Hybrid/Remote IPsec Job Trends

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 419 438
Rank change year-on-year +30 +19 +261
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 15 45 52
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.094% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.87% 1.87% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 10 28 47
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,475 £39,750
25th Percentile £53,375 £49,607 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.11% -13.46% +26.83%
75th Percentile £73,500 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £75,775 £82,000 £93,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +9.09% +2.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

IPsec falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,723 2,402 3,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.76% 12.04% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 1,392 2,553
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,150
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -0.27% +0.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPsec and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IPsec job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

IPsec
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IPsec

IPsec
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing IPsec over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

IPsec salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Apache Solr
1 1 (6.67%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) VPN
2 12 (80.00%) BGP
3 10 (66.67%) Firewall
4 8 (53.33%) OSPF
4 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (46.67%) LAN
6 6 (40.00%) DNS
6 6 (40.00%) MPLS
7 5 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (33.33%) SD-WAN
7 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
7 5 (33.33%) VLAN
7 5 (33.33%) WAN
8 4 (26.67%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (26.67%) Junos
9 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (20.00%) DHCP
9 3 (20.00%) Network Security
9 3 (20.00%) Wireshark
10 2 (13.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Couchbase
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Senior
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Design Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Design Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) ICT Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) GCP DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (13.33%) iPad
3 2 (13.33%) iPhone
3 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) DevOps
2 4 (26.67%) Network Design
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (20.00%) Change Control
3 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (20.00%) SIEM
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) High Availability
4 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
4 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (13.33%) Value Proposition
5 1 (6.67%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) CCNP
1 9 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) CCNA
3 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) JNCIS
4 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Firmware
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Terraform
2 3 (20.00%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (13.33%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (6.67%) Ansible
4 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Cisco
2 5 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 4 (26.67%) Juniper
3 4 (26.67%) Meraki
3 4 (26.67%) Palo Alto
4 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (20.00%) Dell
4 3 (20.00%) VMware
4 3 (20.00%) Zscaler
5 2 (13.33%) Dynatrace
5 2 (13.33%) Google
5 2 (13.33%) Infoblox
6 1 (6.67%) Fortinet