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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 262 235
Rank change year-on-year +60 -27 -29
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 272 175 412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 1.06% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.49% 8.94% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 192 167 336
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,740 £42,250
25th Percentile £45,938 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £89,500 £88,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,576 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.29% - +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 2,367 1,957 4,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.00% 11.84% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 1,198 2,751
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,044 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -7.83%

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 20 July 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 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 99 (36.40%) Azure
2 63 (23.16%) AWS
3 35 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.03%) Entra ID
5 29 (10.66%) GCP
6 15 (5.51%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.21%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.21%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.21%) Serverless
8 5 (1.84%) OCI
8 5 (1.84%) SaaS
9 3 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.10%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.10%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.74%) IaaS
10 2 (0.74%) PaaS
10 2 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 160 (58.82%) Firewall
2 75 (27.57%) VLAN
3 69 (25.37%) WAN
4 67 (24.63%) LAN
5 48 (17.65%) VPN
6 43 (15.81%) Wireless
7 42 (15.44%) SD-WAN
8 38 (13.97%) DNS
9 33 (12.13%) BGP
9 33 (12.13%) Wi-Fi
10 31 (11.40%) DHCP
11 24 (8.82%) WLAN
12 22 (8.09%) MPLS
12 22 (8.09%) OSPF
13 20 (7.35%) TCP/IP
14 17 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
16 12 (4.41%) SSL
17 11 (4.04%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.84%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.71%) Finance
3 28 (10.29%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (6.99%) Telecoms
6 18 (6.62%) Law
7 12 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.04%) Banking
9 9 (3.31%) Legal
10 6 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.74%) Police
12 2 (0.74%) Retail
12 2 (0.74%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (23.90%) Senior
2 58 (21.32%) Architect
3 50 (18.38%) Network Engineer
4 38 (13.97%) Security Architect
5 37 (13.60%) Security Engineer
6 28 (10.29%) Senior Security Engineer
7 27 (9.93%) Analyst
8 25 (9.19%) Security Analyst
9 22 (8.09%) Network Analyst
10 20 (7.35%) Consultant
10 20 (7.35%) Network Architect
10 20 (7.35%) Network Security Analyst
11 19 (6.99%) Senior Network Engineer
12 17 (6.25%) Security Specialist
13 16 (5.88%) Lead
14 15 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (4.78%) Network Specialist
17 11 (4.04%) Network Security Specialist
17 11 (4.04%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.25%) OAuth
2 16 (5.88%) SAML
3 7 (2.57%) REST
4 6 (2.21%) LDAP
4 6 (2.21%) OpenID
5 4 (1.47%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.37%) .NET
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.37%) JSON
6 1 (0.37%) Kafka
6 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.37%) React
6 1 (0.37%) Vue
6 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.44%) Security Posture
2 25 (9.19%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.04%) Blog
5 11 (4.04%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.31%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.21%) PKI
9 5 (1.84%) Clustering
9 5 (1.84%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.66%) Windows
2 12 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.94%) Linux
4 3 (1.10%) Android
4 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (46.32%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (20.59%) Cloud Security
3 54 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (19.49%) Project Delivery
5 50 (18.38%) Security Architecture
6 47 (17.28%) Business Continuity
7 44 (16.18%) SIEM
8 41 (15.07%) Incident Response
9 39 (14.34%) Roadmaps
10 36 (13.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 35 (12.87%) Decision-Making
12 34 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (12.50%) Network Architecture
13 33 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (12.13%) Zero Trust
14 32 (11.76%) Information Security
15 31 (11.40%) Identity Access Management
15 31 (11.40%) Risk Management
15 31 (11.40%) Security Operations
16 28 (10.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.29%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.72%) Python
3 9 (3.31%) Bash
4 7 (2.57%) SQL
5 4 (1.47%) C#
5 4 (1.47%) Go
6 3 (1.10%) C
6 3 (1.10%) C++
6 3 (1.10%) Java
6 3 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.10%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.10%) Perl
6 3 (1.10%) Ruby
6 3 (1.10%) Rust
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (20.96%) CISSP
2 50 (18.38%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (16.54%) Security Cleared
4 41 (15.07%) CCNP
4 41 (15.07%) SC Cleared
5 38 (13.97%) Degree
6 37 (13.60%) CISM
7 17 (6.25%) CCNA
7 17 (6.25%) DV Cleared
8 14 (5.15%) Azure Certification
9 12 (4.41%) CRISC
10 10 (3.68%) CCIE
11 9 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.31%) DBS Check
12 7 (2.57%) GSEC
13 6 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.21%) AWS Certification
13 6 (2.21%) CCSP
14 5 (1.84%) CEH
14 5 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (27.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (22.43%) NIST
3 20 (7.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 20 (7.35%) NCSC
4 18 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (6.25%) GDPR
6 12 (4.41%) GRC
6 12 (4.41%) PCI DSS
7 11 (4.04%) JSP 440
8 7 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (2.57%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (1.10%) COBIT
11 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.10%) SLA
12 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 40 (14.71%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.47%) Docker
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (9.93%) FortiGate
2 12 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.68%) CASB
5 9 (3.31%) Terraform
6 7 (2.57%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.21%) Ansible
8 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.74%) SCCM
9 1 (0.37%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.37%) QRadar
9 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 90 (33.09%) Cisco
2 82 (30.15%) Microsoft
3 43 (15.81%) Palo Alto
4 41 (15.07%) Fortinet
5 22 (8.09%) Aruba
6 15 (5.51%) Zscaler
7 14 (5.15%) Google
7 14 (5.15%) VMware
8 12 (4.41%) CheckPoint
8 12 (4.41%) Juniper
8 12 (4.41%) Meraki
9 10 (3.68%) Sophos
9 10 (3.68%) Veeam
10 8 (2.94%) F5
10 8 (2.94%) SonicWALL
11 7 (2.57%) Okta
11 7 (2.57%) Splunk
12 4 (1.47%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (1.47%) N-able
13 3 (1.10%) iManage