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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 255 215
Rank change year-on-year +69 -40 -26
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 325 177 357
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 1.09% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.39% 9.82% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 219 163 242
10th Percentile £34,500 - £43,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £89,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 2,259 1,802 3,737
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.28% 11.05% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,342 1,037 1,613
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,445 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.11% -20.00% -0.99%

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 18 September 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 (6.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 110 (33.85%) Azure
2 71 (21.85%) AWS
3 39 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (11.08%) GCP
5 35 (10.77%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.77%) Mimecast
6 9 (2.77%) OneDrive
6 9 (2.77%) SaaS
7 7 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (1.85%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.23%) OCI
9 4 (1.23%) Serverless
10 3 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (0.92%) IaaS
10 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.92%) PaaS
10 3 (0.92%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 180 (55.38%) Firewall
2 103 (31.69%) VLAN
3 82 (25.23%) WAN
4 79 (24.31%) LAN
5 55 (16.92%) VPN
6 50 (15.38%) Wireless
7 42 (12.92%) DNS
8 39 (12.00%) SD-WAN
9 36 (11.08%) DHCP
10 34 (10.46%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (10.15%) BGP
12 26 (8.00%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.69%) MPLS
13 25 (7.69%) OSPF
14 23 (7.08%) WLAN
15 18 (5.54%) Cisco ISE
15 18 (5.54%) Cisco Nexus
16 12 (3.69%) SSL
17 11 (3.38%) SNMP
17 11 (3.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.31%) MySQL
2 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.77%) JIRA
2 4 (1.23%) GitLab
3 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.31%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
General
1 126 (38.77%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 40 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 35 (10.77%) Finance
5 30 (9.23%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.69%) Law
7 23 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.31%) Banking
9 9 (2.77%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.46%) Legal
10 8 (2.46%) Retail
11 6 (1.85%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Marketing
13 2 (0.62%) Police
14 1 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 89 (27.38%) Senior
2 68 (20.92%) Network Engineer
3 61 (18.77%) Architect
4 56 (17.23%) Security Engineer
5 47 (14.46%) Senior Security Engineer
6 45 (13.85%) Security Architect
7 25 (7.69%) Consultant
8 24 (7.38%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (6.46%) Analyst
10 19 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (5.85%) Security Analyst
11 18 (5.54%) Network Architect
12 15 (4.62%) Lead
13 14 (4.31%) Network Analyst
14 13 (4.00%) Security Consultant
15 12 (3.69%) Network Security Analyst
15 12 (3.69%) Security Specialist
16 11 (3.38%) Cisco Engineer
16 11 (3.38%) Project Manager
16 11 (3.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.92%) OAuth
2 15 (4.62%) SAML
3 9 (2.77%) Terraform
4 7 (2.15%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.85%) REST
6 5 (1.54%) LDAP
6 5 (1.54%) OpenID
7 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.62%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.31%) .NET
9 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.31%) JSON
9 1 (0.31%) Kafka
9 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.31%) POSIX
9 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 37 (11.38%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (5.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 14 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.69%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.08%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.15%) PKI
9 7 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.85%) Blog
10 6 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.23%) Clustering
12 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
14 2 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.62%) Windows
2 21 (6.46%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.69%) Linux
4 5 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.92%) Android
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (48.31%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (25.23%) Project Delivery
3 71 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 65 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 62 (19.08%) Decision-Making
6 54 (16.62%) Network Architecture
7 50 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
8 49 (15.08%) BCP
8 49 (15.08%) Business Continuity Planning
9 48 (14.77%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 46 (14.15%) Economics
10 46 (14.15%) Security Architecture
11 44 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (12.92%) Agile
13 41 (12.62%) Roadmaps
13 41 (12.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (12.62%) Threat Modelling
14 40 (12.31%) Identity Access Management
15 38 (11.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 25 (7.69%) Python
3 8 (2.46%) Bash
4 6 (1.85%) SQL
5 5 (1.54%) Go
6 3 (0.92%) C#
6 3 (0.92%) C++
6 3 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.92%) Rust
7 2 (0.62%) C
7 2 (0.62%) Java
7 2 (0.62%) Objective-C
7 2 (0.62%) Perl
7 2 (0.62%) Ruby
8 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (17.85%) Cisco Certification
1 58 (17.85%) CISSP
2 49 (15.08%) Security Cleared
3 48 (14.77%) Degree
4 46 (14.15%) CCNP
5 43 (13.23%) SC Cleared
6 41 (12.62%) CISM
7 21 (6.46%) CCNA
8 15 (4.62%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.31%) Azure Certification
9 14 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.38%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.46%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.46%) PMP
12 7 (2.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (2.15%) CCIE
12 7 (2.15%) CCSP
12 7 (2.15%) CRISC
12 7 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (25.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (21.85%) NIST
3 26 (8.00%) NCSC
4 25 (7.69%) GDPR
5 20 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (5.23%) GRC
6 17 (5.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 17 (5.23%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.85%) JSP 440
7 6 (1.85%) SLA
8 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.23%) COBIT
10 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.62%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.62%) PMO
11 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (14.77%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.85%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.15%) Docker
5 4 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.92%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.62%) CASB
3 14 (4.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (3.08%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.15%) Ansible
7 4 (1.23%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.92%) Grafana
8 3 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.62%) SCCM
10 1 (0.31%) Kibana
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.31%) QRadar
10 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (32.62%) Cisco
2 95 (29.23%) Microsoft
3 45 (13.85%) Palo Alto
4 40 (12.31%) Fortinet
5 25 (7.69%) Aruba
6 24 (7.38%) VMware
7 17 (5.23%) Zscaler
8 16 (4.92%) Juniper
9 12 (3.69%) Meraki
10 11 (3.38%) Google
10 11 (3.38%) Veeam
11 10 (3.08%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.46%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.15%) F5
14 6 (1.85%) Splunk
15 5 (1.54%) Netskope
15 5 (1.54%) Sophos
16 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
17 3 (0.92%) N-able
17 3 (0.92%) NetApp