Network Security Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Security
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 149 186
Rank change year-on-year -20 +37 -27
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 84 108 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.18% 1.90% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.56% 11.40% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59 33 88
10th Percentile £37,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,011 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £70,350 £74,950 £75,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 981 947 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.80% 16.62% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 684 544 742
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the Thames Valley

Network Security
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -1 68 £50,000 +2.04% 21
Oxfordshire +4 9 £45,000 -21.74% 2
Buckinghamshire -23 7 £65,000 +116.67% 1
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 17 (20.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) Moodle
3 1 (1.19%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.38%) Azure
2 19 (22.62%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (16.67%) AWS
4 12 (14.29%) iTunes
5 11 (13.10%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (5.95%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.76%) GCP
8 3 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (3.57%) Azure Stack
8 3 (3.57%) Azure Storage
9 2 (2.38%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (1.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (54.76%) Firewall
2 28 (33.33%) SSL
3 22 (26.19%) VPN
4 14 (16.67%) WAN
5 11 (13.10%) LAN
6 10 (11.90%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (9.52%) SD-WAN
9 7 (8.33%) OSPF
10 6 (7.14%) BGP
10 6 (7.14%) DNS
10 6 (7.14%) SAN
11 5 (5.95%) Internet
11 5 (5.95%) MPLS
11 5 (5.95%) NAS
11 5 (5.95%) TCP/IP
11 5 (5.95%) VoIP
12 4 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (4.76%) Wireless
12 4 (4.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 21 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.90%) Telecoms
3 8 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Finance
4 5 (5.95%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.57%) Retail
6 2 (2.38%) Electronics
7 1 (1.19%) Automotive
7 1 (1.19%) Billing
7 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Games
7 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (26.19%) Network Engineer
2 19 (22.62%) IT Engineer
3 14 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) Project Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Network Security Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Support Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) IT Support
6 10 (11.90%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (10.71%) Architect
8 8 (9.52%) Security Assurance Manager
8 8 (9.52%) Security Manager
9 7 (8.33%) Security Architect
10 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 6 (7.14%) Senior
11 5 (5.95%) Consultant
11 5 (5.95%) Project Support Engineer
11 5 (5.95%) Security Consultant
12 4 (4.76%) Analyst
12 4 (4.76%) Field Engineer
12 4 (4.76%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) Web Services
2 3 (3.57%) Azure Blueprints
3 2 (2.38%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.19%) EDI
4 1 (1.19%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 13 (15.48%) Data Centre
3 9 (10.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (8.33%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.95%) PKI
6 3 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.38%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (2.38%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.38%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (1.19%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.19%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.19%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.10%) Windows
2 6 (7.14%) Linux
3 5 (5.95%) Kali Linux
4 3 (3.57%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.38%) Android
5 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.19%) Unix
6 1 (1.19%) VMS
6 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.76%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 20 (23.81%) Application Security
4 19 (22.62%) Computer Science
5 17 (20.24%) OWASP
5 17 (20.24%) Project Management
6 16 (19.05%) Penetration Testing
6 16 (19.05%) Software Engineering
7 15 (17.86%) Information Security
8 14 (16.67%) Project Planning
8 14 (16.67%) Security Operations
9 12 (14.29%) Data Integration
9 12 (14.29%) Project Delivery
9 12 (14.29%) Security Management
9 12 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (11.90%) Identity Access Management
10 10 (11.90%) Risk Management
11 9 (10.71%) ITIL
12 8 (9.52%) Data Protection
12 8 (9.52%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 15 (17.86%) SQL
3 12 (14.29%) Python
4 7 (8.33%) Bash
5 2 (2.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (29.76%) Degree
2 16 (19.05%) CISSP
3 15 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 15 (17.86%) Security Cleared
4 13 (15.48%) CCNA
5 10 (11.90%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.52%) CCNP
6 8 (9.52%) CISM
6 8 (9.52%) GIAC
6 8 (9.52%) GPEN
7 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (5.95%) AWS Certification
8 5 (5.95%) Azure Certification
8 5 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.76%) MCSE
10 2 (2.38%) A+ Certification
10 2 (2.38%) CCIE
10 2 (2.38%) MCP
10 2 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.05%) NIST
2 15 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (11.90%) GDPR
4 9 (10.71%) GRC
5 6 (7.14%) NIST 800
6 5 (5.95%) COBIT
6 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (5.95%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.57%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.38%) SLA
9 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (27.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.38%) Docker
5 1 (1.19%) Firmware
5 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (7.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (7.14%) Nessus
2 5 (5.95%) Suricata
3 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.38%) WSUS
5 1 (1.19%) Ansible
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.19%) Puppet
5 1 (1.19%) SCCM
5 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (26.19%) Cisco
2 20 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.90%) F5
3 10 (11.90%) Juniper
4 8 (9.52%) Fortinet
4 8 (9.52%) Palo Alto
5 6 (7.14%) Qualys
5 6 (7.14%) VMware
6 5 (5.95%) Splunk
7 3 (3.57%) Sage
8 2 (2.38%) Acronis
8 2 (2.38%) Aruba
8 2 (2.38%) HP
8 2 (2.38%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.19%) Apple
9 1 (1.19%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.19%) Citrix
9 1 (1.19%) Meraki
9 1 (1.19%) NetApp
9 1 (1.19%) ProCurve