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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 223 246
Rank change year-on-year -44 +23 -3
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 118 231 343
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 1.45% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.80% 11.26% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 80 149 296
10th Percentile £39,885 £41,000 £41,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.60% - +5.00%

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 1,513 2,052 3,760
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.49% 12.92% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 899 1,174 3,247
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,125 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 7 February 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 2 (1.69%) Confluence
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (45.76%) Azure
2 44 (37.29%) AWS
3 16 (13.56%) GCP
4 10 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.93%) SaaS
6 6 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.39%) GitHub
7 4 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.39%) Serverless
8 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.69%) dbt
9 2 (1.69%) OCI
9 2 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 74 (62.71%) Firewall
2 26 (22.03%) SD-WAN
3 25 (21.19%) WAN
4 23 (19.49%) VPN
5 16 (13.56%) LAN
6 14 (11.86%) VLAN
7 13 (11.02%) BGP
8 12 (10.17%) TCP/IP
9 11 (9.32%) OSPF
9 11 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (8.47%) DNS
11 9 (7.63%) DHCP
11 9 (7.63%) Wireless
12 8 (6.78%) MPLS
13 7 (5.93%) DMZ
14 6 (5.08%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (5.08%) Cisco Wireless
14 6 (5.08%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (4.24%) HSRP
15 5 (4.24%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) TeamCity
General
1 35 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.80%) Finance
3 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.47%) Retail
5 9 (7.63%) Legal
6 7 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.08%) Banking
8 5 (4.24%) Back Office
8 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.39%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.39%) Law
9 4 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.54%) Aviation
10 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.69%) Police
12 1 (0.85%) Marketing
12 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Network Engineer
2 30 (25.42%) Security Engineer
3 23 (19.49%) Senior
4 14 (11.86%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (10.17%) Senior Security Engineer
6 9 (7.63%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (7.63%) Consultant
6 9 (7.63%) Network Security Engineer
7 8 (6.78%) Analyst
8 7 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Senior Network Security Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (5.08%) Lead
9 6 (5.08%) Security Analyst
9 6 (5.08%) Security Specialist
10 5 (4.24%) Architect
10 5 (4.24%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.64%) Cloud Native
2 18 (15.25%) Security Posture
3 17 (14.41%) Data Centre
4 11 (9.32%) Blog
4 11 (9.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (8.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (7.63%) Cloud Security Posture
6 9 (7.63%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (5.93%) PKI
9 4 (3.39%) Driving Licence
9 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (3.39%) Management Information System
9 4 (3.39%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.54%) CMDB
10 3 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.69%) e-Learning
11 2 (1.69%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.56%) Windows
2 8 (6.78%) Linux
3 3 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.69%) CentOS
4 2 (1.69%) Debian
4 2 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (33.90%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (32.20%) SIEM
3 34 (28.81%) Incident Response
3 34 (28.81%) Security Operations
4 31 (26.27%) Cloud Security
5 20 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (16.10%) Containerisation
7 18 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (13.56%) ITIL
8 16 (13.56%) Security Architecture
9 15 (12.71%) Data Protection
9 15 (12.71%) DevOps
9 15 (12.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (12.71%) Mentoring
9 15 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.86%) Risk Management
10 14 (11.86%) Threat Intelligence
11 13 (11.02%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (10.17%) SDLC
12 12 (10.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.86%) Python
2 12 (10.17%) Bash
3 7 (5.93%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.93%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.93%) SQL
4 4 (3.39%) Go
5 3 (2.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (22.88%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (16.10%) CCNP
2 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
3 14 (11.86%) CISSP
4 13 (11.02%) SC Cleared
5 11 (9.32%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (9.32%) Degree
5 11 (9.32%) DV Cleared
6 10 (8.47%) CCIE
7 8 (6.78%) AWS Certification
7 8 (6.78%) CCNA
7 8 (6.78%) SANS
8 7 (5.93%) Azure Certification
8 7 (5.93%) CISM
9 6 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (4.24%) GCIA
10 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (3.39%) CREST Certified
11 4 (3.39%) CRISC
11 4 (3.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (30.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (22.88%) NIST
3 16 (13.56%) PCI DSS
4 13 (11.02%) GRC
5 12 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (10.17%) GDPR
6 10 (8.47%) NCSC
7 8 (6.78%) JSP 440
8 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (5.08%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.85%) Basel III
11 1 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.85%) MiFID
System Software
1 13 (11.02%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.63%) Docker
3 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (18.64%) Terraform
2 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.93%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.24%) Ansible
4 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.39%) Cilium
6 3 (2.54%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.54%) Nagios
7 2 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (33.90%) Cisco
2 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 15 (12.71%) Fortinet
3 15 (12.71%) Palo Alto
4 9 (7.63%) Meraki
5 7 (5.93%) CheckPoint
5 7 (5.93%) VMware
6 6 (5.08%) F5
7 5 (4.24%) SolarWinds
7 5 (4.24%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.39%) Google
9 3 (2.54%) Dell
9 3 (2.54%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.54%) Veeam
10 2 (1.69%) iManage
10 2 (1.69%) Juniper
10 2 (1.69%) Okta
10 2 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.69%) Tenable
11 1 (0.85%) Datto