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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 408 506
Rank change year-on-year -11 +98 +55
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 22 28 71
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 1.45% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 53
10th Percentile - £43,799 £32,420
25th Percentile £71,250 £53,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +52.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £91,625 £85,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +22.11% -11.21%

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 2,299 1,934 4,933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.04% 11.96% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,220 1,178 3,142
10th Percentile £29,738 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,068 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.83% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 4 July 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 11 (50.00%) AWS
1 11 (50.00%) AWS Direct Connect
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 9 (40.91%) SaaS
2 9 (40.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (100.00%) VPN
2 21 (95.45%) WAN
3 20 (90.91%) MPLS
3 20 (90.91%) SD-WAN
4 18 (81.82%) BGP
5 13 (59.09%) Firewall
6 11 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (50.00%) NX-OS
6 11 (50.00%) VXLAN
6 11 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (50.00%) WLAN
7 10 (45.45%) LAN
7 10 (45.45%) SSL
8 9 (40.91%) DHCP
8 9 (40.91%) DNS
8 9 (40.91%) FTP
8 9 (40.91%) HTTP
8 9 (40.91%) SNMP
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Architect
1 13 (59.09%) Network Architect
2 9 (40.91%) Network Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Network Security Architect
2 9 (40.91%) Security Architect
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Firewall Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Network Operations Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (45.45%) SAML
2 9 (40.91%) OAuth
3 1 (4.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (40.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (40.91%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 9 (40.91%) Zero Trust
4 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (22.73%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (22.73%) Runbook
7 4 (18.18%) Network Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
7 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
7 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 2 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
8 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 1 (4.55%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Bash
1 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CCNA
1 3 (13.64%) CCNP
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.09%) CCIE
2 2 (9.09%) CCSA
2 2 (9.09%) CCSE
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (40.91%) NIST
Systems Management
1 10 (45.45%) CASB
2 9 (40.91%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Cisco
2 11 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 11 (50.00%) Dynatrace
2 11 (50.00%) Meraki
2 11 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
3 9 (40.91%) Palo Alto
4 8 (36.36%) Fortinet
5 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.55%) Juniper