Network Security Jobs in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 201 80 324
Rank change year-on-year -121 +244 -115
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 223 698 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.21% 4.22% 0.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.14% 21.87% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 188 159 99
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year - -2.96% +0.19%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,625 £63,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £76,316 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,200 3,192 2,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.98% 19.32% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,678 1,220 1,716
10th Percentile £25,838 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West -108 127 £53,500 +0.94% 22
Yorkshire -43 80 £50,000 -5.66% 14
North East -6 22 £53,750 +13.16% 5
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 12 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.70%) Azure
2 33 (14.80%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (12.56%) AWS
4 24 (10.76%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (6.28%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.59%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.14%) GCP
8 6 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.24%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.24%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.24%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.79%) Serverless
11 3 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.35%) IaaS
11 3 (1.35%) SaaS
12 2 (0.90%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.90%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (37.22%) Firewall
2 52 (23.32%) LAN
3 51 (22.87%) WAN
4 43 (19.28%) VPN
5 27 (12.11%) DNS
6 24 (10.76%) TCP/IP
7 18 (8.07%) DHCP
7 18 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (7.62%) Wireless
9 15 (6.73%) Software-Defined Networking
10 13 (5.83%) OSPF
10 13 (5.83%) SSL
11 12 (5.38%) WLAN
12 10 (4.48%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (4.48%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (4.48%) Internet
13 9 (4.04%) BGP
13 9 (4.04%) Intrusion Detection
13 9 (4.04%) NetScaler
13 9 (4.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (2.24%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.24%) Redis
2 3 (1.35%) Big Data
2 3 (1.35%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.35%) Power BI
2 3 (1.35%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (7.17%) JIRA
2 4 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.35%) Git
General
1 60 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.56%) Finance
3 18 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.62%) Retail
5 14 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.14%) Marketing
7 6 (2.69%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.79%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.35%) Games
9 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.35%) Law
10 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (23.77%) Network Engineer
2 42 (18.83%) Senior
3 33 (14.80%) Architect
4 25 (11.21%) Lead
5 19 (8.52%) Security Engineer
6 17 (7.62%) IT Manager
7 16 (7.17%) Team Leader
8 15 (6.73%) Network Architect
9 14 (6.28%) Analyst
9 14 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.83%) IT Engineer
11 12 (5.38%) Network Security Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) Security Architect
13 9 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (4.04%) IT Architect
13 9 (4.04%) IT Support
13 9 (4.04%) Product Owner
13 9 (4.04%) Senior Network Engineer
13 9 (4.04%) Senior Product Owner
13 9 (4.04%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.24%) LDAP
1 5 (2.24%) Middleware
2 4 (1.79%) Akka
2 4 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.45%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.42%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.93%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.48%) Security Posture
5 9 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.14%) AS400
6 7 (3.14%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.69%) iSeries
7 6 (2.69%) NHS
8 5 (2.24%) CCTV
8 5 (2.24%) PKI
8 5 (2.24%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) IoT
9 4 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.35%) Smart Energy
10 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (22.42%) Windows
2 36 (16.14%) Linux
3 14 (6.28%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.59%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (3.14%) Android
6 7 (3.14%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.24%) Unix
9 3 (1.35%) Kali Linux
9 3 (1.35%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.35%) VMS
9 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (31.39%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (17.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (17.04%) ITIL
5 35 (15.70%) Cloud Security
6 34 (15.25%) Computer Science
7 27 (12.11%) Mentoring
8 26 (11.66%) Project Management
9 25 (11.21%) Agile
10 23 (10.31%) SIEM
11 22 (9.87%) DevOps
11 22 (9.87%) Roadmaps
12 21 (9.42%) Customer Service
12 21 (9.42%) Network Architecture
12 21 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (8.97%) Information Security
14 18 (8.07%) Product Management
14 18 (8.07%) Service Delivery
15 16 (7.17%) Incident Response
15 16 (7.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 18 (8.07%) Python
3 10 (4.48%) SQL
4 8 (3.59%) Bash
5 7 (3.14%) Bicep
5 7 (3.14%) C
5 7 (3.14%) C++
6 3 (1.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (21.97%) CISSP
2 46 (20.63%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (20.18%) Degree
4 32 (14.35%) CCNP
5 23 (10.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (8.52%) CCIE
7 14 (6.28%) Azure Certification
8 13 (5.83%) CCNA
8 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (5.38%) Security Cleared
10 9 (4.04%) DBS Check
10 9 (4.04%) Master's Degree
11 8 (3.59%) A+ Certification
11 8 (3.59%) MCP
11 8 (3.59%) SC Cleared
12 7 (3.14%) CEH
13 6 (2.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.69%) CCSP
13 6 (2.69%) SANS
13 6 (2.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.35%) NIST
2 28 (12.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.38%) PCI DSS
4 11 (4.93%) SLA
5 10 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (4.48%) NCSC
6 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.35%) GDPR
7 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 34 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.14%) Docker
5 6 (2.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.69%) XenApp
5 6 (2.69%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.79%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.35%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.45%) Snort
Systems Management
1 17 (7.62%) Kubernetes
1 17 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.59%) SCCM
2 8 (3.59%) WSUS
3 7 (3.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.69%) Nmap
5 5 (2.24%) Grafana
5 5 (2.24%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.24%) SCOM
5 5 (2.24%) Terraform
6 4 (1.79%) ZABBIX
7 3 (1.35%) Ansible
7 3 (1.35%) Puppet
7 3 (1.35%) SELinux
8 2 (0.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.45%) Istio
9 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (32.74%) Microsoft
2 56 (25.11%) Cisco
3 21 (9.42%) Palo Alto
4 20 (8.97%) VMware
5 17 (7.62%) Fortinet
6 15 (6.73%) Citrix
6 15 (6.73%) Meraki
6 15 (6.73%) Splunk
7 13 (5.83%) ServiceNow
8 9 (4.04%) Dell
8 9 (4.04%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.14%) Veeam
10 6 (2.69%) Aruba
10 6 (2.69%) Qualys
10 6 (2.69%) Rapid7
10 6 (2.69%) Thycotic
11 5 (2.24%) Commvault
11 5 (2.24%) Google
11 5 (2.24%) Juniper
11 5 (2.24%) Oracle