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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 255 206
Rank change year-on-year +64 -49 -12
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 327 178 359
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.37% 1.10% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.14% 9.74% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 219 164 249
10th Percentile £34,500 £46,975 £43,645
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 2,312 1,827 3,703
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.67% 11.26% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,061 1,663
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -2.91%

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 12 September 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 21 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.20%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 113 (34.56%) Azure
2 73 (22.32%) AWS
3 40 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (11.31%) GCP
5 35 (10.70%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.36%) Mimecast
7 9 (2.75%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.45%) SaaS
9 6 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.83%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.53%) OCI
11 4 (1.22%) Serverless
12 3 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.92%) IaaS
12 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.92%) PaaS
12 3 (0.92%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.61%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 183 (55.96%) Firewall
2 103 (31.50%) VLAN
3 82 (25.08%) WAN
4 78 (23.85%) LAN
5 54 (16.51%) VPN
6 48 (14.68%) Wireless
7 42 (12.84%) DNS
8 40 (12.23%) SD-WAN
9 36 (11.01%) DHCP
10 34 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (9.79%) BGP
12 26 (7.95%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.65%) MPLS
14 24 (7.34%) OSPF
15 22 (6.73%) WLAN
16 19 (5.81%) Cisco ISE
16 19 (5.81%) Cisco Nexus
17 11 (3.36%) SNMP
17 11 (3.36%) SSL
17 11 (3.36%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.31%) MySQL
2 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.22%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.31%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 123 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 41 (12.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 39 (11.93%) Public Sector
4 37 (11.31%) Finance
5 30 (9.17%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.65%) Law
7 22 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.28%) Banking
9 10 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.75%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.75%) Legal
11 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.83%) Retail
12 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.61%) Police
13 2 (0.61%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.31%) Military
14 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (27.22%) Senior
2 64 (19.57%) Network Engineer
3 63 (19.27%) Architect
4 56 (17.13%) Security Engineer
5 47 (14.37%) Senior Security Engineer
6 45 (13.76%) Security Architect
7 25 (7.65%) Consultant
8 23 (7.03%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (6.42%) Analyst
10 19 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (5.81%) Network Architect
10 19 (5.81%) Security Analyst
11 16 (4.89%) Lead
12 15 (4.59%) Network Analyst
13 14 (4.28%) Security Specialist
14 13 (3.98%) Network Security Analyst
14 13 (3.98%) Security Consultant
15 11 (3.36%) Network Security Architect
15 11 (3.36%) Project Manager
15 11 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.89%) OAuth
2 15 (4.59%) SAML
3 10 (3.06%) Terraform
4 7 (2.14%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.83%) REST
6 5 (1.53%) LDAP
6 5 (1.53%) OpenID
7 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.61%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.31%) JSON
9 1 (0.31%) Kafka
9 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.31%) POSIX
9 1 (0.31%) React
9 1 (0.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.90%) Data Centre
2 40 (12.23%) Security Posture
3 19 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (5.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 13 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.36%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.06%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.75%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.14%) Blog
9 7 (2.14%) PKI
9 7 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.53%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.22%) Clustering
12 4 (1.22%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.92%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (11.93%) Windows
2 19 (5.81%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.67%) Linux
4 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.92%) Android
5 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (48.93%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (25.69%) Project Delivery
3 68 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (20.49%) Business Continuity
5 66 (20.18%) Cloud Security
6 62 (18.96%) Decision-Making
7 55 (16.82%) Network Architecture
8 49 (14.98%) BCP
8 49 (14.98%) Business Continuity Planning
8 49 (14.98%) Capacity Planning
8 49 (14.98%) Security Architecture
8 49 (14.98%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 46 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (14.07%) Economics
10 44 (13.46%) Roadmaps
11 43 (13.15%) Agile
12 41 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 40 (12.23%) Identity Access Management
13 40 (12.23%) Threat Modelling
13 40 (12.23%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.26%) PowerShell
2 26 (7.95%) Python
3 8 (2.45%) Bash
4 6 (1.83%) SQL
5 5 (1.53%) Go
6 4 (1.22%) C#
6 4 (1.22%) C++
6 4 (1.22%) Rust
7 3 (0.92%) C
7 3 (0.92%) Java
7 3 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.92%) Objective-C
7 3 (0.92%) Perl
7 3 (0.92%) Ruby
8 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (18.65%) CISSP
2 58 (17.74%) Cisco Certification
3 50 (15.29%) Degree
3 50 (15.29%) Security Cleared
4 46 (14.07%) CCNP
5 44 (13.46%) SC Cleared
6 43 (13.15%) CISM
7 21 (6.42%) CCNA
8 16 (4.89%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.59%) Azure Certification
10 14 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.36%) DBS Check
12 9 (2.75%) AWS Certification
13 8 (2.45%) CCIE
13 8 (2.45%) CRISC
13 8 (2.45%) PMP
14 7 (2.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (2.14%) CCSP
15 6 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (26.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (22.32%) NIST
3 26 (7.95%) NCSC
4 25 (7.65%) GDPR
5 21 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (5.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 17 (5.20%) GRC
7 17 (5.20%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (2.14%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.83%) SLA
10 5 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 4 (1.22%) COBIT
12 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.61%) PMO
13 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.50%) Hyper-V
3 14 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.83%) Docker
5 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (8.87%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.59%) CASB
3 14 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.98%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.75%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.45%) Ansible
7 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.92%) Grafana
8 3 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.61%) SCCM
10 1 (0.31%) Kibana
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.31%) QRadar
10 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (32.42%) Cisco
2 94 (28.75%) Microsoft
3 46 (14.07%) Palo Alto
4 42 (12.84%) Fortinet
5 25 (7.65%) Aruba
6 23 (7.03%) VMware
7 18 (5.50%) Zscaler
8 16 (4.89%) Juniper
9 12 (3.67%) CheckPoint
9 12 (3.67%) Meraki
10 11 (3.36%) Google
10 11 (3.36%) Veeam
11 7 (2.14%) F5
11 7 (2.14%) SonicWALL
11 7 (2.14%) Sophos
12 6 (1.83%) Splunk
13 5 (1.53%) Netskope
14 4 (1.22%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (1.22%) N-able
15 3 (0.92%) CrowdStrike