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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 240 234
Rank change year-on-year -21 -6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 127 176 372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 1.30% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.03% 10.29% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 80 147 320
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £89,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.81% +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 1,806 1,710 3,981
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.69% 12.60% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 956 1,186 3,462
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,375 £37,272 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £54,410 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% +3.64% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -7.62%

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 March 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 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.57%) Confluence
2 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 59 (46.46%) Azure
2 41 (32.28%) AWS
3 15 (11.81%) GCP
4 12 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.51%) SaaS
6 6 (4.72%) Mimecast
7 5 (3.94%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.15%) GitHub
8 4 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.57%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.57%) OCI
10 2 (1.57%) Serverless
10 2 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 75 (59.06%) Firewall
2 27 (21.26%) WAN
3 25 (19.69%) SD-WAN
4 22 (17.32%) VPN
5 19 (14.96%) LAN
6 15 (11.81%) BGP
7 12 (9.45%) Intrusion Detection
7 12 (9.45%) OSPF
7 12 (9.45%) VLAN
7 12 (9.45%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (8.66%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (7.09%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (7.09%) TCP/IP
9 9 (7.09%) Wireless
10 8 (6.30%) WLAN
11 7 (5.51%) DNS
11 7 (5.51%) MPLS
12 6 (4.72%) DHCP
12 6 (4.72%) DMZ
12 6 (4.72%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.57%) JIRA
General
1 30 (23.62%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.11%) Finance
3 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.66%) Legal
5 10 (7.87%) Retail
6 9 (7.09%) Public Sector
7 8 (6.30%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (5.51%) Law
9 6 (4.72%) Banking
10 5 (3.94%) Back Office
10 5 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (3.15%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.36%) Aviation
13 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.57%) Police
14 1 (0.79%) Marketing
14 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.79%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (24.41%) Network Engineer
2 29 (22.83%) Security Engineer
3 26 (20.47%) Senior
4 17 (13.39%) Senior Network Engineer
5 14 (11.02%) Analyst
6 13 (10.24%) Security Analyst
7 12 (9.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (8.66%) Network Security Engineer
9 9 (7.09%) Architect
9 9 (7.09%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (7.09%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (6.30%) Consultant
10 8 (6.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 8 (6.30%) Lead
10 8 (6.30%) Security Manager
10 8 (6.30%) Senior Network Security Engineer
11 7 (5.51%) Network Analyst
11 7 (5.51%) Network Operations Engineer
11 7 (5.51%) Network Security Analyst
11 7 (5.51%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) LDAP
1 2 (1.57%) OAuth
1 2 (1.57%) OpenID
1 2 (1.57%) REST
1 2 (1.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.69%) Security Posture
2 19 (14.96%) Cloud Native
3 15 (11.81%) Blog
4 14 (11.02%) Data Centre
5 11 (8.66%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (7.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 8 (6.30%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (4.72%) PKI
9 5 (3.94%) Driving Licence
9 5 (3.94%) Management Information System
9 5 (3.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.36%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.36%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.57%) CMDB
11 2 (1.57%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.57%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Windows
2 3 (2.36%) Linux
3 2 (1.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.80%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (33.86%) Incident Response
2 43 (33.86%) SIEM
3 33 (25.98%) Security Operations
4 32 (25.20%) Cloud Security
5 26 (20.47%) Security Architecture
6 25 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 22 (17.32%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (14.96%) Risk Management
9 18 (14.17%) Mentoring
9 18 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (12.60%) Containerisation
10 16 (12.60%) Information Security
10 16 (12.60%) Zero Trust
11 15 (11.81%) Business Continuity
11 15 (11.81%) Threat Detection
12 14 (11.02%) Data Protection
12 14 (11.02%) Threat Intelligence
13 13 (10.24%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.45%) Python
2 10 (7.87%) Bash
2 10 (7.87%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.72%) SQL
4 4 (3.15%) Go
4 4 (3.15%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.57%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 23 (18.11%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (16.54%) Security Cleared
3 18 (14.17%) CISSP
4 17 (13.39%) CCNP
5 15 (11.81%) DV Cleared
5 15 (11.81%) SC Cleared
6 13 (10.24%) Degree
7 9 (7.09%) CISM
8 8 (6.30%) CCIE
8 8 (6.30%) CCNA
9 7 (5.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
10 6 (4.72%) CEH
10 6 (4.72%) CRISC
10 6 (4.72%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (3.94%) GSEC
12 4 (3.15%) AWS Certification
12 4 (3.15%) CREST Certified
12 4 (3.15%) GIAC
12 4 (3.15%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (31.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (24.41%) NIST
3 15 (11.81%) GRC
3 15 (11.81%) PCI DSS
4 13 (10.24%) GDPR
5 11 (8.66%) JSP 440
6 10 (7.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (5.51%) SOC 2
8 6 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (4.72%) NCSC
9 5 (3.94%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (3.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.79%) Basel III
11 1 (0.79%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (11.02%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.51%) Docker
3 5 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.57%) Firmware
4 2 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (14.17%) Terraform
2 9 (7.09%) FortiGate
2 9 (7.09%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.94%) Ansible
3 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.15%) Cilium
5 2 (1.57%) Nagios
5 2 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.57%) WSUS
6 1 (0.79%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 40 (31.50%) Cisco
2 18 (14.17%) Microsoft
3 17 (13.39%) Fortinet
4 16 (12.60%) Palo Alto
5 9 (7.09%) CheckPoint
6 8 (6.30%) Google
6 8 (6.30%) Meraki
7 7 (5.51%) Okta
8 6 (4.72%) F5
9 5 (3.94%) iManage
9 5 (3.94%) Sophos
9 5 (3.94%) VMware
9 5 (3.94%) Zscaler
10 3 (2.36%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.36%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.36%) Splunk
10 3 (2.36%) Veeam
11 2 (1.57%) Tenable
12 1 (0.79%) Datto
12 1 (0.79%) N-able