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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 407 444
Rank change year-on-year -30 +37 +36
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 19 18 59
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.081% 0.11% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% 0.95% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19 5 43
10th Percentile £40,000 £54,400 £43,700
25th Percentile £71,250 £58,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £74,750 £76,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -8.44%

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 2,314 1,888 3,779
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.91% 11.52% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,121 1,826
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,625 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -6.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,125 £86,776 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 2 September 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) AWS
1 4 (21.05%) AWS Direct Connect
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) SaaS
1 4 (21.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
2 3 (15.79%) Google Workspace
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) VPN
2 15 (78.95%) WAN
3 14 (73.68%) MPLS
3 14 (73.68%) SD-WAN
3 14 (73.68%) SSL
4 13 (68.42%) DNS
4 13 (68.42%) VLAN
5 12 (63.16%) BGP
6 10 (52.63%) DHCP
6 10 (52.63%) FTP
6 10 (52.63%) HTTP
6 10 (52.63%) ICMP
6 10 (52.63%) Network Security
6 10 (52.63%) SNMP
6 10 (52.63%) SSH
7 9 (47.37%) Firewall
8 5 (26.32%) LAN
9 4 (21.05%) VoIP
9 4 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (21.05%) WLAN
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Architect
1 14 (73.68%) Network Architect
2 10 (52.63%) Network Security Architect
2 10 (52.63%) Security Architect
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) IT Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (57.89%) SAML
2 10 (52.63%) OAuth
3 1 (5.26%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 3 (15.79%) iPad
4 1 (5.26%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Mac OS
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Network Segmentation
2 11 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (52.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Network Architecture
4 4 (21.05%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (21.05%) Zero Trust
5 3 (15.79%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security
6 1 (5.26%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Bash
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) CCNA
1 1 (5.26%) CCNP
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (52.63%) NIST
Systems Management
1 11 (57.89%) CASB
2 10 (52.63%) FortiGate
3 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Cisco
2 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 10 (52.63%) Palo Alto
4 4 (21.05%) CheckPoint
4 4 (21.05%) Dynatrace
4 4 (21.05%) Meraki
4 4 (21.05%) SolarWinds
5 3 (15.79%) Google
5 3 (15.79%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.26%) Juniper