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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 279 237
Rank change year-on-year +67 -42 -34
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 253 165 440
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.19% 1.00% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.67% 8.41% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 188 157 365
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,150 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,188 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £89,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% +3.90%

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 2,371 1,961 4,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.17% 11.91% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,199 3,051
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,498 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%

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 10 July 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 18 (7.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 97 (38.34%) Azure
2 58 (22.92%) AWS
3 31 (12.25%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.86%) Entra ID
5 28 (11.07%) GCP
6 15 (5.93%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.37%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.37%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.37%) Serverless
8 5 (1.98%) OCI
9 4 (1.58%) SaaS
10 3 (1.19%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.19%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.79%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.79%) PaaS
11 2 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 148 (58.50%) Firewall
2 66 (26.09%) WAN
3 64 (25.30%) LAN
4 57 (22.53%) VLAN
5 46 (18.18%) VPN
6 43 (17.00%) SD-WAN
7 38 (15.02%) DNS
7 38 (15.02%) Wireless
8 34 (13.44%) BGP
9 31 (12.25%) DHCP
10 29 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (9.09%) MPLS
11 23 (9.09%) OSPF
12 21 (8.30%) WLAN
13 20 (7.91%) TCP/IP
14 17 (6.72%) Cisco ISE
14 17 (6.72%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (4.74%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (4.74%) SSL
16 11 (4.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.40%) MySQL
2 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.40%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) GitLab
2 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.21%) Finance
3 27 (10.67%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.51%) Telecoms
6 17 (6.72%) Law
7 11 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.35%) Banking
8 9 (3.56%) Legal
9 6 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Police
12 2 (0.79%) Retail
12 2 (0.79%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.40%) Aviation
13 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.40%) Marketing
13 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 58 (22.92%) Architect
2 49 (19.37%) Network Engineer
3 47 (18.58%) Senior
4 37 (14.62%) Security Architect
5 28 (11.07%) Analyst
6 26 (10.28%) Security Analyst
7 25 (9.88%) Security Engineer
8 22 (8.70%) Network Analyst
9 21 (8.30%) Network Architect
10 20 (7.91%) Network Security Analyst
11 19 (7.51%) Security Specialist
12 18 (7.11%) Consultant
13 16 (6.32%) Senior Network Engineer
14 15 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (5.93%) Senior Security Engineer
15 14 (5.53%) Lead
15 14 (5.53%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (5.14%) Network Specialist
17 11 (4.35%) Network Security Specialist
17 11 (4.35%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.72%) OAuth
2 16 (6.32%) SAML
3 7 (2.77%) REST
4 6 (2.37%) LDAP
4 6 (2.37%) OpenID
5 4 (1.58%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.40%) JSON
6 1 (0.40%) Kafka
6 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.40%) React
6 1 (0.40%) Vue
6 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.60%) Security Posture
2 25 (9.88%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (4.74%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.35%) Blog
5 11 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.95%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.95%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.37%) Cyber Security Posture
8 6 (2.37%) PKI
8 6 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.98%) Clustering
9 5 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.58%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.19%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.67%) Windows
2 12 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.77%) Linux
4 3 (1.19%) Android
4 3 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (44.27%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (20.95%) Cloud Security
3 48 (18.97%) Security Architecture
4 47 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (18.18%) SIEM
6 40 (15.81%) Incident Response
6 40 (15.81%) Project Delivery
7 39 (15.42%) Roadmaps
8 38 (15.02%) Vulnerability Management
9 35 (13.83%) Security Operations
10 33 (13.04%) Zero Trust
11 32 (12.65%) Business Continuity
11 32 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 29 (11.46%) Information Security
13 28 (11.07%) Risk Management
14 27 (10.67%) Agile
14 27 (10.67%) Identity Access Management
15 26 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (9.88%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.67%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.91%) Python
3 8 (3.16%) Bash
4 7 (2.77%) SQL
5 4 (1.58%) C#
5 4 (1.58%) Go
6 3 (1.19%) C
6 3 (1.19%) C++
6 3 (1.19%) Java
6 3 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.19%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.19%) Perl
6 3 (1.19%) Ruby
6 3 (1.19%) Rust
7 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (20.95%) CISSP
2 44 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (16.60%) Security Cleared
4 38 (15.02%) Degree
4 38 (15.02%) SC Cleared
5 37 (14.62%) CCNP
6 35 (13.83%) CISM
7 17 (6.72%) CCNA
7 17 (6.72%) DV Cleared
8 13 (5.14%) Azure Certification
9 11 (4.35%) CRISC
10 10 (3.95%) CCIE
11 9 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.56%) DBS Check
12 7 (2.77%) GSEC
13 6 (2.37%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.98%) CEH
15 4 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (1.58%) CCSP
15 4 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (28.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (23.72%) NIST
3 19 (7.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (7.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 17 (6.72%) NCSC
5 15 (5.93%) GDPR
6 13 (5.14%) PCI DSS
7 12 (4.74%) GRC
8 11 (4.35%) JSP 440
9 7 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.77%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (1.19%) COBIT
12 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (1.19%) SLA
13 2 (0.79%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 39 (15.42%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.32%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.58%) Docker
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (10.67%) FortiGate
2 12 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.95%) CASB
3 10 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.56%) Terraform
5 8 (3.16%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.77%) Ansible
7 2 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.79%) SCCM
8 1 (0.40%) Kibana
8 1 (0.40%) Nagios
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.40%) QRadar
8 1 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (34.39%) Cisco
2 79 (31.23%) Microsoft
3 44 (17.39%) Palo Alto
4 41 (16.21%) Fortinet
5 18 (7.11%) Aruba
6 15 (5.93%) Zscaler
7 14 (5.53%) Meraki
8 13 (5.14%) CheckPoint
8 13 (5.14%) VMware
9 12 (4.74%) Google
9 12 (4.74%) Juniper
10 10 (3.95%) Sophos
10 10 (3.95%) Veeam
11 9 (3.56%) F5
12 8 (3.16%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.77%) Okta
13 7 (2.77%) Splunk
14 4 (1.58%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (1.58%) N-able
15 3 (1.19%) iManage