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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 250 258
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 -31
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 146 152 391
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.14% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.47% 9.23% 7.57%
Number of salaries quoted 95 134 322
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,300 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,875 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% +0.80%

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 1,954 1,647 5,164
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.89% 12.34% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,205 3,445
10th Percentile £29,175 £26,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,800 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -6.86%

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 24 April 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 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 67 (45.89%) Azure
2 41 (28.08%) AWS
3 18 (12.33%) GCP
4 17 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (8.22%) Mimecast
6 9 (6.16%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.42%) Serverless
8 4 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.74%) OCI
8 4 (2.74%) SaaS
9 3 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.05%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 78 (53.42%) Firewall
2 29 (19.86%) SD-WAN
2 29 (19.86%) WAN
3 27 (18.49%) LAN
4 16 (10.96%) VPN
5 14 (9.59%) BGP
5 14 (9.59%) Wireless
6 12 (8.22%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (8.22%) Intrusion Detection
6 12 (8.22%) VLAN
6 12 (8.22%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (7.53%) OSPF
8 10 (6.85%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (6.16%) WLAN
10 7 (4.79%) MPLS
10 7 (4.79%) TCP/IP
11 6 (4.11%) NGFW
12 5 (3.42%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (3.42%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (3.42%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (16.44%) Finance
2 20 (13.70%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.27%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.53%) Banking
5 10 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.85%) Law
6 9 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.16%) Legal
7 7 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.79%) Retail
8 5 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.05%) Aviation
11 2 (1.37%) Back Office
11 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.37%) Police
11 2 (1.37%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (20.55%) Network Engineer
2 27 (18.49%) Senior
3 26 (17.81%) Architect
4 22 (15.07%) Analyst
4 22 (15.07%) Security Analyst
5 21 (14.38%) Security Engineer
6 17 (11.64%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (10.96%) Network Analyst
7 16 (10.96%) Network Security Analyst
8 13 (8.90%) Security Manager
9 12 (8.22%) Security Architect
10 11 (7.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 11 (7.53%) Network Security Engineer
11 10 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (6.16%) Consultant
12 9 (6.16%) Security Specialist
13 8 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) Senior Network Security Engineer
13 8 (5.48%) Senior Security Engineer
14 7 (4.79%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.74%) LDAP
1 4 (2.74%) OAuth
1 4 (2.74%) OpenID
1 4 (2.74%) REST
1 4 (2.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.55%) Security Posture
2 16 (10.96%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.96%) Data Centre
3 13 (8.90%) Blog
4 12 (8.22%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (6.85%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (4.79%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (4.79%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.42%) PKI
9 4 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (2.74%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.74%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.05%) Clustering
10 3 (2.05%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.05%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
10 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.37%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.16%) Windows
2 5 (3.42%) Linux
3 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (39.73%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (26.71%) SIEM
3 38 (26.03%) Cloud Security
4 35 (23.97%) Incident Response
5 34 (23.29%) Security Architecture
6 28 (19.18%) Security Operations
7 26 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 25 (17.12%) Roadmaps
9 24 (16.44%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (15.07%) Risk Management
10 22 (15.07%) Zero Trust
11 21 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (12.33%) Mentoring
13 18 (12.33%) Project Delivery
14 16 (10.96%) Application Security
14 16 (10.96%) Information Security
15 15 (10.27%) Business Continuity
16 14 (9.59%) CI/CD
17 13 (8.90%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.27%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.59%) Python
3 10 (6.85%) Bash
4 5 (3.42%) SQL
5 4 (2.74%) Go
6 3 (2.05%) C
6 3 (2.05%) C#
6 3 (2.05%) C++
6 3 (2.05%) Java
6 3 (2.05%) Objective-C
6 3 (2.05%) Perl
6 3 (2.05%) Ruby
6 3 (2.05%) Rust
7 2 (1.37%) Bicep
8 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (20.55%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (19.18%) CISSP
3 26 (17.81%) Security Cleared
4 22 (15.07%) CCNP
5 21 (14.38%) SC Cleared
6 18 (12.33%) CISM
7 17 (11.64%) Degree
8 16 (10.96%) DV Cleared
9 10 (6.85%) CCIE
10 8 (5.48%) CCNA
10 8 (5.48%) CRISC
11 7 (4.79%) Azure Certification
11 7 (4.79%) CEH
11 7 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (4.79%) GSEC
12 5 (3.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (3.42%) CCSP
13 4 (2.74%) GIAC
14 3 (2.05%) GPEN
14 3 (2.05%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (28.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (24.66%) NIST
3 12 (8.22%) GDPR
3 12 (8.22%) GRC
3 12 (8.22%) JSP 440
4 11 (7.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (7.53%) PCI DSS
5 10 (6.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 8 (5.48%) NCSC
7 7 (4.79%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (3.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.74%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.68%) Basel III
10 1 (0.68%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.79%) Docker
2 7 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (10.27%) Terraform
2 9 (6.16%) FortiGate
3 7 (4.79%) Ansible
4 6 (4.11%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.37%) WSUS
8 1 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.68%) Cilium
8 1 (0.68%) Nagios
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (32.19%) Cisco
2 27 (18.49%) Microsoft
3 21 (14.38%) Fortinet
4 17 (11.64%) Palo Alto
5 10 (6.85%) CheckPoint
5 10 (6.85%) Google
6 9 (6.16%) Sophos
7 8 (5.48%) Meraki
8 7 (4.79%) Okta
8 7 (4.79%) VMware
9 6 (4.11%) F5
10 5 (3.42%) iManage
10 5 (3.42%) Veeam
11 4 (2.74%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (2.74%) Juniper
11 4 (2.74%) N-able
11 4 (2.74%) Splunk
11 4 (2.74%) Zscaler
12 3 (2.05%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.05%) SonicWALL