Network Security Engineer Jobs in England

Network Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Security Engineer salary in England is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 798 1002
Rank change year-on-year +9 +204 -206
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 74 96 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 72 81 148
10th Percentile £42,750 £40,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £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 £71,752 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £88,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% -7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Network Security Engineer in England

Network Security Engineer
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 Engineer within the England 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
London +92 38 £70,000 - 16
South East -23 15 £52,500 +7.14% 5
North of England +6 12 £51,250 -7.24%
North West -27 7 £52,500 -2.78%
Yorkshire +66 5 £50,000 -20.00%
South West -37 4 £32,500 -40.91% 2
East of England -12 2 £50,000 -16.67% 1
West Midlands -32 1 £60,000 +38.73% 2
Midlands -59 1 £60,000 +38.73% 3
Network Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 across the England region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (95.95%) Network Security
2 53 (71.62%) Cisco
3 38 (51.35%) Firewall
4 30 (40.54%) AWS
5 27 (36.49%) LAN
5 27 (36.49%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (33.78%) Palo Alto
7 24 (32.43%) Azure
8 22 (29.73%) Wireless
8 22 (29.73%) WAN
8 22 (29.73%) Data Centre
9 19 (25.68%) CCNA
9 19 (25.68%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (24.32%) BGP
11 17 (22.97%) Cisco Firepower
12 16 (21.62%) CheckPoint
13 15 (20.27%) Microsoft
13 15 (20.27%) CCNP
13 15 (20.27%) VPN
13 15 (20.27%) ITIL
13 15 (20.27%) Security Cleared
13 15 (20.27%) F5
14 14 (18.92%) SC Cleared
15 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 13 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (16.22%) Cisco Nexus
16 12 (16.22%) DV Cleared
16 12 (16.22%) VLAN
16 12 (16.22%) Finance
17 11 (14.86%) OSPF

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (40.54%) AWS
2 24 (32.43%) Azure
3 9 (12.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 9 (12.16%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (10.81%) AWS Direct Connect
5 7 (9.46%) IaaS
5 7 (9.46%) PaaS
5 7 (9.46%) SaaS
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.70%) Twilio
7 1 (1.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 71 (95.95%) Network Security
2 38 (51.35%) Firewall
3 27 (36.49%) LAN
4 22 (29.73%) WAN
4 22 (29.73%) Wireless
5 18 (24.32%) BGP
6 17 (22.97%) Cisco Firepower
7 15 (20.27%) VPN
8 12 (16.22%) Cisco Nexus
8 12 (16.22%) VLAN
9 11 (14.86%) OSPF
9 11 (14.86%) SD-WAN
9 11 (14.86%) SSL
10 10 (13.51%) NGFW
11 9 (12.16%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (12.16%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (12.16%) WLAN
12 8 (10.81%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (9.46%) MPLS
13 7 (9.46%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) GitLab
1 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (16.22%) Finance
2 6 (8.11%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.76%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Marketing
4 4 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Publishing
5 3 (4.05%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.35%) Electronics
7 1 (1.35%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) 802.1X
2 5 (6.76%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (29.73%) Data Centre
2 9 (12.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (6.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.35%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Linux
2 2 (2.70%) Windows
2 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.49%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (20.27%) ITIL
3 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (13.51%) SIEM
5 7 (9.46%) Computer Science
5 7 (9.46%) Network Management
5 7 (9.46%) Open Source
5 7 (9.46%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (9.46%) Risk Management
6 6 (8.11%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.11%) Service Design
7 5 (6.76%) Cloud Security
7 5 (6.76%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (6.76%) DDoS Mitigation
7 5 (6.76%) Incident Management
7 5 (6.76%) Network Architecture
8 4 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (5.41%) Change Control
8 4 (5.41%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) CCNA
1 19 (25.68%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (20.27%) CCNP
2 15 (20.27%) Security Cleared
3 14 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 12 (16.22%) DV Cleared
5 7 (9.46%) CISSP
5 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (8.11%) CISA
6 6 (8.11%) Degree
6 6 (8.11%) MCSA
7 4 (5.41%) CCDP
7 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.41%) GIAC
7 4 (5.41%) JNCIA
7 4 (5.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.70%) CCIP
8 2 (2.70%) CISM
8 2 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.70%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.76%) NIST
2 4 (5.41%) NCSC
3 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Nessus
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.35%) Ansible
3 1 (1.35%) CASB
3 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 53 (71.62%) Cisco
2 25 (33.78%) Palo Alto
3 16 (21.62%) CheckPoint
4 15 (20.27%) F5
4 15 (20.27%) Microsoft
5 10 (13.51%) Fortinet
6 9 (12.16%) Juniper
6 9 (12.16%) VMware
7 6 (8.11%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.41%) Splunk
9 3 (4.05%) Forcepoint
9 3 (4.05%) Sophos
9 3 (4.05%) WatchGuard
10 2 (2.70%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.70%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.70%) SonicWALL
11 1 (1.35%) Riverbed
11 1 (1.35%) Zscaler