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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 246 211
Rank change year-on-year +63 -35 -14
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 337 187 384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.13% 1.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.35% 9.67% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 229 174 283
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,075 £42,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £77,113
90th Percentile £94,750 £88,333 £84,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% -

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 2,349 1,934 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.14% 11.69% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 1,161 1,936
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -10.38% -7.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.01% -19.50% -2.91%

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 25 August 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 22 (6.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 113 (33.53%) Azure
2 71 (21.07%) AWS
3 42 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (10.68%) Entra ID
5 35 (10.39%) GCP
6 14 (4.15%) Mimecast
7 9 (2.67%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.37%) SaaS
9 6 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.78%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.48%) OCI
11 4 (1.19%) Serverless
12 3 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.89%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.89%) IaaS
12 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.89%) PaaS
12 3 (0.89%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 192 (56.97%) Firewall
2 105 (31.16%) VLAN
3 82 (24.33%) WAN
4 78 (23.15%) LAN
5 55 (16.32%) VPN
6 49 (14.54%) Wireless
7 43 (12.76%) SD-WAN
8 42 (12.46%) DNS
9 36 (10.68%) DHCP
9 36 (10.68%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (10.09%) BGP
11 26 (7.72%) MPLS
11 26 (7.72%) OSPF
12 25 (7.42%) TCP/IP
13 24 (7.12%) WLAN
14 22 (6.53%) Cisco ISE
15 21 (6.23%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (3.26%) SNMP
16 11 (3.26%) SSL
16 11 (3.26%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.30%) MySQL
2 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.37%) JIRA
2 4 (1.19%) GitLab
3 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 118 (35.01%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.87%) Finance
2 40 (11.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (10.68%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.31%) Telecoms
5 23 (6.82%) Law
6 18 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (3.86%) Banking
8 10 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.37%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.08%) Legal
11 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.48%) Retail
13 3 (0.89%) Marketing
14 2 (0.59%) Police
14 2 (0.59%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (26.41%) Senior
2 67 (19.88%) Network Engineer
3 61 (18.10%) Architect
3 61 (18.10%) Security Engineer
4 48 (14.24%) Senior Security Engineer
5 41 (12.17%) Security Architect
6 27 (8.01%) Analyst
7 25 (7.42%) Security Analyst
7 25 (7.42%) Senior Network Engineer
8 23 (6.82%) Consultant
9 22 (6.53%) Network Analyst
10 20 (5.93%) Network Architect
10 20 (5.93%) Network Security Analyst
11 18 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (5.34%) Lead
12 16 (4.75%) Security Specialist
13 12 (3.56%) Security Consultant
13 12 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.97%) Project Manager
14 10 (2.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.04%) OAuth
2 16 (4.75%) SAML
3 12 (3.56%) Terraform
4 7 (2.08%) 802.1X
4 7 (2.08%) REST
5 6 (1.78%) LDAP
5 6 (1.78%) OpenID
6 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.30%) .NET
7 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.30%) JSON
7 1 (0.30%) Kafka
7 1 (0.30%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.30%) POSIX
7 1 (0.30%) React
7 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.54%) Data Centre
2 41 (12.17%) Security Posture
3 17 (5.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 17 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.26%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.97%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.37%) Blog
7 8 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.08%) PKI
9 6 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.48%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.48%) Clustering
10 5 (1.48%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.19%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.98%) Windows
2 19 (5.64%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.97%) Linux
4 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.89%) Android
5 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (48.96%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (24.93%) Project Delivery
3 67 (19.88%) Business Continuity
4 64 (18.99%) Cloud Security
5 63 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (17.80%) Decision-Making
7 55 (16.32%) Network Architecture
8 50 (14.84%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 49 (14.54%) BCP
9 49 (14.54%) Business Continuity Planning
9 49 (14.54%) Capacity Planning
10 48 (14.24%) Security Architecture
11 46 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (13.65%) Economics
12 43 (12.76%) Roadmaps
13 41 (12.17%) Incident Response
13 41 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 41 (12.17%) SIEM
14 39 (11.57%) Agile
15 38 (11.28%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.31%) PowerShell
2 26 (7.72%) Python
3 7 (2.08%) Bash
3 7 (2.08%) SQL
4 4 (1.19%) C#
4 4 (1.19%) C++
4 4 (1.19%) Go
4 4 (1.19%) Rust
5 3 (0.89%) C
5 3 (0.89%) Java
5 3 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.89%) Objective-C
5 3 (0.89%) Perl
5 3 (0.89%) Ruby
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (17.51%) CISSP
2 58 (17.21%) Cisco Certification
3 49 (14.54%) Security Cleared
4 47 (13.95%) Degree
5 46 (13.65%) CCNP
6 43 (12.76%) SC Cleared
7 39 (11.57%) CISM
8 21 (6.23%) CCNA
9 17 (5.04%) DV Cleared
10 15 (4.45%) Azure Certification
11 12 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.97%) CCIE
13 9 (2.67%) DBS Check
14 8 (2.37%) AWS Certification
14 8 (2.37%) CRISC
15 7 (2.08%) PMP
16 6 (1.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (1.78%) CCSP
16 6 (1.78%) CEH
16 6 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (25.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (20.77%) NIST
3 24 (7.12%) GDPR
3 24 (7.12%) NCSC
4 22 (6.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (5.64%) GRC
6 18 (5.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 16 (4.75%) PCI DSS
8 8 (2.37%) JSP 440
9 7 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.78%) SLA
11 5 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.89%) COBIT
12 3 (0.89%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.59%) PMO
13 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.64%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.19%) Docker
5 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (8.90%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.15%) CASB
2 14 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.37%) Ansible
4 8 (2.37%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.19%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.89%) Grafana
6 3 (0.89%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.59%) SCCM
8 1 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.30%) Nagios
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.30%) QRadar
8 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (31.45%) Cisco
2 94 (27.89%) Microsoft
3 49 (14.54%) Palo Alto
4 42 (12.46%) Fortinet
5 24 (7.12%) Aruba
6 22 (6.53%) VMware
7 19 (5.64%) Zscaler
8 15 (4.45%) Juniper
9 14 (4.15%) CheckPoint
10 13 (3.86%) Meraki
11 12 (3.56%) Veeam
12 10 (2.97%) Google
13 9 (2.67%) Sophos
14 8 (2.37%) F5
14 8 (2.37%) SonicWALL
15 6 (1.78%) Splunk
16 5 (1.48%) Netskope
17 4 (1.19%) Barracuda Networks
17 4 (1.19%) N-able
18 3 (0.89%) SolarWinds