Network Security Jobs in the North of England

Network Security
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 72 342
Rank change year-on-year -131 +270 -133
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 227 730 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.14% 4.63% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.08% 23.08% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 191 149 90
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,700
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.88% +0.19%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £63,500
90th Percentile £67,968 £76,263 £70,426
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,253 3,163 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.34% 20.07% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,691 1,184 1,717
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,461 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,838 £73,225
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the North of England

Network Security
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North West -120 129 £53,500 +0.94% 23
Yorkshire -58 82 £50,000 -5.66% 12
North East -23 22 £53,750 +13.16% 2
Network Security
England

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 11 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.75%) Azure
2 32 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (12.33%) AWS
4 23 (10.13%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (5.73%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.52%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.08%) GCP
8 5 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.20%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.20%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.20%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.76%) IaaS
9 4 (1.76%) Serverless
10 3 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.32%) PaaS
10 3 (1.32%) SaaS
11 2 (0.88%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 84 (37.00%) Firewall
2 54 (23.79%) LAN
3 53 (23.35%) WAN
4 43 (18.94%) VPN
5 28 (12.33%) DNS
6 23 (10.13%) TCP/IP
7 19 (8.37%) DHCP
8 18 (7.93%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (7.49%) Wireless
10 15 (6.61%) Software-Defined Networking
11 14 (6.17%) WLAN
12 13 (5.73%) OSPF
12 13 (5.73%) SSL
13 10 (4.41%) Cisco IOS
13 10 (4.41%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (4.41%) Internet
14 9 (3.96%) BGP
14 9 (3.96%) Intrusion Detection
14 9 (3.96%) SAN
15 8 (3.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (2.20%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.20%) Redis
2 3 (1.32%) Big Data
2 3 (1.32%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.32%) Power BI
2 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (7.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.76%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.32%) Git
General
1 60 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.45%) Finance
3 18 (7.93%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.93%) Retail
4 14 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.08%) Marketing
6 6 (2.64%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.76%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.32%) Games
9 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.32%) Law
10 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (23.79%) Network Engineer
2 42 (18.50%) Senior
3 33 (14.54%) Architect
4 25 (11.01%) Lead
5 18 (7.93%) IT Manager
5 18 (7.93%) Security Engineer
6 15 (6.61%) Network Architect
6 15 (6.61%) Team Leader
7 14 (6.17%) Analyst
8 13 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.73%) IT Engineer
9 12 (5.29%) Network Security Engineer
10 11 (4.85%) Security Architect
11 9 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) IT Architect
11 9 (3.96%) IT Support
11 9 (3.96%) Product Owner
11 9 (3.96%) Senior Network Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Senior Product Owner
11 9 (3.96%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.20%) LDAP
1 5 (2.20%) Middleware
2 4 (1.76%) Akka
2 4 (1.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.22%) Data Centre
2 20 (8.81%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.85%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.41%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.52%) AS400
7 7 (3.08%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.64%) CCTV
8 6 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.64%) iSeries
8 6 (2.64%) NHS
8 6 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.20%) PKI
9 5 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.76%) IoT
10 4 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.32%) Smart Energy
11 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (22.03%) Windows
2 36 (15.86%) Linux
3 14 (6.17%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (3.52%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.64%) Android
6 6 (2.64%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.20%) Unix
8 3 (1.32%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.32%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.32%) VMS
8 3 (1.32%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.84%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (27.75%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (16.74%) ITIL
5 35 (15.42%) Computer Science
6 34 (14.98%) Cloud Security
7 27 (11.89%) Mentoring
7 27 (11.89%) Project Management
8 24 (10.57%) Agile
9 23 (10.13%) Roadmaps
10 22 (9.69%) SIEM
11 21 (9.25%) Customer Service
11 21 (9.25%) DevOps
11 21 (9.25%) Network Architecture
11 21 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (8.37%) Information Security
12 19 (8.37%) Service Delivery
13 18 (7.93%) Product Management
14 16 (7.05%) Incident Response
14 16 (7.05%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.37%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.49%) Python
3 10 (4.41%) SQL
4 8 (3.52%) Bash
5 7 (3.08%) Bicep
5 7 (3.08%) C
5 7 (3.08%) C++
6 3 (1.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 48 (21.15%) CISSP
2 46 (20.26%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (20.26%) Degree
3 32 (14.10%) CCNP
4 23 (10.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (8.37%) CCIE
6 14 (6.17%) CCNA
7 13 (5.73%) Azure Certification
7 13 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (5.29%) Security Cleared
9 9 (3.96%) DBS Check
9 9 (3.96%) Master's Degree
10 8 (3.52%) A+ Certification
10 8 (3.52%) MCP
10 8 (3.52%) SC Cleared
11 6 (2.64%) CEH
11 6 (2.64%) CISM
12 5 (2.20%) JNCIA
12 5 (2.20%) SSCP
12 5 (2.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.66%) NIST
2 27 (11.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.85%) PCI DSS
3 11 (4.85%) SLA
4 10 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (4.41%) NCSC
5 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.32%) GDPR
6 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 36 (15.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.08%) Docker
4 7 (3.08%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.20%) XenApp
5 5 (2.20%) XenDesktop
6 4 (1.76%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.32%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.44%) Snort
8 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.49%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.52%) WSUS
4 7 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (3.08%) SCCM
5 6 (2.64%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.20%) Grafana
6 5 (2.20%) Nmap
6 5 (2.20%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.20%) SCOM
6 5 (2.20%) Terraform
7 4 (1.76%) ZABBIX
8 3 (1.32%) Ansible
8 3 (1.32%) Puppet
8 3 (1.32%) SELinux
9 2 (0.88%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.88%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.44%) Istio
10 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (31.72%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.99%) Cisco
3 21 (9.25%) Palo Alto
4 20 (8.81%) VMware
5 18 (7.93%) Meraki
6 16 (7.05%) Fortinet
7 14 (6.17%) Citrix
7 14 (6.17%) Splunk
8 13 (5.73%) ServiceNow
9 11 (4.85%) SolarWinds
10 10 (4.41%) Dell
11 8 (3.52%) Veeam
12 6 (2.64%) Aruba
13 5 (2.20%) Google
13 5 (2.20%) Juniper
13 5 (2.20%) Oracle
13 5 (2.20%) Qualys
13 5 (2.20%) Rapid7
13 5 (2.20%) Thycotic
14 4 (1.76%) Commvault