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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 413 427
Rank change year-on-year +50 +14 +258
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 14 46 49
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.092% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.04% 1.93% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 44
10th Percentile £39,200 £42,850 £40,150
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,607 £44,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £73,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - £81,750 £94,250
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% +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 1,340 2,381 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.76% 12.66% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,376 2,476
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,982 £87,500
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

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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 9 December 2025.

IPsec salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Google Workspace
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) VPN
2 11 (78.57%) BGP
3 9 (64.29%) Firewall
4 8 (57.14%) LAN
4 8 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (50.00%) OSPF
6 6 (42.86%) DNS
6 6 (42.86%) VLAN
7 5 (35.71%) MPLS
7 5 (35.71%) WAN
8 4 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (28.57%) DHCP
8 4 (28.57%) Junos
8 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
8 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
9 3 (21.43%) Network Security
9 3 (21.43%) Wireshark
10 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (14.29%) SSL
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Network Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Senior
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Design Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Design Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Support Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) ICT Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) IT Support
5 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 3 (21.43%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (14.29%) iPad
3 2 (14.29%) iPhone
3 2 (14.29%) PKI
4 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Network Design
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (21.43%) Change Control
3 3 (21.43%) Data Protection
3 3 (21.43%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (21.43%) SIEM
4 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 2 (14.29%) High Availability
4 2 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Value Proposition
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.14%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (7.14%) Runbook
5 1 (7.14%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) CCNP
1 9 (64.29%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) CCNA
3 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) JNCIS
4 3 (21.43%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Firmware
1 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) pfSense
3 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Juniper
2 4 (28.57%) Meraki
2 4 (28.57%) Palo Alto
2 4 (28.57%) SolarWinds
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Dell
3 3 (21.43%) Zscaler
4 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 2 (14.29%) Google
5 1 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow