Network Security Engineer
UK
The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 643 | 835 | 868 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +192 | +33 | +173 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer | 47 | 67 | 105 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.087% | 0.068% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.096% | 0.071% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 45 | 65 | 82 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,250 | £36,950 | £41,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,500 | £47,500 | £48,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £57,500 | £61,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.83% | -6.12% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £77,113 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £63,750 | £115,000 | £89,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -2.44% | -0.97% |
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 | 49,007 | 93,784 | 92,686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.47% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,411 | 67,216 | 58,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,375 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
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.
Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer.
Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.
Network Security Engineer
Top 11 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 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +149 | 47 | £53,000 | -7.83% | 56 |
| UK excluding London | +197 | 40 | £53,000 | +6.00% | 45 |
| South East | +117 | 31 | £53,000 | +0.95% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +129 | 8 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 38 |
| London | +83 | 7 | £57,500 | -17.94% | 20 |
| North of England | +49 | 7 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 6 |
| North West | +11 | 3 | £55,375 | +10.75% | 2 |
| North East | - | 3 | £57,500 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £48,000 | - | 5 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | £48,000 | - | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +59 | 1 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 2 |
Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||