Network Security Engineer Jobs

Network Security Engineer
UK

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £58,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 823 851 1068
Rank change year-on-year +28 +217 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 84 96 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 82 80 156
10th Percentile £41,375 £40,738 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £71,755 £72,500 £72,813
90th Percentile £106,250 £88,750 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security Engineer.

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the UK 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
England +15 73 £57,500 -4.17% 25
UK excluding London -48 39 £52,500 +7.14% 15
London +111 38 £70,000 - 14
Work from Home +44 38 £59,750 +8.64% 14
South East -3 14 £52,500 +7.14% 5
North of England +28 12 £51,250 -7.24% 4
North West -8 7 £52,500 -2.78% 4
Yorkshire +63 5 £50,000 -20.00%
South West -23 4 £32,500 -40.91% 1
Wales +11 3 £52,500 +66.67%
East of England -3 2 £50,000 -16.67%
Scotland - 2 £49,000 - 3
Northern Ireland +21 1 £60,000 -
Midlands -32 1 £60,000 +38.73% 2
West Midlands -33 1 £60,000 +38.73% 1

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Network Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (95.24%) Network Security
2 57 (67.86%) Cisco
3 37 (44.05%) Firewall
4 34 (40.48%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (34.52%) AWS
6 28 (33.33%) LAN
7 26 (30.95%) WAN
7 26 (30.95%) Azure
8 25 (29.76%) Palo Alto
9 24 (28.57%) Wireless
10 23 (27.38%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (25.00%) CCNA
11 21 (25.00%) Data Centre
12 19 (22.62%) Cisco Firepower
13 18 (21.43%) VPN
13 18 (21.43%) Microsoft
14 16 (19.05%) CCNP
14 16 (19.05%) CheckPoint
15 15 (17.86%) BGP
15 15 (17.86%) ITIL
15 15 (17.86%) SD-WAN
16 14 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (16.67%) F5
17 13 (15.48%) Risk Management
17 13 (15.48%) Security Cleared
18 12 (14.29%) SC Cleared
18 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 11 (13.10%) Cisco Nexus
19 11 (13.10%) DV Cleared
19 11 (13.10%) VLAN

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (34.52%) AWS
2 26 (30.95%) Azure
3 9 (10.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (9.52%) AWS Direct Connect
4 8 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (7.14%) IaaS
5 6 (7.14%) PaaS
5 6 (7.14%) SaaS
6 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.38%) Twilio
7 1 (1.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 80 (95.24%) Network Security
2 37 (44.05%) Firewall
3 28 (33.33%) LAN
4 26 (30.95%) WAN
5 24 (28.57%) Wireless
6 19 (22.62%) Cisco Firepower
7 18 (21.43%) VPN
8 15 (17.86%) BGP
8 15 (17.86%) SD-WAN
9 11 (13.10%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (13.10%) VLAN
10 10 (11.90%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (11.90%) NGFW
10 10 (11.90%) SSL
11 9 (10.71%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (10.71%) OSPF
11 9 (10.71%) WLAN
12 8 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (8.33%) TCP/IP
14 6 (7.14%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) GitLab
1 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (11.90%) Finance
2 7 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.76%) Marketing
4 4 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (4.76%) Publishing
5 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.19%) Electronics
7 1 (1.19%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.33%) 802.1X
2 5 (5.95%) XMPP
3 3 (3.57%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (5.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.57%) Hedge funds
4 3 (3.57%) PKI
5 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.19%) CCTV
6 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.19%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.76%) Linux
1 4 (4.76%) Windows
2 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.48%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (17.86%) ITIL
3 14 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (15.48%) Risk Management
5 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (11.90%) SIEM
7 7 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 6 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (7.14%) Network Management
8 6 (7.14%) Open Source
8 6 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
8 6 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 6 (7.14%) Service Design
9 5 (5.95%) Cloud Security
9 5 (5.95%) Data Centre Operations
9 5 (5.95%) Incident Management
9 5 (5.95%) Network Architecture
10 4 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (4.76%) Change Control
10 4 (4.76%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) C#
1 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.57%) Python
1 3 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (27.38%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (25.00%) CCNA
3 16 (19.05%) CCNP
4 13 (15.48%) Security Cleared
5 12 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 11 (13.10%) DV Cleared
7 8 (9.52%) CISSP
8 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (7.14%) CISA
9 6 (7.14%) Degree
9 6 (7.14%) MCSA
10 4 (4.76%) CCDP
10 4 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (4.76%) GIAC
10 4 (4.76%) JNCIA
10 4 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (2.38%) CCIE
11 2 (2.38%) CCIP
11 2 (2.38%) CISM
11 2 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) NCSC
2 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.57%) NIST
3 1 (1.19%) GDPR
3 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (3.57%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.38%) Nessus
3 1 (1.19%) Ansible
3 1 (1.19%) CASB
Vendors
1 57 (67.86%) Cisco
2 25 (29.76%) Palo Alto
3 18 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 16 (19.05%) CheckPoint
5 14 (16.67%) F5
6 11 (13.10%) VMware
7 9 (10.71%) Juniper
8 8 (9.52%) Fortinet
9 7 (8.33%) Splunk
10 6 (7.14%) SolarWinds
11 3 (3.57%) Forcepoint
11 3 (3.57%) Sophos
11 3 (3.57%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.38%) Blue Coat
12 2 (2.38%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.38%) SonicWALL
13 1 (1.19%) Aruba
13 1 (1.19%) Barracuda Networks
13 1 (1.19%) Riverbed
13 1 (1.19%) Zscaler