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 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 272 249 239
Rank change year-on-year -23 -10 -10
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 120 184 370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.72% 1.31% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.07% 10.34% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75 148 320
10th Percentile £35,970 £35,875 £40,600
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £89,500 £88,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +0.80%

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 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%

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 9 March 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 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.67%) Confluence
2 2 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 58 (48.33%) Azure
2 41 (34.17%) AWS
3 16 (13.33%) GCP
4 11 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.67%) SaaS
6 6 (5.00%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.17%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.33%) GitHub
8 4 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.67%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.67%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.67%) OCI
10 2 (1.67%) Serverless
10 2 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (60.83%) Firewall
2 28 (23.33%) WAN
3 26 (21.67%) SD-WAN
4 24 (20.00%) VPN
5 19 (15.83%) LAN
6 15 (12.50%) BGP
7 12 (10.00%) OSPF
7 12 (10.00%) VLAN
7 12 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (9.17%) Cisco ISE
8 11 (9.17%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (8.33%) TCP/IP
10 9 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (7.50%) Wireless
11 8 (6.67%) DNS
11 8 (6.67%) MPLS
11 8 (6.67%) WLAN
12 7 (5.83%) DHCP
13 6 (5.00%) DMZ
14 5 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.33%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 32 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.17%) Finance
3 12 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.17%) Legal
5 10 (8.33%) Retail
6 8 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.83%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (5.00%) Banking
8 6 (5.00%) Law
9 5 (4.17%) Back Office
10 4 (3.33%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.50%) Aviation
12 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.67%) Police
13 1 (0.83%) Marketing
13 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (25.83%) Network Engineer
2 29 (24.17%) Security Engineer
3 26 (21.67%) Senior
4 17 (14.17%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.17%) Network Security Engineer
7 10 (8.33%) Analyst
7 10 (8.33%) Senior Security Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Security Analyst
9 8 (6.67%) Consultant
9 8 (6.67%) Lead
9 8 (6.67%) Senior Network Security Engineer
10 7 (5.83%) Architect
10 7 (5.83%) Network Operations Engineer
10 7 (5.83%) Security Specialist
11 6 (5.00%) Administrator
11 6 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (5.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) LDAP
1 2 (1.67%) OAuth
1 2 (1.67%) OpenID
1 2 (1.67%) REST
1 2 (1.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.33%) Security Posture
2 19 (15.83%) Cloud Native
3 14 (11.67%) Blog
3 14 (11.67%) Data Centre
4 11 (9.17%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (7.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (5.00%) PKI
7 6 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (3.33%) Driving Licence
8 4 (3.33%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (2.50%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.50%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.67%) CMDB
10 2 (1.67%) e-Learning
10 2 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.00%) Windows
2 3 (2.50%) Linux
2 3 (2.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (34.17%) Incident Response
2 41 (34.17%) SIEM
3 33 (27.50%) Security Operations
4 31 (25.83%) Cloud Security
5 23 (19.17%) Security Architecture
6 22 (18.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (15.83%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (14.17%) Mentoring
10 16 (13.33%) Containerisation
10 16 (13.33%) Zero Trust
11 15 (12.50%) Information Security
11 15 (12.50%) Risk Management
11 15 (12.50%) Threat Detection
12 14 (11.67%) Data Protection
12 14 (11.67%) Threat Intelligence
13 13 (10.83%) Business Continuity
13 13 (10.83%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.00%) Python
2 11 (9.17%) PowerShell
3 10 (8.33%) Bash
4 6 (5.00%) SQL
5 4 (3.33%) Go
5 4 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (2.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 23 (19.17%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.17%) CCNP
4 16 (13.33%) CISSP
5 14 (11.67%) DV Cleared
5 14 (11.67%) SC Cleared
6 12 (10.00%) Degree
7 9 (7.50%) CCNA
8 8 (6.67%) CCIE
8 8 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (5.83%) Azure Certification
9 7 (5.83%) CISM
10 6 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (4.17%) CRISC
11 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (4.17%) SANS
12 4 (3.33%) AWS Certification
12 4 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (3.33%) CREST Certified
12 4 (3.33%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (30.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (23.33%) NIST
3 15 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 14 (11.67%) GRC
5 13 (10.83%) GDPR
6 10 (8.33%) JSP 440
7 9 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (5.83%) SOC 2
9 6 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (5.00%) NCSC
10 4 (3.33%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (3.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.83%) Basel III
12 1 (0.83%) MiFID
System Software
1 15 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.83%) Docker
3 4 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.67%) Firmware
4 2 (1.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (15.00%) Terraform
2 9 (7.50%) FortiGate
2 9 (7.50%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.17%) Ansible
3 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.33%) Cilium
5 2 (1.67%) Nagios
5 2 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.67%) WSUS
6 1 (0.83%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 40 (33.33%) Cisco
2 17 (14.17%) Fortinet
2 17 (14.17%) Microsoft
3 15 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 9 (7.50%) CheckPoint
5 8 (6.67%) Meraki
6 7 (5.83%) Google
7 6 (5.00%) F5
7 6 (5.00%) Okta
8 5 (4.17%) VMware
8 5 (4.17%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.33%) iManage
9 4 (3.33%) Sophos
9 4 (3.33%) Veeam
10 3 (2.50%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.50%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.50%) Splunk
11 2 (1.67%) Tenable
12 1 (0.83%) Datto
12 1 (0.83%) Extreme Networks