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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 292 239
Rank change year-on-year +61 -53 -13
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 196 145 424
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 0.98% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.26% 7.61% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 143 136 348
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,500 £41,600
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,387 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.62% +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 2,117 1,906 5,069
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 12.88% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 1,144 3,324
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,283 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.21% - -5.94%

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 30 May 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 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 82 (41.84%) Azure
2 47 (23.98%) AWS
3 23 (11.73%) GCP
4 20 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (9.18%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.65%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.55%) OCI
7 5 (2.55%) Serverless
8 4 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.04%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.53%) Vertex AI
10 2 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.02%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.02%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.02%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.02%) SaaS
10 2 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 114 (58.16%) Firewall
2 44 (22.45%) LAN
3 43 (21.94%) WAN
4 36 (18.37%) SD-WAN
5 27 (13.78%) BGP
6 26 (13.27%) VPN
6 26 (13.27%) Wireless
7 23 (11.73%) VLAN
8 22 (11.22%) OSPF
9 18 (9.18%) Cisco ISE
9 18 (9.18%) Cisco Nexus
9 18 (9.18%) WLAN
10 16 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (7.14%) DNS
11 14 (7.14%) MPLS
12 12 (6.12%) TCP/IP
13 11 (5.61%) Intrusion Detection
13 11 (5.61%) NGFW
14 9 (4.59%) Cisco Wireless
14 9 (4.59%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.53%) JIRA
General
1 31 (15.82%) Finance
2 26 (13.27%) Social Skills
3 25 (12.76%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (6.12%) Law
6 10 (5.10%) Banking
7 9 (4.59%) Legal
7 9 (4.59%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.06%) Retail
9 5 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.04%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.53%) Aviation
12 2 (1.02%) Police
12 2 (1.02%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.51%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (23.47%) Architect
2 40 (20.41%) Network Engineer
3 30 (15.31%) Senior
4 28 (14.29%) Analyst
4 28 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 24 (12.24%) Security Architect
6 20 (10.20%) Network Analyst
6 20 (10.20%) Network Security Analyst
7 17 (8.67%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (8.16%) Consultant
8 16 (8.16%) Network Architect
8 16 (8.16%) Security Specialist
9 15 (7.65%) Security Engineer
10 13 (6.63%) Security Manager
11 12 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (5.61%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (5.61%) Network Security Engineer
13 10 (5.10%) Network Specialist
14 9 (4.59%) Network Security Specialist
15 8 (4.08%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.10%) OAuth
1 10 (5.10%) SAML
2 6 (3.06%) LDAP
2 6 (3.06%) OpenID
2 6 (3.06%) REST
3 4 (2.04%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.51%) JSON
4 1 (0.51%) Kafka
4 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.90%) Security Posture
2 21 (10.71%) Data Centre
3 14 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.63%) Blog
4 13 (6.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 11 (5.61%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (5.10%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (3.57%) Driving Licence
8 6 (3.06%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (3.06%) PKI
9 5 (2.55%) Clustering
9 5 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.04%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.53%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.14%) Windows
2 6 (3.06%) Linux
3 5 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (41.33%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (23.47%) Cloud Security
3 41 (20.92%) SIEM
4 40 (20.41%) Security Architecture
5 35 (17.86%) Incident Response
5 35 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 35 (17.86%) Security Operations
6 34 (17.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 30 (15.31%) Zero Trust
8 28 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 26 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (10.71%) Agile
10 21 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.20%) Identity Access Management
11 20 (10.20%) Information Security
11 20 (10.20%) Project Delivery
12 19 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (9.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (9.69%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.22%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.65%) Python
3 8 (4.08%) Bash
4 7 (3.57%) SQL
5 3 (1.53%) C
5 3 (1.53%) C#
5 3 (1.53%) C++
5 3 (1.53%) Go
5 3 (1.53%) Java
5 3 (1.53%) Objective-C
5 3 (1.53%) Perl
5 3 (1.53%) Ruby
5 3 (1.53%) Rust
6 2 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (21.43%) CISSP
2 38 (19.39%) Security Cleared
3 34 (17.35%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (16.33%) SC Cleared
5 27 (13.78%) CCNP
5 27 (13.78%) CISM
6 23 (11.73%) Degree
7 21 (10.71%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.61%) CCIE
9 10 (5.10%) CCNA
10 9 (4.59%) Azure Certification
11 8 (4.08%) CRISC
12 7 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.57%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.57%) GSEC
13 5 (2.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (2.55%) CCSP
13 5 (2.55%) CEH
14 4 (2.04%) GIAC
15 3 (1.53%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (31.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (27.55%) NIST
3 17 (8.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (7.65%) GDPR
4 15 (7.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 15 (7.65%) PCI DSS
5 14 (7.14%) NCSC
6 13 (6.63%) GRC
6 13 (6.63%) JSP 440
7 7 (3.57%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (3.06%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.51%) SLA
10 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.59%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.57%) Docker
3 7 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.51%) Firmware
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (10.71%) FortiGate
2 12 (6.12%) Terraform
3 10 (5.10%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (4.59%) Ansible
4 9 (4.59%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.04%) CASB
6 3 (1.53%) WSUS
7 1 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.51%) Nagios
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.51%) QRadar
7 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (34.69%) Cisco
2 45 (22.96%) Microsoft
3 33 (16.84%) Palo Alto
4 32 (16.33%) Fortinet
5 12 (6.12%) CheckPoint
6 11 (5.61%) Juniper
7 10 (5.10%) Google
7 10 (5.10%) Sophos
8 9 (4.59%) F5
9 8 (4.08%) Aruba
9 8 (4.08%) Meraki
9 8 (4.08%) VMware
9 8 (4.08%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.57%) Okta
10 7 (3.57%) SonicWALL
11 6 (3.06%) Veeam
12 5 (2.55%) Splunk
13 4 (2.04%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (2.04%) N-able
14 3 (1.53%) Salesforce