Senior Network Security Specialist Job Trends

Senior Network Security Specialist
UK

The median Senior Network Security Specialist salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 711 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £86,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 84,643 39,171 91,241
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 89.53% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,266 23,359 67,069
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Senior Network Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Network Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Network Security Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Network Security Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Network Security Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Senior Network Security Specialist
Top 3 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
London - 2 £82,500 - 1
England - 2 £82,500 - 1
Work from Home - 2 £82,500 - 1

Senior Network Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, Senior Network Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Network Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler

Senior Network Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler