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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 220 230
Rank change year-on-year -31 +10 +16
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 122 248 328
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 1.51% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.57% 11.31% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 82 156 283
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £73,819 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,250 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £56,560 £62,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.86% +0.40% +5.00%

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 1,424 2,192 3,249
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.20% 13.37% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 878 1,235 2,773
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,375 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £69,550
90th Percentile £87,875 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 22 January 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 2 (1.64%) Confluence
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (46.72%) Azure
2 47 (38.52%) AWS
3 16 (13.11%) GCP
4 10 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.74%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (5.74%) SaaS
6 6 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.10%) GitHub
7 5 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.46%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.46%) Serverless
10 2 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.64%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.64%) dbt
10 2 (1.64%) OCI
11 1 (0.82%) IaaS
11 1 (0.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 73 (59.84%) Firewall
2 27 (22.13%) WAN
3 26 (21.31%) SD-WAN
4 24 (19.67%) VPN
5 17 (13.93%) LAN
6 14 (11.48%) BGP
6 14 (11.48%) VLAN
7 12 (9.84%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (9.02%) OSPF
8 11 (9.02%) TCP/IP
8 11 (9.02%) Wireless
9 10 (8.20%) DNS
10 8 (6.56%) DHCP
10 8 (6.56%) MPLS
11 7 (5.74%) DMZ
12 6 (4.92%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (4.92%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (4.10%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (4.10%) HSRP
13 5 (4.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.28%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.82%) GitLab
General
1 40 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.67%) Finance
3 15 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.20%) Retail
6 9 (7.38%) Legal
7 6 (4.92%) Banking
7 6 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.10%) Back Office
8 5 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.10%) Law
8 5 (4.10%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.28%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.46%) Aviation
10 3 (2.46%) Marketing
10 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.64%) Electronics
11 2 (1.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (27.05%) Network Engineer
2 29 (23.77%) Security Engineer
3 25 (20.49%) Senior
4 15 (12.30%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Analyst
5 10 (8.20%) Consultant
5 10 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (8.20%) Senior Security Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Security Analyst
7 7 (5.74%) Lead
7 7 (5.74%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Architect
8 6 (4.92%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (4.92%) Security Consultant
9 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Network Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.85%) Cloud Native
2 19 (15.57%) Security Posture
3 17 (13.93%) Data Centre
4 12 (9.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 11 (9.02%) Blog
5 11 (9.02%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (8.20%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (8.20%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (7.38%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (5.74%) PKI
9 6 (4.92%) Operational Technology
10 5 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (4.10%) Driving Licence
10 5 (4.10%) Management Information System
11 4 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (2.46%) CMDB
12 3 (2.46%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.64%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.30%) Windows
2 8 (6.56%) Linux
3 2 (1.64%) CentOS
3 2 (1.64%) Debian
3 2 (1.64%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (30.33%) SIEM
3 34 (27.87%) Incident Response
4 33 (27.05%) Cloud Security
5 31 (25.41%) Security Operations
6 21 (17.21%) DevOps
7 19 (15.57%) Mentoring
8 18 (14.75%) Containerisation
8 18 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (13.93%) Data Protection
9 17 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.11%) Security Architecture
10 16 (13.11%) Vulnerability Management
11 15 (12.30%) Risk Management
12 14 (11.48%) ITIL
12 14 (11.48%) Threat Intelligence
13 13 (10.66%) Information Security
13 13 (10.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.84%) Python
2 10 (8.20%) Bash
3 7 (5.74%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.74%) SQL
4 5 (4.10%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.28%) Go
6 3 (2.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 26 (21.31%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (18.85%) Security Cleared
3 18 (14.75%) CCNP
3 18 (14.75%) CISSP
4 14 (11.48%) SC Cleared
5 12 (9.84%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (9.84%) DV Cleared
6 11 (9.02%) Degree
7 10 (8.20%) CCIE
8 8 (6.56%) AWS Certification
8 8 (6.56%) CISM
8 8 (6.56%) SANS
9 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
9 6 (4.92%) CCNA
10 5 (4.10%) CEH
10 5 (4.10%) GCIA
10 5 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (3.28%) CREST Certified
11 4 (3.28%) CRISC
11 4 (3.28%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (31.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (26.23%) NIST
3 19 (15.57%) PCI DSS
4 13 (10.66%) GRC
5 12 (9.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (9.84%) GDPR
6 10 (8.20%) NCSC
7 8 (6.56%) JSP 440
8 7 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (4.92%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.82%) Basel III
11 1 (0.82%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.82%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.56%) Docker
3 6 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.28%) Firmware
5 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (20.49%) Terraform
2 12 (9.84%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.56%) Ansible
4 7 (5.74%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.28%) Cilium
7 3 (2.46%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.46%) Nagios
8 2 (1.64%) SCOM
8 2 (1.64%) WSUS
9 1 (0.82%) Argo
9 1 (0.82%) Grafana
9 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (31.97%) Cisco
2 15 (12.30%) Microsoft
3 14 (11.48%) Palo Alto
4 12 (9.84%) Fortinet
5 9 (7.38%) Meraki
6 7 (5.74%) SolarWinds
6 7 (5.74%) VMware
7 6 (4.92%) CheckPoint
7 6 (4.92%) F5
8 4 (3.28%) Google
8 4 (3.28%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.46%) Dell
9 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.46%) Veeam
10 2 (1.64%) iManage
10 2 (1.64%) Juniper
10 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.64%) SAP
10 2 (1.64%) Tenable
11 1 (0.82%) Okta