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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 294 254
Rank change year-on-year +65 -40 -26
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 192 140 417
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.00% 0.96% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.05% 7.45% 8.23%
Number of salaries quoted 138 132 345
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £41,450
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 2,122 1,879 5,067
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.07% 12.83% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 1,130 3,330
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% - -5.00%

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 29 May 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 7 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.67%) Azure
2 46 (23.96%) AWS
3 22 (11.46%) GCP
4 19 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (9.38%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.81%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.60%) OCI
7 5 (2.60%) Serverless
8 4 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.56%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.56%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.04%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.04%) SaaS
10 2 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 112 (58.33%) Firewall
2 44 (22.92%) LAN
3 42 (21.88%) WAN
4 35 (18.23%) SD-WAN
5 25 (13.02%) BGP
5 25 (13.02%) Wireless
6 23 (11.98%) VPN
7 21 (10.94%) OSPF
8 20 (10.42%) VLAN
9 18 (9.38%) Cisco ISE
9 18 (9.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 18 (9.38%) WLAN
10 16 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (6.77%) MPLS
12 11 (5.73%) DNS
12 11 (5.73%) Intrusion Detection
12 11 (5.73%) NGFW
13 10 (5.21%) TCP/IP
14 9 (4.69%) Cisco Wireless
15 7 (3.65%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 31 (16.15%) Finance
2 26 (13.54%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.98%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (5.73%) Law
6 10 (5.21%) Banking
7 9 (4.69%) Legal
7 9 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.13%) Retail
10 5 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.60%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.08%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.56%) Aviation
13 2 (1.04%) Police
13 2 (1.04%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (22.92%) Architect
2 39 (20.31%) Network Engineer
3 29 (15.10%) Analyst
3 29 (15.10%) Security Analyst
3 29 (15.10%) Senior
4 22 (11.46%) Security Architect
5 20 (10.42%) Network Analyst
5 20 (10.42%) Network Security Analyst
6 17 (8.85%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (8.33%) Consultant
8 15 (7.81%) Network Architect
8 15 (7.81%) Security Engineer
8 15 (7.81%) Security Specialist
9 13 (6.77%) Security Manager
10 12 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (5.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (5.73%) Network Security Engineer
12 9 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (4.69%) Network Specialist
13 8 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.69%) OAuth
1 9 (4.69%) SAML
2 6 (3.13%) LDAP
2 6 (3.13%) OpenID
2 6 (3.13%) REST
3 4 (2.08%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) Kafka
4 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.31%) Security Posture
2 20 (10.42%) Data Centre
3 14 (7.29%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.77%) Blog
4 13 (6.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 12 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (5.21%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.65%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (3.65%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (3.13%) PKI
9 5 (2.60%) Clustering
9 5 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.08%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.08%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.56%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.25%) Windows
2 6 (3.13%) Linux
3 3 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (42.19%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (23.44%) Cloud Security
3 42 (21.88%) SIEM
4 39 (20.31%) Security Architecture
5 36 (18.75%) Incident Response
6 35 (18.23%) Security Operations
7 34 (17.71%) Roadmaps
7 34 (17.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 29 (15.10%) Zero Trust
9 28 (14.58%) Risk Management
10 27 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (10.42%) Agile
13 20 (10.42%) Project Delivery
14 19 (9.90%) Identity Access Management
14 19 (9.90%) Information Security
15 18 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 18 (9.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.46%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.81%) Python
3 8 (4.17%) Bash
4 7 (3.65%) SQL
5 3 (1.56%) C
5 3 (1.56%) C#
5 3 (1.56%) C++
5 3 (1.56%) Go
5 3 (1.56%) Java
5 3 (1.56%) Objective-C
5 3 (1.56%) Perl
5 3 (1.56%) Ruby
5 3 (1.56%) Rust
6 2 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (21.35%) CISSP
2 37 (19.27%) Security Cleared
3 34 (17.71%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (16.15%) SC Cleared
5 27 (14.06%) CCNP
6 26 (13.54%) CISM
7 22 (11.46%) Degree
8 21 (10.94%) DV Cleared
9 11 (5.73%) CCIE
10 10 (5.21%) CCNA
11 9 (4.69%) Azure Certification
12 8 (4.17%) CRISC
13 7 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (3.65%) DBS Check
13 7 (3.65%) GSEC
14 5 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.60%) CCSP
14 5 (2.60%) CEH
14 5 (2.60%) GIAC
15 3 (1.56%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (27.60%) NIST
3 17 (8.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (7.81%) GDPR
4 15 (7.81%) PCI DSS
5 14 (7.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (6.77%) GRC
6 13 (6.77%) JSP 440
6 13 (6.77%) NCSC
7 7 (3.65%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.65%) Docker
2 7 (3.65%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (9.90%) FortiGate
2 12 (6.25%) Terraform
3 10 (5.21%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (4.69%) Ansible
4 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (4.17%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.56%) CASB
6 3 (1.56%) WSUS
7 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.52%) Nagios
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.52%) QRadar
7 1 (0.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (34.38%) Cisco
2 42 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.15%) Palo Alto
4 30 (15.63%) Fortinet
5 12 (6.25%) CheckPoint
6 11 (5.73%) Juniper
7 10 (5.21%) Google
8 9 (4.69%) F5
8 9 (4.69%) Sophos
9 7 (3.65%) Aruba
9 7 (3.65%) Meraki
9 7 (3.65%) Okta
9 7 (3.65%) Zscaler
10 6 (3.13%) SonicWALL
10 6 (3.13%) VMware
11 5 (2.60%) Splunk
11 5 (2.60%) Veeam
12 4 (2.08%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (2.08%) N-able
13 3 (1.56%) iManage