Network Security Jobs in the South East

Network Security
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 228 206 275
Rank change year-on-year -22 +69 -70
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 183 211 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.04% 1.50% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.58% 8.54% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 146 119 224
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,875 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,275 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,783 2,471 3,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.87% 17.58% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,882 1,440 1,858
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,900
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Network Security in the South East

Network Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the South East 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
Thames Valley -21 79 £50,000 -11.11% 23
Berkshire -3 64 £50,000 +2.04% 19
Hampshire -20 50 £69,000 +38.00% 8
Surrey +29 41 £75,000 +25.00% 2
Oxfordshire +9 8 £45,000 -21.74% 2
Buckinghamshire -18 7 £65,000 +116.67% 2
East Sussex - 5 £39,500 - 5
Kent -32 4 £40,000 +40.35% 3
West Sussex +11 3 £65,000 +23.81% 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 26 (14.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (8.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Moodle
3 1 (0.55%) Totara
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 69 (37.70%) Azure
2 39 (21.31%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (17.49%) AWS
4 19 (10.38%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (9.29%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (7.65%) SaaS
7 12 (6.56%) Entra ID
7 12 (6.56%) iTunes
8 7 (3.83%) Pulumi
9 6 (3.28%) Twilio
10 4 (2.19%) PaaS
11 3 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.64%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.64%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.64%) GCP
12 2 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 74 (40.44%) Firewall
2 39 (21.31%) VPN
3 34 (18.58%) SSL
4 28 (15.30%) Wireless
5 24 (13.11%) TCP/IP
6 23 (12.57%) WAN
7 20 (10.93%) Intrusion Detection
7 20 (10.93%) LAN
8 19 (10.38%) DNS
9 12 (6.56%) BGP
9 12 (6.56%) Cisco Firepower
9 12 (6.56%) OSPF
10 11 (6.01%) DHCP
11 9 (4.92%) IPsec
12 8 (4.37%) SD-WAN
13 7 (3.83%) VoIP
14 6 (3.28%) Internet
14 6 (3.28%) SAN
14 6 (3.28%) VLAN
15 5 (2.73%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.73%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.65%) Git
1 14 (7.65%) Jasmine
1 14 (7.65%) NUnit
1 14 (7.65%) Selenium
1 14 (7.65%) Visual Studio
1 14 (7.65%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (3.83%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (3.83%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 46 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.21%) Finance
3 14 (7.65%) Telecoms
4 13 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.56%) Marketing
6 9 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.37%) Law
7 8 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.83%) Electronics
8 7 (3.83%) Multimedia
9 6 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.73%) Legal
10 5 (2.73%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.64%) Retail
12 2 (1.09%) Back Office
12 2 (1.09%) Local Government
13 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (16.39%) Architect
2 27 (14.75%) Network Engineer
3 26 (14.21%) Senior
4 23 (12.57%) Security Engineer
5 22 (12.02%) IT Engineer
6 18 (9.84%) Lead
7 17 (9.29%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.65%) Developer
8 14 (7.65%) Network Security Engineer
8 14 (7.65%) Project Engineer
8 14 (7.65%) Software Developer
9 13 (7.10%) .NET Developer
9 13 (7.10%) .NET Software Developer
9 13 (7.10%) C# .NET Developer
9 13 (7.10%) C# Developer
9 13 (7.10%) C# Software Developer
9 13 (7.10%) Network Architect
9 13 (7.10%) Security Manager
10 11 (6.01%) Analyst
11 10 (5.46%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.65%) .NET
1 14 (7.65%) .NET Framework
1 14 (7.65%) ASP.NET
1 14 (7.65%) Entity Framework
1 14 (7.65%) RESTful
2 13 (7.10%) .NET Core
3 11 (6.01%) ARM Templates
4 7 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web API
4 7 (3.83%) CSS
4 7 (3.83%) HTML
4 7 (3.83%) HTML5
4 7 (3.83%) OpenID
5 6 (3.28%) Web Services
6 5 (2.73%) LDAP
7 4 (2.19%) YAML
8 3 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (1.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.48%) Management Information System
2 19 (10.38%) Data Centre
3 18 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (8.74%) Onboarding
5 14 (7.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.37%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (3.83%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.28%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.73%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.73%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.73%) PKI
10 4 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.64%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (1.09%) Molecular Biology
12 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.55%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 30 (16.39%) Windows
2 18 (9.84%) Linux
3 12 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.83%) Android
4 7 (3.83%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.73%) Kali Linux
5 5 (2.73%) VMS
6 4 (2.19%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.64%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.42%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (19.67%) Computer Science
3 30 (16.39%) Software Engineering
4 27 (14.75%) OWASP
4 27 (14.75%) Project Management
5 26 (14.21%) Information Security
6 24 (13.11%) Penetration Testing
6 24 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (12.57%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (12.02%) DevOps
9 20 (10.93%) Application Security
10 19 (10.38%) Mentoring
11 18 (9.84%) Agile
11 18 (9.84%) Test Automation
12 17 (9.29%) Incident Response
13 16 (8.74%) ITIL
13 16 (8.74%) Risk Management
13 16 (8.74%) Security Operations
13 16 (8.74%) SIEM
14 15 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.66%) PowerShell
2 21 (11.48%) Python
3 20 (10.93%) C#
4 17 (9.29%) SQL
5 13 (7.10%) Bicep
5 13 (7.10%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.46%) Bash
7 6 (3.28%) C
8 3 (1.64%) C++
9 1 (0.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 45 (24.59%) Degree
2 28 (15.30%) Security Cleared
3 25 (13.66%) SC Cleared
4 24 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (9.29%) CISSP
6 16 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (8.20%) CCNA
7 15 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (5.46%) DV Cleared
9 9 (4.92%) CCNP
9 9 (4.92%) MCP
10 8 (4.37%) CCIE
10 8 (4.37%) CISM
10 8 (4.37%) GIAC
10 8 (4.37%) GPEN
11 7 (3.83%) Azure Certification
12 6 (3.28%) MCSA
13 5 (2.73%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.73%) JNCIE
14 4 (2.19%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.02%) NIST
2 19 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (5.46%) GDPR
4 8 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (4.37%) GRC
5 6 (3.28%) NIST 800
5 6 (3.28%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.73%) COBIT
6 5 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (2.19%) NCSC
8 3 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.64%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.09%) PMO
9 2 (1.09%) SLA
10 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (20.22%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.46%) Docker
3 8 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.55%) Firmware
5 1 (0.55%) NFS
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (7.10%) Terraform
2 11 (6.01%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.83%) MIIS
4 6 (3.28%) Ansible
4 6 (3.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (3.28%) Nessus
5 5 (2.73%) Suricata
6 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.09%) WSUS
8 1 (0.55%) Autotask
8 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.55%) Puppet
8 1 (0.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (28.96%) Microsoft
2 42 (22.95%) Cisco
3 21 (11.48%) Juniper
4 12 (6.56%) F5
5 9 (4.92%) VMware
6 7 (3.83%) Fortinet
6 7 (3.83%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.28%) Qualys
8 5 (2.73%) Splunk
9 4 (2.19%) Apple
9 4 (2.19%) SAP
10 3 (1.64%) Aruba
10 3 (1.64%) Sage
10 3 (1.64%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.09%) Acronis
11 2 (1.09%) Citrix
11 2 (1.09%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.55%) HP
12 1 (0.55%) Oracle