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 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 377 513
Rank change year-on-year +4 +136 +115
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 19 45 43
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.32% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.12% 2.53% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 38 32
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £48,750 £42,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £72,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.10% +52.63% -15.56%
75th Percentile £65,250 £83,438 £62,813
90th Percentile £73,500 £87,500 £64,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +38.89% -14.29%

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 1,698 1,780 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.26% 12.67% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 929 1,185 3,445
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £53,391 £48,000
% change year-on-year -21.33% +11.23% -8.57%

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 9 March 2026.

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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) Azure
2 12 (63.16%) AWS
3 11 (57.89%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (47.37%) SaaS
4 9 (47.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 2 (10.53%) Google Workspace
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.53%) OneDrive
6 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (94.74%) VPN
2 16 (84.21%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (78.95%) BGP
3 15 (78.95%) Firewall
3 15 (78.95%) LAN
4 14 (73.68%) WAN
5 13 (68.42%) MPLS
5 13 (68.42%) OSPF
6 12 (63.16%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (63.16%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (63.16%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (63.16%) SD-WAN
7 11 (57.89%) NX-OS
7 11 (57.89%) VXLAN
7 11 (57.89%) WLAN
8 9 (47.37%) NetScaler
9 5 (26.32%) DNS
9 5 (26.32%) VLAN
9 5 (26.32%) Wireless
10 3 (15.79%) DHCP
General
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Network Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Network Operations Engineer
3 9 (47.37%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) AWS Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (21.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
6 3 (15.79%) Senior
6 3 (15.79%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
7 2 (10.53%) IT Support
7 2 (10.53%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Data Centre
2 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
3 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
4 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
4 2 (10.53%) iPad
4 2 (10.53%) iPhone
5 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Apple iOS
2 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (57.89%) Network Segmentation
1 11 (57.89%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (47.37%) Cloud Security
2 9 (47.37%) Kalman Filter
2 9 (47.37%) Runbook
2 9 (47.37%) Zero Trust
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
4 2 (10.53%) Inventory Management
4 2 (10.53%) Network Design
4 2 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) CCNP
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (21.05%) CCNA
3 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CCIE
4 2 (10.53%) CCSA
4 2 (10.53%) CCSE
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) JNCIS
4 2 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.26%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Cisco
2 12 (63.16%) Meraki
2 12 (63.16%) SolarWinds
3 11 (57.89%) CheckPoint
3 11 (57.89%) Dynatrace
3 11 (57.89%) Fortinet
4 9 (47.37%) ServiceNow
5 4 (21.05%) VMware
6 2 (10.53%) Google
6 2 (10.53%) Juniper
6 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.26%) Dell
7 1 (5.26%) F5
7 1 (5.26%) Zscaler