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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 213 243
Rank change year-on-year -50 +30 +1
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 118 247 333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 1.52% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.82% 11.64% 9.35%
Number of salaries quoted 81 154 284
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,373 £62,500 £64,650
% change year-on-year -8.20% -3.33% +8.61%

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 1,509 2,122 3,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.54% 13.09% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,209 3,056
10th Percentile £27,540 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 31 January 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 2 (1.69%) Confluence
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (47.46%) Azure
2 45 (38.14%) AWS
3 16 (13.56%) GCP
4 10 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.93%) SaaS
6 6 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.39%) GitHub
8 4 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.54%) Serverless
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.69%) dbt
10 2 (1.69%) OCI
11 1 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 74 (62.71%) Firewall
2 27 (22.88%) SD-WAN
2 27 (22.88%) WAN
3 23 (19.49%) VPN
4 16 (13.56%) LAN
5 14 (11.86%) BGP
5 14 (11.86%) VLAN
6 12 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (9.32%) DNS
7 11 (9.32%) OSPF
7 11 (9.32%) TCP/IP
8 10 (8.47%) Wireless
9 9 (7.63%) DHCP
10 8 (6.78%) MPLS
11 7 (5.93%) DMZ
12 6 (5.08%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (5.08%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (4.24%) HSRP
13 5 (4.24%) NGFW
13 5 (4.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.80%) Finance
3 13 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.47%) Retail
5 9 (7.63%) Legal
6 6 (5.08%) Banking
6 6 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.24%) Back Office
7 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.24%) Law
8 4 (3.39%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Aviation
9 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.69%) Police
11 1 (0.85%) Marketing
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (28.81%) Network Engineer
2 30 (25.42%) Security Engineer
3 25 (21.19%) Senior
4 15 (12.71%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (9.32%) Senior Security Engineer
6 9 (7.63%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) Analyst
7 8 (6.78%) Consultant
7 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Lead
9 6 (5.08%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (5.08%) Network Operations Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Security Analyst
9 6 (5.08%) Senior Network Security Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) IT Security Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.64%) Cloud Native
2 18 (15.25%) Data Centre
2 18 (15.25%) Security Posture
3 11 (9.32%) Blog
3 11 (9.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (8.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (7.63%) Cloud Security Posture
6 8 (6.78%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (5.93%) PKI
8 5 (4.24%) Driving Licence
8 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
9 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (3.39%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.54%) CMDB
10 3 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.69%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.69%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.56%) Windows
2 8 (6.78%) Linux
3 3 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.69%) CentOS
4 2 (1.69%) Debian
4 2 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (33.90%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (31.36%) SIEM
3 33 (27.97%) Incident Response
4 32 (27.12%) Security Operations
5 31 (26.27%) Cloud Security
6 19 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (15.25%) Containerisation
7 18 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (14.41%) DevOps
8 17 (14.41%) Mentoring
9 16 (13.56%) Data Protection
9 16 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (13.56%) ITIL
9 16 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (13.56%) Security Architecture
10 14 (11.86%) Risk Management
10 14 (11.86%) Threat Intelligence
11 12 (10.17%) Information Security
11 12 (10.17%) Migration
11 12 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.02%) Python
2 11 (9.32%) Bash
3 7 (5.93%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.93%) SQL
4 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.39%) Go
6 3 (2.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 26 (22.03%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
3 18 (15.25%) CCNP
4 15 (12.71%) CISSP
5 13 (11.02%) SC Cleared
6 11 (9.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (9.32%) Degree
6 11 (9.32%) DV Cleared
7 10 (8.47%) CCIE
8 8 (6.78%) AWS Certification
8 8 (6.78%) CISM
8 8 (6.78%) SANS
9 7 (5.93%) Azure Certification
9 7 (5.93%) CCNA
10 6 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (4.24%) GCIA
11 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (3.39%) CREST Certified
12 4 (3.39%) CRISC
12 4 (3.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (30.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (22.88%) NIST
3 16 (13.56%) PCI DSS
4 13 (11.02%) GRC
5 12 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (10.17%) GDPR
6 10 (8.47%) NCSC
7 8 (6.78%) JSP 440
8 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (5.08%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.85%) Basel III
11 1 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.85%) MiFID
System Software
1 13 (11.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.78%) Docker
3 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (19.49%) Terraform
2 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.93%) FortiGate
4 6 (5.08%) Ansible
5 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.39%) Cilium
7 3 (2.54%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.54%) Nagios
8 2 (1.69%) WSUS
9 1 (0.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 40 (33.90%) Cisco
2 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 14 (11.86%) Palo Alto
4 13 (11.02%) Fortinet
5 10 (8.47%) Meraki
6 7 (5.93%) VMware
7 6 (5.08%) CheckPoint
7 6 (5.08%) F5
7 6 (5.08%) SolarWinds
8 4 (3.39%) Google
8 4 (3.39%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.54%) Dell
9 3 (2.54%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.54%) Veeam
10 2 (1.69%) iManage
10 2 (1.69%) Juniper
10 2 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.69%) Tenable
11 1 (0.85%) Datto
11 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks