Network Security Jobs in West Yorkshire

Network Security
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 112 136
Rank change year-on-year +15 +24 +77
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 15 47 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.10% 1.53% 1.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.38% 10.26% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13 26 43
10th Percentile - £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,313 £48,125 £38,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,750 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +5.19% +6.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 £76,316
90th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £79,263
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -5.66% -6.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 160 458 585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.70% 14.93% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 106 320 280
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,375 £32,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,750 £46,875
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% +8.27% -5.30%
75th Percentile £70,313 £65,625 £67,070
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £77,715
Yorkshire median annual salary £31,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.06% - -15.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in West Yorkshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in West Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Network Security in West Yorkshire

Network Security
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in West Yorkshire

Network Security
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Leeds +32 15 £52,500 - 10
Network Security
Yorkshire

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SugarCRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) AWS
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) GCP
2 6 (40.00%) OCI
3 2 (13.33%) IaaS
3 2 (13.33%) Mimecast
3 2 (13.33%) SaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) VPN
2 7 (46.67%) Firewall
3 6 (40.00%) BGP
3 6 (40.00%) OSPF
3 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (40.00%) VLAN
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
4 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 4 (26.67%) Banking
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Technologist
3 3 (20.00%) Lead Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Security Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (40.00%) Information Security
3 6 (40.00%) Load Balancing
3 6 (40.00%) Network Design
3 6 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Cryptography
4 4 (26.67%) Fintech
4 4 (26.67%) Line Management
4 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
5 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (13.33%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) CCNP
2 1 (6.67%) CCSA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Ansible
2 2 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (13.33%) Tenable
2 2 (13.33%) Varonis
3 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.67%) Dynatrace
3 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.67%) Sage