Network Security Job Trends in West Sussex

Network Security
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 35 35
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +60
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 3 14 28
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.79% 3.42% 5.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.14% 21.54% 23.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 27
10th Percentile - - £43,650
25th Percentile - £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -21.49% -19.33%
75th Percentile - £51,250 £63,750
90th Percentile - £56,000 £78,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +13.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 65 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 11.05% 15.89% 24.43%
Number of salaries quoted 24 41 95
10th Percentile £26,575 £34,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £47,250 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £71,250 £63,750
South East median annual salary £43,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% +8.00% +1.73%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Network Security job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Network Security
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Network Security

Network Security
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Horsham -10 2 - -
East Grinstead - 1 £50,000 - 1
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Business Development
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Imperva
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys
1 1 (33.33%) Thales
1 1 (33.33%) Trend Micro