Network Security Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 251 217
Rank change year-on-year -72 -34 +136
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 156 455 567
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 1.32% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.85% 8.92% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 148 368 412
10th Percentile £31,975 £42,000 £38,148
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +0.80% +3.52%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 5,482 5,102 4,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.90% 14.79% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,962 3,174 3,210
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Security.

Network Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Security over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Network Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 51 (32.69%) Azure
2 36 (23.08%) AWS
3 10 (6.41%) AWS CloudFormation
3 10 (6.41%) AWS KMS
3 10 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
3 10 (6.41%) Entra ID
3 10 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (6.41%) Serverless
4 8 (5.13%) GCP
5 7 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (4.49%) OCI
6 6 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.21%) PaaS
8 4 (2.56%) IaaS
9 3 (1.92%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.92%) SaaS
10 2 (1.28%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 76 (48.72%) Firewall
2 36 (23.08%) VPN
3 28 (17.95%) WAN
4 27 (17.31%) LAN
5 23 (14.74%) DHCP
5 23 (14.74%) TCP/IP
6 22 (14.10%) DNS
7 18 (11.54%) VLAN
8 15 (9.62%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (8.33%) Wireless
10 11 (7.05%) BGP
11 10 (6.41%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (5.77%) OSPF
12 9 (5.77%) SD-WAN
13 6 (3.85%) NGFW
14 5 (3.21%) IP Telephony
15 4 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
15 4 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
15 4 (2.56%) MPLS
16 3 (1.92%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.28%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.64%) Maven
2 1 (0.64%) MSBuild
General
1 52 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.44%) Finance
3 19 (12.18%) Telecoms
4 18 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (10.90%) Public Sector
6 15 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (8.33%) Banking
8 12 (7.69%) Marketing
9 10 (6.41%) Legal
10 8 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (5.13%) Manufacturing
11 7 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (4.49%) Electronics
12 5 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.64%) French Language
13 1 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 33 (21.15%) Architect
2 31 (19.87%) Network Engineer
3 21 (13.46%) Security Architect
4 16 (10.26%) Analyst
5 14 (8.97%) Lead
5 14 (8.97%) Senior
6 12 (7.69%) AWS Architect
6 12 (7.69%) Security Engineer
7 11 (7.05%) Cloud Architect
7 11 (7.05%) Security Analyst
8 10 (6.41%) Security Manager
9 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.77%) Technologist
10 8 (5.13%) Lead Architect
10 8 (5.13%) Lead Security Architect
10 8 (5.13%) Principal Architect
10 8 (5.13%) Principal Security Architect
11 6 (3.85%) Junior Network Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Network Technician
11 6 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.41%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (6.41%) Kafka
2 2 (1.28%) .NET
2 2 (1.28%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (1.28%) Spring
2 2 (1.28%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.64%) JSON
3 1 (0.64%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.64%) SAML
3 1 (0.64%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 15 (9.62%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (4.49%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.21%) Private Cloud
4 5 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.92%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.92%) SCADA
7 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.28%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.28%) IoT
8 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.46%) Windows
2 9 (5.77%) Linux
3 4 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.92%) Unix
5 2 (1.28%) VMS
5 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.64%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (25.64%) Security Architecture
3 38 (24.36%) Information Security
4 36 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 35 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (21.79%) Incident Response
7 32 (20.51%) Risk Management
8 31 (19.87%) Mentoring
9 27 (17.31%) Architectural Patterns
10 26 (16.67%) SIEM
11 24 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
12 22 (14.10%) DevOps
13 21 (13.46%) Security Management
14 20 (12.82%) Information Security Management
14 20 (12.82%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
15 19 (12.18%) Zero Trust
16 18 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 17 (10.90%) Penetration Testing
17 17 (10.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.69%) Java
2 11 (7.05%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.05%) Python
3 3 (1.92%) SQL
4 2 (1.28%) Bash
4 2 (1.28%) C
4 2 (1.28%) C++
4 2 (1.28%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.28%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.64%) C#
5 1 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 35 (22.44%) SC Cleared
3 33 (21.15%) Degree
4 26 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (10.90%) CCNA
5 17 (10.90%) CISSP
6 15 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (7.69%) CCNP
8 11 (7.05%) AWS Certification
9 10 (6.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (5.77%) CCIE
11 8 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (5.13%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (4.49%) CEH
12 7 (4.49%) CISM
13 5 (3.21%) Azure Certification
13 5 (3.21%) Master's Degree
14 4 (2.56%) DV Cleared
14 4 (2.56%) JNCIA
15 3 (1.92%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (25.00%) NIST
2 37 (23.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (14.10%) GDPR
4 15 (9.62%) NCSC
5 14 (8.97%) HIPAA
6 10 (6.41%) PCI DSS
7 8 (5.13%) QA
8 6 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.92%) SLA
11 2 (1.28%) COBIT
11 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.28%) NIST 800
11 2 (1.28%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.64%) GRC
12 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.33%) Docker
3 5 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.56%) Firmware
5 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.64%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (10.26%) Terraform
2 12 (7.69%) Ansible
3 11 (7.05%) Kubernetes
4 10 (6.41%) Grafana
4 10 (6.41%) Prometheus
5 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.85%) FortiGate
7 5 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.28%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 33 (21.15%) Cisco
1 33 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.90%) Meraki
3 12 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 12 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 9 (5.77%) Juniper
4 9 (5.77%) SAP
5 6 (3.85%) Extreme Networks
5 6 (3.85%) HP
6 5 (3.21%) HubSpot
6 5 (3.21%) VMware
7 4 (2.56%) Aruba
7 4 (2.56%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.92%) Darktrace
8 3 (1.92%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.28%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.28%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.28%) Splunk
9 2 (1.28%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (1.28%) Yardi