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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 237 243
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 130 170 388
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.77% 1.31% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.09% 10.32% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 77 147 330
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,400 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.81% +3.33% +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 1,833 1,647 4,184
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.86% 12.67% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,196 3,460
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -6.73%

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 25 March 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 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.54%) Confluence
2 2 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (46.92%) Azure
2 45 (34.62%) AWS
3 17 (13.08%) GCP
4 13 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.15%) Mimecast
6 7 (5.38%) SaaS
7 5 (3.85%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.08%) GitHub
8 4 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.08%) OCI
9 2 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.54%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.54%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.54%) Serverless
9 2 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (59.23%) Firewall
2 26 (20.00%) WAN
3 25 (19.23%) SD-WAN
4 21 (16.15%) LAN
4 21 (16.15%) VPN
5 15 (11.54%) Intrusion Detection
6 13 (10.00%) BGP
7 11 (8.46%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (8.46%) VLAN
8 10 (7.69%) OSPF
8 10 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (7.69%) Wireless
9 9 (6.92%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (6.15%) TCP/IP
11 7 (5.38%) WLAN
12 6 (4.62%) DMZ
12 6 (4.62%) DNS
12 6 (4.62%) MPLS
12 6 (4.62%) NGFW
13 5 (3.85%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.08%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 28 (21.54%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.23%) Finance
3 13 (10.00%) Legal
4 12 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.69%) Retail
6 9 (6.92%) Banking
7 7 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.38%) Law
8 6 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.85%) Back Office
10 4 (3.08%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.31%) Aviation
11 3 (2.31%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.54%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.77%) Marketing
13 1 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (21.54%) Security Engineer
2 27 (20.77%) Network Engineer
3 25 (19.23%) Senior
4 15 (11.54%) Analyst
4 15 (11.54%) Senior Network Engineer
5 14 (10.77%) Security Analyst
6 12 (9.23%) Architect
6 12 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 11 (8.46%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (8.46%) Security Manager
8 9 (6.92%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (6.15%) Consultant
9 8 (6.15%) Network Analyst
9 8 (6.15%) Network Security Analyst
9 8 (6.15%) Security Specialist
9 8 (6.15%) Senior Network Security Engineer
9 8 (6.15%) Senior Security Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) Network Operations Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) LDAP
1 2 (1.54%) OAuth
1 2 (1.54%) OpenID
1 2 (1.54%) REST
1 2 (1.54%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.31%) Security Posture
2 18 (13.85%) Cloud Native
3 17 (13.08%) Blog
4 14 (10.77%) Data Centre
5 12 (9.23%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (6.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 8 (6.15%) Cloud Security Posture
7 8 (6.15%) Management Information System
8 7 (5.38%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (4.62%) PKI
10 5 (3.85%) Driving Licence
11 4 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (2.31%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (2.31%) Operational Technology
12 3 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.54%) Housing Association
13 2 (1.54%) Product Ownership
13 2 (1.54%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (1.54%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.46%) Windows
2 3 (2.31%) Linux
3 2 (1.54%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (35.38%) Incident Response
3 43 (33.08%) SIEM
4 33 (25.38%) Cloud Security
5 32 (24.62%) Security Operations
6 29 (22.31%) Security Architecture
7 26 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 25 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 22 (16.92%) Risk Management
10 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (15.38%) Mentoring
11 19 (14.62%) Zero Trust
12 18 (13.85%) Business Continuity
12 18 (13.85%) Information Security
12 18 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (13.85%) Roadmaps
13 16 (12.31%) Containerisation
13 16 (12.31%) Security Monitoring
13 16 (12.31%) Threat Detection
14 15 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.54%) Python
2 12 (9.23%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.46%) Bash
4 6 (4.62%) SQL
5 5 (3.85%) Go
6 4 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.54%) Bicep
8 1 (0.77%) C
8 1 (0.77%) C#
8 1 (0.77%) C++
8 1 (0.77%) Java
8 1 (0.77%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.77%) Perl
8 1 (0.77%) Ruby
8 1 (0.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 24 (18.46%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (16.92%) Security Cleared
3 20 (15.38%) CISSP
4 19 (14.62%) CCNP
5 17 (13.08%) DV Cleared
6 16 (12.31%) SC Cleared
7 15 (11.54%) Degree
8 12 (9.23%) CISM
9 9 (6.92%) CCIE
10 8 (6.15%) CCNA
10 8 (6.15%) CRISC
11 7 (5.38%) Azure Certification
11 7 (5.38%) CEH
11 7 (5.38%) GSEC
12 6 (4.62%) AWS Certification
12 6 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (3.85%) CREST Certified
14 4 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (3.08%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (32.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (26.15%) NIST
3 15 (11.54%) GRC
3 15 (11.54%) PCI DSS
4 13 (10.00%) GDPR
4 13 (10.00%) JSP 440
5 10 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (5.38%) Government Security Classifications
6 7 (5.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (5.38%) SOC 2
7 6 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (4.62%) NCSC
8 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.77%) Basel III
11 1 (0.77%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (10.77%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.38%) Docker
3 5 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.77%) Firmware
5 1 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (14.62%) Terraform
2 9 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.15%) FortiGate
4 7 (5.38%) Ansible
5 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.08%) Cilium
7 2 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.54%) WSUS
8 1 (0.77%) Nagios
Vendors
1 39 (30.00%) Cisco
2 19 (14.62%) Fortinet
3 18 (13.85%) Microsoft
4 17 (13.08%) Palo Alto
5 10 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 10 (7.69%) Google
6 8 (6.15%) Meraki
6 8 (6.15%) Okta
7 7 (5.38%) Sophos
8 5 (3.85%) F5
8 5 (3.85%) iManage
8 5 (3.85%) VMware
8 5 (3.85%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.08%) Splunk
10 3 (2.31%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.31%) Veeam
11 2 (1.54%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (1.54%) N-able
11 2 (1.54%) Tenable
12 1 (0.77%) Datto