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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 248 210
Rank change year-on-year +53 -38 -19
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 329 178 341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.34% 1.10% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.62% 10.10% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 221 164 229
10th Percentile £35,000 - £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 £76,563 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £89,625 £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 2,251 1,763 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 10.92% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 1,008 1,564
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 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%

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 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 (6.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 113 (34.35%) Azure
2 72 (21.88%) AWS
3 40 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (11.25%) Entra ID
4 37 (11.25%) GCP
5 10 (3.04%) SaaS
6 9 (2.74%) Mimecast
6 9 (2.74%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (1.82%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.52%) Serverless
10 4 (1.22%) IaaS
10 4 (1.22%) OCI
10 4 (1.22%) PaaS
11 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.91%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 182 (55.32%) Firewall
2 103 (31.31%) VLAN
3 83 (25.23%) WAN
4 80 (24.32%) LAN
5 57 (17.33%) VPN
6 51 (15.50%) Wireless
7 44 (13.37%) DNS
8 40 (12.16%) SD-WAN
9 37 (11.25%) DHCP
10 35 (10.64%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (10.03%) BGP
12 26 (7.90%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.60%) MPLS
13 25 (7.60%) OSPF
14 23 (6.99%) WLAN
15 18 (5.47%) Cisco ISE
15 18 (5.47%) Cisco Nexus
16 12 (3.65%) SSL
17 11 (3.34%) SNMP
17 11 (3.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.30%) MySQL
2 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.74%) JIRA
2 4 (1.22%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 129 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.37%) Public Sector
3 43 (13.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 35 (10.64%) Finance
5 30 (9.12%) Telecoms
6 26 (7.90%) Law
7 24 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.56%) Banking
9 9 (2.74%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.74%) Retail
10 7 (2.13%) Legal
11 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.22%) Marketing
12 4 (1.22%) Police
13 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 91 (27.66%) Senior
2 68 (20.67%) Network Engineer
3 63 (19.15%) Architect
4 56 (17.02%) Security Engineer
5 47 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
6 45 (13.68%) Security Architect
7 26 (7.90%) Consultant
8 24 (7.29%) Senior Network Engineer
9 22 (6.69%) Analyst
10 20 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.08%) Security Analyst
11 18 (5.47%) Network Architect
12 15 (4.56%) Lead
13 14 (4.26%) Network Analyst
14 13 (3.95%) Security Consultant
15 12 (3.65%) Network Security Analyst
15 12 (3.65%) Security Specialist
15 12 (3.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (3.34%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.86%) OAuth
2 15 (4.56%) SAML
3 11 (3.34%) Terraform
4 8 (2.43%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.82%) REST
6 5 (1.52%) LDAP
6 5 (1.52%) OpenID
7 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.61%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) .NET
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) JSON
9 1 (0.30%) Kafka
9 1 (0.30%) Middleware
9 1 (0.30%) POSIX
9 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.11%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.85%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 18 (5.47%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.65%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.74%) PKI
6 9 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.82%) Blog
9 6 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.22%) Clustering
11 4 (1.22%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.07%) Windows
2 21 (6.38%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.95%) Linux
4 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.91%) Android
6 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (48.33%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (24.92%) Project Delivery
3 73 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (20.67%) Cloud Security
5 65 (19.76%) Business Continuity
6 62 (18.84%) Decision-Making
7 54 (16.41%) Network Architecture
8 51 (15.50%) Capacity Planning
9 49 (14.89%) BCP
9 49 (14.89%) Business Continuity Planning
10 48 (14.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 47 (14.29%) Security Architecture
12 46 (13.98%) Economics
13 45 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (13.07%) Threat Modelling
15 42 (12.77%) Agile
15 42 (12.77%) Roadmaps
15 42 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 41 (12.46%) Zero Trust
17 40 (12.16%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.90%) PowerShell
1 26 (7.90%) Python
2 9 (2.74%) Bash
3 7 (2.13%) SQL
4 6 (1.82%) Go
5 3 (0.91%) C#
5 3 (0.91%) C++
5 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.91%) Rust
6 2 (0.61%) Bicep
6 2 (0.61%) C
6 2 (0.61%) Java
6 2 (0.61%) Objective-C
6 2 (0.61%) Perl
6 2 (0.61%) Ruby
7 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (17.63%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (17.33%) CISSP
3 52 (15.81%) Security Cleared
4 48 (14.59%) Degree
5 46 (13.98%) CCNP
6 44 (13.37%) SC Cleared
7 40 (12.16%) CISM
8 21 (6.38%) CCNA
9 16 (4.86%) Azure Certification
9 16 (4.86%) DV Cleared
10 14 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.34%) DBS Check
12 8 (2.43%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.43%) PMP
13 7 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (2.13%) CCIE
13 7 (2.13%) CCSP
13 7 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (1.82%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (25.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (21.58%) NIST
3 27 (8.21%) NCSC
4 26 (7.90%) GDPR
5 20 (6.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (5.47%) GRC
6 18 (5.47%) PCI DSS
7 16 (4.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 6 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (1.82%) JSP 440
8 6 (1.82%) SLA
9 4 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.22%) COBIT
10 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.61%) PMO
11 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.08%) Hyper-V
3 15 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.74%) Docker
5 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.81%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.56%) CASB
2 15 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (3.65%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.13%) Ansible
6 5 (1.52%) Grafana
7 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.91%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.61%) SCCM
10 1 (0.30%) Kibana
10 1 (0.30%) Nagios
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.30%) QRadar
10 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 107 (32.52%) Cisco
2 98 (29.79%) Microsoft
3 45 (13.68%) Palo Alto
4 41 (12.46%) Fortinet
5 26 (7.90%) Aruba
6 24 (7.29%) VMware
7 17 (5.17%) Juniper
7 17 (5.17%) Zscaler
8 12 (3.65%) Meraki
9 11 (3.34%) Google
9 11 (3.34%) Veeam
10 10 (3.04%) CheckPoint
11 8 (2.43%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.13%) F5
12 7 (2.13%) Splunk
13 5 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (1.52%) Netskope
13 5 (1.52%) Sophos
14 3 (0.91%) N-able
14 3 (0.91%) NetApp