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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 211 229
Rank change year-on-year -46 +18 +21
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 118 251 332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.75% 1.53% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.21% 11.47% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 80 158 289
10th Percentile £42,250 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,375 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,373 £62,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year -8.20% -0.79% +5.84%

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 1,438 2,188 3,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 13.37% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 888 1,230 2,964
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,416 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.97% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 25 January 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 2 (1.69%) Confluence
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (48.31%) Azure
2 46 (38.98%) AWS
3 16 (13.56%) GCP
4 10 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.93%) SaaS
6 6 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.39%) GitHub
8 4 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.54%) Serverless
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.69%) dbt
10 2 (1.69%) OCI
11 1 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.85%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 72 (61.02%) Firewall
2 27 (22.88%) WAN
3 25 (21.19%) SD-WAN
4 24 (20.34%) VPN
5 16 (13.56%) LAN
6 14 (11.86%) BGP
7 13 (11.02%) VLAN
7 13 (11.02%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (9.32%) DNS
8 11 (9.32%) OSPF
8 11 (9.32%) TCP/IP
9 10 (8.47%) Wireless
10 9 (7.63%) DHCP
11 8 (6.78%) MPLS
12 7 (5.93%) DMZ
13 6 (5.08%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (4.24%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (4.24%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (4.24%) WLAN
15 4 (3.39%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.80%) Finance
3 13 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.47%) Retail
5 9 (7.63%) Legal
6 6 (5.08%) Banking
6 6 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.24%) Back Office
7 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.24%) Law
8 4 (3.39%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Aviation
9 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.69%) Police
11 1 (0.85%) Marketing
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (27.97%) Network Engineer
2 30 (25.42%) Security Engineer
3 26 (22.03%) Senior
4 16 (13.56%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (9.32%) Senior Security Engineer
6 10 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.63%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (6.78%) Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) Consultant
8 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (6.78%) Network Security Engineer
9 7 (5.93%) Lead
10 6 (5.08%) Architect
10 6 (5.08%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 6 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (5.08%) Network Operations Engineer
10 6 (5.08%) Security Analyst
10 6 (5.08%) Senior Network Security Engineer
11 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 5 (4.24%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.64%) Cloud Native
2 19 (16.10%) Security Posture
3 18 (15.25%) Data Centre
4 11 (9.32%) Blog
4 11 (9.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (8.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (7.63%) Cloud Security Posture
7 8 (6.78%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (5.93%) PKI
9 5 (4.24%) Driving Licence
9 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
10 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (3.39%) Operational Technology
11 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (2.54%) CMDB
11 3 (2.54%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (1.69%) e-Learning
12 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.56%) Windows
2 8 (6.78%) Linux
3 3 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.69%) CentOS
4 2 (1.69%) Debian
4 2 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (33.90%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (31.36%) SIEM
3 33 (27.97%) Incident Response
4 32 (27.12%) Cloud Security
4 32 (27.12%) Security Operations
5 19 (16.10%) DevOps
6 18 (15.25%) Containerisation
6 18 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (14.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (13.56%) Data Protection
8 16 (13.56%) Mentoring
8 16 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (13.56%) Security Architecture
9 15 (12.71%) ITIL
9 15 (12.71%) Risk Management
10 14 (11.86%) Threat Intelligence
11 13 (11.02%) Information Security
11 13 (11.02%) SDLC
12 12 (10.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.02%) Python
2 11 (9.32%) Bash
3 7 (5.93%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.93%) SQL
4 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.39%) Go
6 3 (2.54%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (21.19%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (16.10%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.41%) CCNP
4 16 (13.56%) CISSP
5 13 (11.02%) SC Cleared
6 11 (9.32%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (9.32%) Degree
6 11 (9.32%) DV Cleared
7 9 (7.63%) CCIE
8 8 (6.78%) AWS Certification
8 8 (6.78%) CISM
8 8 (6.78%) SANS
9 7 (5.93%) Azure Certification
10 6 (5.08%) CCNA
10 6 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (4.24%) GCIA
11 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (3.39%) CREST Certified
12 4 (3.39%) CRISC
12 4 (3.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (31.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (23.73%) NIST
3 17 (14.41%) PCI DSS
4 13 (11.02%) GRC
5 12 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (10.17%) GDPR
6 10 (8.47%) NCSC
7 8 (6.78%) JSP 440
8 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (5.08%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.85%) Basel III
11 1 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.85%) MiFID
System Software
1 13 (11.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.78%) Docker
3 6 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (20.34%) Terraform
2 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.93%) Ansible
3 7 (5.93%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.39%) Cilium
6 3 (2.54%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.54%) Nagios
7 2 (1.69%) WSUS
8 1 (0.85%) SCOM
Vendors
1 39 (33.05%) Cisco
2 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 14 (11.86%) Palo Alto
4 12 (10.17%) Fortinet
5 10 (8.47%) Meraki
6 7 (5.93%) VMware
7 6 (5.08%) CheckPoint
7 6 (5.08%) F5
7 6 (5.08%) SolarWinds
8 4 (3.39%) Google
8 4 (3.39%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.54%) Dell
9 3 (2.54%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.54%) Veeam
10 2 (1.69%) iManage
10 2 (1.69%) Juniper
10 2 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.69%) Tenable
11 1 (0.85%) Datto
11 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks