Network Security Jobs

Network Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 232 132
Rank change year-on-year -45 -100 +233
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 604 1,311 2,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 1.17% 2.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.55% 9.46% 16.56%
Number of salaries quoted 497 1,025 859
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,113 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% +4.76% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,883 13,857 15,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.26% 12.39% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,992 9,419 7,588
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -6.86% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year -29.82% -0.25% -5.26%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 June 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 -61 529 £60,000 - 2,015
UK excluding London -33 380 £57,000 +3.64% 1,177
London +21 196 £75,000 +7.03% 982
Work from Home -79 150 £60,000 - 917
South East +8 101 £53,000 -11.67% 287
North of England -69 78 £57,500 +9.52% 274
South West +61 62 £63,750 -8.93% 114
Midlands -19 57 £48,500 +12.20% 189
Yorkshire +19 43 £55,000 +10.00% 103
West Midlands -25 40 £48,500 +2.11% 121
Wales +53 33 £75,000 +66.67% 59
East of England +6 21 £49,750 +2.58% 123
North West -85 21 £57,500 +7.48% 150
Scotland +54 20 £85,882 +43.14% 106
East Midlands +20 17 £50,500 +55.38% 68
North East +43 14 £57,500 +6.98% 21
Northern Ireland +37 7 £76,092 +117.41% 33

Network Security
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 47 (7.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.32%) nginx
4 3 (0.50%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.48%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.66%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 229 (37.91%) Azure
2 120 (19.87%) AWS
3 81 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (9.44%) GCP
5 30 (4.97%) Entra ID
6 24 (3.97%) PaaS
7 23 (3.81%) IaaS
8 22 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
9 18 (2.98%) SaaS
10 15 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (2.15%) Serverless
13 12 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.99%) OpenShift
14 10 (1.66%) AWS KMS
15 7 (1.16%) OCI
16 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.99%) Mimecast
17 5 (0.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 329 (54.47%) Firewall
2 163 (26.99%) VPN
3 133 (22.02%) WAN
4 108 (17.88%) LAN
5 86 (14.24%) TCP/IP
6 78 (12.91%) DNS
7 76 (12.58%) BGP
8 68 (11.26%) OSPF
9 64 (10.60%) VLAN
10 55 (9.11%) DHCP
11 51 (8.44%) SD-WAN
12 38 (6.29%) Intrusion Detection
13 35 (5.79%) EIGRP
14 33 (5.46%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (5.46%) Wireless
15 29 (4.80%) MPLS
16 23 (3.81%) VoIP
17 20 (3.31%) Cisco Firepower
18 15 (2.48%) Internet
19 14 (2.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 23 (3.81%) Relational Database
3 15 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (2.48%) RDBMS
4 6 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.33%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.17%) HBase
7 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.16%) GitLab
2 6 (0.99%) Jenkins
2 6 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.66%) Git
4 3 (0.50%) JIRA
4 3 (0.50%) Subversion
5 2 (0.33%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.17%) Maven
6 1 (0.17%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 198 (32.78%) Social Skills
2 114 (18.87%) Finance
3 42 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (5.79%) Banking
6 29 (4.80%) Telecoms
7 27 (4.47%) Legal
8 21 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.98%) Retail
10 17 (2.81%) Marketing
11 15 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.15%) Law
13 10 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.32%) Mandarin Language
15 7 (1.16%) Aviation
15 7 (1.16%) Front Office
16 6 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 146 (24.17%) Network Engineer
2 94 (15.56%) Senior
3 82 (13.58%) Lead
4 70 (11.59%) Security Engineer
5 69 (11.42%) Architect
6 61 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 58 (9.60%) Analyst
8 37 (6.13%) Security Analyst
9 36 (5.96%) Security Architect
10 35 (5.79%) Network Security Engineer
11 34 (5.63%) IT Support
12 28 (4.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 23 (3.81%) Senior Network Engineer
14 22 (3.64%) Network Architect
15 20 (3.31%) Cloud Architect
15 20 (3.31%) IT Engineer
16 18 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
18 16 (2.65%) Cloud Security Engineer
19 15 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.81%) .NET
2 14 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
3 12 (1.99%) Kafka
4 10 (1.66%) 802.1X
5 8 (1.32%) LDAP
5 8 (1.32%) REST
6 5 (0.83%) RESTful
7 2 (0.33%) HTML
7 2 (0.33%) Jinja
7 2 (0.33%) Leaflet
7 2 (0.33%) Middleware
7 2 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.33%) Spring
7 2 (0.33%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.17%) Azure Blueprints
8 1 (0.17%) JSON
8 1 (0.17%) SAML
8 1 (0.17%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 43 (7.12%) Security Posture
3 40 (6.62%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.47%) IoT
5 26 (4.30%) Client/Server
6 23 (3.81%) Security Operations Centre
7 20 (3.31%) Driving Licence
8 16 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 15 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (2.32%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.32%) Device Driver
10 14 (2.32%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.82%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.32%) PKI
14 7 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.16%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.99%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 138 (22.85%) Windows
2 59 (9.77%) Linux
3 55 (9.11%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.97%) Unix
5 18 (2.98%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.66%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.16%) VMS
7 7 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.99%) Android
8 6 (0.99%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.66%) AIX
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (25.83%) Cybersecurity
2 155 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (17.88%) Incident Response
4 102 (16.89%) SIEM
5 95 (15.73%) Mentoring
6 88 (14.57%) Information Security
7 87 (14.40%) Cloud Security
8 76 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 70 (11.59%) DevOps
10 69 (11.42%) Disaster Recovery
11 66 (10.93%) Risk Management
12 63 (10.43%) Vulnerability Management
13 60 (9.93%) Technical Leadership
14 59 (9.77%) Computer Science
14 59 (9.77%) Migration
15 58 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 52 (8.61%) Security Architecture
17 51 (8.44%) Agile
17 51 (8.44%) CI/CD
17 51 (8.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.43%) PowerShell
2 57 (9.44%) Python
3 43 (7.12%) SQL
4 24 (3.97%) C++
5 23 (3.81%) C#
6 21 (3.48%) Java
7 17 (2.81%) C
8 16 (2.65%) Bash
9 7 (1.16%) Perl
10 6 (0.99%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.83%) Go
11 5 (0.83%) R
12 4 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.33%) Bicep
14 2 (0.33%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.17%) PHP
15 1 (0.17%) Rust
15 1 (0.17%) VBA
15 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 137 (22.68%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (20.70%) Degree
3 115 (19.04%) Security Cleared
4 100 (16.56%) CCNP
5 99 (16.39%) SC Cleared
6 83 (13.74%) CCNA
7 50 (8.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (8.28%) DV Cleared
8 45 (7.45%) CISSP
9 30 (4.97%) CISM
10 22 (3.64%) Azure Certification
11 19 (3.15%) AWS Certification
12 17 (2.81%) CCIE
13 15 (2.48%) CCSA
14 14 (2.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
17 11 (1.82%) JNCIA
18 10 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 9 (1.49%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (15.40%) NIST
2 92 (15.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (12.58%) GDPR
4 27 (4.47%) NCSC
5 24 (3.97%) PCI DSS
6 23 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (3.48%) HIPAA
8 16 (2.65%) SLA
9 13 (2.15%) Accessibility
10 12 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (1.66%) QA
12 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.66%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.50%) COBIT
14 3 (0.50%) GRC
15 2 (0.33%) PMO
16 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
16 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (12.75%) Active Directory
2 52 (8.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (5.63%) Hyper-V
4 30 (4.97%) Docker
5 20 (3.31%) Firmware
6 16 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.99%) vSphere
8 8 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.16%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.99%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.99%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 4 (0.66%) ProxySG
12 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.17%) HDFS
13 1 (0.17%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.17%) XenApp
13 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 41 (6.79%) Terraform
2 40 (6.62%) FortiGate
3 37 (6.13%) Ansible
4 35 (5.79%) Kubernetes
5 21 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.48%) Grafana
6 15 (2.48%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.99%) QRadar
8 10 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.66%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.16%) SCCM
10 6 (0.99%) ArcSight ESM
10 6 (0.99%) Nagios
10 6 (0.99%) Puppet
10 6 (0.99%) vMotion
11 5 (0.83%) CASB
11 5 (0.83%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.66%) VxRail
13 3 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
13 3 (0.50%) Istio
Vendors
1 183 (30.30%) Cisco
2 162 (26.82%) Microsoft
3 96 (15.89%) Fortinet
4 65 (10.76%) VMware
5 59 (9.77%) Meraki
6 38 (6.29%) Juniper
7 35 (5.79%) Palo Alto
8 34 (5.63%) CheckPoint
9 29 (4.80%) Splunk
10 25 (4.14%) SolarWinds
11 23 (3.81%) F5
12 22 (3.64%) Citrix
13 19 (3.15%) Google
13 19 (3.15%) HP
14 13 (2.15%) Zscaler
15 12 (1.99%) Arista
15 12 (1.99%) SAP
16 11 (1.82%) ServiceNow
17 10 (1.66%) Symantec
18 9 (1.49%) Extreme Networks