Network Security Jobs in England

Network Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 134 386
Rank change year-on-year -99 +252 -100
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,123 2,205 1,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.19% 2.67% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.10% 16.18% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 875 774 943
10th Percentile £32,480 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,438 £41,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,875 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,342 13,631 19,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.10% 16.49% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8,528 6,936 10,460
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,244
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,475 £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 £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Security in England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in England

Network Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London -36 329 £72,500 +11.54% 93
North of England -125 227 £52,500 +0.96% 37
South East -11 197 £60,000 +14.29% 60
Midlands -99 185 £43,227 -24.82% 31
West Midlands -73 139 £45,475 -22.92% 24
North West -113 129 £53,500 +0.94% 23
South West -36 115 £67,500 +13.40% 25
Yorkshire -59 82 £50,000 -5.66% 12
East of England -55 62 £48,500 +2.65% 15
East Midlands -91 46 £32,500 -36.59% 7
North East -23 22 £53,750 +13.16% 2
Network Security
UK

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 60 (5.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (4.45%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.71%) Apache
3 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
4 7 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.27%) nginx
6 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.18%) Confluence
6 2 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.089%) IIS
7 1 (0.089%) Moodle
7 1 (0.089%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.089%) Totara
7 1 (0.089%) WebLogic
Applications
1 58 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.36%) Ripple
1 4 (0.36%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (0.27%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.089%) HFM
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.089%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 315 (28.05%) Azure
2 176 (15.67%) AWS
3 151 (13.45%) Microsoft 365
4 66 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 55 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (4.72%) Entra ID
7 35 (3.12%) SaaS
8 32 (2.85%) GCP
9 27 (2.40%) Power Platform
10 23 (2.05%) PaaS
11 17 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 17 (1.51%) IaaS
12 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
13 15 (1.34%) Serverless
14 14 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 13 (1.16%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.07%) iTunes
17 11 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (0.98%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 416 (37.04%) Firewall
2 212 (18.88%) LAN
3 209 (18.61%) WAN
4 176 (15.67%) VPN
5 119 (10.60%) Wireless
6 115 (10.24%) Internet
7 109 (9.71%) WLAN
8 106 (9.44%) DNS
9 101 (8.99%) TCP/IP
10 97 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
11 84 (7.48%) SD-WAN
12 61 (5.43%) BGP
13 59 (5.25%) OSPF
14 58 (5.16%) SSL
15 57 (5.08%) DHCP
16 54 (4.81%) VLAN
17 48 (4.27%) Intrusion Detection
18 47 (4.19%) MPLS
19 40 (3.56%) Cisco Firepower
20 36 (3.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (2.32%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.96%) Power BI
3 17 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.07%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 11 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.98%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 8 (0.71%) Redis
8 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.45%) Flink
9 5 (0.45%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.36%) Tableau
11 3 (0.27%) Big Data
11 3 (0.27%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 30 (2.67%) Git
2 28 (2.49%) Burp Suite
2 28 (2.49%) Metasploit
3 19 (1.69%) JIRA
4 14 (1.25%) Jasmine
4 14 (1.25%) NUnit
4 14 (1.25%) Selenium
4 14 (1.25%) Visual Studio
4 14 (1.25%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.62%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.18%) git-flow
8 1 (0.089%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.089%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.089%) GitLab
General
1 296 (26.36%) Social Skills
2 136 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (11.75%) Finance
4 53 (4.72%) Telecoms
5 40 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (3.56%) Law
6 38 (3.38%) Public Sector
7 37 (3.29%) Military
8 34 (3.03%) Marketing
8 34 (3.03%) Retail
9 32 (2.85%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.87%) Aerospace
11 20 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.16%) Legal
14 10 (0.89%) Multimedia
15 9 (0.80%) Electronics
15 9 (0.80%) Games
15 9 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 230 (20.48%) Network Engineer
2 187 (16.65%) Senior
3 124 (11.04%) IT Engineer
3 124 (11.04%) Security Engineer
4 117 (10.42%) Support Engineer
5 113 (10.06%) IT Support
6 98 (8.73%) Architect
7 84 (7.48%) IT Support Engineer
8 82 (7.30%) Consultant
9 79 (7.03%) Lead
10 75 (6.68%) Analyst
11 73 (6.50%) Security Consultant
12 71 (6.32%) Network Security Engineer
13 68 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
14 55 (4.90%) IT Manager
15 43 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (3.65%) Security Analyst
17 40 (3.56%) Senior Security Engineer
18 39 (3.47%) Security Manager
19 37 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.67%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (1.69%) 802.1X
2 19 (1.69%) RESTful
3 16 (1.42%) .NET
4 15 (1.34%) ASP.NET
5 14 (1.25%) .NET Framework
5 14 (1.25%) CSS
5 14 (1.25%) Entity Framework
5 14 (1.25%) HTML
6 13 (1.16%) .NET Core
7 11 (0.98%) ARM Templates
7 11 (0.98%) Web Services
8 10 (0.89%) LDAP
9 8 (0.71%) OpenID
9 8 (0.71%) SAML
10 7 (0.62%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (0.62%) HTML5
11 6 (0.53%) Kafka
12 5 (0.45%) Middleware
12 5 (0.45%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 131 (11.67%) Data Centre
2 112 (9.97%) Onboarding
3 100 (8.90%) Driving Licence
4 87 (7.75%) Management Information System
5 55 (4.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 42 (3.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 42 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (3.29%) Cyber Defence
8 36 (3.21%) Security Posture
9 32 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
10 29 (2.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 22 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 22 (1.96%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.78%) Product Ownership
13 18 (1.60%) CCTV
14 17 (1.51%) Cloud Native
15 16 (1.42%) PKI
16 14 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
17 12 (1.07%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 257 (22.89%) Windows
2 188 (16.74%) Linux
3 67 (5.97%) Windows Server
4 37 (3.29%) Mac OS
5 36 (3.21%) Kali Linux
6 24 (2.14%) Apple iOS
7 22 (1.96%) Android
8 21 (1.87%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 17 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (1.07%) Unix
12 11 (0.98%) VMS
12 11 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.62%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.36%) Rocky
15 3 (0.27%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
16 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.089%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
2 309 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
3 239 (21.28%) Computer Science
4 192 (17.10%) Information Security
5 186 (16.56%) ITIL
6 144 (12.82%) Agile
6 144 (12.82%) Mentoring
6 144 (12.82%) SIEM
7 126 (11.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 116 (10.33%) Security Operations
9 113 (10.06%) DevOps
10 110 (9.80%) Cloud Security
11 105 (9.35%) Network Management
12 95 (8.46%) Project Management
13 92 (8.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 86 (7.66%) Asset Management
15 80 (7.12%) Security Architecture
16 76 (6.77%) Analytics
17 74 (6.59%) Incident Management
18 72 (6.41%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 122 (10.86%) Python
2 90 (8.01%) PowerShell
3 65 (5.79%) SQL
4 38 (3.38%) Bash
5 27 (2.40%) C#
6 26 (2.32%) Bicep
7 22 (1.96%) C++
8 20 (1.78%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.69%) C
10 16 (1.42%) Java
11 14 (1.25%) Go
12 12 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.98%) U-SQL
14 5 (0.45%) R
14 5 (0.45%) Rust
14 5 (0.45%) Scala
14 5 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.45%) VBA
15 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 290 (25.82%) Degree
2 254 (22.62%) Cisco Certification
3 195 (17.36%) CCNP
3 195 (17.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 153 (13.62%) CCNA
5 150 (13.36%) Security Cleared
6 138 (12.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 130 (11.58%) CISSP
8 112 (9.97%) MCP
9 81 (7.21%) DV Cleared
10 78 (6.95%) MCSE
11 72 (6.41%) SC Cleared
12 67 (5.97%) LPIC
13 44 (3.92%) CCIE
14 40 (3.56%) CISM
15 38 (3.38%) Azure Certification
16 36 (3.21%) A+ Certification
16 36 (3.21%) DBS Check
17 26 (2.32%) SANS
18 23 (2.05%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (13.36%) NIST
2 81 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (3.21%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.58%) NIST 800
5 26 (2.32%) SLA
6 24 (2.14%) NCSC
7 23 (2.05%) GDPR
8 20 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 18 (1.60%) GRC
10 8 (0.71%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.62%) COBIT
12 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.53%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.27%) GxP
14 3 (0.27%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.18%) PMO
16 1 (0.089%) DO-254
16 1 (0.089%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 162 (14.43%) Active Directory
2 45 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (3.38%) Docker
3 38 (3.38%) Hyper-V
4 33 (2.94%) vSphere
5 18 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.62%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.45%) XenApp
8 5 (0.45%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.27%) Firmware
9 3 (0.27%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.089%) NFS
11 1 (0.089%) Snort
Systems Management
1 64 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 50 (4.45%) Terraform
3 33 (2.94%) WSUS
4 30 (2.67%) Ansible
4 30 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.96%) FortiGate
6 18 (1.60%) SCCM
7 14 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 11 (0.98%) Nmap
10 10 (0.89%) Grafana
10 10 (0.89%) Prometheus
11 9 (0.80%) CASB
11 9 (0.80%) Nessus
12 7 (0.62%) MIIS
13 6 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.45%) OfficeScan
Vendors
1 377 (33.57%) Cisco
2 355 (31.61%) Microsoft
3 93 (8.28%) Palo Alto
4 74 (6.59%) Juniper
5 71 (6.32%) SolarWinds
6 70 (6.23%) VMware
7 62 (5.52%) CheckPoint
8 53 (4.72%) Fortinet
9 48 (4.27%) Meraki
10 37 (3.29%) Splunk
11 36 (3.21%) Aruba
11 36 (3.21%) F5
12 34 (3.03%) Tanium
13 31 (2.76%) Tripwire
14 21 (1.87%) Citrix
14 21 (1.87%) Qualys
15 20 (1.78%) ServiceNow
16 19 (1.69%) HP
16 19 (1.69%) Infoblox
17 18 (1.60%) Veeam