Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 148 361
Rank change year-on-year -111 +213 -77
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,133 2,427 1,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 2.45% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.41% 15.54% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 947 880 1,132
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,316 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,375 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.88% -1.90% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,480 15,619 21,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.51% 15.74% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,399 7,893 11,735
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,540 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.26% +4.44%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England -97 990 £60,000 +4.35% 274
UK excluding London -148 744 £53,500 +3.88% 189
Work from Home -40 401 £60,000 +0.80% 114
London -10 320 £72,500 +5.07% 113
North of England -109 211 £52,500 +0.96% 45
South East -22 182 £60,000 +20.00% 61
North West -120 118 £54,250 +2.36% 27
South West -35 113 £60,000 +0.80% 18
Midlands -130 102 £42,500 -29.17% 33
Yorkshire -37 77 £50,000 -5.66% 11
West Midlands -98 71 £43,227 -27.96% 24
East of England -40 57 £47,500 +11.76% 13
Scotland -128 56 £60,000 +0.80% 18
East Midlands -66 31 £32,500 -20.40% 9
North East -3 22 £53,750 +20.76% 7
Wales -21 19 £44,886 +25.85% 6
Northern Ireland +13 9 £32,500 -26.14%
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1

Network Security
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 73 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.88%) Apache
4 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
5 7 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 2 (0.18%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.088%) Moodle
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Totara
9 1 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 59 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.44%) FrameMaker
3 5 (0.44%) RoboHelp
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.088%) HFM
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 338 (29.83%) Azure
2 171 (15.09%) AWS
3 157 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (6.09%) Cloud Computing
5 63 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (5.21%) Entra ID
7 41 (3.62%) SaaS
8 29 (2.56%) PaaS
8 29 (2.56%) Power Platform
9 27 (2.38%) GCP
10 26 (2.29%) IaaS
11 19 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 18 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.59%) Serverless
13 15 (1.32%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 13 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 448 (39.54%) Firewall
2 245 (21.62%) LAN
3 239 (21.09%) WAN
4 214 (18.89%) VPN
5 125 (11.03%) Wireless
6 123 (10.86%) DNS
7 119 (10.50%) TCP/IP
8 105 (9.27%) Wi-Fi
9 86 (7.59%) SD-WAN
10 62 (5.47%) DHCP
11 61 (5.38%) Internet
12 60 (5.30%) BGP
12 60 (5.30%) VLAN
13 55 (4.85%) MPLS
13 55 (4.85%) OSPF
13 55 (4.85%) SSL
14 53 (4.68%) Intrusion Detection
15 51 (4.50%) WLAN
16 41 (3.62%) Cisco Firepower
17 40 (3.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.12%) Power BI
3 16 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.06%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 11 (0.97%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.71%) Redis
8 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.44%) Big Data
10 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.44%) Flink
10 5 (0.44%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.35%) Tableau
12 3 (0.26%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (2.47%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.47%) Metasploit
2 25 (2.21%) Git
3 18 (1.59%) JIRA
4 14 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.15%) Jasmine
5 13 (1.15%) NUnit
5 13 (1.15%) Selenium
5 13 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) git-flow
9 1 (0.088%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.088%) CircleCI
General
1 329 (29.04%) Social Skills
2 151 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (11.12%) Finance
4 75 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 48 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 42 (3.71%) Military
8 36 (3.18%) Marketing
9 33 (2.91%) Retail
10 31 (2.74%) Law
10 31 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.47%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.24%) Games
14 12 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.06%) Police
15 11 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.97%) Legal
15 11 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 234 (20.65%) Network Engineer
2 191 (16.86%) Senior
3 113 (9.97%) Security Engineer
4 107 (9.44%) Architect
5 83 (7.33%) Consultant
6 82 (7.24%) Analyst
7 80 (7.06%) Lead
8 76 (6.71%) Security Consultant
9 62 (5.47%) Network Security Engineer
10 58 (5.12%) IT Engineer
11 57 (5.03%) IT Manager
11 57 (5.03%) Senior Network Engineer
12 54 (4.77%) Support Engineer
13 50 (4.41%) IT Support
14 48 (4.24%) Software Engineer
15 43 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
15 43 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
16 41 (3.62%) Security Analyst
17 40 (3.53%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (1.85%) 802.1X
3 19 (1.68%) RESTful
4 18 (1.59%) HTML
5 17 (1.50%) Web Services
6 16 (1.41%) .NET
7 14 (1.24%) ASP.NET
7 14 (1.24%) CSS
8 13 (1.15%) .NET Framework
8 13 (1.15%) Entity Framework
9 12 (1.06%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.06%) Middleware
10 11 (0.97%) ARM Templates
10 11 (0.97%) LDAP
11 8 (0.71%) OpenID
11 8 (0.71%) SAML
12 7 (0.62%) HTML5
13 6 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
13 6 (0.53%) Kafka
14 5 (0.44%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 143 (12.62%) Data Centre
2 103 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 61 (5.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 51 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 41 (3.62%) Security Posture
7 36 (3.18%) Cyber Defence
7 36 (3.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 35 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
8 35 (3.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 31 (2.74%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.21%) PKI
11 22 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.77%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.50%) Operational Technology
13 17 (1.50%) Virtual Team
14 16 (1.41%) CCTV
14 16 (1.41%) Cloud Native
15 14 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 206 (18.18%) Windows
2 144 (12.71%) Linux
3 71 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 37 (3.27%) Mac OS
5 36 (3.18%) Kali Linux
6 27 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 25 (2.21%) Android
8 20 (1.77%) Windows 10
9 18 (1.59%) Unix
10 17 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (1.41%) VMS
11 16 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.26%) CatOS
13 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.088%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (32.30%) Cybersecurity
2 266 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
3 200 (17.65%) Information Security
4 181 (15.98%) Computer Science
5 149 (13.15%) Agile
6 141 (12.44%) SIEM
7 132 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
8 130 (11.47%) ITIL
9 125 (11.03%) Cloud Security
10 123 (10.86%) DevOps
10 123 (10.86%) Security Operations
11 93 (8.21%) Roadmaps
12 91 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 89 (7.86%) Project Management
14 86 (7.59%) Security Architecture
15 85 (7.50%) Software Engineering
16 80 (7.06%) Customer Service
17 78 (6.88%) Mentoring
18 77 (6.80%) Analytics
19 76 (6.71%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (10.24%) Python
2 86 (7.59%) PowerShell
3 72 (6.35%) SQL
4 39 (3.44%) C
5 37 (3.27%) Bash
6 36 (3.18%) C++
7 30 (2.65%) C#
8 26 (2.29%) Bicep
9 25 (2.21%) Java
10 18 (1.59%) JavaScript
11 12 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.97%) U-SQL
13 9 (0.79%) Go
14 5 (0.44%) R
14 5 (0.44%) Scala
14 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.44%) VBA
15 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.088%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 234 (20.65%) Degree
2 213 (18.80%) Cisco Certification
3 161 (14.21%) Security Cleared
4 139 (12.27%) CCNP
5 137 (12.09%) CISSP
6 132 (11.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 91 (8.03%) CCNA
8 84 (7.41%) SC Cleared
9 75 (6.62%) DV Cleared
10 74 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 52 (4.59%) CCIE
12 48 (4.24%) Azure Certification
13 44 (3.88%) CISM
14 43 (3.80%) MCP
15 34 (3.00%) DBS Check
16 32 (2.82%) A+ Certification
17 29 (2.56%) CCSP
18 28 (2.47%) SANS
19 27 (2.38%) CEH
20 25 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (14.30%) NIST
2 98 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (4.68%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.56%) NIST 800
5 26 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (2.29%) NCSC
6 22 (1.94%) GDPR
7 19 (1.68%) SLA
8 18 (1.59%) GRC
9 13 (1.15%) COBIT
10 11 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.71%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.62%) DO-254
13 6 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.44%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.18%) GxP
15 2 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 165 (14.56%) Active Directory
2 52 (4.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (3.53%) Hyper-V
4 39 (3.44%) Docker
5 29 (2.56%) vSphere
6 24 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.62%) XenApp
8 7 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.53%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.18%) Firmware
12 1 (0.088%) NFS
12 1 (0.088%) Snort
Systems Management
1 65 (5.74%) Kubernetes
2 51 (4.50%) Terraform
3 38 (3.35%) WSUS
4 32 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (2.38%) Ansible
6 26 (2.29%) SCCM
7 16 (1.41%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.24%) Nmap
9 13 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (0.88%) Grafana
11 10 (0.88%) Prometheus
12 9 (0.79%) Nessus
13 7 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
13 7 (0.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.62%) MIIS
14 6 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.53%) Stealthwatch
15 5 (0.44%) Nagios
Vendors
1 332 (29.30%) Cisco
2 304 (26.83%) Microsoft
3 95 (8.38%) Palo Alto
4 77 (6.80%) Juniper
5 76 (6.71%) VMware
6 69 (6.09%) SolarWinds
7 65 (5.74%) CheckPoint
8 55 (4.85%) Fortinet
9 53 (4.68%) Meraki
10 41 (3.62%) Splunk
11 30 (2.65%) F5
11 30 (2.65%) Tanium
12 29 (2.56%) Aruba
13 27 (2.38%) Tripwire
14 25 (2.21%) Qualys
15 23 (2.03%) Citrix
16 21 (1.85%) Zscaler
17 20 (1.77%) Blue Coat
18 18 (1.59%) HP
19 17 (1.50%) Apple