Hybrid/Remote Network Security Job Trends

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 256 214
Rank change year-on-year +61 -42 -27
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 330 181 332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 1.09% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.77% 10.32% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 219 166 218
10th Percentile £34,500 £46,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year - +7.00% -6.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £88,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,305
% change year-on-year +8.33% -2.13% +2.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Network Security 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 2,235 1,754 3,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.00% 10.59% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 987 1,518
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,500 £40,000 £50,948
% change year-on-year +23.75% -21.49% -0.88%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Security and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Security job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Network Security
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Security over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Network Security salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Network Security
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 21 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 109 (33.03%) Azure
2 72 (21.82%) AWS
3 39 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (11.21%) GCP
5 35 (10.61%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.64%) SaaS
7 9 (2.73%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.12%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.82%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.52%) Serverless
12 4 (1.21%) IaaS
12 4 (1.21%) OCI
12 4 (1.21%) PaaS
13 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.91%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 177 (53.64%) Firewall
2 103 (31.21%) VLAN
3 82 (24.85%) WAN
4 79 (23.94%) LAN
5 59 (17.88%) VPN
6 51 (15.45%) Wireless
7 44 (13.33%) DNS
8 37 (11.21%) DHCP
9 36 (10.91%) SD-WAN
10 35 (10.61%) BGP
11 33 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (8.18%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.58%) MPLS
13 25 (7.58%) OSPF
14 23 (6.97%) WLAN
15 17 (5.15%) Cisco ISE
15 17 (5.15%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (3.94%) SSL
17 11 (3.33%) SNMP
17 11 (3.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.30%) MySQL
3 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 131 (39.70%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 42 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (11.21%) Finance
5 31 (9.39%) Telecoms
6 26 (7.88%) Law
7 25 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.55%) Banking
9 10 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.03%) Retail
10 9 (2.73%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.82%) Legal
11 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.52%) Marketing
13 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.21%) Police
14 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.30%) International Banking
15 1 (0.30%) Military
15 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (28.18%) Senior
2 70 (21.21%) Network Engineer
3 62 (18.79%) Architect
4 59 (17.88%) Security Engineer
5 48 (14.55%) Senior Security Engineer
6 45 (13.64%) Security Architect
7 28 (8.48%) Consultant
8 24 (7.27%) Senior Network Engineer
9 22 (6.67%) Analyst
10 21 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.06%) Security Analyst
12 18 (5.45%) Network Architect
13 16 (4.85%) Lead
14 14 (4.24%) Network Analyst
14 14 (4.24%) Security Consultant
15 13 (3.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 12 (3.64%) Cisco Engineer
16 12 (3.64%) Network Security Analyst
16 12 (3.64%) Security Specialist
17 11 (3.33%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.85%) OAuth
2 15 (4.55%) SAML
3 11 (3.33%) Terraform
4 8 (2.42%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.82%) REST
6 5 (1.52%) LDAP
6 5 (1.52%) OpenID
7 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.61%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.30%) Kafka
9 1 (0.30%) Middleware
9 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.30%) POSIX
9 1 (0.30%) React
9 1 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.06%) Data Centre
2 38 (11.52%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 17 (5.15%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.94%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.33%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.03%) PKI
9 9 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.42%) Management Information System
11 7 (2.12%) Blog
11 7 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.91%) Clustering
15 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
16 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
16 2 (0.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.73%) Windows
2 21 (6.36%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.64%) Linux
4 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.91%) Android
6 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (47.88%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (23.94%) Project Delivery
3 76 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (20.91%) Cloud Security
5 63 (19.09%) Business Continuity
5 63 (19.09%) Decision-Making
6 53 (16.06%) Network Architecture
7 51 (15.45%) Capacity Planning
7 51 (15.45%) Security Architecture
8 49 (14.85%) BCP
8 49 (14.85%) Business Continuity Planning
9 47 (14.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 46 (13.94%) Economics
11 44 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
12 42 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 42 (12.73%) Zero Trust
13 41 (12.42%) Agile
13 41 (12.42%) Identity Access Management
13 41 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.88%) Python
2 25 (7.58%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.42%) Bash
4 6 (1.82%) Go
4 6 (1.82%) SQL
5 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.61%) Bicep
6 2 (0.61%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) C++
6 2 (0.61%) Java
6 2 (0.61%) Rust
7 1 (0.30%) C
7 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.30%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.30%) Perl
7 1 (0.30%) Ruby
7 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (17.58%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (17.27%) CISSP
3 54 (16.36%) Security Cleared
4 45 (13.64%) CCNP
4 45 (13.64%) Degree
4 45 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 40 (12.12%) CISM
6 22 (6.67%) CCNA
7 17 (5.15%) DV Cleared
8 14 (4.24%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.94%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (2.42%) CCSP
10 8 (2.42%) PMP
11 7 (2.12%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (2.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.82%) CRISC
12 6 (1.82%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (25.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (21.52%) NIST
3 27 (8.18%) NCSC
4 26 (7.88%) GDPR
5 19 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (5.76%) PCI DSS
6 18 (5.45%) GRC
7 16 (4.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (1.82%) JSP 440
8 6 (1.82%) SLA
9 5 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.21%) COBIT
11 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.91%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 48 (14.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.06%) Hyper-V
3 14 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.73%) Docker
5 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.79%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.55%) CASB
2 15 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.94%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.12%) Ansible
5 6 (1.82%) Grafana
6 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.91%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.30%) Cilium
8 1 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.30%) Nagios
8 1 (0.30%) QRadar
8 1 (0.30%) SCCM
8 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (32.12%) Cisco
2 98 (29.70%) Microsoft
3 42 (12.73%) Palo Alto
4 40 (12.12%) Fortinet
5 27 (8.18%) Aruba
6 23 (6.97%) VMware
7 18 (5.45%) Juniper
8 17 (5.15%) Zscaler
9 12 (3.64%) Google
10 11 (3.33%) Meraki
11 10 (3.03%) Veeam
12 9 (2.73%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.12%) F5
13 7 (2.12%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.12%) Splunk
14 5 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.52%) Netskope
15 4 (1.21%) Sophos
16 3 (0.91%) NetApp
16 3 (0.91%) SolarWinds