Network Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Security
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 121 324
Rank change year-on-year -144 +203 -68
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 745 1,687 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.04% 2.85% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.64% 15.55% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 602 524 606
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,450 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,025 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,754 10,849 11,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.62% 18.34% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,061 4,721 6,541
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £74,919
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK excluding London

Network Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
North of England -106 211 £52,500 +0.48% 50
South East -13 181 £60,000 +14.29% 72
North West -115 118 £54,250 +2.36% 28
South West -43 113 £60,000 +0.80% 19
Midlands -127 103 £42,864 -28.56% 34
Yorkshire -31 77 £50,000 -5.66% 15
West Midlands -100 72 £43,227 -27.96% 25
East of England -44 58 £47,500 +8.57% 12
Scotland -135 56 £60,000 +0.80% 20
East Midlands -76 31 £32,500 -20.40% 9
North East -2 22 £53,750 +16.84% 7
Wales -27 19 £44,886 +11.29% 7
Northern Ireland +21 9 £32,500 -26.14%
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 53 (7.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (5.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) Moodle
5 1 (0.13%) Totara
Applications
1 54 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.67%) FrameMaker
2 5 (0.67%) RoboHelp
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 204 (27.38%) Azure
2 122 (16.38%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (13.15%) AWS
4 46 (6.17%) Cloud Computing
5 42 (5.64%) Entra ID
6 30 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.49%) SaaS
8 19 (2.55%) GCP
9 14 (1.88%) PaaS
10 12 (1.61%) IaaS
10 12 (1.61%) iTunes
11 9 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 9 (1.21%) Serverless
12 8 (1.07%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.94%) Pulumi
14 6 (0.81%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.81%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 294 (39.46%) Firewall
2 140 (18.79%) LAN
3 139 (18.66%) VPN
4 136 (18.26%) WAN
5 72 (9.66%) DNS
6 69 (9.26%) TCP/IP
7 65 (8.72%) Wireless
8 63 (8.46%) Wi-Fi
9 43 (5.77%) DHCP
10 42 (5.64%) SSL
11 39 (5.23%) VLAN
12 34 (4.56%) Intrusion Detection
13 32 (4.30%) WLAN
14 31 (4.16%) MPLS
14 31 (4.16%) OSPF
15 29 (3.89%) BGP
15 29 (3.89%) SD-WAN
16 27 (3.62%) Internet
17 19 (2.55%) SAN
18 16 (2.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.34%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.67%) InfluxDB
4 5 (0.67%) Redis
5 4 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Big Data
6 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.40%) Power BI
7 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (2.55%) Git
2 16 (2.15%) JIRA
3 14 (1.88%) Visual Studio
4 13 (1.74%) Jasmine
4 13 (1.74%) NUnit
4 13 (1.74%) Selenium
4 13 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.94%) TeamCity
6 5 (0.67%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 216 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 87 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (9.80%) Finance
4 66 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (5.23%) Telecoms
6 35 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 28 (3.76%) Aerospace
8 27 (3.62%) Marketing
8 27 (3.62%) Military
8 27 (3.62%) Retail
9 21 (2.82%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.68%) Law
11 18 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.34%) Games
12 10 (1.34%) Police
13 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.21%) Legal
13 9 (1.21%) Local Government
13 9 (1.21%) Multimedia
14 7 (0.94%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 130 (17.45%) Network Engineer
2 111 (14.90%) Senior
3 77 (10.34%) Architect
4 62 (8.32%) Lead
5 55 (7.38%) IT Manager
6 51 (6.85%) IT Engineer
7 48 (6.44%) Analyst
8 46 (6.17%) IT Support
8 46 (6.17%) Security Engineer
8 46 (6.17%) Support Engineer
9 41 (5.50%) Consultant
9 41 (5.50%) Software Engineer
10 38 (5.10%) Security Consultant
11 35 (4.70%) Security Manager
12 31 (4.16%) Network Manager
13 29 (3.89%) Network Architect
14 27 (3.62%) Desktop Engineer
14 27 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 27 (3.62%) Network Security Engineer
14 27 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.15%) Web Services
2 14 (1.88%) RESTful
3 13 (1.74%) .NET
3 13 (1.74%) .NET Framework
3 13 (1.74%) ASP.NET
3 13 (1.74%) Entity Framework
4 12 (1.61%) .NET Core
5 11 (1.48%) ARM Templates
5 11 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
5 11 (1.48%) LDAP
5 11 (1.48%) Middleware
6 8 (1.07%) CSS
6 8 (1.07%) HTML
7 7 (0.94%) HTML5
7 7 (0.94%) OpenID
8 6 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (0.67%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.54%) Akka
10 4 (0.54%) YAML
11 3 (0.40%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.93%) Data Centre
2 70 (9.40%) Management Information System
3 45 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 36 (4.83%) Security Operations Centre
5 32 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (3.76%) Driving Licence
7 23 (3.09%) Security Posture
8 20 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 19 (2.55%) Cyber Threat
10 17 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (2.01%) CCTV
11 15 (2.01%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.74%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 11 (1.48%) PKI
15 10 (1.34%) Cloud Native
15 10 (1.34%) Operational Technology
16 9 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 153 (20.54%) Windows
2 92 (12.35%) Linux
3 51 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 33 (4.43%) Mac OS
5 17 (2.28%) Windows 10
6 16 (2.15%) Android
6 16 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (2.01%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.88%) Unix
8 14 (1.88%) VMS
8 14 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.07%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.40%) CatOS
11 3 (0.40%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (29.93%) Cybersecurity
2 183 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (17.58%) Computer Science
4 102 (13.69%) Information Security
5 87 (11.68%) Agile
6 86 (11.54%) ITIL
7 81 (10.87%) Vulnerability Management
8 79 (10.60%) SIEM
9 76 (10.20%) Cloud Security
10 75 (10.07%) Software Engineering
11 73 (9.80%) Project Management
12 67 (8.99%) Mentoring
13 66 (8.86%) Customer Service
13 66 (8.86%) Security Operations
14 64 (8.59%) DevOps
15 60 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 56 (7.52%) Security Architecture
17 55 (7.38%) Service Delivery
18 47 (6.31%) Coaching
19 46 (6.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (9.13%) Python
2 55 (7.38%) PowerShell
3 41 (5.50%) SQL
4 36 (4.83%) C
5 31 (4.16%) Bash
6 30 (4.03%) C++
7 25 (3.36%) Bicep
8 20 (2.68%) Java
9 19 (2.55%) C#
10 12 (1.61%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.07%) Go
12 5 (0.67%) R
12 5 (0.67%) Scala
12 5 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.13%) Ada
13 1 (0.13%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.13%) Groovy
13 1 (0.13%) Perl
13 1 (0.13%) Ruby
13 1 (0.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 162 (21.74%) Degree
2 121 (16.24%) Security Cleared
3 116 (15.57%) Cisco Certification
4 86 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 80 (10.74%) CISSP
6 67 (8.99%) CCNP
7 63 (8.46%) SC Cleared
8 62 (8.32%) CCNA
9 59 (7.92%) DV Cleared
10 51 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 40 (5.37%) MCP
12 35 (4.70%) CCIE
13 33 (4.43%) Azure Certification
14 30 (4.03%) DBS Check
15 28 (3.76%) A+ Certification
16 24 (3.22%) CISM
17 13 (1.74%) SANS
18 11 (1.48%) AWS Certification
18 11 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
18 11 (1.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (14.63%) NIST
2 71 (9.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.89%) NIST 800
4 27 (3.62%) PCI DSS
5 19 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (2.42%) GDPR
6 18 (2.42%) GRC
7 16 (2.15%) NCSC
7 16 (2.15%) SLA
8 11 (1.48%) COBIT
9 7 (0.94%) DO-254
10 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.67%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.27%) PMO
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.13%) MISRA
System Software
1 122 (16.38%) Active Directory
2 40 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (4.43%) Hyper-V
4 32 (4.30%) Docker
5 15 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.48%) vSphere
8 7 (0.94%) XenApp
8 7 (0.94%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.54%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.27%) Firmware
11 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.13%) NFS
12 1 (0.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 45 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.70%) WSUS
3 28 (3.76%) Terraform
4 23 (3.09%) SCCM
5 20 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (2.42%) Ansible
7 10 (1.34%) Grafana
7 10 (1.34%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (1.07%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.94%) MIIS
10 6 (0.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 6 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.81%) Nessus
10 6 (0.81%) Nmap
10 6 (0.81%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.67%) Nagios
11 5 (0.67%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.67%) Suricata
Vendors
1 203 (27.25%) Cisco
2 193 (25.91%) Microsoft
3 56 (7.52%) Juniper
4 54 (7.25%) VMware
5 53 (7.11%) Palo Alto
6 34 (4.56%) CheckPoint
7 30 (4.03%) Fortinet
8 28 (3.76%) Meraki
9 23 (3.09%) SolarWinds
10 21 (2.82%) Splunk
11 19 (2.55%) Citrix
12 16 (2.15%) Aruba
13 15 (2.01%) Apple
13 15 (2.01%) Tanium
14 14 (1.88%) Blue Coat
14 14 (1.88%) F5
14 14 (1.88%) Infoblox
14 14 (1.88%) Qualys
14 14 (1.88%) ServiceNow
15 13 (1.74%) Riverbed