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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 253 209
Rank change year-on-year +68 -44 -9
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 331 183 376
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 1.10% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.86% 9.33% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 222 173 290
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,050 £41,975
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,960
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,333 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,576 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +3.33% -

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 2,388 1,961 3,805
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.47% 11.84% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,319 1,192 1,995
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,875 £80,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 15 August 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 22 (6.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 112 (33.84%) Azure
2 70 (21.15%) AWS
3 41 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (10.57%) Entra ID
5 34 (10.27%) GCP
6 15 (4.53%) Mimecast
7 9 (2.72%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.42%) SaaS
9 6 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.81%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.51%) OCI
11 4 (1.21%) Serverless
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.91%) IaaS
12 3 (0.91%) PaaS
12 3 (0.91%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 193 (58.31%) Firewall
2 104 (31.42%) VLAN
3 81 (24.47%) WAN
4 76 (22.96%) LAN
5 56 (16.92%) VPN
6 49 (14.80%) Wireless
7 45 (13.60%) SD-WAN
8 41 (12.39%) DNS
9 36 (10.88%) BGP
9 36 (10.88%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (10.57%) DHCP
11 27 (8.16%) OSPF
12 26 (7.85%) MPLS
13 25 (7.55%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.55%) WLAN
14 22 (6.65%) Cisco ISE
14 22 (6.65%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (3.63%) SSL
16 11 (3.32%) SNMP
16 11 (3.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.30%) MySQL
2 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.51%) JIRA
2 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 111 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.69%) Finance
3 37 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (9.97%) Public Sector
5 27 (8.16%) Telecoms
6 22 (6.65%) Law
7 14 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.93%) Banking
9 10 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.72%) Legal
11 7 (2.11%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.21%) Retail
15 3 (0.91%) Marketing
16 2 (0.60%) Police
16 2 (0.60%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
17 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (27.49%) Senior
2 65 (19.64%) Network Engineer
3 61 (18.43%) Architect
4 59 (17.82%) Security Engineer
5 48 (14.50%) Senior Security Engineer
6 41 (12.39%) Security Architect
7 27 (8.16%) Analyst
8 26 (7.85%) Senior Network Engineer
9 25 (7.55%) Security Analyst
10 22 (6.65%) Consultant
10 22 (6.65%) Network Analyst
11 20 (6.04%) Network Architect
11 20 (6.04%) Network Security Analyst
12 17 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (5.14%) Lead
13 16 (4.83%) Security Specialist
14 14 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.63%) Network Specialist
15 12 (3.63%) Security Consultant
16 11 (3.32%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.14%) OAuth
2 16 (4.83%) SAML
3 7 (2.11%) REST
4 6 (1.81%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.81%) LDAP
4 6 (1.81%) OpenID
5 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.30%) .NET
6 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.30%) JSON
6 1 (0.30%) Kafka
6 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.30%) POSIX
6 1 (0.30%) Vue
6 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.99%) Security Posture
2 42 (12.69%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 13 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.32%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.72%) Blog
7 9 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.81%) PKI
9 5 (1.51%) Clustering
9 5 (1.51%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.21%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.88%) Windows
2 18 (5.44%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.72%) Linux
4 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.91%) Android
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (48.64%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (24.47%) Project Delivery
3 67 (20.24%) Business Continuity
4 63 (19.03%) Cloud Security
5 59 (17.82%) Decision-Making
5 59 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (16.92%) Network Architecture
7 50 (15.11%) Security Architecture
7 50 (15.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 49 (14.80%) BCP
8 49 (14.80%) Business Continuity Planning
8 49 (14.80%) Capacity Planning
9 46 (13.90%) Economics
10 44 (13.29%) Incident Response
10 44 (13.29%) SIEM
11 43 (12.99%) Roadmaps
12 42 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 38 (11.48%) Vulnerability Management
14 38 (11.48%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.46%) PowerShell
2 25 (7.55%) Python
3 7 (2.11%) Bash
3 7 (2.11%) SQL
4 4 (1.21%) C#
4 4 (1.21%) C++
4 4 (1.21%) Go
4 4 (1.21%) Rust
5 3 (0.91%) C
5 3 (0.91%) Java
5 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.91%) Objective-C
5 3 (0.91%) Perl
5 3 (0.91%) Ruby
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (17.82%) CISSP
2 56 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (14.50%) Security Cleared
4 46 (13.90%) Degree
5 44 (13.29%) CCNP
6 43 (12.99%) SC Cleared
7 38 (11.48%) CISM
8 19 (5.74%) CCNA
9 17 (5.14%) DV Cleared
10 15 (4.53%) Azure Certification
11 12 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (3.02%) CCIE
12 10 (3.02%) CRISC
13 9 (2.72%) DBS Check
14 7 (2.11%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.81%) CCSP
16 5 (1.51%) CEH
16 5 (1.51%) Network+ Certification
16 5 (1.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (25.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (20.54%) NIST
3 23 (6.95%) GDPR
4 22 (6.65%) NCSC
5 21 (6.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (5.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 18 (5.44%) GRC
8 15 (4.53%) PCI DSS
9 9 (2.72%) JSP 440
10 7 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (1.81%) SLA
12 5 (1.51%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.91%) COBIT
14 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.60%) PMO
15 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (14.50%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.74%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.21%) Docker
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (8.76%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.93%) CASB
4 12 (3.63%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (3.63%) Terraform
5 8 (2.42%) Ansible
6 7 (2.11%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.91%) Grafana
9 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.60%) SCCM
9 2 (0.60%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.30%) Kibana
10 1 (0.30%) Nagios
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.30%) QRadar
10 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (31.72%) Cisco
2 92 (27.79%) Microsoft
3 49 (14.80%) Palo Alto
4 43 (12.99%) Fortinet
5 24 (7.25%) Aruba
6 22 (6.65%) VMware
7 20 (6.04%) Zscaler
8 15 (4.53%) CheckPoint
8 15 (4.53%) Juniper
9 13 (3.93%) Meraki
10 12 (3.63%) Google
10 12 (3.63%) Veeam
11 10 (3.02%) Sophos
12 8 (2.42%) F5
12 8 (2.42%) SonicWALL
13 6 (1.81%) Okta
13 6 (1.81%) Splunk
14 4 (1.21%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (1.21%) N-able
14 4 (1.21%) Netskope