Network Security Jobs in Berkshire

Network Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 95 135
Rank change year-on-year +1 +40 +6
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 75 85 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.23% 2.91% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.76% 19.77% 9.98%
Number of salaries quoted 54 11 40
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,011 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,563 £38,683 £30,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -7.55% -3.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,750 £78,000
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
Berkshire

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 508 430 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.13% 14.72% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 364 197 350
10th Percentile £28,895 £23,500 £30,450
25th Percentile £36,500 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.40% -4.21% +4.97%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Berkshire

Network Security
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Reading -5 42 £62,500 +27.55% 9
Bracknell +16 18 £52,500 -29.53% 11
Ascot - 5 £42,500 -
Wokingham - 1 £40,000 -
Network Security
South East

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (21.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (16.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.33%) Moodle
3 1 (1.33%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Sage X3
2 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (16.00%) Azure
2 12 (16.00%) iTunes
3 7 (9.33%) AWS
4 6 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 37 (49.33%) Firewall
2 27 (36.00%) SSL
3 16 (21.33%) VPN
4 11 (14.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (13.33%) WAN
6 9 (12.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (12.00%) LAN
7 5 (6.67%) BGP
7 5 (6.67%) Internet
7 5 (6.67%) MPLS
7 5 (6.67%) OSPF
7 5 (6.67%) TCP/IP
8 4 (5.33%) DNS
8 4 (5.33%) IPsec
8 4 (5.33%) NAS
8 4 (5.33%) SAN
8 4 (5.33%) SD-WAN
8 4 (5.33%) VoIP
9 3 (4.00%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (13.33%) Social Skills
1 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 8 (10.67%) Finance
3 4 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.67%) Retail
5 1 (1.33%) Billing
5 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Games
5 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Local Government
5 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (25.33%) Network Engineer
2 17 (22.67%) IT Engineer
3 14 (18.67%) Security Engineer
4 12 (16.00%) Project Engineer
5 11 (14.67%) Network Security Engineer
6 9 (12.00%) Architect
6 9 (12.00%) IT Support
6 9 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (12.00%) Support Engineer
7 8 (10.67%) Data Engineer
7 8 (10.67%) Security Assurance Manager
7 8 (10.67%) Security Manager
7 8 (10.67%) Software Engineer
8 7 (9.33%) Security Architect
9 6 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 5 (6.67%) Consultant
10 5 (6.67%) Project Support Engineer
10 5 (6.67%) Security Consultant
11 4 (5.33%) Analyst
11 4 (5.33%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) Web Services
2 1 (1.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) Data Centre
2 9 (12.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (9.33%) Security Posture
4 6 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (4.00%) PKI
6 2 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.33%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.33%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.33%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.33%) Windows
2 5 (6.67%) Kali Linux
3 3 (4.00%) Linux
3 3 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.33%) Unix
4 1 (1.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (28.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 20 (26.67%) Application Security
4 17 (22.67%) Computer Science
4 17 (22.67%) OWASP
5 16 (21.33%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (18.67%) Project Planning
6 14 (18.67%) Security Operations
7 13 (17.33%) Project Management
8 12 (16.00%) Data Integration
8 12 (16.00%) Project Delivery
8 12 (16.00%) Security Management
8 12 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
9 10 (13.33%) Risk Management
10 9 (12.00%) Information Security
10 9 (12.00%) Visualisation
11 8 (10.67%) Data Visualisation
11 8 (10.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.00%) SQL
2 9 (12.00%) PowerShell
3 8 (10.67%) Python
4 3 (4.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (28.00%) Degree
2 16 (21.33%) CISSP
3 15 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 15 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (14.67%) DV Cleared
6 10 (13.33%) CCNA
7 8 (10.67%) CISM
7 8 (10.67%) GIAC
7 8 (10.67%) GPEN
8 7 (9.33%) CCNP
9 5 (6.67%) AWS Certification
9 5 (6.67%) Azure Certification
9 5 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (4.00%) MCSE
11 2 (2.67%) A+ Certification
11 2 (2.67%) GCIA
11 2 (2.67%) MCP
11 2 (2.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.33%) NIST
2 10 (13.33%) GDPR
3 9 (12.00%) GRC
4 8 (10.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (8.00%) NIST 800
6 5 (6.67%) COBIT
6 5 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (6.67%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (8.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (8.00%) Nessus
2 5 (6.67%) Suricata
3 2 (2.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.33%) Ansible
4 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.33%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.33%) Puppet
4 1 (1.33%) SCCM
4 1 (1.33%) Terraform
4 1 (1.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (30.67%) Cisco
2 20 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 11 (14.67%) F5
4 10 (13.33%) Juniper
4 10 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 6 (8.00%) Fortinet
5 6 (8.00%) Qualys
6 5 (6.67%) Splunk
7 4 (5.33%) VMware
8 3 (4.00%) Sage
9 2 (2.67%) HP
10 1 (1.33%) Apple
10 1 (1.33%) Aruba
10 1 (1.33%) Blue Coat
10 1 (1.33%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.33%) McAfee
10 1 (1.33%) ProCurve
10 1 (1.33%) Zscaler