Network Security Engineer Jobs

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 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 832 850
Rank change year-on-year +164 +18 +194
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 40 82 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.084% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38 80 81
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,125 £41,625
25th Percentile £51,313 £51,250 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% -2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £59,000 £71,757 £72,500
90th Percentile £61,625 £107,125 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £50,750
% change year-on-year +0.95% +3.45% -3.33%

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 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

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 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Top 12 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 29 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 +143 39 £53,000 -7.83% 52
UK excluding London +192 36 £53,000 +0.95% 44
South East +110 25 £53,000 +0.95% 11
North of England +40 8 £57,500 +12.20% 5
London +67 4 £55,000 -21.47% 16
North East - 4 £57,500 - 2
Work from Home +85 3 £55,375 -5.34% 31
North West +3 3 £55,375 +5.48% 2
Midlands +61 2 £48,000 -20.00% 4
West Midlands +57 2 £48,000 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire +54 1 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Wales +44 1 £52,500 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 39 (97.50%) Network Security
2 32 (80.00%) Firewall
3 30 (75.00%) Cisco
3 30 (75.00%) Fortinet
4 26 (65.00%) BGP
5 23 (57.50%) OSPF
5 23 (57.50%) SC Cleared
5 23 (57.50%) Security Cleared
6 22 (55.00%) DV Cleared
6 22 (55.00%) EIGRP
7 13 (32.50%) Juniper
8 12 (30.00%) FortiGate
9 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (22.50%) VPN
10 8 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (15.00%) CCNP
13 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
13 5 (12.50%) WAN
13 5 (12.50%) Wireless
13 5 (12.50%) Business Continuity
13 5 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
14 4 (10.00%) Business Continuity Planning
14 4 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
14 4 (10.00%) SIEM
14 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 39 (97.50%) Network Security
2 32 (80.00%) Firewall
3 26 (65.00%) BGP
4 23 (57.50%) OSPF
5 22 (55.00%) EIGRP
6 9 (22.50%) VPN
7 6 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (12.50%) WAN
8 5 (12.50%) Wireless
9 4 (10.00%) MPLS
9 4 (10.00%) SD-WAN
10 3 (7.50%) DMVPN
11 2 (5.00%) NGFW
11 2 (5.00%) TACACS
12 1 (2.50%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (2.50%) LAN
12 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (2.50%) VLAN
General
1 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (2.50%) German Language
3 1 (2.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) PMI
2 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.50%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
1 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.00%) BCP
4 4 (10.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (10.00%) SIEM
4 4 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (7.50%) Boundary Protection
5 3 (7.50%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (7.50%) Incident Response
5 3 (7.50%) ITIL
5 3 (7.50%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 23 (57.50%) SC Cleared
1 23 (57.50%) Security Cleared
2 22 (55.00%) DV Cleared
3 9 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (15.00%) CCNP
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.50%) Degree
6 3 (7.50%) PMI Certification
7 2 (5.00%) CISSP
8 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.50%) CCIE
8 1 (2.50%) CCNA
8 1 (2.50%) CCSA
8 1 (2.50%) CCSE
8 1 (2.50%) GCIH
8 1 (2.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (10.00%) GDPR
2 4 (10.00%) NIST
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (30.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (75.00%) Cisco
1 30 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 13 (32.50%) Juniper
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.00%) Extreme Networks
4 4 (10.00%) VMware
5 3 (7.50%) Palo Alto
6 2 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (5.00%) Meraki
7 1 (2.50%) Aruba
7 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.50%) Rapid7
7 1 (2.50%) Zscaler