Network Security Jobs in London

Network Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 230 205 407
Rank change year-on-year -25 +202 -118
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 331 570 687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.38% 1.74% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.19% 14.62% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 295 306 421
10th Percentile £49,250 £37,397 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.01% -3.21% +3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £108,750 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,249 3,899 8,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.55% 11.90% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,985 2,653 4,243
10th Percentile £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Security in London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Network Security in London

Network Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the London 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
Central London +79 72 £72,500 +18.37% 17
South London -47 13 £57,500 +2.22% 1
West London -49 11 £55,000 +37.50% 3
North London 0 1 £45,000 - 1
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 18 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.42%) Apache
2 8 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.42%) Skype for Business
3 4 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.91%) nginx
5 2 (0.60%) Confluence
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.30%) IIS
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) HFM
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 117 (35.35%) Azure
2 67 (20.24%) AWS
3 38 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.04%) Power Platform
6 19 (5.74%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (4.83%) Entra ID
7 16 (4.83%) SaaS
8 14 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
8 14 (4.23%) PaaS
9 12 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.32%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
10 11 (3.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (3.32%) IaaS
11 10 (3.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 9 (2.72%) Datadog
12 9 (2.72%) Rubrik
13 8 (2.42%) AWS Direct Connect
13 8 (2.42%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 125 (37.76%) Firewall
2 79 (23.87%) LAN
3 76 (22.96%) WAN
4 59 (17.82%) Wireless
5 48 (14.50%) VPN
6 42 (12.69%) DNS
6 42 (12.69%) SD-WAN
7 41 (12.39%) TCP/IP
8 34 (10.27%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (9.06%) BGP
10 27 (8.16%) Internet
11 26 (7.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 23 (6.95%) OSPF
12 23 (6.95%) VoIP
13 22 (6.65%) Intrusion Detection
14 21 (6.34%) MPLS
15 19 (5.74%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (5.44%) DHCP
17 16 (4.83%) VLAN
18 14 (4.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.04%) Power BI
2 12 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.32%) Data Lake
3 11 (3.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.51%) Flink
5 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.21%) Tableau
7 3 (0.91%) Redis
7 3 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.60%) MySQL
8 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 28 (8.46%) Burp Suite
1 28 (8.46%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.81%) Git
3 2 (0.60%) git-flow
3 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.30%) GitLab
General
1 105 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.52%) Finance
3 57 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.83%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.53%) Military
6 14 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (3.63%) Law
8 9 (2.72%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.11%) Marketing
10 6 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.81%) Retail
11 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.51%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.21%) Japanese Language
12 4 (1.21%) Publishing
13 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.91%) Games
14 2 (0.60%) Electronics
14 2 (0.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 90 (27.19%) Network Engineer
2 77 (23.26%) Senior
3 71 (21.45%) Security Engineer
4 38 (11.48%) Senior Network Engineer
5 35 (10.57%) Analyst
5 35 (10.57%) Network Security Engineer
6 29 (8.76%) Penetration Tester
6 29 (8.76%) Tester
7 27 (8.16%) Consultant
8 25 (7.55%) Security Consultant
9 24 (7.25%) Senior Security Engineer
10 22 (6.65%) Security Analyst
11 21 (6.34%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (6.04%) Architect
13 16 (4.83%) Lead
14 15 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 14 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
15 14 (4.23%) Python Engineer
15 14 (4.23%) Senior Network Security Engineer
16 12 (3.63%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.74%) 802.1X
2 15 (4.53%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (2.72%) HTML
4 8 (2.42%) SAML
5 6 (1.81%) CSS
5 6 (1.81%) Kafka
6 5 (1.51%) RESTful
6 5 (1.51%) XMPP
7 4 (1.21%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.21%) Node.js
7 4 (1.21%) React
8 3 (0.91%) .NET
8 3 (0.91%) web3js
9 2 (0.60%) LAMP
9 2 (0.60%) LEMP Stack
10 1 (0.30%) AWS CDK
10 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.30%) OpenID
10 1 (0.30%) REST
10 1 (0.30%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.52%) Data Centre
2 35 (10.57%) Management Information System
3 24 (7.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 18 (5.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 17 (5.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (4.83%) Cyber Defence
6 16 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.93%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.63%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (3.63%) PKI
9 11 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (3.02%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (2.42%) Client/Server
12 7 (2.11%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.81%) Operational Technology
14 5 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
15 4 (1.21%) Hedge funds
15 4 (1.21%) IoT
15 4 (1.21%) iPad
15 4 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (14.50%) Windows
2 46 (13.90%) Linux
3 28 (8.46%) Kali Linux
4 16 (4.83%) Windows Server
5 12 (3.63%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.72%) Android
7 5 (1.51%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.21%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.91%) Unix
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.30%) VMS
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (42.90%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (29.91%) Information Security
3 82 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (20.24%) SIEM
5 57 (17.22%) Computer Science
6 56 (16.92%) Security Operations
7 54 (16.31%) Agile
8 53 (16.01%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (14.20%) DevOps
10 45 (13.60%) Cloud Security
11 39 (11.78%) Penetration Testing
12 38 (11.48%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 37 (11.18%) Application Security
14 36 (10.88%) ITIL
15 35 (10.57%) Incident Management
16 32 (9.67%) Analytics
16 32 (9.67%) Network Monitoring
17 31 (9.37%) Malware Analysis
18 30 (9.06%) Disaster Recovery
18 30 (9.06%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (16.01%) Python
2 35 (10.57%) PowerShell
3 28 (8.46%) SQL
4 12 (3.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (3.32%) U-SQL
6 10 (3.02%) C#
7 7 (2.11%) Bash
8 6 (1.81%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.51%) Java
9 5 (1.51%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.51%) VBA
10 4 (1.21%) C++
11 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.30%) C
12 1 (0.30%) Go
12 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (22.05%) Cisco Certification
1 73 (22.05%) Degree
2 55 (16.62%) CISSP
3 52 (15.71%) CCNP
4 49 (14.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (7.85%) CCNA
6 23 (6.95%) CISM
7 21 (6.34%) Security Cleared
8 19 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (5.14%) CEH
10 16 (4.83%) CCSP
10 16 (4.83%) DV Cleared
10 16 (4.83%) SANS
11 13 (3.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (3.63%) CCIE
13 11 (3.32%) CISA
13 11 (3.32%) GIAC
14 10 (3.02%) Azure Certification
15 8 (2.42%) SSCP
16 6 (1.81%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (14.80%) NIST
2 23 (6.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (6.04%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.02%) NCSC
5 7 (2.11%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.21%) GDPR
6 4 (1.21%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) COBIT
7 2 (0.60%) GxP
7 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 41 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.14%) vSphere
3 10 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.81%) Docker
5 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.21%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (5.74%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.53%) Terraform
3 13 (3.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (3.32%) Ansible
5 9 (2.72%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.42%) Nmap
6 8 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.81%) CASB
8 4 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.21%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.21%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.21%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (0.91%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.91%) Nessus
10 2 (0.60%) QRadar
10 2 (0.60%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.60%) WSUS
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (29.91%) Microsoft
2 97 (29.31%) Cisco
3 43 (12.99%) SolarWinds
4 33 (9.97%) Palo Alto
5 27 (8.16%) CheckPoint
6 23 (6.95%) Splunk
7 19 (5.74%) F5
8 18 (5.44%) Juniper
8 18 (5.44%) VMware
9 15 (4.53%) Tanium
9 15 (4.53%) Tripwire
10 14 (4.23%) Aruba
11 13 (3.93%) Meraki
12 12 (3.63%) Fortinet
12 12 (3.63%) HP
13 11 (3.32%) Databricks
13 11 (3.32%) Veeam
14 10 (3.02%) NetApp
14 10 (3.02%) Rapid7
15 9 (2.72%) Qualys