Network Security Jobs in England

Network Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 145 380
Rank change year-on-year -95 +235 -102
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,025 2,171 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.15% 2.51% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.45% 15.61% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 854 786 951
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,022 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,136 13,909 18,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.56% 16.10% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,540 7,030 10,389
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in England

Network Security
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London -25 331 £72,500 +7.01% 112
North of England -121 223 £52,500 - 41
South East -22 183 £60,000 +14.29% 49
North West -108 127 £53,500 +0.94% 22
South West -35 113 £62,500 +5.00% 22
Midlands -144 110 £42,864 -28.56% 27
Yorkshire -43 80 £50,000 -5.66% 14
West Midlands -103 79 £43,227 -27.96% 22
East of England -45 60 £48,500 +7.78% 9
East Midlands -93 31 £32,500 -30.97% 5
North East -6 22 £53,750 +13.16% 5
Network Security
UK

Network Security
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 66 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (4.98%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.78%) Apache
3 8 (0.78%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.29%) nginx
6 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.20%) Confluence
6 2 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.098%) IIS
7 1 (0.098%) Moodle
7 1 (0.098%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.098%) Totara
7 1 (0.098%) WebLogic
Applications
1 56 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.098%) HFM
4 1 (0.098%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 312 (30.44%) Azure
2 160 (15.61%) AWS
3 154 (15.02%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (6.34%) Cloud Computing
5 57 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (5.17%) Entra ID
7 37 (3.61%) SaaS
8 28 (2.73%) Power Platform
9 26 (2.54%) GCP
10 22 (2.15%) PaaS
11 20 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.66%) IaaS
14 16 (1.56%) Serverless
15 14 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 13 (1.27%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
17 12 (1.17%) iTunes
18 11 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
18 11 (1.07%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 401 (39.12%) Firewall
2 209 (20.39%) LAN
3 206 (20.10%) WAN
4 172 (16.78%) VPN
5 120 (11.71%) Wireless
6 107 (10.44%) DNS
7 104 (10.15%) TCP/IP
8 94 (9.17%) Wi-Fi
9 79 (7.71%) SD-WAN
10 58 (5.66%) SSL
11 56 (5.46%) BGP
12 54 (5.27%) DHCP
12 54 (5.27%) OSPF
13 50 (4.88%) Internet
14 49 (4.78%) Intrusion Detection
15 48 (4.68%) VLAN
16 45 (4.39%) MPLS
17 41 (4.00%) Cisco Firepower
18 39 (3.80%) WLAN
19 38 (3.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.24%) Power BI
1 23 (2.24%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.17%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.17%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.07%) Data Lake
5 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 8 (0.78%) Redis
7 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.49%) Flink
8 5 (0.49%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.39%) Tableau
10 3 (0.29%) Big Data
10 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (2.73%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.73%) Metasploit
2 26 (2.54%) Git
3 19 (1.85%) JIRA
4 14 (1.37%) Jasmine
4 14 (1.37%) NUnit
4 14 (1.37%) Selenium
4 14 (1.37%) Visual Studio
4 14 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.68%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.20%) git-flow
8 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.098%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.098%) GitLab
General
1 296 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 140 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
3 129 (12.59%) Finance
4 50 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 42 (4.10%) Military
6 39 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 34 (3.32%) Law
8 33 (3.22%) Marketing
9 31 (3.02%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.02%) Retail
10 28 (2.73%) Aerospace
11 19 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.27%) Legal
13 10 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.98%) Multimedia
14 9 (0.88%) Electronics
14 9 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 221 (21.56%) Network Engineer
2 177 (17.27%) Senior
3 123 (12.00%) Security Engineer
4 99 (9.66%) Architect
5 81 (7.90%) Lead
6 75 (7.32%) Analyst
7 74 (7.22%) Consultant
8 70 (6.83%) Network Security Engineer
9 67 (6.54%) Security Consultant
10 64 (6.24%) Senior Network Engineer
11 57 (5.56%) IT Engineer
12 54 (5.27%) IT Manager
13 51 (4.98%) Support Engineer
14 47 (4.59%) IT Support
15 41 (4.00%) Security Analyst
16 39 (3.80%) Security Manager
17 37 (3.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 37 (3.61%) Senior Security Engineer
18 36 (3.51%) Azure Engineer
19 35 (3.41%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (2.05%) 802.1X
3 20 (1.95%) RESTful
4 17 (1.66%) .NET
4 17 (1.66%) HTML
5 15 (1.46%) ASP.NET
6 14 (1.37%) .NET Framework
6 14 (1.37%) CSS
6 14 (1.37%) Entity Framework
7 13 (1.27%) .NET Core
8 11 (1.07%) ARM Templates
8 11 (1.07%) Web Services
9 10 (0.98%) LDAP
10 8 (0.78%) OpenID
10 8 (0.78%) SAML
11 7 (0.68%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (0.68%) HTML5
12 6 (0.59%) Kafka
12 6 (0.59%) Middleware
13 5 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 128 (12.49%) Data Centre
2 89 (8.68%) Management Information System
3 58 (5.66%) Security Operations Centre
4 45 (4.39%) Onboarding
5 42 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (3.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 38 (3.71%) Security Posture
7 36 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
8 32 (3.12%) Cyber Threat
9 28 (2.73%) Driving Licence
10 27 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 22 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (2.05%) PKI
13 19 (1.85%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.66%) CCTV
15 16 (1.56%) Cloud Native
15 16 (1.56%) Product Ownership
16 13 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (1.07%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 189 (18.44%) Windows
2 117 (11.41%) Linux
3 62 (6.05%) Windows Server
4 36 (3.51%) Kali Linux
4 36 (3.51%) Mac OS
5 27 (2.63%) Apple iOS
6 25 (2.44%) Android
7 21 (2.05%) Windows 10
8 18 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (1.27%) Unix
11 12 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (1.07%) VMS
13 3 (0.29%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.29%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.098%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.098%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (34.34%) Cybersecurity
2 232 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (18.24%) Information Security
4 173 (16.88%) Computer Science
5 145 (14.15%) SIEM
6 144 (14.05%) Agile
7 121 (11.80%) Vulnerability Management
8 117 (11.41%) ITIL
9 116 (11.32%) Security Operations
10 113 (11.02%) Cloud Security
11 110 (10.73%) DevOps
12 88 (8.59%) Project Management
13 83 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 78 (7.61%) Security Architecture
15 76 (7.41%) Mentoring
16 73 (7.12%) Analytics
17 72 (7.02%) Customer Service
17 72 (7.02%) Penetration Testing
17 72 (7.02%) Roadmaps
18 71 (6.93%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (11.02%) Python
2 88 (8.59%) PowerShell
3 69 (6.73%) SQL
4 32 (3.12%) Bash
5 30 (2.93%) C#
6 26 (2.54%) Bicep
7 20 (1.95%) JavaScript
8 19 (1.85%) C
9 17 (1.66%) C++
10 16 (1.56%) Java
11 12 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (1.07%) U-SQL
13 9 (0.88%) Go
14 5 (0.49%) R
14 5 (0.49%) Scala
14 5 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.49%) VBA
15 3 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.098%) VB
Qualifications
1 217 (21.17%) Degree
2 178 (17.37%) Cisco Certification
3 145 (14.15%) Security Cleared
4 131 (12.78%) CISSP
5 124 (12.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 115 (11.22%) CCNP
7 80 (7.80%) CCNA
8 77 (7.51%) DV Cleared
9 71 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 71 (6.93%) SC Cleared
10 45 (4.39%) CCIE
11 44 (4.29%) MCP
12 42 (4.10%) CISM
13 39 (3.80%) Azure Certification
14 35 (3.41%) A+ Certification
14 35 (3.41%) DBS Check
15 29 (2.83%) SANS
16 24 (2.34%) CEH
17 23 (2.24%) CCSP
18 19 (1.85%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (14.54%) NIST
2 84 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.90%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.83%) NIST 800
5 25 (2.44%) NCSC
6 22 (2.15%) SLA
7 21 (2.05%) GDPR
8 20 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 17 (1.66%) GRC
10 8 (0.78%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.68%) COBIT
11 7 (0.68%) DO-254
12 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.59%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.29%) GxP
14 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.20%) PMO
16 1 (0.098%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 157 (15.32%) Active Directory
2 48 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (3.80%) Hyper-V
4 38 (3.71%) Docker
5 30 (2.93%) vSphere
6 22 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.59%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.59%) XenApp
8 6 (0.59%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.29%) Firmware
9 3 (0.29%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.098%) NFS
11 1 (0.098%) Snort
Systems Management
1 63 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 49 (4.78%) Terraform
3 33 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (3.22%) WSUS
4 29 (2.83%) Ansible
5 19 (1.85%) SCCM
6 15 (1.46%) FortiGate
7 14 (1.37%) Nmap
8 12 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.98%) Grafana
9 10 (0.98%) Prometheus
10 9 (0.88%) Nessus
11 7 (0.68%) CASB
11 7 (0.68%) MIIS
12 6 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.59%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
13 5 (0.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 299 (29.17%) Cisco
2 289 (28.20%) Microsoft
3 88 (8.59%) Palo Alto
4 72 (7.02%) Juniper
4 72 (7.02%) VMware
5 67 (6.54%) SolarWinds
6 59 (5.76%) CheckPoint
7 46 (4.49%) Fortinet
8 45 (4.39%) Meraki
9 43 (4.20%) Splunk
10 35 (3.41%) Aruba
10 35 (3.41%) F5
11 31 (3.02%) Tanium
12 28 (2.73%) Tripwire
13 24 (2.34%) Qualys
14 22 (2.15%) Citrix
15 19 (1.85%) HP
15 19 (1.85%) ServiceNow
16 18 (1.76%) Infoblox
16 18 (1.76%) Veeam