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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 193 193
Rank change year-on-year -22 0 +99
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 170 326 374
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 1.66% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.20% 13.51% 12.28%
Number of salaries quoted 145 212 327
10th Percentile £43,000 £43,786 £38,441
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,063 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +3.36% +8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% +7.00% +3.60%

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 1,394 2,413 3,045
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.20% 12.26% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 970 1,386 2,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -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 17 November 2025.

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 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 65 (38.24%) Azure
2 45 (26.47%) AWS
3 16 (9.41%) GCP
4 11 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.12%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.12%) SaaS
6 6 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.53%) OCI
7 5 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.94%) GitHub
7 5 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.76%) PaaS
8 3 (1.76%) Serverless
9 2 (1.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.18%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.18%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 88 (51.76%) Firewall
2 34 (20.00%) VPN
3 32 (18.82%) WAN
4 27 (15.88%) LAN
5 22 (12.94%) TCP/IP
5 22 (12.94%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (11.76%) SD-WAN
7 19 (11.18%) VLAN
8 16 (9.41%) DNS
9 13 (7.65%) DHCP
10 12 (7.06%) Unified Communications
10 12 (7.06%) Wireless
11 11 (6.47%) BGP
11 11 (6.47%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (5.29%) OSPF
13 6 (3.53%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (3.53%) HSRP
13 6 (3.53%) MPLS
14 4 (2.35%) Cisco Firepower
15 3 (1.76%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.35%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.35%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.59%) Git
2 1 (0.59%) GitLab
2 1 (0.59%) Maven
2 1 (0.59%) MSBuild
General
1 44 (25.88%) Finance
2 42 (24.71%) Social Skills
3 39 (22.94%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (20.59%) Public Sector
5 29 (17.06%) Telecoms
6 27 (15.88%) Manufacturing
7 25 (14.71%) Electronics
7 25 (14.71%) Marketing
8 10 (5.88%) Legal
9 8 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.94%) Back Office
11 4 (2.35%) Banking
11 4 (2.35%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.35%) Retail
12 3 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.18%) French Language
13 2 (1.18%) Law
14 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (22.94%) Senior
2 34 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 31 (18.24%) Security Engineer
4 29 (17.06%) Consultant
5 28 (16.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 28 (16.47%) Security Consultant
6 15 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 12 (7.06%) Bid Writer
7 12 (7.06%) Lead
7 12 (7.06%) Senior Bid Writer
8 10 (5.88%) Analyst
8 10 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.71%) Senior Security Engineer
10 7 (4.12%) Administrator
10 7 (4.12%) Security Analyst
11 6 (3.53%) Architect
11 6 (3.53%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) Django
2 1 (0.59%) .NET
2 1 (0.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (8.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (8.24%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (8.24%) Data Centre
4 13 (7.65%) Cloud Native
4 13 (7.65%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.12%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.94%) Blog
7 4 (2.35%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.76%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.76%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.76%) Web3
9 2 (1.18%) CMDB
9 2 (1.18%) Device Driver
9 2 (1.18%) PKI
9 2 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.53%) Windows
2 11 (6.47%) Linux
3 2 (1.18%) CentOS
3 2 (1.18%) Debian
3 2 (1.18%) Unix
3 2 (1.18%) VMS
3 2 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.59%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.88%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (21.76%) Vulnerability Management
3 36 (21.18%) Mentoring
4 34 (20.00%) SIEM
5 32 (18.82%) Incident Response
6 27 (15.88%) Cloud Security
7 26 (15.29%) Security Operations
8 25 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (14.71%) Digital Marketing
8 25 (14.71%) Programme Management
9 24 (14.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (11.76%) DevOps
10 20 (11.76%) ITIL
11 18 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (10.00%) Security Architecture
13 15 (8.82%) Data Protection
14 13 (7.65%) Information Security
14 13 (7.65%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.00%) Python
2 10 (5.88%) Bash
3 8 (4.71%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (4.71%) SQL
4 7 (4.12%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.35%) Go
6 3 (1.76%) Bicep
7 2 (1.18%) C
7 2 (1.18%) C++
8 1 (0.59%) C#
8 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 42 (24.71%) CISSP
2 38 (22.35%) CompTIA Security+
3 37 (21.76%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (21.18%) Security Cleared
5 29 (17.06%) CEH
6 27 (15.88%) CCNP
7 16 (9.41%) CCNA
8 15 (8.82%) Degree
9 14 (8.24%) CCIE
10 9 (5.29%) AWS Certification
10 9 (5.29%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (5.29%) SC Cleared
11 8 (4.71%) Azure Certification
11 8 (4.71%) GCIA
11 8 (4.71%) SANS
12 6 (3.53%) CISM
13 4 (2.35%) CREST Certified
14 3 (1.76%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.76%) GSEC
14 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (28.82%) NIST
3 33 (19.41%) PCI DSS
4 10 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (5.88%) GDPR
5 8 (4.71%) GRC
6 6 (3.53%) NCSC
6 6 (3.53%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.18%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.59%) PMO
8 1 (0.59%) QA
8 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.94%) Firmware
2 5 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (12.94%) Terraform
2 12 (7.06%) Ansible
3 8 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.53%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.35%) Cilium
5 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.76%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.18%) Nagios
7 2 (1.18%) SCOM
8 1 (0.59%) Argo
8 1 (0.59%) Grafana
8 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (27.65%) Cisco
2 27 (15.88%) SAP
3 26 (15.29%) Microsoft
4 18 (10.59%) Palo Alto
5 16 (9.41%) Fortinet
6 13 (7.65%) Meraki
7 7 (4.12%) Extreme Networks
7 7 (4.12%) Juniper
7 7 (4.12%) SolarWinds
8 6 (3.53%) CheckPoint
8 6 (3.53%) VMware
9 4 (2.35%) HP
9 4 (2.35%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.76%) Dell
10 3 (1.76%) Veeam
11 2 (1.18%) Arista
11 2 (1.18%) Aruba
11 2 (1.18%) F5
11 2 (1.18%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.59%) Okta