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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 288 249
Rank change year-on-year +73 -39 -51
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 232 150 441
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.14% 0.96% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.27% 7.86% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 173 142 363
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,425 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £88,708 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 2,260 1,909 5,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.11% 12.27% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 1,149 3,272
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,355 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 23 June 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 13 (5.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 97 (41.81%) Azure
2 55 (23.71%) AWS
3 26 (11.21%) GCP
3 26 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (10.78%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.47%) Mimecast
6 6 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.59%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.59%) Serverless
7 5 (2.16%) OCI
8 4 (1.72%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.72%) SaaS
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.29%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.86%) IaaS
10 2 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 136 (58.62%) Firewall
2 55 (23.71%) WAN
3 53 (22.84%) LAN
4 43 (18.53%) VPN
5 40 (17.24%) VLAN
6 39 (16.81%) SD-WAN
7 33 (14.22%) BGP
8 30 (12.93%) DNS
9 29 (12.50%) Wireless
10 24 (10.34%) OSPF
11 23 (9.91%) DHCP
12 21 (9.05%) MPLS
12 21 (9.05%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (7.33%) WLAN
14 16 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (6.90%) Cisco Nexus
15 15 (6.47%) TCP/IP
16 12 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
17 10 (4.31%) NGFW
17 10 (4.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.43%) MySQL
2 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.43%) Git
2 1 (0.43%) GitLab
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (15.52%) Finance
1 36 (15.52%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.21%) Public Sector
3 21 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 15 (6.47%) Law
6 10 (4.31%) Banking
7 9 (3.88%) Legal
8 8 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.59%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.16%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.72%) Retail
12 3 (1.29%) Aviation
12 3 (1.29%) Police
13 2 (0.86%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.43%) Marketing
14 1 (0.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (22.41%) Architect
2 45 (19.40%) Network Engineer
3 39 (16.81%) Senior
4 31 (13.36%) Security Architect
5 30 (12.93%) Analyst
6 28 (12.07%) Security Analyst
7 22 (9.48%) Network Analyst
8 20 (8.62%) Network Security Analyst
8 20 (8.62%) Security Engineer
9 19 (8.19%) Consultant
9 19 (8.19%) Network Architect
9 19 (8.19%) Security Specialist
10 16 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (6.03%) Lead
12 13 (5.60%) Network Specialist
13 12 (5.17%) Network Security Engineer
13 12 (5.17%) Senior Security Engineer
13 12 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.74%) Network Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.47%) OAuth
2 14 (6.03%) SAML
3 7 (3.02%) REST
4 6 (2.59%) LDAP
4 6 (2.59%) OpenID
5 4 (1.72%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.43%) .NET
6 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.43%) JSON
6 1 (0.43%) Kafka
6 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.43%) React
6 1 (0.43%) Vue
6 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.40%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.34%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (5.17%) Blog
4 12 (5.17%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.74%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.88%) Driving Licence
7 8 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (3.02%) PKI
9 6 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.16%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.16%) Clustering
10 5 (2.16%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.72%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.29%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.48%) Windows
2 8 (3.45%) Linux
2 8 (3.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.29%) Android
3 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (43.10%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (21.55%) Cloud Security
3 45 (19.40%) SIEM
4 44 (18.97%) Security Architecture
5 40 (17.24%) Incident Response
5 40 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
6 39 (16.81%) Security Operations
7 37 (15.95%) Roadmaps
8 36 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (14.22%) Zero Trust
10 30 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (12.50%) Risk Management
12 28 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 28 (12.07%) Project Delivery
13 27 (11.64%) Information Security
14 25 (10.78%) Business Continuity
15 24 (10.34%) Agile
16 23 (9.91%) Disaster Recovery
16 23 (9.91%) Identity Access Management
16 23 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.21%) PowerShell
2 19 (8.19%) Python
3 8 (3.45%) Bash
4 7 (3.02%) SQL
5 4 (1.72%) C#
5 4 (1.72%) Go
6 3 (1.29%) C
6 3 (1.29%) C++
6 3 (1.29%) Java
6 3 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.29%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.29%) Perl
6 3 (1.29%) Ruby
6 3 (1.29%) Rust
7 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (20.26%) CISSP
2 42 (18.10%) Security Cleared
3 38 (16.38%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (15.95%) SC Cleared
5 34 (14.66%) Degree
6 31 (13.36%) CCNP
6 31 (13.36%) CISM
7 20 (8.62%) DV Cleared
8 15 (6.47%) CCNA
9 13 (5.60%) Azure Certification
10 11 (4.74%) CCIE
10 11 (4.74%) CRISC
11 8 (3.45%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.02%) GSEC
13 5 (2.16%) CEH
14 4 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.72%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.72%) CCSP
14 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (31.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (26.29%) NIST
3 18 (7.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (7.76%) GDPR
4 17 (7.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 16 (6.90%) NCSC
5 16 (6.90%) PCI DSS
6 13 (5.60%) GRC
7 12 (5.17%) JSP 440
8 7 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (3.02%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (1.29%) COBIT
11 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.86%) SLA
12 2 (0.86%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 36 (15.52%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.60%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.59%) Docker
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (10.78%) FortiGate
2 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (4.74%) Terraform
4 10 (4.31%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.88%) Ansible
6 8 (3.45%) CASB
7 3 (1.29%) WSUS
8 2 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.86%) Nagios
8 2 (0.86%) SCCM
9 1 (0.43%) Kibana
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 79 (34.05%) Cisco
2 70 (30.17%) Microsoft
3 41 (17.67%) Fortinet
3 41 (17.67%) Palo Alto
4 14 (6.03%) CheckPoint
5 13 (5.60%) Aruba
5 13 (5.60%) Meraki
5 13 (5.60%) Zscaler
6 12 (5.17%) Google
6 12 (5.17%) VMware
7 11 (4.74%) Juniper
8 10 (4.31%) Sophos
9 9 (3.88%) F5
10 8 (3.45%) SonicWALL
11 7 (3.02%) Okta
11 7 (3.02%) Splunk
11 7 (3.02%) Veeam
12 4 (1.72%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (1.72%) N-able
13 3 (1.29%) Salesforce