Network Security Engineer Jobs

Network Security Engineer
UK

The median Network Security Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 817 869 1050
Rank change year-on-year +52 +181 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 67 106 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 65 84 153
10th Percentile £38,800 £41,625 £45,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £77,113 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £111,500 £88,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in the UK

Network Security Engineer
Top 12 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 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
England +38 58 £57,500 -4.17% 29
London +96 34 £70,000 - 22
UK excluding London -39 28 £50,000 -2.44% 16
Work from Home +62 23 £52,500 -9.09% 7
South East +9 10 £52,500 -4.55% 8
North of England +22 8 £50,000 -11.50% 1
North West -12 5 £50,000 -7.41% 1
Yorkshire +80 3 £50,000 -20.00%
South West -22 3 £32,500 -38.10%
Scotland - 3 £41,500 - 3
Wales +10 2 £46,250 +46.83%
East of England +5 2 £50,000 -16.67% 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 61 (91.04%) Network Security
2 56 (83.58%) Cisco
3 32 (47.76%) Firewall
4 27 (40.30%) LAN
5 26 (38.81%) WAN
6 25 (37.31%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (37.31%) Palo Alto
7 24 (35.82%) Wireless
7 24 (35.82%) AWS
8 23 (34.33%) Azure
9 22 (32.84%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (31.34%) CCNA
11 19 (28.36%) Microsoft
11 19 (28.36%) VPN
11 19 (28.36%) Data Centre
12 18 (26.87%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (25.37%) CheckPoint
14 16 (23.88%) SD-WAN
15 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (22.39%) VMware
15 15 (22.39%) CCNP
16 13 (19.40%) ITIL
17 11 (16.42%) Security Cleared
17 11 (16.42%) Cisco ISE
18 10 (14.93%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
18 10 (14.93%) SC Cleared
18 10 (14.93%) F5
18 10 (14.93%) VLAN
18 10 (14.93%) BGP

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 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) AWS
2 23 (34.33%) Azure
3 8 (11.94%) AWS Direct Connect
3 8 (11.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 7 (10.45%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (7.46%) IaaS
5 5 (7.46%) PaaS
5 5 (7.46%) SaaS
6 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.99%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 61 (91.04%) Network Security
2 32 (47.76%) Firewall
3 27 (40.30%) LAN
4 26 (38.81%) WAN
5 24 (35.82%) Wireless
6 19 (28.36%) VPN
7 18 (26.87%) Cisco Firepower
8 16 (23.88%) SD-WAN
9 11 (16.42%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (14.93%) BGP
10 10 (14.93%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (14.93%) VLAN
11 9 (13.43%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (13.43%) NGFW
11 9 (13.43%) TCP/IP
11 9 (13.43%) WLAN
12 8 (11.94%) SSL
13 6 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (7.46%) Cisco IPT
14 5 (7.46%) EIGRP
General
1 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Finance
3 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.97%) Marketing
4 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.97%) Publishing
5 3 (4.48%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.49%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) 802.1X
2 5 (7.46%) HTML
2 5 (7.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.36%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.46%) Hedge funds
2 5 (7.46%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.46%) PKI
2 5 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.49%) CCTV
4 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.49%) Tandem
4 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Windows
2 5 (7.46%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.97%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (19.40%) ITIL
4 8 (11.94%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (11.94%) SIEM
5 6 (8.96%) Computer Science
5 6 (8.96%) Project Delivery
6 5 (7.46%) Cloud Security
6 5 (7.46%) Data Centre Operations
6 5 (7.46%) DevOps
6 5 (7.46%) Incident Management
6 5 (7.46%) Network Architecture
6 5 (7.46%) Network Design
6 5 (7.46%) Network Management
6 5 (7.46%) Open Source
6 5 (7.46%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (7.46%) Service Design
7 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.97%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) C#
1 5 (7.46%) PowerShell
1 5 (7.46%) SQL
2 2 (2.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (37.31%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (31.34%) CCNA
3 15 (22.39%) CCNP
4 11 (16.42%) Security Cleared
5 10 (14.93%) SC Cleared
6 9 (13.43%) DV Cleared
7 6 (8.96%) CISSP
7 6 (8.96%) Degree
7 6 (8.96%) MCSA
7 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (7.46%) CISA
9 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.97%) GIAC
9 4 (5.97%) JNCIA
9 4 (5.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (4.48%) CCDP
10 3 (4.48%) CCIE
11 2 (2.99%) CCIP
11 2 (2.99%) MCP
12 1 (1.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.97%) NCSC
2 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.49%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (13.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Cisco CUCM
1 5 (7.46%) Stealthwatch
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.49%) Nessus
Vendors
1 56 (83.58%) Cisco
2 25 (37.31%) Palo Alto
3 19 (28.36%) Microsoft
4 17 (25.37%) CheckPoint
5 15 (22.39%) VMware
6 10 (14.93%) F5
7 9 (13.43%) Juniper
7 9 (13.43%) Splunk
8 5 (7.46%) SolarWinds
9 3 (4.48%) Forcepoint
9 3 (4.48%) Sophos
9 3 (4.48%) WatchGuard
10 2 (2.99%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.99%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.99%) HP
10 2 (2.99%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.99%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.49%) Aruba
11 1 (1.49%) Barracuda Networks
11 1 (1.49%) Meraki