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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 260 227
Rank change year-on-year +55 -33 -26
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 272 187 410
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.26% 1.13% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.51% 9.52% 9.40%
Number of salaries quoted 193 179 333
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,950 £42,100
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £88,416 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,576 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +3.33% +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 2,363 1,964 4,362
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.90% 11.92% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,291 1,201 2,614
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
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 £67,968
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -7.69%

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 22 July 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 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 99 (36.40%) Azure
2 64 (23.53%) AWS
3 35 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.03%) Entra ID
4 30 (11.03%) GCP
5 15 (5.51%) Mimecast
6 6 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (2.21%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.21%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.21%) SaaS
6 6 (2.21%) Serverless
7 5 (1.84%) OCI
8 4 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.10%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.10%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.74%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 160 (58.82%) Firewall
2 74 (27.21%) VLAN
3 69 (25.37%) WAN
4 66 (24.26%) LAN
5 48 (17.65%) VPN
6 43 (15.81%) SD-WAN
6 43 (15.81%) Wireless
7 38 (13.97%) DNS
8 33 (12.13%) Wi-Fi
9 32 (11.76%) BGP
10 31 (11.40%) DHCP
11 24 (8.82%) WLAN
12 21 (7.72%) MPLS
12 21 (7.72%) OSPF
13 20 (7.35%) TCP/IP
14 17 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (4.41%) SSL
17 11 (4.04%) Intrusion Detection
17 11 (4.04%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.84%) JIRA
2 3 (1.10%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 73 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.34%) Finance
3 27 (9.93%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.62%) Law
5 18 (6.62%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.68%) Banking
8 8 (2.94%) Legal
9 7 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.21%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.74%) Police
12 2 (0.74%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.37%) Military
13 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (23.53%) Senior
2 58 (21.32%) Architect
3 49 (18.01%) Network Engineer
4 38 (13.97%) Security Architect
5 37 (13.60%) Security Engineer
6 28 (10.29%) Senior Security Engineer
7 27 (9.93%) Analyst
8 25 (9.19%) Security Analyst
9 22 (8.09%) Network Analyst
10 20 (7.35%) Consultant
10 20 (7.35%) Network Architect
10 20 (7.35%) Network Security Analyst
11 19 (6.99%) Senior Network Engineer
12 17 (6.25%) Security Specialist
13 16 (5.88%) Lead
14 15 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (4.78%) Network Specialist
17 11 (4.04%) Network Security Specialist
17 11 (4.04%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.25%) OAuth
2 16 (5.88%) SAML
3 7 (2.57%) REST
4 6 (2.21%) LDAP
4 6 (2.21%) OpenID
5 4 (1.47%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.37%) .NET
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.37%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.37%) JSON
6 1 (0.37%) Kafka
6 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.37%) React
6 1 (0.37%) Vue
6 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.07%) Security Posture
2 25 (9.19%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 11 (4.04%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.04%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.68%) Blog
6 9 (3.31%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.21%) PKI
9 5 (1.84%) Clustering
9 5 (1.84%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.66%) Windows
2 12 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.94%) Linux
4 3 (1.10%) Android
4 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (45.59%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (20.59%) Cloud Security
3 55 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (19.49%) Project Delivery
5 49 (18.01%) Security Architecture
6 47 (17.28%) Business Continuity
7 43 (15.81%) SIEM
8 41 (15.07%) Incident Response
9 38 (13.97%) Roadmaps
10 36 (13.24%) Decision-Making
10 36 (13.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 35 (12.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (12.50%) Network Architecture
12 34 (12.50%) Zero Trust
13 31 (11.40%) Identity Access Management
13 31 (11.40%) Information Security
13 31 (11.40%) Security Operations
14 30 (11.03%) Risk Management
15 29 (10.66%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.29%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.35%) Python
3 9 (3.31%) Bash
4 7 (2.57%) SQL
5 4 (1.47%) C#
5 4 (1.47%) Go
6 3 (1.10%) C
6 3 (1.10%) C++
6 3 (1.10%) Java
6 3 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.10%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.10%) Perl
6 3 (1.10%) Ruby
6 3 (1.10%) Rust
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (20.59%) CISSP
2 50 (18.38%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (16.18%) Security Cleared
4 41 (15.07%) CCNP
5 40 (14.71%) SC Cleared
6 38 (13.97%) Degree
7 36 (13.24%) CISM
8 17 (6.25%) CCNA
9 16 (5.88%) DV Cleared
10 14 (5.15%) Azure Certification
11 11 (4.04%) CRISC
12 10 (3.68%) CCIE
13 9 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (3.31%) DBS Check
14 6 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (2.21%) AWS Certification
14 6 (2.21%) CCSP
14 6 (2.21%) GSEC
15 5 (1.84%) CEH
15 5 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (27.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (22.43%) NIST
3 20 (7.35%) NCSC
4 19 (6.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 18 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (6.62%) GDPR
6 13 (4.78%) GRC
6 13 (4.78%) PCI DSS
7 10 (3.68%) JSP 440
8 7 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (2.21%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (1.10%) COBIT
11 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.10%) SLA
12 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 40 (14.71%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 8 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.84%) Docker
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (9.93%) FortiGate
2 12 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (4.04%) CASB
3 11 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.68%) Terraform
5 7 (2.57%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.21%) Ansible
7 3 (1.10%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.74%) Grafana
8 2 (0.74%) SCCM
9 1 (0.37%) Kibana
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.37%) QRadar
9 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 90 (33.09%) Cisco
2 82 (30.15%) Microsoft
3 44 (16.18%) Palo Alto
4 41 (15.07%) Fortinet
5 22 (8.09%) Aruba
6 16 (5.88%) Zscaler
7 14 (5.15%) VMware
8 13 (4.78%) CheckPoint
8 13 (4.78%) Google
9 12 (4.41%) Juniper
9 12 (4.41%) Meraki
10 10 (3.68%) Sophos
10 10 (3.68%) Veeam
11 8 (2.94%) SonicWALL
12 7 (2.57%) F5
12 7 (2.57%) Okta
12 7 (2.57%) Splunk
13 4 (1.47%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (1.47%) N-able
14 3 (1.10%) iManage