Senior Network Security Engineer
UK
The median Senior Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 708 | 860 | 949 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +152 | +89 | +248 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Security Engineer | 4 | 18 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.007% | 0.018% | 0.024% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.008% | 0.019% | 0.026% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £68,389 | £42,850 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,250 | £68,500 | £53,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £73,441 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.90% | +17.50% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,563 | £115,000 | £69,563 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,625 | - | £70,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | - | £57,750 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -23.00% |
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 | 49,912 | 93,707 | 92,673 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,050 | 67,086 | 58,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Senior Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Network Security Engineer.
Senior Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Security Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.
Senior Network Security Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 |
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| England | +130 | 4 | £62,500 | -28.95% | 12 |
| South East | - | 3 | £62,500 | - | 6 |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £62,500 | - | 9 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 1 | £95,000 | +32.46% | 2 |
| London | +99 | 1 | £95,000 | +7.99% | 5 |
Senior Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Network Security Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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: