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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 250 213
Rank change year-on-year +61 -37 -28
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 327 182 336
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 1.10% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.67% 10.32% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 219 167 221
10th Percentile £34,500 £46,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £87,500
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 2,229 1,764 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.01% 10.65% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,359 994 1,540
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -1.56%

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 28 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 21 (6.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 109 (33.33%) Azure
2 72 (22.02%) AWS
3 38 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (11.31%) GCP
5 35 (10.70%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.67%) SaaS
7 9 (2.75%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (2.14%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.83%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.53%) Serverless
12 4 (1.22%) IaaS
12 4 (1.22%) OCI
12 4 (1.22%) PaaS
13 3 (0.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.92%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.92%) Vertex AI
14 2 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 177 (54.13%) Firewall
2 103 (31.50%) VLAN
3 81 (24.77%) WAN
4 79 (24.16%) LAN
5 59 (18.04%) VPN
6 51 (15.60%) Wireless
7 44 (13.46%) DNS
8 37 (11.31%) DHCP
9 36 (11.01%) SD-WAN
10 35 (10.70%) BGP
11 32 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (8.26%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.65%) MPLS
13 25 (7.65%) OSPF
14 23 (7.03%) WLAN
15 17 (5.20%) Cisco ISE
15 17 (5.20%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (3.98%) SSL
17 11 (3.36%) SNMP
17 11 (3.36%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.31%) MySQL
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.22%) GitLab
3 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.31%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 129 (39.45%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.15%) Public Sector
3 42 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (11.01%) Finance
5 31 (9.48%) Telecoms
6 26 (7.95%) Law
7 24 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.59%) Banking
9 10 (3.06%) Retail
10 9 (2.75%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.83%) Legal
12 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.53%) Marketing
14 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.92%) Police
16 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.31%) International Banking
16 1 (0.31%) Military
16 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (28.13%) Senior
2 70 (21.41%) Network Engineer
3 62 (18.96%) Architect
4 59 (18.04%) Security Engineer
5 48 (14.68%) Senior Security Engineer
6 45 (13.76%) Security Architect
7 28 (8.56%) Consultant
8 24 (7.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 22 (6.73%) Analyst
10 20 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (6.12%) Security Analyst
11 18 (5.50%) Network Architect
12 16 (4.89%) Lead
13 14 (4.28%) Network Analyst
13 14 (4.28%) Security Consultant
14 12 (3.67%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (3.67%) Network Security Analyst
14 12 (3.67%) Security Specialist
14 12 (3.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.89%) OAuth
2 15 (4.59%) SAML
3 11 (3.36%) Terraform
4 8 (2.45%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.83%) REST
6 5 (1.53%) LDAP
6 5 (1.53%) OpenID
7 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.61%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.31%) .NET
9 1 (0.31%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.31%) JSON
9 1 (0.31%) Kafka
9 1 (0.31%) Middleware
9 1 (0.31%) POSIX
9 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (15.90%) Data Centre
2 38 (11.62%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 17 (5.20%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (4.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.98%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.36%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.75%) PKI
8 9 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.45%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.14%) Blog
10 7 (2.14%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.53%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.22%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.92%) Clustering
14 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
15 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
15 2 (0.61%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.84%) Windows
2 21 (6.42%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.67%) Linux
4 5 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.92%) Android
6 3 (0.92%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (48.32%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (24.16%) Project Delivery
3 75 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (21.10%) Cloud Security
5 63 (19.27%) Business Continuity
6 62 (18.96%) Decision-Making
7 53 (16.21%) Network Architecture
8 51 (15.60%) Capacity Planning
9 50 (15.29%) Security Architecture
10 49 (14.98%) BCP
10 49 (14.98%) Business Continuity Planning
11 47 (14.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 46 (14.07%) Economics
13 44 (13.46%) Threat Modelling
14 43 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (12.54%) Agile
15 41 (12.54%) Identity Access Management
15 41 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 41 (12.54%) Zero Trust
16 40 (12.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.95%) Python
2 25 (7.65%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.45%) Bash
4 6 (1.83%) Go
4 6 (1.83%) SQL
5 3 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.61%) Bicep
6 2 (0.61%) C#
6 2 (0.61%) C++
6 2 (0.61%) Java
6 2 (0.61%) Rust
7 1 (0.31%) C
7 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.31%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.31%) Perl
7 1 (0.31%) Ruby
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (17.74%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (17.43%) CISSP
3 52 (15.90%) Security Cleared
4 45 (13.76%) CCNP
4 45 (13.76%) Degree
5 44 (13.46%) SC Cleared
6 40 (12.23%) CISM
7 22 (6.73%) CCNA
8 16 (4.89%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.28%) Azure Certification
10 13 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.98%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (2.45%) CCSP
11 8 (2.45%) PMP
12 7 (2.14%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.83%) CRISC
13 6 (1.83%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (25.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (21.71%) NIST
3 27 (8.26%) NCSC
4 26 (7.95%) GDPR
5 19 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (5.81%) PCI DSS
6 18 (5.50%) GRC
7 16 (4.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 6 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (1.83%) JSP 440
8 6 (1.83%) SLA
9 5 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.22%) COBIT
11 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (14.37%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.81%) Hyper-V
3 14 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.75%) Docker
5 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.87%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.59%) CASB
2 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.98%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.14%) Ansible
5 6 (1.83%) Grafana
6 4 (1.22%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.31%) Cilium
8 1 (0.31%) Kibana
8 1 (0.31%) Nagios
8 1 (0.31%) QRadar
8 1 (0.31%) SCCM
8 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (32.42%) Cisco
2 96 (29.36%) Microsoft
3 42 (12.84%) Palo Alto
4 40 (12.23%) Fortinet
5 27 (8.26%) Aruba
6 23 (7.03%) VMware
7 18 (5.50%) Juniper
8 17 (5.20%) Zscaler
9 12 (3.67%) Google
10 11 (3.36%) Meraki
11 10 (3.06%) Veeam
12 9 (2.75%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.14%) F5
13 7 (2.14%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.14%) Splunk
14 5 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.53%) Netskope
15 4 (1.22%) Sophos
16 3 (0.92%) HP
16 3 (0.92%) NetApp