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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 285 250
Rank change year-on-year +56 -35 -36
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 202 146 432
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 0.98% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.51% 7.68% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 147 138 357
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,375 £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 £88,300 £88,333 £84,250
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 2,124 1,900 5,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.98% 12.76% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,072 1,142 3,315
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -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 6 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 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 86 (42.57%) Azure
2 49 (24.26%) AWS
3 23 (11.39%) GCP
4 20 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (8.91%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.43%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.48%) OCI
7 5 (2.48%) Serverless
8 4 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.98%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.49%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.99%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.99%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.99%) SaaS
10 2 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 117 (57.92%) Firewall
2 45 (22.28%) LAN
2 45 (22.28%) WAN
3 38 (18.81%) SD-WAN
4 29 (14.36%) VPN
4 29 (14.36%) Wireless
5 28 (13.86%) BGP
6 25 (12.38%) VLAN
7 22 (10.89%) OSPF
8 18 (8.91%) Cisco ISE
8 18 (8.91%) Cisco Nexus
8 18 (8.91%) WLAN
9 16 (7.92%) DNS
9 16 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (7.43%) MPLS
11 12 (5.94%) TCP/IP
12 11 (5.45%) DHCP
12 11 (5.45%) Intrusion Detection
12 11 (5.45%) NGFW
13 10 (4.95%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (15.84%) Finance
2 26 (12.87%) Public Sector
2 26 (12.87%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.44%) Law
5 10 (4.95%) Banking
5 10 (4.95%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.46%) Legal
7 6 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.97%) Retail
8 5 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.98%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.49%) Aviation
11 2 (0.99%) Police
11 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.50%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (23.76%) Architect
2 42 (20.79%) Network Engineer
3 30 (14.85%) Senior
4 27 (13.37%) Analyst
4 27 (13.37%) Security Analyst
5 26 (12.87%) Security Architect
6 20 (9.90%) Network Analyst
6 20 (9.90%) Network Security Analyst
7 17 (8.42%) Network Architect
7 17 (8.42%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (7.92%) Consultant
8 16 (7.92%) Security Specialist
9 15 (7.43%) Security Engineer
10 13 (6.44%) Security Manager
11 12 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (5.45%) Network Security Engineer
13 10 (4.95%) Network Specialist
14 9 (4.46%) Lead
14 9 (4.46%) Network Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.45%) OAuth
1 11 (5.45%) SAML
2 6 (2.97%) LDAP
2 6 (2.97%) OpenID
2 6 (2.97%) REST
3 4 (1.98%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.50%) JSON
4 1 (0.50%) Kafka
4 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.80%) Security Posture
2 23 (11.39%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.93%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.44%) Blog
4 13 (6.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (4.95%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (4.95%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.47%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (3.47%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.97%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.97%) PKI
9 5 (2.48%) Clustering
9 5 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.99%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.92%) Windows
2 7 (3.47%) Linux
3 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.50%) Android
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (40.59%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (23.27%) Cloud Security
3 41 (20.30%) Security Architecture
3 41 (20.30%) SIEM
4 35 (17.33%) Roadmaps
4 35 (17.33%) Security Operations
4 35 (17.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 33 (16.34%) Incident Response
6 29 (14.36%) Zero Trust
7 28 (13.86%) Risk Management
8 26 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 26 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (10.89%) Agile
11 21 (10.40%) Identity Access Management
11 21 (10.40%) Information Security
11 21 (10.40%) Project Delivery
12 20 (9.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (9.90%) Threat Modelling
13 19 (9.41%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.39%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.92%) Python
3 8 (3.96%) Bash
4 7 (3.47%) SQL
5 4 (1.98%) Go
6 3 (1.49%) C
6 3 (1.49%) C#
6 3 (1.49%) C++
6 3 (1.49%) Java
6 3 (1.49%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.49%) Perl
6 3 (1.49%) Ruby
6 3 (1.49%) Rust
7 2 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (21.78%) CISSP
2 40 (19.80%) Security Cleared
3 34 (16.83%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (16.83%) SC Cleared
4 29 (14.36%) CISM
5 27 (13.37%) CCNP
6 26 (12.87%) Degree
7 22 (10.89%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.45%) CCIE
9 10 (4.95%) Azure Certification
9 10 (4.95%) CCNA
10 9 (4.46%) CRISC
11 7 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (3.47%) DBS Check
11 7 (3.47%) GSEC
12 5 (2.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.48%) CCSP
12 5 (2.48%) CEH
13 4 (1.98%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (32.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (27.72%) NIST
3 17 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (7.92%) GDPR
4 16 (7.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 15 (7.43%) NCSC
5 15 (7.43%) PCI DSS
6 13 (6.44%) GRC
6 13 (6.44%) JSP 440
7 7 (3.47%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (2.97%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.50%) COBIT
10 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.50%) SLA
10 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (13.37%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.46%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.47%) Docker
3 7 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.50%) Firmware
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (11.39%) FortiGate
2 11 (5.45%) Terraform
3 10 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (4.46%) Ansible
4 9 (4.46%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.48%) CASB
6 3 (1.49%) WSUS
7 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.99%) Nagios
8 1 (0.50%) Kibana
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.50%) QRadar
8 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (35.15%) Cisco
2 50 (24.75%) Microsoft
3 35 (17.33%) Fortinet
4 34 (16.83%) Palo Alto
5 13 (6.44%) CheckPoint
6 11 (5.45%) Juniper
7 10 (4.95%) Google
7 10 (4.95%) Meraki
7 10 (4.95%) Sophos
8 9 (4.46%) Aruba
8 9 (4.46%) F5
8 9 (4.46%) VMware
9 8 (3.96%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.47%) Okta
10 7 (3.47%) SonicWALL
11 6 (2.97%) Splunk
11 6 (2.97%) Veeam
12 4 (1.98%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (1.98%) N-able
13 3 (1.49%) Salesforce