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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 217 222
Rank change year-on-year -20 +5 +35
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 140 247 314
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.50% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 11.31% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 104 152 267
10th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,800 £64,600 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.36% +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 1,400 2,184 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.24% 13.29% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,227 2,474
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +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 14 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 (1.43%) Confluence
1 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (39.29%) Azure
2 45 (32.14%) AWS
3 15 (10.71%) GCP
4 10 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.00%) SaaS
6 6 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.57%) GitHub
7 5 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.14%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.14%) Serverless
10 2 (1.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.43%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.43%) dbt
10 2 (1.43%) OCI
11 1 (0.71%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 72 (51.43%) Firewall
2 27 (19.29%) WAN
3 26 (18.57%) SD-WAN
4 25 (17.86%) VPN
5 17 (12.14%) LAN
6 13 (9.29%) TCP/IP
6 13 (9.29%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (8.57%) BGP
7 12 (8.57%) VLAN
7 12 (8.57%) Wireless
8 11 (7.86%) DNS
8 11 (7.86%) Unified Communications
9 9 (6.43%) OSPF
10 8 (5.71%) DHCP
11 6 (4.29%) Cisco Wireless
11 6 (4.29%) DMZ
11 6 (4.29%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (4.29%) MPLS
12 5 (3.57%) HSRP
12 5 (3.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.86%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.14%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
General
1 42 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.14%) Finance
3 26 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.57%) Public Sector
5 14 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.86%) Electronics
6 11 (7.86%) Marketing
6 11 (7.86%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.43%) Legal
8 8 (5.71%) Retail
9 6 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.57%) Back Office
10 5 (3.57%) Banking
10 5 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (3.57%) Law
11 4 (2.86%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.43%) Aviation
12 2 (1.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (27.14%) Senior
2 31 (22.14%) Network Engineer
2 31 (22.14%) Security Engineer
3 18 (12.86%) Consultant
4 16 (11.43%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 15 (10.71%) Security Consultant
6 12 (8.57%) Senior Security Engineer
7 11 (7.86%) Bid Writer
7 11 (7.86%) Senior Bid Writer
8 10 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 10 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.43%) Analyst
10 8 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.71%) Lead
11 7 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 7 (5.00%) Security Analyst
12 6 (4.29%) Architect
12 6 (4.29%) IT Security Engineer
12 6 (4.29%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.43%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.00%) Cloud Native
2 17 (12.14%) Data Centre
3 16 (11.43%) Security Posture
4 14 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (9.29%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (7.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (6.43%) Blog
8 9 (6.43%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (5.71%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (4.29%) Operational Technology
10 6 (4.29%) PKI
11 5 (3.57%) Driving Licence
11 5 (3.57%) Management Information System
12 4 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (2.14%) CMDB
13 3 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (2.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (2.14%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.71%) Windows
2 8 (5.71%) Linux
3 2 (1.43%) CentOS
3 2 (1.43%) Debian
3 2 (1.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (37.14%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (27.14%) SIEM
3 32 (22.86%) Incident Response
4 31 (22.14%) Security Operations
5 30 (21.43%) Cloud Security
6 28 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 24 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 21 (15.00%) DevOps
9 19 (13.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 18 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (12.14%) Data Protection
12 16 (11.43%) Containerisation
12 16 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (11.43%) ITIL
13 15 (10.71%) Security Architecture
14 13 (9.29%) Information Security
14 13 (9.29%) Risk Management
14 13 (9.29%) Threat Intelligence
15 12 (8.57%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.86%) Python
2 10 (7.14%) Bash
3 7 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.00%) SQL
4 5 (3.57%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.86%) Go
6 3 (2.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 30 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.71%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (20.71%) CISSP
3 23 (16.43%) CompTIA Security+
4 21 (15.00%) CCNP
5 15 (10.71%) CEH
6 13 (9.29%) SC Cleared
7 12 (8.57%) Degree
8 10 (7.14%) CCIE
8 10 (7.14%) DV Cleared
8 10 (7.14%) SANS
9 8 (5.71%) AWS Certification
9 8 (5.71%) CCNA
9 8 (5.71%) CISM
10 7 (5.00%) GCIA
11 6 (4.29%) Azure Certification
12 5 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.86%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.86%) GIAC
13 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (33.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (27.14%) NIST
3 26 (18.57%) PCI DSS
4 14 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (8.57%) GRC
6 10 (7.14%) GDPR
7 9 (6.43%) NCSC
8 6 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (4.29%) JSP 440
8 6 (4.29%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.71%) Basel III
10 1 (0.71%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.00%) Docker
3 6 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.86%) Firmware
5 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (17.86%) Terraform
2 11 (7.86%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.71%) Ansible
4 7 (5.00%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.86%) Cilium
7 3 (2.14%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.14%) Nagios
8 2 (1.43%) SCOM
8 2 (1.43%) WSUS
9 1 (0.71%) Argo
9 1 (0.71%) Grafana
9 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (27.14%) Cisco
2 15 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.29%) Palo Alto
4 12 (8.57%) Fortinet
5 11 (7.86%) SAP
6 8 (5.71%) Meraki
7 7 (5.00%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.00%) VMware
8 5 (3.57%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.86%) F5
9 4 (2.86%) Zscaler
10 3 (2.14%) Dell
10 3 (2.14%) Veeam
11 2 (1.43%) Google
11 2 (1.43%) iManage
11 2 (1.43%) Juniper
11 2 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.43%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.43%) Tenable
12 1 (0.71%) Extreme Networks