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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 215 190
Rank change year-on-year -12 -25 +97
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 154 284 355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.00% 1.50% 1.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.46% 11.84% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 125 180 302
10th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £40,050
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,646 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +3.36% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +5.00%

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 1,344 2,399 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.76% 12.65% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 926 1,383 2,466
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £86,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.31% +6.10% -4.76%

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 6 December 2025.

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 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (37.66%) Azure
2 45 (29.22%) AWS
3 13 (8.44%) GCP
4 10 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.55%) SaaS
6 5 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.25%) GitHub
6 5 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.95%) OCI
8 3 (1.95%) PaaS
8 3 (1.95%) Serverless
9 2 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.30%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 74 (48.05%) Firewall
2 27 (17.53%) WAN
3 23 (14.94%) VPN
4 22 (14.29%) SD-WAN
5 19 (12.34%) LAN
6 16 (10.39%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (9.09%) TCP/IP
8 12 (7.79%) Unified Communications
8 12 (7.79%) VLAN
9 11 (7.14%) DNS
10 10 (6.49%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (5.84%) BGP
11 9 (5.84%) Wireless
12 8 (5.19%) DHCP
13 7 (4.55%) MPLS
14 6 (3.90%) OSPF
15 5 (3.25%) Cisco Wireless
15 5 (3.25%) HSRP
16 4 (2.60%) Cisco Firepower
16 4 (2.60%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.60%) TeamCity
2 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 44 (28.57%) Finance
2 42 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 39 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 28 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 27 (17.53%) Manufacturing
7 25 (16.23%) Electronics
7 25 (16.23%) Marketing
8 10 (6.49%) Legal
9 8 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.25%) Back Office
10 5 (3.25%) Banking
10 5 (3.25%) Law
11 4 (2.60%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.60%) Retail
12 2 (1.30%) French Language
12 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (22.73%) Senior
2 32 (20.78%) Security Engineer
3 31 (20.13%) Consultant
4 29 (18.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 29 (18.83%) Security Consultant
5 26 (16.88%) Network Engineer
6 14 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 12 (7.79%) Bid Writer
7 12 (7.79%) Senior Bid Writer
8 10 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (6.49%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Analyst
10 8 (5.19%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Lead
10 8 (5.19%) Senior Security Engineer
11 7 (4.55%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 7 (4.55%) Network Manager
12 6 (3.90%) IT Security Engineer
12 6 (3.90%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.30%) Django
2 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (11.04%) Data Centre
3 15 (9.74%) Cloud Native
4 14 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (9.09%) Security Posture
5 13 (8.44%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (5.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (4.55%) Blog
8 6 (3.90%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (3.90%) Management Information System
9 5 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (3.25%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.60%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.60%) Driving Licence
10 4 (2.60%) PKI
11 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.95%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.95%) Web3
12 2 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.69%) Windows
2 9 (5.84%) Linux
3 2 (1.30%) CentOS
3 2 (1.30%) Debian
3 2 (1.30%) Unix
3 2 (1.30%) VMS
3 2 (1.30%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.65%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (24.03%) Mentoring
2 37 (24.03%) Vulnerability Management
3 35 (22.73%) SIEM
4 31 (20.13%) Incident Response
5 30 (19.48%) Cloud Security
6 25 (16.23%) Business Intelligence
6 25 (16.23%) Digital Marketing
6 25 (16.23%) Programme Management
6 25 (16.23%) Security Operations
7 22 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (11.69%) DevOps
8 18 (11.69%) ITIL
8 18 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (11.69%) Security Architecture
9 17 (11.04%) Data Protection
10 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.09%) Information Security
12 14 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.09%) Python
2 11 (7.14%) Bash
3 8 (5.19%) SQL
4 7 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (3.90%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.60%) Go
7 3 (1.95%) Bicep
8 2 (1.30%) C
8 2 (1.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 43 (27.92%) CISSP
2 38 (24.68%) CompTIA Security+
2 38 (24.68%) Security Cleared
3 31 (20.13%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (19.48%) CEH
5 24 (15.58%) CCNP
6 13 (8.44%) Degree
7 12 (7.79%) CCIE
7 12 (7.79%) CCNA
8 10 (6.49%) SANS
9 9 (5.84%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.84%) SC Cleared
10 8 (5.19%) GCIA
11 6 (3.90%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.90%) CISM
12 5 (3.25%) DV Cleared
12 5 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.60%) CREST Certified
14 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.95%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (37.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (30.52%) NIST
3 34 (22.08%) PCI DSS
4 10 (6.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (5.84%) GRC
6 8 (5.19%) GDPR
7 7 (4.55%) NCSC
8 6 (3.90%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (2.60%) JSP 440
10 2 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.65%) Basel III
11 1 (0.65%) MiFID
11 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.25%) Firmware
2 5 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.60%) Docker
4 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (15.58%) Terraform
2 9 (5.84%) Ansible
3 8 (5.19%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.55%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.60%) Cilium
6 3 (1.95%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.30%) Nagios
7 2 (1.30%) SCOM
8 1 (0.65%) Argo
8 1 (0.65%) Grafana
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (25.97%) Cisco
2 25 (16.23%) SAP
3 16 (10.39%) Microsoft
4 15 (9.74%) Palo Alto
5 12 (7.79%) Fortinet
6 11 (7.14%) Meraki
7 6 (3.90%) SolarWinds
7 6 (3.90%) VMware
8 5 (3.25%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.60%) Juniper
9 4 (2.60%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.95%) Dell
10 3 (1.95%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (1.95%) HP
10 3 (1.95%) Veeam
11 2 (1.30%) Arista
11 2 (1.30%) F5
11 2 (1.30%) iManage
11 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.65%) Okta