Network Security Engineer Jobs in Wales

Network Security Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Network Security Engineer salary in Wales is £46,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 127 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.098% 0.060% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.070% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £41,125 - -
25th Percentile £42,813 £30,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £31,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.83% - -
75th Percentile £50,313 £32,250 -
90th Percentile £52,375 - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,887 1,421 1,810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 85.91% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 810 1,142
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,813 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in Wales

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in Wales

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
South Wales +1 2 £46,250 +46.83%
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 across the Wales region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware