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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 237 240
Rank change year-on-year -22 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 132 174 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 1.30% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.29% 10.32% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 80 146 322
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,060 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £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 1,810 1,686 3,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.74% 12.57% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 956 1,183 3,449
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,550 £30,625
25th Percentile £33,469 £37,294 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £53,391 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +1.70% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.25% -7.62%

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 19 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 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (46.21%) Azure
2 44 (33.33%) AWS
3 17 (12.88%) GCP
4 12 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.30%) Mimecast
5 7 (5.30%) SaaS
6 5 (3.79%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (3.03%) GitHub
7 4 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.27%) OCI
9 2 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.52%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.52%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.52%) Serverless
9 2 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 78 (59.09%) Firewall
2 28 (21.21%) WAN
3 26 (19.70%) SD-WAN
4 23 (17.42%) VPN
5 20 (15.15%) LAN
6 15 (11.36%) BGP
7 14 (10.61%) Intrusion Detection
8 12 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (9.09%) OSPF
8 12 (9.09%) VLAN
8 12 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (7.58%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (7.58%) Wireless
10 9 (6.82%) TCP/IP
11 8 (6.06%) WLAN
12 7 (5.30%) DNS
12 7 (5.30%) MPLS
13 6 (4.55%) DHCP
13 6 (4.55%) DMZ
13 6 (4.55%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.03%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.94%) Finance
3 12 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.09%) Legal
4 10 (7.58%) Retail
5 9 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.06%) Banking
6 8 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.30%) Law
8 5 (3.79%) Back Office
8 5 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.03%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Aviation
11 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.52%) Police
11 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.76%) Marketing
12 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 31 (23.48%) Network Engineer
2 29 (21.97%) Security Engineer
3 27 (20.45%) Senior
4 17 (12.88%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (11.36%) Analyst
6 14 (10.61%) Security Analyst
7 12 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) Architect
10 9 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 9 (6.82%) Security Manager
10 9 (6.82%) Security Specialist
10 9 (6.82%) Senior Security Engineer
11 8 (6.06%) Consultant
11 8 (6.06%) Lead
11 8 (6.06%) Network Analyst
11 8 (6.06%) Network Security Analyst
11 8 (6.06%) Senior Network Security Engineer
12 7 (5.30%) Network Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) LDAP
1 2 (1.52%) OAuth
1 2 (1.52%) OpenID
1 2 (1.52%) REST
1 2 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.45%) Security Posture
2 19 (14.39%) Cloud Native
3 16 (12.12%) Blog
4 15 (11.36%) Data Centre
5 12 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (6.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 8 (6.06%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (5.30%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
9 6 (4.55%) PKI
10 5 (3.79%) Driving Licence
10 5 (3.79%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (2.27%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.27%) Operational Technology
11 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.52%) CMDB
12 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.52%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Windows
2 4 (3.03%) Linux
3 2 (1.52%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (34.09%) Incident Response
2 45 (34.09%) SIEM
3 34 (25.76%) Security Operations
4 33 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 28 (21.21%) Security Architecture
6 26 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
8 20 (15.15%) Risk Management
9 19 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (14.39%) Mentoring
10 18 (13.64%) Information Security
10 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (13.64%) Zero Trust
11 16 (12.12%) Business Continuity
11 16 (12.12%) Containerisation
11 16 (12.12%) Roadmaps
11 16 (12.12%) Threat Detection
12 15 (11.36%) Security Monitoring
12 15 (11.36%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.61%) Python
2 12 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 11 (8.33%) Bash
4 6 (4.55%) SQL
5 5 (3.79%) Go
6 4 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.52%) Bicep
8 1 (0.76%) C
8 1 (0.76%) C#
8 1 (0.76%) C++
8 1 (0.76%) Java
8 1 (0.76%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.76%) Perl
8 1 (0.76%) Ruby
8 1 (0.76%) Rust
Qualifications
1 25 (18.94%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.39%) CCNP
3 19 (14.39%) CISSP
4 16 (12.12%) DV Cleared
4 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 14 (10.61%) Degree
6 10 (7.58%) CISM
7 9 (6.82%) CCIE
7 9 (6.82%) CCNA
8 7 (5.30%) Azure Certification
8 7 (5.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (5.30%) CRISC
9 6 (4.55%) CEH
9 6 (4.55%) GSEC
9 6 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.79%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.79%) CREST Certified
11 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (31.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (24.24%) NIST
3 15 (11.36%) GRC
3 15 (11.36%) PCI DSS
4 13 (9.85%) GDPR
5 12 (9.09%) JSP 440
6 10 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (5.30%) SOC 2
8 6 (4.55%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (4.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 6 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (4.55%) NCSC
9 5 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.76%) Basel III
12 1 (0.76%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.30%) Docker
3 5 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.52%) Firmware
4 2 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (14.39%) Terraform
2 9 (6.82%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.55%) Ansible
4 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.03%) Cilium
6 2 (1.52%) Nagios
6 2 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.52%) WSUS
7 1 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 41 (31.06%) Cisco
2 19 (14.39%) Fortinet
3 17 (12.88%) Microsoft
3 17 (12.88%) Palo Alto
4 11 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 9 (6.82%) Google
6 8 (6.06%) Meraki
6 8 (6.06%) Okta
7 6 (4.55%) F5
7 6 (4.55%) Sophos
7 6 (4.55%) Zscaler
8 5 (3.79%) iManage
8 5 (3.79%) VMware
9 4 (3.03%) Splunk
10 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.27%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.27%) Veeam
11 2 (1.52%) Tenable
12 1 (0.76%) Datto
12 1 (0.76%) N-able