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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 252 216
Rank change year-on-year +62 -36 -30
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 327 181 332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 1.08% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.85% 10.38% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 212 165 218
10th Percentile £32,750 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,400 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

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 2,202 1,743 3,184
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.88% 10.38% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 988 1,505
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 £74,613 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +1.94%

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 8 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 21 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 105 (32.11%) Azure
2 74 (22.63%) AWS
3 38 (11.62%) GCP
3 38 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (10.70%) Entra ID
5 16 (4.89%) SaaS
6 9 (2.75%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (1.83%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.53%) Google Compute Engine
9 5 (1.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 5 (1.53%) IaaS
9 5 (1.53%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.53%) PaaS
9 5 (1.53%) Serverless
9 5 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.22%) OCI
11 3 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 179 (54.74%) Firewall
2 102 (31.19%) VLAN
3 86 (26.30%) WAN
4 80 (24.46%) LAN
5 65 (19.88%) VPN
6 52 (15.90%) Wireless
7 46 (14.07%) DNS
8 40 (12.23%) BGP
9 38 (11.62%) DHCP
10 36 (11.01%) SD-WAN
11 35 (10.70%) Wi-Fi
12 31 (9.48%) TCP/IP
13 26 (7.95%) OSPF
14 25 (7.65%) MPLS
15 24 (7.34%) WLAN
16 17 (5.20%) Cisco ISE
16 17 (5.20%) Cisco Nexus
17 13 (3.98%) SSL
18 11 (3.36%) SNMP
18 11 (3.36%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.75%) JIRA
2 5 (1.53%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.22%) GitLab
4 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.31%) Git
5 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 138 (42.20%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.46%) Public Sector
3 41 (12.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 40 (12.23%) Finance
5 31 (9.48%) Telecoms
6 26 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (7.65%) Law
8 13 (3.98%) Banking
9 11 (3.36%) Retail
10 9 (2.75%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.83%) Legal
11 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.53%) Back Office
12 5 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.53%) Marketing
12 5 (1.53%) Police
13 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (29.66%) Senior
2 71 (21.71%) Network Engineer
3 63 (19.27%) Security Engineer
4 58 (17.74%) Architect
5 50 (15.29%) Senior Security Engineer
6 43 (13.15%) Security Architect
7 28 (8.56%) Consultant
8 24 (7.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (6.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.50%) Network Architect
11 17 (5.20%) Analyst
12 16 (4.89%) Lead
13 15 (4.59%) Security Analyst
14 14 (4.28%) Security Consultant
15 13 (3.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 12 (3.67%) Cisco Engineer
16 12 (3.67%) Security Specialist
17 11 (3.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
17 11 (3.36%) Network Security Architect
18 10 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.89%) Terraform
2 15 (4.59%) OAuth
3 14 (4.28%) SAML
4 8 (2.45%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.53%) REST
6 4 (1.22%) LDAP
6 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.22%) OpenID
7 2 (0.61%) Middleware
7 2 (0.61%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.31%) .NET
8 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.31%) JSON
8 1 (0.31%) Kafka
8 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.31%) POSIX
8 1 (0.31%) Vue
8 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.82%) Data Centre
2 42 (12.84%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 17 (5.20%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.89%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (4.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.67%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.36%) Blog
8 10 (3.06%) PKI
9 9 (2.75%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (1.22%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.92%) Clustering
15 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
16 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.54%) Windows
2 21 (6.42%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.36%) Linux
4 5 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.92%) Android
6 3 (0.92%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (46.79%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (23.85%) Project Delivery
4 72 (22.02%) Cloud Security
5 63 (19.27%) Decision-Making
6 62 (18.96%) Business Continuity
7 54 (16.51%) Security Architecture
8 53 (16.21%) Network Architecture
9 51 (15.60%) Capacity Planning
10 49 (14.98%) BCP
10 49 (14.98%) Business Continuity Planning
11 47 (14.37%) Threat Modelling
11 47 (14.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 46 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (14.07%) Economics
13 43 (13.15%) Identity Access Management
14 41 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 41 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 41 (12.54%) Zero Trust
15 39 (11.93%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.87%) Python
2 23 (7.03%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.36%) SQL
4 9 (2.75%) Go
5 7 (2.14%) Bash
6 5 (1.53%) Java
7 3 (0.92%) Bicep
7 3 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.31%) C#
8 1 (0.31%) C++
8 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.31%) Rust
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 62 (18.96%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (17.74%) CISSP
3 55 (16.82%) Security Cleared
4 46 (14.07%) CCNP
4 46 (14.07%) SC Cleared
5 43 (13.15%) Degree
6 42 (12.84%) CISM
7 23 (7.03%) CCNA
8 17 (5.20%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.59%) Azure Certification
10 13 (3.98%) DBS Check
11 12 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (3.36%) CCSP
13 8 (2.45%) PMP
13 8 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (2.14%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.83%) CRISC
15 6 (1.83%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (26.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (22.32%) NIST
3 26 (7.95%) GDPR
3 26 (7.95%) NCSC
4 23 (7.03%) PCI DSS
5 19 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (5.50%) GRC
7 15 (4.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 7 (2.14%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (1.83%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.83%) SLA
10 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.61%) PMO
14 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 47 (14.37%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 12 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.06%) Docker
5 6 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.31%) Firmware
8 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (9.17%) FortiGate
2 18 (5.50%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.59%) CASB
3 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (3.36%) Grafana
6 7 (2.14%) Ansible
7 5 (1.53%) Cilium
8 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.31%) Kibana
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) QRadar
10 1 (0.31%) SCCM
10 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (32.11%) Cisco
2 97 (29.66%) Microsoft
3 42 (12.84%) Palo Alto
4 39 (11.93%) Fortinet
5 27 (8.26%) Aruba
6 21 (6.42%) VMware
7 18 (5.50%) Juniper
8 17 (5.20%) Zscaler
9 16 (4.89%) Google
10 12 (3.67%) Meraki
11 10 (3.06%) Veeam
12 9 (2.75%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.14%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.14%) Splunk
14 6 (1.83%) F5
15 5 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
15 5 (1.53%) Netskope
16 3 (0.92%) Dynatrace
16 3 (0.92%) Nimble Storage
16 3 (0.92%) SolarWinds