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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 400 482
Rank change year-on-year +45 +82 +165
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 20 45 42
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 2.12% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11 33 31
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,500 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile - £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £48,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +29.53% -11.87%

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 1,511 2,120 3,542
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.57% 13.06% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,210 3,044
10th Percentile £27,580 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,375 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,375 £83,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 30 January 2026.

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 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) AWS
3 8 (40.00%) AWS Direct Connect
4 6 (30.00%) SaaS
4 6 (30.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (10.00%) Google Workspace
6 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (95.00%) VPN
2 16 (80.00%) BGP
3 15 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (70.00%) Firewall
4 14 (70.00%) LAN
5 13 (65.00%) WAN
6 12 (60.00%) MPLS
6 12 (60.00%) OSPF
7 11 (55.00%) SD-WAN
8 9 (45.00%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (45.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (45.00%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (40.00%) NX-OS
9 8 (40.00%) VXLAN
9 8 (40.00%) WLAN
10 7 (35.00%) DNS
10 7 (35.00%) VLAN
11 6 (30.00%) NetScaler
12 5 (25.00%) DHCP
12 5 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Network Operations Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) AWS Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Design Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Network Design Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Network Design Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (15.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
5 2 (10.00%) iPad
5 2 (10.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Cloud Security
2 6 (30.00%) Kalman Filter
2 6 (30.00%) Runbook
2 6 (30.00%) Zero Trust
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Network Design
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (15.00%) Change Control
5 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (15.00%) DevOps
5 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (15.00%) SIEM
6 2 (10.00%) Agile
6 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) CCNP
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (30.00%) CCNA
3 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (20.00%) JNCIS
5 3 (15.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (10.00%) CCIE
6 2 (10.00%) CCSA
6 2 (10.00%) CCSE
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (15.00%) Firmware
3 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
2 2 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Meraki
2 11 (55.00%) SolarWinds
3 8 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 8 (40.00%) Dynatrace
3 8 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 6 (30.00%) ServiceNow
4 6 (30.00%) VMware
5 4 (20.00%) Juniper
5 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (15.00%) Dell
6 3 (15.00%) Zscaler
7 2 (10.00%) Google
8 1 (5.00%) F5