Network Security Engineer Job Trends in West London

Network Security Engineer
London > West London

The median Network Security Engineer salary in West London is £81,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £74,625 - -
25th Percentile £75,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 - -
75th Percentile £85,938 - -
90th Percentile £86,875 - -
London median annual salary £85,000 £58,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +44.68% -16.07% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 829 310 943
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 86.83% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 476 146 398
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,623
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,175 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +11.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £86,475
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Network Security Engineer job vacancy trend in West London

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Security Engineer job vacancies in West London

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 1 July 2026, Network Security Engineer 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 across the West London region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Arista
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Information Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Information Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Arista
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto