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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 277 244
Rank change year-on-year +75 -33 -44
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 245 154 439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.18% 0.97% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.79% 8.03% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 180 146 363
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,125 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £90,000 £82,500
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 2,270 1,918 4,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.95% 12.07% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 1,161 3,178
10th Percentile £29,663 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,114 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 1 July 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 17 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 99 (40.41%) Azure
2 56 (22.86%) AWS
3 30 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (11.84%) Entra ID
5 28 (11.43%) GCP
6 15 (6.12%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.45%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.45%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.45%) Serverless
8 5 (2.04%) OCI
9 4 (1.63%) SaaS
10 3 (1.22%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.22%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.82%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.82%) IaaS
11 2 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 147 (60.00%) Firewall
2 61 (24.90%) WAN
3 59 (24.08%) LAN
4 51 (20.82%) VLAN
5 44 (17.96%) VPN
6 42 (17.14%) SD-WAN
7 36 (14.69%) DNS
8 33 (13.47%) BGP
8 33 (13.47%) Wireless
9 29 (11.84%) DHCP
10 24 (9.80%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (9.39%) OSPF
12 22 (8.98%) MPLS
13 19 (7.76%) TCP/IP
14 17 (6.94%) Cisco ISE
14 17 (6.94%) Cisco Nexus
14 17 (6.94%) WLAN
15 12 (4.90%) Intrusion Detection
16 11 (4.49%) SSL
17 10 (4.08%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.41%) MySQL
2 1 (0.41%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (18.78%) Social Skills
2 39 (15.92%) Finance
3 27 (11.02%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.76%) Telecoms
6 16 (6.53%) Law
7 11 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.08%) Banking
9 9 (3.67%) Legal
10 5 (2.04%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.22%) Retail
13 2 (0.82%) Aviation
13 2 (0.82%) Police
13 2 (0.82%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.41%) Marketing
14 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (22.04%) Architect
2 45 (18.37%) Network Engineer
3 44 (17.96%) Senior
4 33 (13.47%) Security Architect
5 29 (11.84%) Analyst
6 27 (11.02%) Security Analyst
7 26 (10.61%) Security Engineer
8 22 (8.98%) Network Analyst
9 20 (8.16%) Network Architect
9 20 (8.16%) Network Security Analyst
10 19 (7.76%) Consultant
10 19 (7.76%) Security Specialist
11 16 (6.53%) Senior Security Engineer
12 15 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (5.31%) Lead
13 13 (5.31%) Network Specialist
13 13 (5.31%) Senior Network Engineer
14 12 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (4.49%) Network Security Specialist
15 11 (4.49%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.53%) OAuth
2 15 (6.12%) SAML
3 7 (2.86%) REST
4 6 (2.45%) LDAP
4 6 (2.45%) OpenID
5 4 (1.63%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.41%) .NET
6 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.41%) JSON
6 1 (0.41%) Kafka
6 1 (0.41%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.41%) React
6 1 (0.41%) Vue
6 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (17.96%) Security Posture
2 25 (10.20%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (4.90%) Blog
4 12 (4.90%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.67%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (2.86%) PKI
8 6 (2.45%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.04%) Clustering
9 5 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.22%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.20%) Windows
2 11 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.86%) Linux
4 3 (1.22%) Android
4 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (44.49%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (21.22%) Cloud Security
3 47 (19.18%) Security Architecture
4 44 (17.96%) SIEM
5 41 (16.73%) Incident Response
5 41 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.92%) Vulnerability Management
7 38 (15.51%) Project Delivery
8 37 (15.10%) Roadmaps
8 37 (15.10%) Security Operations
9 34 (13.88%) Zero Trust
10 33 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (13.06%) Business Continuity
11 32 (13.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 29 (11.84%) Information Security
12 29 (11.84%) Risk Management
13 27 (11.02%) Agile
14 26 (10.61%) Identity Access Management
15 25 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.02%) PowerShell
2 20 (8.16%) Python
3 8 (3.27%) Bash
4 7 (2.86%) SQL
5 4 (1.63%) C#
5 4 (1.63%) Go
6 3 (1.22%) C
6 3 (1.22%) C++
6 3 (1.22%) Java
6 3 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.22%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.22%) Perl
6 3 (1.22%) Ruby
6 3 (1.22%) Rust
7 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (20.41%) CISSP
2 43 (17.55%) Security Cleared
3 39 (15.92%) Cisco Certification
4 38 (15.51%) SC Cleared
5 35 (14.29%) Degree
6 34 (13.88%) CISM
7 32 (13.06%) CCNP
8 19 (7.76%) DV Cleared
9 17 (6.94%) CCNA
10 13 (5.31%) Azure Certification
11 11 (4.49%) CRISC
12 10 (4.08%) CCIE
13 8 (3.27%) DBS Check
14 7 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.86%) GSEC
15 5 (2.04%) CEH
16 4 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (1.63%) AWS Certification
16 4 (1.63%) CCSP
16 4 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (30.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (24.90%) NIST
3 19 (7.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (7.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 17 (6.94%) GDPR
5 17 (6.94%) NCSC
6 15 (6.12%) PCI DSS
7 13 (5.31%) GRC
8 12 (4.90%) JSP 440
9 7 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.86%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (1.22%) COBIT
12 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (1.22%) SLA
13 2 (0.82%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 39 (15.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.04%) Docker
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (10.61%) FortiGate
2 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (4.08%) Terraform
4 9 (3.67%) CASB
4 9 (3.67%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.27%) Ansible
6 2 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.82%) SCCM
6 2 (0.82%) WSUS
7 1 (0.41%) Kibana
7 1 (0.41%) Nagios
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.41%) QRadar
Vendors
1 81 (33.06%) Cisco
2 75 (30.61%) Microsoft
3 43 (17.55%) Palo Alto
4 41 (16.73%) Fortinet
5 15 (6.12%) Zscaler
6 14 (5.71%) Meraki
7 13 (5.31%) Aruba
7 13 (5.31%) CheckPoint
7 13 (5.31%) Google
7 13 (5.31%) VMware
8 11 (4.49%) Juniper
9 10 (4.08%) Sophos
10 9 (3.67%) F5
10 9 (3.67%) Veeam
11 8 (3.27%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.86%) Okta
12 7 (2.86%) Splunk
13 4 (1.63%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (1.63%) N-able
14 3 (1.22%) iManage