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 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 224 210 415
Rank change year-on-year -14 +205 -120
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 326 563 688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.35% 1.76% 0.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.04% 14.85% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 288 305 413
10th Percentile £48,725 £36,709 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £66,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -5.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £109,500 £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 3,248 3,792 8,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.44% 11.88% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,979 2,625 4,244
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 1 June 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 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
Central London +68 71 £72,500 +16.00% 8
South London -47 13 £57,500 +2.22%
West London -49 11 £55,000 +40.58% 4
North London +1 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 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.45%) Apache
2 8 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.45%) Skype for Business
3 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.92%) nginx
5 2 (0.61%) Confluence
5 2 (0.61%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) HFM
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
1 1 (0.31%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 114 (34.97%) Azure
2 67 (20.55%) AWS
3 37 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (6.13%) Cloud Computing
5 20 (6.13%) Power Platform
6 16 (4.91%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.60%) SaaS
8 14 (4.29%) Azure Sentinel
8 14 (4.29%) PaaS
9 12 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (3.37%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
10 11 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 10 (3.07%) IaaS
12 9 (2.76%) GCP
13 8 (2.45%) AWS Direct Connect
13 8 (2.45%) Datadog
13 8 (2.45%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 123 (37.73%) Firewall
2 79 (24.23%) LAN
3 75 (23.01%) WAN
4 57 (17.48%) Wireless
5 47 (14.42%) VPN
6 42 (12.88%) SD-WAN
7 39 (11.96%) DNS
8 38 (11.66%) TCP/IP
9 35 (10.74%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (9.51%) BGP
11 26 (7.98%) Internet
12 25 (7.67%) Cisco Firepower
13 24 (7.36%) OSPF
14 23 (7.06%) VoIP
15 21 (6.44%) MPLS
16 20 (6.13%) Intrusion Detection
17 19 (5.83%) DHCP
18 18 (5.52%) Cisco Nexus
19 16 (4.91%) VLAN
20 14 (4.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.13%) Power BI
2 12 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.37%) Data Lake
3 11 (3.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 8 (2.45%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.53%) Flink
5 5 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.23%) Tableau
7 3 (0.92%) Redis
7 3 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.61%) MySQL
8 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.61%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 28 (8.59%) Burp Suite
1 28 (8.59%) Metasploit
2 7 (2.15%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) git-flow
3 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.61%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
General
1 103 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.79%) Finance
3 55 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.21%) Telecoms
5 15 (4.60%) Military
6 14 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.99%) Law
8 9 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.15%) Marketing
9 7 (2.15%) Retail
10 5 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.23%) Japanese Language
11 4 (1.23%) Publishing
12 3 (0.92%) Games
13 2 (0.61%) Electronics
13 2 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 90 (27.61%) Network Engineer
2 75 (23.01%) Senior
3 70 (21.47%) Security Engineer
4 38 (11.66%) Senior Network Engineer
5 35 (10.74%) Network Security Engineer
6 34 (10.43%) Analyst
7 29 (8.90%) Penetration Tester
7 29 (8.90%) Tester
8 27 (8.28%) Consultant
9 25 (7.67%) Security Consultant
9 25 (7.67%) Senior Security Engineer
10 21 (6.44%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (6.44%) Security Analyst
11 20 (6.13%) Architect
12 15 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 15 (4.60%) Lead
13 14 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (4.29%) Python Engineer
13 14 (4.29%) Senior Network Security Engineer
14 12 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.52%) 802.1X
2 15 (4.60%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (2.45%) HTML
3 8 (2.45%) SAML
4 6 (1.84%) CSS
4 6 (1.84%) Kafka
5 5 (1.53%) XMPP
6 4 (1.23%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.23%) Node.js
6 4 (1.23%) React
6 4 (1.23%) RESTful
7 3 (0.92%) web3js
8 2 (0.61%) .NET
8 2 (0.61%) LAMP
8 2 (0.61%) LEMP Stack
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.31%) SOAP
9 1 (0.31%) Web Services
9 1 (0.31%) XML
9 1 (0.31%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 58 (17.79%) Data Centre
2 34 (10.43%) Management Information System
3 23 (7.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (5.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 17 (5.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 16 (4.91%) Cyber Defence
6 16 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.37%) PKI
8 11 (3.37%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (2.45%) Client/Server
10 8 (2.45%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.84%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.53%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.23%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.23%) IoT
13 4 (1.23%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.11%) Linux
1 46 (14.11%) Windows
2 28 (8.59%) Kali Linux
3 15 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.68%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.76%) Android
6 5 (1.53%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.23%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.61%) Unix
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.31%) VMS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (42.64%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (30.37%) Information Security
3 83 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (19.63%) SIEM
5 57 (17.48%) Computer Science
6 54 (16.56%) Agile
7 53 (16.26%) Security Operations
8 51 (15.64%) Vulnerability Management
9 48 (14.72%) DevOps
10 42 (12.88%) Cloud Security
11 38 (11.66%) Penetration Testing
11 38 (11.66%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 37 (11.35%) Application Security
13 36 (11.04%) ITIL
14 35 (10.74%) Incident Management
15 32 (9.82%) Analytics
15 32 (9.82%) Network Monitoring
16 31 (9.51%) Malware Analysis
17 30 (9.20%) Security Testing
18 29 (8.90%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.87%) Python
2 35 (10.74%) PowerShell
3 26 (7.98%) SQL
4 12 (3.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 11 (3.37%) U-SQL
6 9 (2.76%) C#
7 7 (2.15%) Bash
8 6 (1.84%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.53%) Java
9 5 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.53%) VBA
10 4 (1.23%) C++
11 3 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.31%) C
12 1 (0.31%) Go
12 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (22.39%) Cisco Certification
1 73 (22.39%) Degree
2 55 (16.87%) CISSP
3 53 (16.26%) CCNP
4 49 (15.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (8.59%) CCNA
6 22 (6.75%) CISM
7 21 (6.44%) Security Cleared
8 19 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (5.52%) CEH
10 16 (4.91%) CCSP
10 16 (4.91%) DV Cleared
10 16 (4.91%) SANS
11 13 (3.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (3.37%) CCIE
12 11 (3.37%) CISA
12 11 (3.37%) GIAC
13 10 (3.07%) Azure Certification
14 8 (2.45%) SSCP
15 6 (1.84%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.03%) NIST
2 22 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (6.13%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.07%) NCSC
5 7 (2.15%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.53%) SLA
7 4 (1.23%) GDPR
8 2 (0.61%) COBIT
8 2 (0.61%) GxP
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 39 (11.96%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.91%) vSphere
3 8 (2.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.84%) Docker
4 6 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.92%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.60%) Terraform
3 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.68%) Ansible
5 9 (2.76%) FortiGate
6 8 (2.45%) Nmap
6 8 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.15%) CASB
8 4 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.92%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.92%) Nessus
9 3 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
10 2 (0.61%) QRadar
10 2 (0.61%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.61%) WSUS
11 1 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 97 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 95 (29.14%) Cisco
3 42 (12.88%) SolarWinds
4 31 (9.51%) Palo Alto
5 27 (8.28%) CheckPoint
6 21 (6.44%) Splunk
7 18 (5.52%) F5
7 18 (5.52%) Juniper
8 16 (4.91%) VMware
9 15 (4.60%) Tanium
9 15 (4.60%) Tripwire
10 13 (3.99%) Aruba
10 13 (3.99%) Fortinet
11 12 (3.68%) Meraki
12 11 (3.37%) Databricks
12 11 (3.37%) HP
13 10 (3.07%) Rapid7
14 9 (2.76%) NetApp
14 9 (2.76%) Qualys
14 9 (2.76%) Veeam