Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 163 362
Rank change year-on-year -96 +199 -80
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,107 2,414 1,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 2.31% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.15% 15.04% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 918 910 1,179
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £43,992 £41,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 18 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 27 April 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 -83 960 £60,000 +4.35% 393
UK excluding London -142 710 £52,500 +2.94% 301
Work from Home -24 405 £60,000 +0.80% 140
London +5 324 £72,500 +11.11% 106
North of England -115 196 £52,500 - 101
South East -9 169 £60,000 +26.32% 83
South West -14 113 £60,000 +0.80% 21
North West -123 107 £55,000 - 69
Midlands -118 101 £39,750 -33.75% 47
Yorkshire -33 73 £45,000 -14.29% 24
West Midlands -91 66 £42,864 -28.56% 31
Scotland -139 56 £60,000 +0.80% 17
East of England -38 50 £48,500 +14.12% 36
East Midlands -57 35 £32,500 -20.40% 16
North East -6 22 £60,000 +34.80% 9
Wales -19 21 £44,886 +11.29% 6
Northern Ireland +25 9 £32,500 -23.53%
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1

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 77 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.99%) Apache
4 8 (0.72%) Skype for Business
5 7 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.45%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.45%) Confluence
7 4 (0.36%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.090%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.090%) Gunicorn
9 1 (0.090%) Moodle
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.090%) Totara
9 1 (0.090%) uWSGI
9 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.45%) FrameMaker
3 5 (0.45%) RoboHelp
4 4 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.090%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.27%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.090%) HFM
4 1 (0.090%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 339 (30.62%) Azure
2 171 (15.45%) AWS
3 164 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (5.96%) Cloud Computing
5 61 (5.51%) Entra ID
6 59 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.79%) SaaS
8 31 (2.80%) PaaS
9 29 (2.62%) IaaS
9 29 (2.62%) Power Platform
10 26 (2.35%) GCP
11 19 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.72%) Serverless
12 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
13 14 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.26%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.08%) Azure API Management
14 12 (1.08%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 446 (40.29%) Firewall
2 251 (22.67%) LAN
3 243 (21.95%) WAN
4 217 (19.60%) VPN
5 121 (10.93%) TCP/IP
5 121 (10.93%) Wireless
6 116 (10.48%) DNS
7 112 (10.12%) Wi-Fi
8 83 (7.50%) SD-WAN
9 62 (5.60%) BGP
10 59 (5.33%) DHCP
11 58 (5.24%) VLAN
12 57 (5.15%) Internet
13 56 (5.06%) OSPF
14 55 (4.97%) MPLS
15 54 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
16 51 (4.61%) WLAN
17 50 (4.52%) SSL
18 43 (3.88%) VoIP
19 38 (3.43%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.98%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.08%) Power BI
3 14 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (1.08%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.81%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 8 (0.72%) Redis
8 7 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.45%) Big Data
10 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.45%) Flink
10 5 (0.45%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.36%) Tableau
12 3 (0.27%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 28 (2.53%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.53%) Metasploit
2 23 (2.08%) Git
3 21 (1.90%) JIRA
4 10 (0.90%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.81%) Jasmine
5 9 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.81%) NUnit
5 9 (0.81%) Selenium
5 9 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.63%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) git-flow
9 1 (0.090%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.090%) CircleCI
General
1 323 (29.18%) Social Skills
2 161 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (11.29%) Finance
4 73 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (4.97%) Telecoms
6 47 (4.25%) Public Sector
7 42 (3.79%) Military
8 33 (2.98%) Marketing
9 30 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.53%) Law
10 28 (2.53%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.53%) Retail
11 26 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (2.08%) Aerospace
13 16 (1.45%) Games
14 13 (1.17%) Legal
15 12 (1.08%) Police
16 11 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 224 (20.23%) Network Engineer
2 184 (16.62%) Senior
3 111 (10.03%) Security Engineer
4 99 (8.94%) Architect
5 87 (7.86%) Analyst
6 80 (7.23%) Consultant
7 76 (6.87%) Lead
8 71 (6.41%) Security Consultant
9 61 (5.51%) IT Engineer
10 60 (5.42%) Network Security Engineer
11 59 (5.33%) Senior Network Engineer
12 53 (4.79%) Support Engineer
13 49 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 49 (4.43%) IT Support
14 48 (4.34%) IT Manager
15 46 (4.16%) Cloud Engineer
16 43 (3.88%) Software Engineer
17 42 (3.79%) Security Analyst
18 41 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
19 38 (3.43%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
2 22 (1.99%) 802.1X
3 20 (1.81%) HTML
4 17 (1.54%) RESTful
5 16 (1.45%) Web Services
6 14 (1.26%) .NET
6 14 (1.26%) CSS
6 14 (1.26%) LDAP
7 12 (1.08%) Middleware
8 11 (0.99%) ARM Templates
9 10 (0.90%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.81%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.81%) Entity Framework
11 8 (0.72%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.72%) OpenID
11 8 (0.72%) SAML
12 7 (0.63%) HTML5
13 5 (0.45%) Kafka
13 5 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 139 (12.56%) Data Centre
2 100 (9.03%) Management Information System
3 62 (5.60%) Security Operations Centre
4 51 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (4.25%) Onboarding
6 39 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
6 39 (3.52%) Security Posture
7 36 (3.25%) Cyber Defence
8 34 (3.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 34 (3.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 30 (2.71%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.53%) PKI
11 19 (1.72%) Cloud Native
11 19 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.72%) Operational Technology
12 18 (1.63%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.54%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.17%) CCTV
16 11 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 211 (19.06%) Windows
2 141 (12.74%) Linux
3 77 (6.96%) Windows Server
4 36 (3.25%) Mac OS
5 34 (3.07%) Kali Linux
6 26 (2.35%) Apple iOS
7 24 (2.17%) Android
8 20 (1.81%) Windows 10
8 20 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.54%) Unix
11 16 (1.45%) VMS
11 16 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.63%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.27%) CatOS
15 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.090%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.090%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (33.24%) Cybersecurity
2 276 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
3 196 (17.71%) Information Security
4 174 (15.72%) Computer Science
5 150 (13.55%) Agile
6 139 (12.56%) SIEM
7 138 (12.47%) ITIL
8 126 (11.38%) Cloud Security
9 123 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
10 121 (10.93%) DevOps
10 121 (10.93%) Security Operations
11 96 (8.67%) Roadmaps
12 95 (8.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 85 (7.68%) Project Management
14 84 (7.59%) Customer Service
15 83 (7.50%) Security Architecture
16 79 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
17 78 (7.05%) Software Engineering
18 77 (6.96%) Mentoring
19 76 (6.87%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.30%) Python
2 87 (7.86%) PowerShell
3 74 (6.68%) SQL
4 38 (3.43%) Bash
5 35 (3.16%) C
6 33 (2.98%) C++
7 26 (2.35%) Bicep
7 26 (2.35%) C#
8 23 (2.08%) Java
9 16 (1.45%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.81%) Go
11 9 (0.81%) U-SQL
12 6 (0.54%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.45%) VBA
14 4 (0.36%) R
14 4 (0.36%) Scala
15 3 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.090%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 226 (20.42%) Degree
2 205 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
3 154 (13.91%) Security Cleared
4 133 (12.01%) CISSP
4 133 (12.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 131 (11.83%) CCNP
6 87 (7.86%) CCNA
7 85 (7.68%) SC Cleared
8 73 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 67 (6.05%) DV Cleared
10 53 (4.79%) CCIE
11 45 (4.07%) Azure Certification
12 44 (3.97%) MCP
13 43 (3.88%) CISM
14 34 (3.07%) DBS Check
15 33 (2.98%) A+ Certification
16 29 (2.62%) CCSP
17 27 (2.44%) CEH
17 27 (2.44%) SANS
18 25 (2.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (14.27%) NIST
2 100 (9.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (4.70%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.62%) NIST 800
5 28 (2.53%) NCSC
6 25 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (2.08%) GDPR
8 18 (1.63%) GRC
8 18 (1.63%) SLA
9 13 (1.17%) COBIT
10 9 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.81%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.63%) DO-254
12 6 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 6 (0.54%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.18%) GxP
System Software
1 167 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 58 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (3.88%) Hyper-V
4 37 (3.34%) Docker
5 27 (2.44%) vSphere
6 24 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.63%) XenApp
8 7 (0.63%) XenDesktop
9 5 (0.45%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.27%) Firmware
10 3 (0.27%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.090%) NFS
12 1 (0.090%) Snort
Systems Management
1 67 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 54 (4.88%) Terraform
3 39 (3.52%) WSUS
4 33 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (2.62%) Ansible
6 26 (2.35%) SCCM
7 16 (1.45%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (1.26%) Nmap
9 12 (1.08%) Nessus
9 12 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.90%) Grafana
10 10 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
11 8 (0.72%) Stealthwatch
12 7 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (0.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (0.63%) MIIS
13 6 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.54%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 323 (29.18%) Cisco
2 307 (27.73%) Microsoft
3 88 (7.95%) Palo Alto
4 82 (7.41%) VMware
5 70 (6.32%) Juniper
6 69 (6.23%) SolarWinds
7 61 (5.51%) CheckPoint
8 55 (4.97%) Fortinet
9 53 (4.79%) Meraki
10 44 (3.97%) Splunk
11 28 (2.53%) Aruba
11 28 (2.53%) Tanium
12 26 (2.35%) F5
13 25 (2.26%) Qualys
13 25 (2.26%) Tripwire
14 23 (2.08%) Citrix
15 19 (1.72%) Zscaler
16 18 (1.63%) Apple
16 18 (1.63%) HP
17 17 (1.54%) Veeam