Network Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 248 149 362
Rank change year-on-year -99 +213 -75
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1,133 2,444 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 2.46% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.41% 15.57% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 948 892 1,141
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,316 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,475 15,695 21,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.78% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,380 7,937 11,850
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Network Security in the UK

Network Security
Top 18 Job Locations

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 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 -102 990 £60,000 +4.35% 309
UK excluding London -144 745 £53,000 +0.95% 210
Work from Home -27 403 £60,000 +0.80% 110
London -18 320 £72,500 +5.07% 130
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% 20
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% 11
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% 8
Northern Ireland +21 9 £32,500 -26.14%
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1

Network Security
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 73 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.88%) Apache
4 8 (0.71%) Skype for Business
5 7 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 2 (0.18%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.088%) Moodle
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Totara
9 1 (0.088%) WebLogic
Applications
1 59 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.44%) FrameMaker
3 5 (0.44%) RoboHelp
4 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.35%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.26%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.088%) HFM
4 1 (0.088%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 339 (29.92%) Azure
2 169 (14.92%) AWS
3 157 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (6.00%) Cloud Computing
5 63 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (5.21%) Entra ID
7 40 (3.53%) SaaS
8 28 (2.47%) PaaS
8 28 (2.47%) Power Platform
9 27 (2.38%) GCP
10 25 (2.21%) IaaS
11 19 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 18 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.50%) Serverless
14 14 (1.24%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 13 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 449 (39.63%) Firewall
2 245 (21.62%) LAN
3 239 (21.09%) WAN
4 213 (18.80%) VPN
5 125 (11.03%) Wireless
6 123 (10.86%) DNS
7 119 (10.50%) TCP/IP
8 104 (9.18%) Wi-Fi
9 88 (7.77%) SD-WAN
10 62 (5.47%) DHCP
11 61 (5.38%) Internet
12 59 (5.21%) BGP
12 59 (5.21%) VLAN
13 56 (4.94%) SSL
14 55 (4.85%) OSPF
15 54 (4.77%) MPLS
16 53 (4.68%) Intrusion Detection
17 51 (4.50%) WLAN
18 41 (3.62%) Cisco Firepower
19 39 (3.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.03%) Power BI
3 16 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.06%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 11 (0.97%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.71%) Redis
8 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.44%) Big Data
9 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.44%) Flink
9 5 (0.44%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.35%) Tableau
11 3 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 28 (2.47%) Burp Suite
1 28 (2.47%) Metasploit
2 25 (2.21%) Git
3 18 (1.59%) JIRA
4 14 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.15%) Jasmine
5 13 (1.15%) NUnit
5 13 (1.15%) Selenium
5 13 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (0.62%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.62%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) git-flow
9 1 (0.088%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.088%) CircleCI
General
1 330 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 151 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (11.12%) Finance
4 76 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (5.03%) Telecoms
6 48 (4.24%) Public Sector
7 42 (3.71%) Military
8 36 (3.18%) Marketing
9 33 (2.91%) Retail
10 32 (2.82%) Law
10 32 (2.82%) Manufacturing
11 31 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (2.47%) Aerospace
13 24 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.24%) Games
15 12 (1.06%) Police
16 11 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.97%) Legal
16 11 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 234 (20.65%) Network Engineer
2 192 (16.95%) Senior
3 112 (9.89%) Security Engineer
4 109 (9.62%) Architect
5 83 (7.33%) Consultant
6 82 (7.24%) Analyst
7 80 (7.06%) Lead
8 76 (6.71%) Security Consultant
9 61 (5.38%) Network Security Engineer
10 58 (5.12%) IT Engineer
10 58 (5.12%) Senior Network Engineer
11 57 (5.03%) IT Manager
12 54 (4.77%) Support Engineer
13 50 (4.41%) IT Support
14 48 (4.24%) Software Engineer
15 42 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
16 41 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
16 41 (3.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (3.62%) Security Analyst
17 40 (3.53%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (1.77%) 802.1X
3 19 (1.68%) RESTful
4 18 (1.59%) HTML
5 17 (1.50%) Web Services
6 16 (1.41%) .NET
7 14 (1.24%) ASP.NET
7 14 (1.24%) CSS
8 13 (1.15%) .NET Framework
8 13 (1.15%) Entity Framework
9 12 (1.06%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.06%) Middleware
10 11 (0.97%) ARM Templates
10 11 (0.97%) LDAP
11 8 (0.71%) OpenID
11 8 (0.71%) SAML
12 7 (0.62%) HTML5
13 6 (0.53%) ASP.NET Web API
13 6 (0.53%) Kafka
14 5 (0.44%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (12.53%) Data Centre
2 104 (9.18%) Management Information System
3 61 (5.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 51 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 41 (3.62%) Security Posture
7 36 (3.18%) Cyber Defence
7 36 (3.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 35 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
8 35 (3.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 31 (2.74%) Driving Licence
10 25 (2.21%) PKI
11 22 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.77%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.59%) Operational Technology
14 17 (1.50%) Virtual Team
15 16 (1.41%) CCTV
15 16 (1.41%) Cloud Native
16 14 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
17 13 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 206 (18.18%) Windows
2 144 (12.71%) Linux
3 71 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 37 (3.27%) Mac OS
5 36 (3.18%) Kali Linux
6 27 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 25 (2.21%) Android
8 20 (1.77%) Windows 10
9 18 (1.59%) Unix
10 17 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (1.41%) VMS
11 16 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.26%) CatOS
13 3 (0.26%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.088%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (32.22%) Cybersecurity
2 265 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (17.74%) Information Security
4 182 (16.06%) Computer Science
5 150 (13.24%) Agile
6 140 (12.36%) SIEM
7 132 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
8 130 (11.47%) ITIL
9 125 (11.03%) Cloud Security
10 123 (10.86%) DevOps
10 123 (10.86%) Security Operations
11 94 (8.30%) Roadmaps
12 89 (7.86%) Project Management
13 88 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 86 (7.59%) Security Architecture
15 85 (7.50%) Software Engineering
16 80 (7.06%) Customer Service
17 78 (6.88%) Mentoring
18 77 (6.80%) Analytics
19 76 (6.71%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (10.24%) Python
2 86 (7.59%) PowerShell
3 72 (6.35%) SQL
4 39 (3.44%) C
5 37 (3.27%) Bash
6 36 (3.18%) C++
7 30 (2.65%) C#
8 26 (2.29%) Bicep
9 25 (2.21%) Java
10 18 (1.59%) JavaScript
11 12 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 11 (0.97%) U-SQL
13 9 (0.79%) Go
14 5 (0.44%) R
14 5 (0.44%) Scala
14 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.44%) VBA
15 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.088%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 235 (20.74%) Degree
2 214 (18.89%) Cisco Certification
3 160 (14.12%) Security Cleared
4 141 (12.44%) CCNP
5 138 (12.18%) CISSP
6 132 (11.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 90 (7.94%) CCNA
8 83 (7.33%) SC Cleared
9 76 (6.71%) DV Cleared
10 74 (6.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 53 (4.68%) CCIE
12 48 (4.24%) Azure Certification
13 45 (3.97%) CISM
14 43 (3.80%) MCP
15 34 (3.00%) DBS Check
16 32 (2.82%) A+ Certification
17 29 (2.56%) CCSP
17 29 (2.56%) SANS
18 27 (2.38%) CEH
19 25 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (14.39%) NIST
2 98 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (4.68%) PCI DSS
4 29 (2.56%) NIST 800
5 26 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (2.29%) NCSC
6 22 (1.94%) GDPR
7 20 (1.77%) SLA
8 18 (1.59%) GRC
9 13 (1.15%) COBIT
10 11 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.71%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.62%) DO-254
13 6 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.44%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.26%) GxP
16 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 166 (14.65%) Active Directory
2 51 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (3.53%) Hyper-V
4 38 (3.35%) Docker
5 28 (2.47%) vSphere
6 23 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.62%) XenApp
8 7 (0.62%) XenDesktop
9 6 (0.53%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.18%) Firmware
11 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.088%) NFS
12 1 (0.088%) Snort
Systems Management
1 64 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 50 (4.41%) Terraform
3 38 (3.35%) WSUS
4 32 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (2.38%) Ansible
6 25 (2.21%) SCCM
7 16 (1.41%) FortiGate
8 14 (1.24%) Nmap
9 13 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 10 (0.88%) Grafana
11 10 (0.88%) Prometheus
12 8 (0.71%) Nessus
13 7 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
13 7 (0.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 7 (0.62%) MIIS
14 6 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.53%) Stealthwatch
15 5 (0.44%) Nagios
Vendors
1 334 (29.48%) Cisco
2 303 (26.74%) Microsoft
3 95 (8.38%) Palo Alto
4 77 (6.80%) Juniper
5 75 (6.62%) VMware
6 68 (6.00%) SolarWinds
7 66 (5.83%) CheckPoint
8 55 (4.85%) Fortinet
9 54 (4.77%) Meraki
10 41 (3.62%) Splunk
11 31 (2.74%) F5
12 30 (2.65%) Aruba
12 30 (2.65%) Tanium
13 27 (2.38%) Tripwire
14 25 (2.21%) Qualys
15 23 (2.03%) Citrix
16 22 (1.94%) Zscaler
17 20 (1.77%) Blue Coat
18 19 (1.68%) HP
19 18 (1.59%) Veeam