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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 262 215
Rank change year-on-year +80 -47 -20
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 334 182 373
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.46% 1.10% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.14% 9.32% 9.89%
Number of salaries quoted 223 172 287
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,025 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,806
90th Percentile £94,750 £88,333 £84,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% -

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 2,362 1,952 3,771
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.31% 11.80% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 1,187 1,959
10th Percentile £29,400 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

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 18 August 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 22 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 114 (34.13%) Azure
2 71 (21.26%) AWS
3 42 (12.57%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (10.48%) Entra ID
5 34 (10.18%) GCP
6 15 (4.49%) Mimecast
7 9 (2.69%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.40%) SaaS
9 6 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.80%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.50%) OCI
11 4 (1.20%) Serverless
12 3 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.90%) IaaS
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.90%) PaaS
12 3 (0.90%) Vertex AI
13 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 195 (58.38%) Firewall
2 106 (31.74%) VLAN
3 84 (25.15%) WAN
4 79 (23.65%) LAN
5 57 (17.07%) VPN
6 50 (14.97%) Wireless
7 46 (13.77%) SD-WAN
8 42 (12.57%) DNS
9 37 (11.08%) Wi-Fi
10 36 (10.78%) BGP
10 36 (10.78%) DHCP
11 27 (8.08%) OSPF
12 26 (7.78%) MPLS
12 26 (7.78%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.49%) WLAN
14 23 (6.89%) Cisco ISE
14 23 (6.89%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (3.59%) SSL
16 11 (3.29%) SNMP
16 11 (3.29%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.30%) MySQL
2 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.10%) JIRA
2 4 (1.20%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.30%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 112 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.57%) Finance
3 37 (11.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.38%) Telecoms
6 22 (6.59%) Law
7 16 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (3.89%) Banking
9 10 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.69%) Legal
11 7 (2.10%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.50%) Retail
14 3 (0.90%) Marketing
15 2 (0.60%) Police
15 2 (0.60%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
16 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (27.54%) Senior
2 67 (20.06%) Network Engineer
3 60 (17.96%) Security Engineer
4 59 (17.66%) Architect
5 48 (14.37%) Senior Security Engineer
6 39 (11.68%) Security Architect
7 27 (8.08%) Analyst
8 26 (7.78%) Senior Network Engineer
9 25 (7.49%) Security Analyst
10 22 (6.59%) Consultant
10 22 (6.59%) Network Analyst
11 20 (5.99%) Network Architect
11 20 (5.99%) Network Security Analyst
12 18 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (5.39%) Lead
13 17 (5.09%) Security Specialist
14 12 (3.59%) Network Specialist
14 12 (3.59%) Security Consultant
14 12 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.29%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.09%) OAuth
2 16 (4.79%) SAML
3 7 (2.10%) 802.1X
3 7 (2.10%) REST
4 6 (1.80%) LDAP
4 6 (1.80%) OpenID
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.30%) .NET
6 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.30%) JSON
6 1 (0.30%) Kafka
6 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.30%) POSIX
6 1 (0.30%) React
6 1 (0.30%) Vue
6 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.17%) Data Centre
2 43 (12.87%) Security Posture
3 16 (4.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 13 (3.89%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.59%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.29%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.69%) Blog
7 9 (2.69%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.80%) PKI
10 5 (1.50%) Clustering
10 5 (1.50%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.08%) Windows
2 19 (5.69%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.99%) Linux
4 4 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.90%) Android
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (48.50%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (24.55%) Project Delivery
3 68 (20.36%) Business Continuity
4 63 (18.86%) Cloud Security
5 62 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (17.66%) Decision-Making
7 56 (16.77%) Network Architecture
8 50 (14.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 49 (14.67%) BCP
9 49 (14.67%) Business Continuity Planning
9 49 (14.67%) Capacity Planning
10 48 (14.37%) Security Architecture
11 46 (13.77%) Economics
12 44 (13.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (13.17%) Incident Response
12 44 (13.17%) Roadmaps
13 43 (12.87%) SIEM
14 41 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 38 (11.38%) Vulnerability Management
15 38 (11.38%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.68%) PowerShell
2 26 (7.78%) Python
3 7 (2.10%) Bash
3 7 (2.10%) SQL
4 4 (1.20%) C#
4 4 (1.20%) C++
4 4 (1.20%) Go
4 4 (1.20%) Rust
5 3 (0.90%) C
5 3 (0.90%) Java
5 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.90%) Objective-C
5 3 (0.90%) Perl
5 3 (0.90%) Ruby
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (17.96%) CISSP
2 58 (17.37%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (14.37%) Security Cleared
4 46 (13.77%) CCNP
4 46 (13.77%) Degree
5 43 (12.87%) SC Cleared
6 39 (11.68%) CISM
7 21 (6.29%) CCNA
8 17 (5.09%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.49%) Azure Certification
10 12 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.29%) CCIE
12 10 (2.99%) CRISC
13 9 (2.69%) DBS Check
14 7 (2.10%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.80%) CCSP
15 6 (1.80%) CEH
15 6 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (25.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (20.66%) NIST
3 23 (6.89%) GDPR
4 22 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (6.59%) NCSC
5 19 (5.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 18 (5.39%) GRC
7 15 (4.49%) PCI DSS
8 9 (2.69%) JSP 440
9 7 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.80%) SLA
11 5 (1.50%) Government Security Classifications
12 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.90%) COBIT
13 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.60%) PMO
14 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (14.37%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.69%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.20%) Docker
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (8.98%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.89%) CASB
4 12 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (3.59%) Terraform
5 8 (2.40%) Ansible
5 8 (2.40%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.90%) Grafana
8 2 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.60%) SCCM
8 2 (0.60%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.30%) Kibana
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.30%) QRadar
9 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 108 (32.34%) Cisco
2 93 (27.84%) Microsoft
3 50 (14.97%) Palo Alto
4 43 (12.87%) Fortinet
5 24 (7.19%) Aruba
6 22 (6.59%) VMware
7 20 (5.99%) Zscaler
8 15 (4.49%) CheckPoint
8 15 (4.49%) Juniper
9 13 (3.89%) Meraki
10 12 (3.59%) Google
10 12 (3.59%) Veeam
11 10 (2.99%) Sophos
12 8 (2.40%) F5
12 8 (2.40%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.10%) Splunk
14 5 (1.50%) Netskope
15 4 (1.20%) Barracuda Networks
15 4 (1.20%) N-able
15 4 (1.20%) Okta