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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 251 255
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 -27
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 147 155 395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 1.17% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.64% 9.41% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 93 136 326
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,800 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +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 1,924 1,647 5,178
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.83% 12.40% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,194 3,465
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,957 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -1.03% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.26% -6.86%

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 19 April 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 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 66 (44.90%) Azure
2 43 (29.25%) AWS
3 20 (13.61%) GCP
4 17 (11.56%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (8.16%) Mimecast
6 9 (6.12%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.76%) SaaS
8 4 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.72%) GitHub
8 4 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.72%) OCI
8 4 (2.72%) Serverless
9 3 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.36%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 80 (54.42%) Firewall
2 28 (19.05%) SD-WAN
2 28 (19.05%) WAN
3 26 (17.69%) LAN
4 17 (11.56%) VPN
5 15 (10.20%) Intrusion Detection
6 14 (9.52%) BGP
6 14 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (9.52%) Wireless
7 12 (8.16%) Cisco ISE
7 12 (8.16%) VLAN
8 11 (7.48%) OSPF
9 10 (6.80%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (5.44%) TCP/IP
10 8 (5.44%) WLAN
11 6 (4.08%) MPLS
11 6 (4.08%) NGFW
12 5 (3.40%) Cisco Wireless
12 5 (3.40%) DMZ
12 5 (3.40%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.72%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.36%) JIRA
General
1 26 (17.69%) Finance
2 20 (13.61%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.84%) Banking
5 11 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.80%) Law
6 10 (6.80%) Retail
7 9 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.12%) Legal
8 7 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.40%) Back Office
9 5 (3.40%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.72%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.04%) Aviation
12 2 (1.36%) Police
12 2 (1.36%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (21.09%) Network Engineer
2 27 (18.37%) Senior
3 24 (16.33%) Security Engineer
4 23 (15.65%) Architect
5 22 (14.97%) Analyst
5 22 (14.97%) Security Analyst
6 17 (11.56%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (10.88%) Network Analyst
7 16 (10.88%) Network Security Analyst
8 12 (8.16%) Security Manager
9 11 (7.48%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 11 (7.48%) Network Security Engineer
10 10 (6.80%) Security Architect
11 9 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (6.12%) Consultant
11 9 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.44%) Security Specialist
12 8 (5.44%) Senior Network Security Engineer
12 8 (5.44%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.72%) LDAP
1 4 (2.72%) OAuth
1 4 (2.72%) OpenID
1 4 (2.72%) REST
1 4 (2.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.41%) Security Posture
2 19 (12.93%) Cloud Native
3 16 (10.88%) Blog
4 15 (10.20%) Data Centre
5 12 (8.16%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (6.80%) Management Information System
7 8 (5.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (4.76%) Driving Licence
9 5 (3.40%) PKI
10 4 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (2.72%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.72%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (2.04%) Clustering
11 3 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.04%) Operational Technology
11 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
11 3 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.36%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.48%) Windows
2 5 (3.40%) Linux
3 2 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.78%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (26.53%) Cloud Security
3 38 (25.85%) Incident Response
4 37 (25.17%) SIEM
5 35 (23.81%) Security Architecture
6 29 (19.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (17.69%) Security Operations
7 26 (17.69%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (16.33%) Roadmaps
9 22 (14.97%) Zero Trust
10 21 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 18 (12.24%) Application Security
11 18 (12.24%) Mentoring
12 17 (11.56%) CI/CD
12 17 (11.56%) Project Delivery
13 16 (10.88%) Information Security
13 16 (10.88%) Security Monitoring
14 15 (10.20%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.56%) Python
2 16 (10.88%) PowerShell
3 13 (8.84%) Bash
4 7 (4.76%) Go
5 5 (3.40%) SQL
6 3 (2.04%) C
6 3 (2.04%) C#
6 3 (2.04%) C++
6 3 (2.04%) Java
6 3 (2.04%) Objective-C
6 3 (2.04%) Perl
6 3 (2.04%) Ruby
6 3 (2.04%) Rust
7 2 (1.36%) Bicep
8 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (19.73%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (18.37%) CISSP
3 26 (17.69%) Security Cleared
4 22 (14.97%) CCNP
5 21 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 17 (11.56%) CISM
6 17 (11.56%) Degree
7 16 (10.88%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.80%) CCIE
9 8 (5.44%) Azure Certification
9 8 (5.44%) CCNA
9 8 (5.44%) CRISC
10 7 (4.76%) CEH
10 7 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (4.76%) GSEC
11 6 (4.08%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (2.72%) CCSP
12 4 (2.72%) GIAC
12 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (23.13%) NIST
3 14 (9.52%) GRC
3 14 (9.52%) PCI DSS
4 12 (8.16%) GDPR
4 12 (8.16%) JSP 440
5 10 (6.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (6.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 8 (5.44%) NCSC
7 7 (4.76%) Government Security Classifications
7 7 (4.76%) SOC 2
8 5 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.68%) Basel III
10 1 (0.68%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.76%) Docker
2 7 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.68%) Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (12.93%) Terraform
2 9 (6.12%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.76%) Ansible
4 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.72%) Cilium
5 4 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.36%) WSUS
7 1 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.68%) Nagios
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (30.61%) Cisco
2 27 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 20 (13.61%) Fortinet
4 17 (11.56%) Palo Alto
5 10 (6.80%) CheckPoint
5 10 (6.80%) Google
6 9 (6.12%) Sophos
7 8 (5.44%) Meraki
7 8 (5.44%) Okta
8 7 (4.76%) VMware
9 6 (4.08%) F5
10 5 (3.40%) iManage
10 5 (3.40%) Veeam
10 5 (3.40%) Zscaler
11 4 (2.72%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (2.72%) N-able
11 4 (2.72%) Splunk
12 3 (2.04%) Juniper
12 3 (2.04%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.04%) SonicWALL