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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 248 205
Rank change year-on-year +57 -43 -23
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 334 180 326
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 1.10% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.12% 10.48% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 209 162 216
10th Percentile £32,304 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +3.73%

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 2,209 1,718 2,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.77% 10.46% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 986 1,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £42,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -10.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

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 16 October 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 20 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 106 (31.74%) Azure
2 78 (23.35%) AWS
3 41 (12.28%) GCP
4 38 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (10.48%) Entra ID
6 21 (6.29%) SaaS
7 9 (2.69%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.40%) Google Compute Engine
8 8 (2.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.80%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.50%) IaaS
10 5 (1.50%) PaaS
11 4 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.20%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.20%) OCI
11 4 (1.20%) Serverless
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 189 (56.59%) Firewall
2 106 (31.74%) VLAN
3 93 (27.84%) WAN
4 87 (26.05%) LAN
5 74 (22.16%) VPN
6 57 (17.07%) Wireless
7 52 (15.57%) DNS
8 44 (13.17%) DHCP
9 43 (12.87%) BGP
10 40 (11.98%) SD-WAN
11 39 (11.68%) TCP/IP
12 38 (11.38%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (7.78%) MPLS
13 26 (7.78%) OSPF
14 24 (7.19%) WLAN
15 21 (6.29%) Cisco Nexus
16 17 (5.09%) Cisco ISE
17 14 (4.19%) SSL
18 12 (3.59%) Cisco ASA
19 11 (3.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.99%) JIRA
2 8 (2.40%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.20%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 150 (44.91%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.87%) Public Sector
3 42 (12.57%) Finance
4 41 (12.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (9.58%) Telecoms
6 28 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (7.78%) Law
8 13 (3.89%) Banking
9 12 (3.59%) Retail
10 9 (2.69%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.40%) Back Office
11 8 (2.40%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.10%) Legal
13 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.50%) Marketing
14 5 (1.50%) Police
15 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.20%) French Language
16 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (30.24%) Senior
2 77 (23.05%) Network Engineer
3 66 (19.76%) Security Engineer
4 57 (17.07%) Architect
5 52 (15.57%) Senior Security Engineer
6 42 (12.57%) Security Architect
7 29 (8.68%) Consultant
8 26 (7.78%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.39%) Network Architect
11 16 (4.79%) Analyst
11 16 (4.79%) Lead
12 14 (4.19%) Security Analyst
12 14 (4.19%) Security Consultant
13 13 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.59%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (3.59%) Security Specialist
15 11 (3.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 11 (3.29%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.69%) Terraform
2 14 (4.19%) OAuth
3 13 (3.89%) SAML
4 8 (2.40%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (1.20%) REST
6 3 (0.90%) LDAP
6 3 (0.90%) OpenID
7 2 (0.60%) Kafka
7 2 (0.60%) Middleware
7 2 (0.60%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.30%) POSIX
8 1 (0.30%) React
8 1 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 60 (17.96%) Data Centre
2 47 (14.07%) Security Posture
3 20 (5.99%) Cloud Native
4 19 (5.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 17 (5.09%) Management Information System
6 16 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (4.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (4.49%) Blog
8 14 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (3.29%) PKI
10 9 (2.69%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.69%) Driving Licence
11 7 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
16 2 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
16 2 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.57%) Windows
2 21 (6.29%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.59%) Linux
4 6 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.20%) macOS
6 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.90%) Android
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (47.60%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (25.15%) Project Delivery
4 75 (22.46%) Cloud Security
5 62 (18.56%) Business Continuity
6 61 (18.26%) Decision-Making
7 56 (16.77%) Security Architecture
8 53 (15.87%) Network Architecture
9 52 (15.57%) Threat Modelling
10 51 (15.27%) Capacity Planning
11 49 (14.67%) BCP
11 49 (14.67%) Business Continuity Planning
12 47 (14.07%) Identity Access Management
12 47 (14.07%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 46 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (13.77%) Economics
14 44 (13.17%) Incident Response
15 42 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 42 (12.57%) Zero Trust
16 41 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.88%) Python
2 22 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.89%) Go
3 13 (3.89%) SQL
4 8 (2.40%) Bash
4 8 (2.40%) Java
5 3 (0.90%) Bicep
5 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.30%) C#
6 1 (0.30%) C++
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) Ruby
6 1 (0.30%) Rust
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 71 (21.26%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (17.96%) CISSP
3 55 (16.47%) Security Cleared
4 51 (15.27%) CCNP
5 45 (13.47%) SC Cleared
6 44 (13.17%) CISM
7 42 (12.57%) Degree
8 30 (8.98%) CCNA
9 19 (5.69%) DV Cleared
10 15 (4.49%) Azure Certification
11 13 (3.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (3.89%) CCSP
11 13 (3.89%) DBS Check
12 12 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (2.69%) PMP
15 8 (2.40%) AWS Certification
16 7 (2.10%) GIAC
16 7 (2.10%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (1.80%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (27.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (23.65%) NIST
3 28 (8.38%) GDPR
4 27 (8.08%) NCSC
4 27 (8.08%) PCI DSS
5 21 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (5.69%) GRC
7 14 (4.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (2.99%) SOC 2
9 7 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 7 (2.10%) JSP 440
10 6 (1.80%) SLA
11 5 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.20%) COBIT
13 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.60%) PMO
15 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 45 (13.47%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.69%) Hyper-V
3 12 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.29%) Docker
5 6 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (8.98%) FortiGate
2 22 (6.59%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.49%) CASB
3 15 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (4.19%) Grafana
5 11 (3.29%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.40%) Cilium
7 7 (2.10%) Ansible
8 4 (1.20%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.90%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.30%) Kibana
10 1 (0.30%) Nagios
10 1 (0.30%) QRadar
10 1 (0.30%) SCCM
10 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (32.93%) Cisco
2 95 (28.44%) Microsoft
3 44 (13.17%) Fortinet
4 43 (12.87%) Palo Alto
5 31 (9.28%) Aruba
6 21 (6.29%) Google
6 21 (6.29%) VMware
7 18 (5.39%) Juniper
8 17 (5.09%) Zscaler
9 13 (3.89%) CheckPoint
10 12 (3.59%) Meraki
11 10 (2.99%) F5
12 9 (2.69%) Veeam
13 8 (2.40%) Splunk
14 6 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (1.80%) Infoblox
14 6 (1.80%) SonicWALL
15 5 (1.50%) Netskope
16 3 (0.90%) Nimble Storage
16 3 (0.90%) SolarWinds