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 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 226 208 266
Rank change year-on-year -18 +58 -52
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 188 207 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.06% 1.51% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.72% 8.42% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 150 117 228
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,250 £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 £67,500 £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 2,797 2,459 3,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.70% 17.88% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,887 1,448 1,867
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 £76,550
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 1 June 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 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
Thames Valley -20 84 £50,000 -13.04% 27
Berkshire -1 68 £50,000 +2.04% 24
Hampshire -20 50 £69,000 +38.00% 7
Surrey +23 41 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Oxfordshire +4 9 £45,000 -21.74% 2
Buckinghamshire -23 7 £65,000 +116.67% 1
East Sussex - 6 £39,500 - 3
Kent -31 4 £40,000 +40.35% 8
West Sussex +12 2 £65,000 +23.81% 5
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 (13.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Moodle
3 1 (0.53%) Totara
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (37.23%) Azure
2 38 (20.21%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (17.55%) AWS
4 19 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (9.04%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (7.45%) SaaS
7 12 (6.38%) Entra ID
7 12 (6.38%) iTunes
8 7 (3.72%) Pulumi
9 6 (3.19%) Twilio
10 4 (2.13%) GCP
10 4 (2.13%) PaaS
11 3 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.60%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.60%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (1.06%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 77 (40.96%) Firewall
2 41 (21.81%) VPN
3 34 (18.09%) SSL
4 28 (14.89%) Wireless
5 25 (13.30%) WAN
6 24 (12.77%) TCP/IP
7 22 (11.70%) LAN
8 20 (10.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 19 (10.11%) DNS
10 14 (7.45%) OSPF
11 13 (6.91%) BGP
12 12 (6.38%) Cisco Firepower
13 11 (5.85%) DHCP
14 9 (4.79%) IPsec
15 8 (4.26%) SD-WAN
16 7 (3.72%) VLAN
16 7 (3.72%) VoIP
17 6 (3.19%) Internet
17 6 (3.19%) SAN
18 5 (2.66%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.66%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.45%) Git
1 14 (7.45%) Jasmine
1 14 (7.45%) NUnit
1 14 (7.45%) Selenium
1 14 (7.45%) Visual Studio
1 14 (7.45%) Visual Studio Code
2 7 (3.72%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (3.72%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 46 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.36%) Finance
3 14 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.45%) Telecoms
4 12 (6.38%) Marketing
5 9 (4.79%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.26%) Law
6 8 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.72%) Electronics
7 7 (3.72%) Multimedia
8 6 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.66%) Legal
10 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.60%) Retail
12 2 (1.06%) Back Office
12 2 (1.06%) Local Government
13 1 (0.53%) Automotive
13 1 (0.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 30 (15.96%) Network Engineer
2 29 (15.43%) Architect
3 27 (14.36%) Senior
4 23 (12.23%) Security Engineer
5 22 (11.70%) IT Engineer
6 18 (9.57%) Lead
7 17 (9.04%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Developer
8 14 (7.45%) Network Security Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Project Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Software Developer
9 13 (6.91%) .NET Developer
9 13 (6.91%) .NET Software Developer
9 13 (6.91%) C# .NET Developer
9 13 (6.91%) C# Developer
9 13 (6.91%) C# Software Developer
9 13 (6.91%) Network Architect
9 13 (6.91%) Security Manager
10 12 (6.38%) Analyst
11 11 (5.85%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.45%) .NET
1 14 (7.45%) .NET Framework
1 14 (7.45%) ASP.NET
1 14 (7.45%) Entity Framework
1 14 (7.45%) RESTful
2 13 (6.91%) .NET Core
3 11 (5.85%) ARM Templates
4 7 (3.72%) ASP.NET Web API
4 7 (3.72%) CSS
4 7 (3.72%) HTML
4 7 (3.72%) HTML5
4 7 (3.72%) OpenID
5 6 (3.19%) Web Services
6 5 (2.66%) LDAP
7 4 (2.13%) YAML
8 3 (1.60%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (1.06%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.53%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.17%) Management Information System
2 20 (10.64%) Data Centre
3 18 (9.57%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (8.51%) Onboarding
5 14 (7.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (4.26%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.72%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.19%) Algorithms
8 6 (3.19%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.66%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.66%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.66%) PKI
10 4 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (1.06%) Molecular Biology
12 2 (1.06%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.53%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.96%) Windows
2 18 (9.57%) Linux
3 12 (6.38%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.72%) Android
4 7 (3.72%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.66%) Kali Linux
5 5 (2.66%) VMS
6 4 (2.13%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.13%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.60%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.72%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (19.15%) Computer Science
3 32 (17.02%) Software Engineering
4 28 (14.89%) Project Management
5 27 (14.36%) OWASP
6 26 (13.83%) Information Security
7 25 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (12.77%) Penetration Testing
9 23 (12.23%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (11.70%) DevOps
11 21 (11.17%) Application Security
12 18 (9.57%) Agile
12 18 (9.57%) Mentoring
12 18 (9.57%) Test Automation
13 17 (9.04%) Incident Response
14 16 (8.51%) ITIL
14 16 (8.51%) Risk Management
14 16 (8.51%) Security Operations
14 16 (8.51%) SIEM
15 15 (7.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.83%) PowerShell
2 22 (11.70%) Python
3 20 (10.64%) C#
4 17 (9.04%) SQL
5 13 (6.91%) Bicep
5 13 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 11 (5.85%) Bash
7 6 (3.19%) C
8 3 (1.60%) C++
9 1 (0.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 46 (24.47%) Degree
2 29 (15.43%) Security Cleared
3 27 (14.36%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (13.83%) SC Cleared
5 17 (9.04%) CCNA
5 17 (9.04%) CISSP
6 16 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (5.85%) CCNP
9 10 (5.32%) DV Cleared
10 9 (4.79%) MCP
11 8 (4.26%) CCIE
11 8 (4.26%) CISM
11 8 (4.26%) GIAC
11 8 (4.26%) GPEN
12 7 (3.72%) Azure Certification
13 6 (3.19%) MCSA
14 5 (2.66%) AWS Certification
14 5 (2.66%) JNCIE
15 4 (2.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.17%) NIST
2 19 (10.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (5.32%) GDPR
4 9 (4.79%) GRC
5 8 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (3.19%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.19%) PCI DSS
7 5 (2.66%) COBIT
7 5 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.60%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.60%) NCSC
9 2 (1.06%) PMO
9 2 (1.06%) SLA
10 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (19.68%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.32%) Docker
3 8 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.53%) Firmware
5 1 (0.53%) NFS
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (6.91%) Terraform
2 11 (5.85%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.72%) MIIS
4 6 (3.19%) Ansible
4 6 (3.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (3.19%) Nessus
5 5 (2.66%) Suricata
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.06%) WSUS
8 1 (0.53%) Autotask
8 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.53%) Puppet
8 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 44 (23.40%) Cisco
3 22 (11.70%) Juniper
4 12 (6.38%) F5
5 9 (4.79%) VMware
6 8 (4.26%) Fortinet
6 8 (4.26%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.19%) Qualys
8 5 (2.66%) Splunk
9 4 (2.13%) Apple
9 4 (2.13%) SAP
10 3 (1.60%) Aruba
10 3 (1.60%) Sage
10 3 (1.60%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.06%) Acronis
11 2 (1.06%) Citrix
11 2 (1.06%) HP
11 2 (1.06%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.53%) NetApp
12 1 (0.53%) Oracle