Network Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 233 351
Rank change year-on-year -29 +118 -65
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 406 610 674
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.20% 1.47% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.77% 13.10% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 329 412 468
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,835 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,400 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,316 £75,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,225 4,658 7,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.47% 11.23% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,372 3,460 4,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,562 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security.

Network Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Network Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.72%) Apache
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) FrameMaker
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.23%) RoboHelp
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 145 (35.71%) Azure
2 63 (15.52%) AWS
3 61 (15.02%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.91%) Entra ID
7 23 (5.67%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (5.42%) SaaS
9 17 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Purview
11 13 (3.20%) PaaS
12 12 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (2.96%) Serverless
13 10 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (2.46%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (2.46%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
14 9 (2.22%) IaaS
15 8 (1.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 178 (43.84%) Firewall
2 126 (31.03%) LAN
3 119 (29.31%) WAN
4 81 (19.95%) VPN
5 55 (13.55%) DNS
5 55 (13.55%) TCP/IP
6 50 (12.32%) SD-WAN
7 47 (11.58%) Wi-Fi
7 47 (11.58%) Wireless
8 28 (6.90%) WLAN
9 26 (6.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 22 (5.42%) BGP
11 21 (5.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 21 (5.17%) MPLS
11 21 (5.17%) SAN
12 19 (4.68%) DHCP
12 19 (4.68%) OSPF
13 17 (4.19%) VLAN
14 14 (3.45%) Wireshark
15 12 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.68%) Power BI
2 17 (4.19%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.46%) Data Lake
4 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 10 (2.46%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.48%) Redis
6 6 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.23%) Flink
7 5 (1.23%) InfluxDB
8 4 (0.99%) Tableau
9 2 (0.49%) Big Data
9 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (2.71%) Git
1 11 (2.71%) JIRA
2 7 (1.72%) Jasmine
2 7 (1.72%) NUnit
2 7 (1.72%) Selenium
2 7 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (1.72%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.72%) Visual Studio
2 7 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (17.00%) Social Skills
2 56 (13.79%) Finance
3 51 (12.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.17%) Aerospace
7 12 (2.96%) Games
8 11 (2.71%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.22%) Military
10 8 (1.97%) Legal
10 8 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.72%) Aviation
11 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.72%) Law
12 6 (1.48%) Marketing
13 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.23%) Police
13 5 (1.23%) Retail
14 4 (0.99%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (22.41%) Network Engineer
2 89 (21.92%) Senior
3 44 (10.84%) Security Engineer
4 37 (9.11%) Architect
5 31 (7.64%) Analyst
6 29 (7.14%) Lead
6 29 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 27 (6.65%) IT Engineer
8 24 (5.91%) Consultant
8 24 (5.91%) Senior Network Engineer
9 23 (5.67%) Network Manager
10 22 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
11 21 (5.17%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (5.17%) Network Security Engineer
12 20 (4.93%) Security Consultant
13 17 (4.19%) Network Architect
13 17 (4.19%) Security Manager
14 16 (3.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 16 (3.94%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.20%) CSS
2 11 (2.71%) HTML
2 11 (2.71%) RESTful
3 9 (2.22%) .NET
3 9 (2.22%) ARM Templates
3 9 (2.22%) LDAP
4 8 (1.97%) ASP.NET
5 7 (1.72%) .NET Core
5 7 (1.72%) .NET Framework
5 7 (1.72%) Entity Framework
5 7 (1.72%) HTML5
5 7 (1.72%) OpenID
6 6 (1.48%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.23%) Kafka
7 5 (1.23%) Middleware
7 5 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.23%) XMPP
8 4 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.99%) Node.js
8 4 (0.99%) React
Miscellaneous
1 62 (15.27%) Data Centre
2 34 (8.37%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (5.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 14 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.20%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.22%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.97%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.48%) PKI
13 5 (1.23%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (0.99%) PMI
15 3 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 76 (18.72%) Windows
2 54 (13.30%) Linux
3 24 (5.91%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.68%) Apple iOS
5 18 (4.43%) Android
6 15 (3.69%) Unix
7 14 (3.45%) VMS
8 12 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (28.82%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (17.24%) DevOps
3 67 (16.50%) Information Security
4 59 (14.53%) Agile
5 58 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (13.79%) Cloud Security
7 54 (13.30%) SIEM
8 52 (12.81%) Roadmaps
9 49 (12.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (11.33%) Security Operations
11 45 (11.08%) Computer Science
12 44 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 44 (10.84%) Zero Trust
13 42 (10.34%) ITIL
14 41 (10.10%) Software Engineering
15 40 (9.85%) Project Management
16 34 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
17 33 (8.13%) Analytics
18 32 (7.88%) Identity Access Management
19 30 (7.39%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 54 (13.30%) Python
2 38 (9.36%) PowerShell
3 34 (8.37%) SQL
4 18 (4.43%) Java
5 16 (3.94%) C#
5 16 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.45%) C++
7 11 (2.71%) C
7 11 (2.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (2.46%) U-SQL
9 9 (2.22%) Bicep
10 6 (1.48%) Bash
11 5 (1.23%) Go
11 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.23%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.23%) VBA
12 2 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (21.92%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (14.78%) CCNP
3 59 (14.53%) Security Cleared
4 57 (14.04%) Degree
5 55 (13.55%) CISSP
6 35 (8.62%) SC Cleared
7 34 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (8.13%) CCNA
9 24 (5.91%) CCIE
9 24 (5.91%) CCSP
10 23 (5.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 19 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (4.43%) DV Cleared
13 15 (3.69%) CEH
13 15 (3.69%) SANS
14 13 (3.20%) SSCP
15 12 (2.96%) Azure Certification
16 9 (2.22%) GIAC
17 8 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (1.72%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.05%) NIST
2 36 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (6.40%) PCI DSS
4 11 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.46%) NCSC
6 7 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (1.72%) DO-254
7 6 (1.48%) GDPR
8 5 (1.23%) SLA
9 4 (0.99%) COBIT
9 4 (0.99%) GRC
10 3 (0.74%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.49%) PMO
11 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.25%) GxP
12 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 38 (9.36%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.20%) Docker
5 12 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.25%) Firmware
7 1 (0.25%) NFS
7 1 (0.25%) Snort
Systems Management
1 36 (8.87%) WSUS
2 28 (6.90%) Terraform
3 26 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (6.16%) Kubernetes
5 14 (3.45%) SCCM
6 13 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 13 (3.20%) Nmap
7 12 (2.96%) Ansible
8 10 (2.46%) Grafana
8 10 (2.46%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.72%) MIIS
10 5 (1.23%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.23%) SCOM
11 4 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
11 4 (0.99%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.74%) Nagios
12 3 (0.74%) OfficeScan
13 2 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.49%) QRadar
Vendors
1 142 (34.98%) Cisco
2 107 (26.35%) Microsoft
3 61 (15.02%) Palo Alto
4 34 (8.37%) Fortinet
5 32 (7.88%) Meraki
6 29 (7.14%) CheckPoint
7 28 (6.90%) Juniper
8 26 (6.40%) Splunk
9 25 (6.16%) VMware
10 20 (4.93%) Qualys
11 18 (4.43%) Blue Coat
12 17 (4.19%) SolarWinds
13 16 (3.94%) Zscaler
14 13 (3.20%) Rapid7
14 13 (3.20%) Thycotic
15 12 (2.96%) Apple
15 12 (2.96%) Aruba
15 12 (2.96%) Databricks
15 12 (2.96%) Infoblox
15 12 (2.96%) Riverbed