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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 292 247
Rank change year-on-year +71 -45 -36
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 203 144 441
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 0.95% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.42% 7.50% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 150 136 365
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,500 £41,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,050 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,700 £88,333 £85,000
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 2,156 1,921 5,112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.08% 12.71% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 1,150 3,323
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,377 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.94%

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 10 June 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 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 86 (42.36%) Azure
2 49 (24.14%) AWS
3 23 (11.33%) GCP
4 19 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (8.37%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.39%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.46%) OCI
7 5 (2.46%) Serverless
8 4 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.97%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.48%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.99%) SaaS
10 2 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 120 (59.11%) Firewall
2 48 (23.65%) LAN
2 48 (23.65%) WAN
3 39 (19.21%) SD-WAN
4 32 (15.76%) VPN
5 29 (14.29%) Wireless
6 28 (13.79%) BGP
7 27 (13.30%) VLAN
8 21 (10.34%) OSPF
9 19 (9.36%) WLAN
10 18 (8.87%) Cisco Nexus
11 17 (8.37%) Cisco ISE
11 17 (8.37%) DNS
11 17 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (7.88%) MPLS
13 12 (5.91%) DHCP
14 11 (5.42%) Intrusion Detection
14 11 (5.42%) TCP/IP
15 10 (4.93%) Cisco Wireless
15 10 (4.93%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) GitLab
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (15.27%) Finance
2 27 (13.30%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.81%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.40%) Law
6 11 (5.42%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.93%) Banking
8 9 (4.43%) Legal
9 5 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.97%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.97%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.97%) Retail
11 3 (1.48%) Aviation
12 2 (0.99%) Police
12 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (24.14%) Architect
2 42 (20.69%) Network Engineer
3 28 (13.79%) Analyst
3 28 (13.79%) Security Analyst
3 28 (13.79%) Senior
4 27 (13.30%) Security Architect
5 20 (9.85%) Network Analyst
5 20 (9.85%) Network Security Analyst
6 18 (8.87%) Network Architect
7 17 (8.37%) Security Specialist
8 16 (7.88%) Consultant
8 16 (7.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) Security Engineer
10 12 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (5.42%) Network Security Engineer
11 11 (5.42%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.93%) Lead
12 10 (4.93%) Network Specialist
13 9 (4.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 9 (4.43%) Network Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.91%) OAuth
1 12 (5.91%) SAML
2 6 (2.96%) LDAP
2 6 (2.96%) OpenID
2 6 (2.96%) REST
3 4 (1.97%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) Kafka
4 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (20.69%) Security Posture
2 22 (10.84%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.40%) Blog
3 13 (6.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (5.91%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.91%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.94%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
8 6 (2.96%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.96%) PKI
9 5 (2.46%) Clustering
9 5 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.97%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.97%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.48%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.88%) Windows
2 7 (3.45%) Linux
3 6 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.49%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (40.39%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (21.67%) Cloud Security
3 41 (20.20%) Security Architecture
3 41 (20.20%) SIEM
4 36 (17.73%) Security Operations
4 36 (17.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 35 (17.24%) Roadmaps
6 33 (16.26%) Incident Response
7 29 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 29 (14.29%) Zero Trust
8 28 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (11.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (11.33%) Information Security
11 22 (10.84%) Agile
12 21 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (9.85%) Project Delivery
13 20 (9.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (9.85%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.33%) PowerShell
2 17 (8.37%) Python
3 8 (3.94%) Bash
4 6 (2.96%) SQL
5 4 (1.97%) Go
6 3 (1.48%) C
6 3 (1.48%) C#
6 3 (1.48%) C++
6 3 (1.48%) Java
6 3 (1.48%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.48%) Perl
6 3 (1.48%) Ruby
6 3 (1.48%) Rust
7 2 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (20.20%) CISSP
2 39 (19.21%) Security Cleared
3 34 (16.75%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (16.26%) SC Cleared
5 29 (14.29%) CCNP
5 29 (14.29%) Degree
6 26 (12.81%) CISM
7 21 (10.34%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.91%) CCNA
9 11 (5.42%) CCIE
10 10 (4.93%) Azure Certification
11 8 (3.94%) CRISC
12 7 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.45%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.45%) GSEC
13 5 (2.46%) CEH
14 4 (1.97%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.48%) GPEN
15 3 (1.48%) OSCE
15 3 (1.48%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (32.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (27.09%) NIST
3 17 (8.37%) PCI DSS
4 16 (7.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (7.88%) GDPR
4 16 (7.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 15 (7.39%) NCSC
6 14 (6.90%) GRC
7 13 (6.40%) JSP 440
8 7 (3.45%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (2.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.49%) COBIT
11 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.49%) SLA
11 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (13.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.93%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.96%) Docker
3 6 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (11.33%) FortiGate
2 11 (5.42%) Terraform
3 10 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (4.43%) Ansible
5 8 (3.94%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.96%) CASB
7 3 (1.48%) WSUS
8 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.99%) Nagios
9 1 (0.49%) Kibana
9 1 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.49%) QRadar
9 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (36.45%) Cisco
2 52 (25.62%) Microsoft
3 36 (17.73%) Fortinet
4 35 (17.24%) Palo Alto
5 13 (6.40%) CheckPoint
6 11 (5.42%) Aruba
6 11 (5.42%) Juniper
6 11 (5.42%) Meraki
7 10 (4.93%) Google
7 10 (4.93%) Sophos
8 9 (4.43%) VMware
9 8 (3.94%) F5
9 8 (3.94%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.45%) Okta
10 7 (3.45%) SonicWALL
11 6 (2.96%) Splunk
11 6 (2.96%) Veeam
12 4 (1.97%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (1.97%) N-able
13 3 (1.48%) iManage