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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 248 212
Rank change year-on-year +72 -36 -15
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 334 185 372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 1.13% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.47% 9.77% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 229 173 264
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £42,150
25th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £88,333 £87,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

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 2,309 1,894 3,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.90% 11.52% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,127 1,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,776 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 1 September 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 22 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 111 (33.23%) Azure
2 73 (21.86%) AWS
3 41 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (10.78%) Entra ID
4 36 (10.78%) GCP
5 13 (3.89%) Mimecast
6 9 (2.69%) OneDrive
7 7 (2.10%) SaaS
8 6 (1.80%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.50%) OCI
10 4 (1.20%) Serverless
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.90%) IaaS
11 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.90%) PaaS
11 3 (0.90%) Vertex AI
12 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 189 (56.59%) Firewall
2 105 (31.44%) VLAN
3 81 (24.25%) WAN
4 77 (23.05%) LAN
5 54 (16.17%) VPN
6 48 (14.37%) Wireless
7 42 (12.57%) DNS
7 42 (12.57%) SD-WAN
8 36 (10.78%) DHCP
9 35 (10.48%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (9.88%) BGP
11 26 (7.78%) MPLS
12 25 (7.49%) OSPF
12 25 (7.49%) TCP/IP
13 23 (6.89%) WLAN
14 20 (5.99%) Cisco ISE
15 19 (5.69%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (3.29%) SNMP
16 11 (3.29%) SSL
16 11 (3.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.30%) MySQL
2 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.40%) JIRA
2 4 (1.20%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 118 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 41 (12.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 39 (11.68%) Finance
4 37 (11.08%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.38%) Telecoms
6 23 (6.89%) Law
7 19 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.89%) Banking
9 10 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.69%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.10%) Legal
12 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.50%) Retail
14 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.90%) Marketing
16 2 (0.60%) Police
16 2 (0.60%) Social Housing
17 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
17 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (26.35%) Senior
2 66 (19.76%) Network Engineer
3 62 (18.56%) Architect
4 59 (17.66%) Security Engineer
5 48 (14.37%) Senior Security Engineer
6 43 (12.87%) Security Architect
7 27 (8.08%) Analyst
8 25 (7.49%) Security Analyst
9 24 (7.19%) Senior Network Engineer
10 23 (6.89%) Consultant
11 22 (6.59%) Network Analyst
12 20 (5.99%) Network Architect
12 20 (5.99%) Network Security Analyst
13 18 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.09%) Lead
15 15 (4.49%) Security Specialist
16 12 (3.59%) Security Consultant
16 12 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
17 10 (2.99%) Project Manager
17 10 (2.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.79%) OAuth
2 15 (4.49%) SAML
3 11 (3.29%) Terraform
4 7 (2.10%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.80%) REST
6 5 (1.50%) LDAP
6 5 (1.50%) OpenID
7 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.60%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.30%) JSON
9 1 (0.30%) Kafka
9 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.30%) POSIX
9 1 (0.30%) React
9 1 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.67%) Data Centre
2 40 (11.98%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.39%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (5.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 12 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.29%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.99%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.99%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.40%) Blog
8 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.10%) PKI
9 7 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.50%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.50%) Clustering
11 5 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.08%) Windows
2 19 (5.69%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.99%) Linux
4 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.90%) Android
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (49.10%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (25.15%) Project Delivery
3 68 (20.36%) Business Continuity
4 65 (19.46%) Cloud Security
5 64 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (18.26%) Decision-Making
7 55 (16.47%) Network Architecture
8 50 (14.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 49 (14.67%) BCP
9 49 (14.67%) Business Continuity Planning
9 49 (14.67%) Capacity Planning
10 48 (14.37%) Security Architecture
11 46 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (13.77%) Economics
12 42 (12.57%) Roadmaps
13 41 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 40 (11.98%) Agile
15 39 (11.68%) Incident Response
15 39 (11.68%) SIEM
16 38 (11.38%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.78%) PowerShell
1 26 (7.78%) Python
2 7 (2.10%) Bash
2 7 (2.10%) SQL
3 4 (1.20%) C#
3 4 (1.20%) C++
3 4 (1.20%) Go
3 4 (1.20%) Rust
4 3 (0.90%) C
4 3 (0.90%) Java
4 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (0.90%) Objective-C
4 3 (0.90%) Perl
4 3 (0.90%) Ruby
5 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (17.66%) CISSP
2 57 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
3 51 (15.27%) Security Cleared
4 47 (14.07%) Degree
5 45 (13.47%) CCNP
5 45 (13.47%) SC Cleared
6 41 (12.28%) CISM
7 20 (5.99%) CCNA
8 18 (5.39%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.49%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.99%) CCIE
12 9 (2.69%) AWS Certification
12 9 (2.69%) DBS Check
13 8 (2.40%) CRISC
14 7 (2.10%) PMP
15 6 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.80%) CCSP
15 6 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
16 5 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (26.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (21.56%) NIST
3 25 (7.49%) NCSC
4 23 (6.89%) GDPR
5 22 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (5.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 18 (5.39%) GRC
8 16 (4.79%) PCI DSS
9 8 (2.40%) JSP 440
10 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (1.80%) SLA
12 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.90%) COBIT
13 3 (0.90%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.69%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.20%) Docker
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (8.68%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.49%) CASB
3 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.89%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.40%) Ansible
5 8 (2.40%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.90%) Grafana
7 3 (0.90%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.60%) SCCM
9 1 (0.30%) Kibana
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.30%) QRadar
9 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 104 (31.14%) Cisco
2 93 (27.84%) Microsoft
3 48 (14.37%) Palo Alto
4 41 (12.28%) Fortinet
5 24 (7.19%) Aruba
6 22 (6.59%) VMware
7 18 (5.39%) Zscaler
8 15 (4.49%) Juniper
9 13 (3.89%) CheckPoint
9 13 (3.89%) Meraki
10 12 (3.59%) Veeam
11 10 (2.99%) Google
12 8 (2.40%) F5
12 8 (2.40%) SonicWALL
12 8 (2.40%) Sophos
13 5 (1.50%) Netskope
13 5 (1.50%) Splunk
14 4 (1.20%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (1.20%) N-able
15 3 (0.90%) SolarWinds