Network Security Engineer Jobs in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 770 814 992
Rank change year-on-year +44 +178 -205
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 73 94 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.080% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 71 78 147
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,363 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £71,757 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £88,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% -7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,551 76,764 136,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.30% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,784 50,208 75,544
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
London +97 38 £70,000 - 15
South East +19 14 £52,500 +7.14% 5
North of England +21 12 £51,250 -7.24% 4
North West -16 7 £52,500 -2.78% 4
Yorkshire +63 5 £50,000 -20.00%
South West -22 4 £32,500 -40.91% 1
East of England -10 2 £50,000 -16.67%
West Midlands -24 1 £60,000 +38.73% 1
Midlands -38 1 £60,000 +38.73% 2
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 70 (95.89%) Network Security
2 54 (73.97%) Cisco
3 35 (47.95%) Firewall
4 28 (38.36%) AWS
5 27 (36.99%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (35.62%) LAN
7 25 (34.25%) Palo Alto
8 24 (32.88%) WAN
8 24 (32.88%) Azure
9 22 (30.14%) Wireless
10 21 (28.77%) Data Centre
11 20 (27.40%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (26.03%) CCNA
12 19 (26.03%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
13 17 (23.29%) VPN
14 16 (21.92%) CheckPoint
15 15 (20.55%) BGP
15 15 (20.55%) CCNP
15 15 (20.55%) ITIL
16 14 (19.18%) F5
16 14 (19.18%) SD-WAN
17 13 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
17 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
18 12 (16.44%) SC Cleared
19 11 (15.07%) DV Cleared
19 11 (15.07%) VLAN
19 11 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 11 (15.07%) Cisco Nexus
20 10 (13.70%) Cisco ISE

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (38.36%) AWS
2 24 (32.88%) Azure
3 9 (12.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (10.96%) AWS Direct Connect
4 8 (10.96%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (8.22%) IaaS
5 6 (8.22%) PaaS
5 6 (8.22%) SaaS
6 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.74%) Twilio
7 1 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 70 (95.89%) Network Security
2 35 (47.95%) Firewall
3 26 (35.62%) LAN
4 24 (32.88%) WAN
5 22 (30.14%) Wireless
6 19 (26.03%) Cisco Firepower
7 17 (23.29%) VPN
8 15 (20.55%) BGP
9 14 (19.18%) SD-WAN
10 11 (15.07%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (15.07%) VLAN
11 10 (13.70%) Cisco ISE
11 10 (13.70%) NGFW
11 10 (13.70%) SSL
12 9 (12.33%) Cisco Wireless
12 9 (12.33%) OSPF
12 9 (12.33%) WLAN
13 8 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (9.59%) TCP/IP
15 6 (8.22%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) GitLab
1 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (13.70%) Finance
2 6 (8.22%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.48%) Marketing
4 4 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.48%) Publishing
5 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.37%) Electronics
7 1 (1.37%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.59%) 802.1X
2 5 (6.85%) XMPP
3 3 (4.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (28.77%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.11%) Hedge funds
4 3 (4.11%) PKI
5 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.37%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.48%) Linux
2 3 (4.11%) Windows
2 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.99%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (20.55%) ITIL
3 13 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (12.33%) SIEM
6 7 (9.59%) Computer Science
6 7 (9.59%) Risk Management
7 6 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (8.22%) Network Management
7 6 (8.22%) Open Source
7 6 (8.22%) Proactive Monitoring
7 6 (8.22%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.22%) Service Design
8 5 (6.85%) Cloud Security
8 5 (6.85%) Data Centre Operations
8 5 (6.85%) Incident Management
8 5 (6.85%) Network Architecture
9 4 (5.48%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.48%) Change Control
9 4 (5.48%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) C#
1 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (4.11%) Python
1 3 (4.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (26.03%) CCNA
3 15 (20.55%) CCNP
4 13 (17.81%) Security Cleared
5 12 (16.44%) SC Cleared
6 11 (15.07%) DV Cleared
7 7 (9.59%) CISSP
7 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (8.22%) CISA
8 6 (8.22%) Degree
8 6 (8.22%) MCSA
9 4 (5.48%) CCDP
9 4 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.48%) GIAC
9 4 (5.48%) JNCIA
9 4 (5.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.74%) CCIE
10 2 (2.74%) CCIP
10 2 (2.74%) CISM
10 2 (2.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) NCSC
2 3 (4.11%) NIST
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (4.11%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) Nessus
3 1 (1.37%) Ansible
3 1 (1.37%) CASB
Vendors
1 54 (73.97%) Cisco
2 25 (34.25%) Palo Alto
3 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
4 16 (21.92%) CheckPoint
5 14 (19.18%) F5
6 10 (13.70%) VMware
7 9 (12.33%) Juniper
8 8 (10.96%) Fortinet
9 7 (9.59%) Splunk
10 6 (8.22%) SolarWinds
11 3 (4.11%) Forcepoint
11 3 (4.11%) Sophos
11 3 (4.11%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.74%) Blue Coat
12 2 (2.74%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.74%) SonicWALL
13 1 (1.37%) Riverbed
13 1 (1.37%) Zscaler