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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 288 264
Rank change year-on-year +59 -24 -36
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 177 135 393
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 0.92% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.67% 7.16% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 125 126 327
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,938 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,815 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,700 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 2,041 1,885 5,029
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.86% 12.90% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,126 3,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.94%

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 May 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 7 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 77 (43.50%) Azure
2 43 (24.29%) AWS
3 22 (12.43%) GCP
4 18 (10.17%) Entra ID
4 18 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (8.47%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.82%) Serverless
7 4 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.26%) OCI
8 3 (1.69%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.69%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.13%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.13%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.13%) SaaS
9 2 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 104 (58.76%) Firewall
2 40 (22.60%) LAN
3 38 (21.47%) WAN
4 33 (18.64%) SD-WAN
5 25 (14.12%) BGP
6 23 (12.99%) Wireless
7 21 (11.86%) OSPF
8 18 (10.17%) Cisco ISE
8 18 (10.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 18 (10.17%) VPN
9 16 (9.04%) WLAN
10 15 (8.47%) VLAN
11 14 (7.91%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (6.78%) MPLS
13 11 (6.21%) Intrusion Detection
14 9 (5.08%) Cisco Wireless
14 9 (5.08%) NGFW
15 8 (4.52%) DNS
15 8 (4.52%) TCP/IP
16 6 (3.39%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 28 (15.82%) Finance
2 19 (10.73%) Public Sector
2 19 (10.73%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (6.78%) Law
5 10 (5.65%) Banking
6 9 (5.08%) Legal
6 9 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.39%) Retail
8 5 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.26%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.69%) Aviation
11 2 (1.13%) Police
11 2 (1.13%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (23.73%) Architect
2 38 (21.47%) Network Engineer
3 30 (16.95%) Senior
4 26 (14.69%) Analyst
4 26 (14.69%) Security Analyst
5 20 (11.30%) Security Architect
6 19 (10.73%) Network Analyst
6 19 (10.73%) Network Security Analyst
7 18 (10.17%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (8.47%) Security Engineer
9 14 (7.91%) Network Architect
9 14 (7.91%) Security Specialist
10 13 (7.34%) Security Manager
11 12 (6.78%) Consultant
11 12 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (6.21%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (6.21%) Network Security Engineer
13 9 (5.08%) Network Specialist
14 8 (4.52%) Senior Network Security Engineer
14 8 (4.52%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.52%) OAuth
1 8 (4.52%) SAML
2 6 (3.39%) LDAP
2 6 (3.39%) OpenID
2 6 (3.39%) REST
3 4 (2.26%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.56%) JSON
5 1 (0.56%) Kafka
5 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.90%) Security Posture
2 20 (11.30%) Data Centre
3 14 (7.91%) Cloud Native
4 13 (7.34%) Blog
5 12 (6.78%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (6.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (5.65%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.95%) Cyber Security Posture
8 6 (3.39%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (3.39%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.39%) PKI
9 5 (2.82%) Clustering
10 4 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.26%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.26%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.69%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.65%) Windows
2 6 (3.39%) Linux
3 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (40.11%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (21.47%) Cloud Security
2 38 (21.47%) Security Architecture
2 38 (21.47%) SIEM
3 35 (19.77%) Incident Response
4 34 (19.21%) Roadmaps
5 32 (18.08%) Vulnerability Management
6 31 (17.51%) Security Operations
7 29 (16.38%) Zero Trust
8 24 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (12.99%) Risk Management
10 21 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (10.73%) Agile
12 19 (10.73%) Project Delivery
13 18 (10.17%) Information Security
14 16 (9.04%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (8.47%) Application Security
15 15 (8.47%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.30%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.91%) Python
3 7 (3.95%) Bash
3 7 (3.95%) SQL
4 3 (1.69%) C
4 3 (1.69%) C#
4 3 (1.69%) C++
4 3 (1.69%) Go
4 3 (1.69%) Java
4 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
4 3 (1.69%) Perl
4 3 (1.69%) Ruby
4 3 (1.69%) Rust
5 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (20.90%) CISSP
2 32 (18.08%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (18.08%) Security Cleared
3 26 (14.69%) CISM
3 26 (14.69%) SC Cleared
4 25 (14.12%) CCNP
5 22 (12.43%) Degree
6 17 (9.60%) DV Cleared
7 11 (6.21%) CCIE
8 9 (5.08%) Azure Certification
9 8 (4.52%) CCNA
9 8 (4.52%) CRISC
10 7 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (3.95%) GSEC
11 6 (3.39%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.82%) CCSP
12 5 (2.82%) CEH
12 5 (2.82%) GIAC
13 3 (1.69%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (29.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (25.99%) NIST
3 15 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (7.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 13 (7.34%) JSP 440
5 13 (7.34%) NCSC
6 12 (6.78%) GRC
7 11 (6.21%) GDPR
7 11 (6.21%) PCI DSS
8 7 (3.95%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (3.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (11.86%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.95%) Docker
3 5 (2.82%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) Firmware
4 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (10.17%) FortiGate
2 12 (6.78%) Terraform
3 8 (4.52%) Ansible
3 8 (4.52%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.13%) CASB
5 2 (1.13%) WSUS
6 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.56%) Nagios
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.56%) QRadar
6 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (35.03%) Cisco
2 39 (22.03%) Microsoft
3 28 (15.82%) Palo Alto
4 27 (15.25%) Fortinet
5 12 (6.78%) CheckPoint
6 11 (6.21%) Juniper
7 10 (5.65%) Google
8 9 (5.08%) F5
8 9 (5.08%) Sophos
9 8 (4.52%) Meraki
10 7 (3.95%) Okta
10 7 (3.95%) Zscaler
11 6 (3.39%) SonicWALL
12 5 (2.82%) Aruba
12 5 (2.82%) Splunk
12 5 (2.82%) Veeam
12 5 (2.82%) VMware
13 4 (2.26%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (2.26%) N-able
14 3 (1.69%) iManage