19.48%) CCNA
11 15 (19.48%) Cisco Firepower
12 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
12 14 (18.18%) ITIL
13 13 (16.88%) CCNP
13 13 (16.88%) CheckPoint
14 12 (15.58%) DV Cleared
14 12 (15.58%) Fortinet
14 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
15 11 (14.29%) SD-WAN
15 11 (14.29%) SIEM

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.57%) AWS
2 19 (24.68%) Azure
3 8 (10.39%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (7.79%) IaaS
4 6 (7.79%) PaaS
4 6 (7.79%) SaaS
5 5 (6.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (3.90%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.60%) Twilio
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.30%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 74 (96.10%) Network Security
2 33 (42.86%) Firewall
3 20 (25.97%) LAN
3 20 (25.97%) WAN
4 18 (23.38%) Wireless
5 17 (22.08%) VPN
6 16 (20.78%) BGP
7 15 (19.48%) Cisco Firepower
8 11 (14.29%) SD-WAN
8 11 (14.29%) SSL
9 10 (12.99%) OSPF
10 9 (11.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (11.69%) VLAN
11 8 (10.39%) NGFW
11 8 (10.39%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (9.09%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 7 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 7 (9.09%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) GitLab
1 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (10.39%) Finance
1 8 (10.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.49%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.19%) Marketing
5 3 (3.90%) Publishing
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.30%) Electronics
7 1 (1.30%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.90%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.38%) Data Centre
2 10 (12.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.60%) Tandem
5 2 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.30%) CCTV
6 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Linux
2 4 (5.19%) Windows
3 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (20.78%) Risk Management
3 14 (18.18%) ITIL
4 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (14.29%) SIEM
6 7 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.79%) DDoS Mitigation
7 6 (7.79%) Network Management
7 6 (7.79%) Open Source
7 6 (7.79%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (6.49%) Incident Response
8 5 (6.49%) Service Design
9 4 (5.19%) Incident Management
9 4 (5.19%) IT Strategy
9 4 (5.19%) Network Architecture
9 4 (5.19%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.19%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (5.19%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 4 (5.19%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (22.08%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (20.78%) Security Cleared
3 15 (19.48%) CCNA
3 15 (19.48%) SC Cleared
4 13 (16.88%) CCNP
5 12 (15.58%) DV Cleared
6 9 (11.69%) CISSP
7 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (7.79%) CISA
8 6 (7.79%) Degree
8 6 (7.79%) MCSA
9 4 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.19%) GIAC
9 4 (5.19%) JNCIA
9 4 (5.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (3.90%) CCDP
11 2 (2.60%) CCIE
11 2 (2.60%) CCSA
11 2 (2.60%) CCSE
11 2 (2.60%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.79%) NIST
2 4 (5.19%) NCSC
3 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.60%) Nessus
2 1 (1.30%) Ansible
2 1 (1.30%) CASB
Vendors
1 43 (55.84%) Cisco
2 20 (25.97%) Palo Alto
3 16 (20.78%) F5
4 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 13 (16.88%) CheckPoint
6 12 (15.58%) Fortinet
7 7 (9.09%) Juniper
7 7 (9.09%) VMware
8 5 (6.49%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.19%) Splunk
10 2 (2.60%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.60%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.60%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.30%) Arista
11 1 (1.30%) Aruba
11 1 (1.30%) Barracuda Networks
11 1 (1.30%) HP
11 1 (1.30%) Riverbed
11 1 (1.30%) Zscaler