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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 208 219
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 +30
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 136 249 325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.89% 1.52% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.65% 11.35% 10.60%
Number of salaries quoted 99 156 278
10th Percentile £42,900 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -1.57% +10.43%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,099 £64,600 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.06% +3.36% +5.00%

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 1,409 2,193 3,065
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 13.36% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 886 1,235 2,607
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,150 £83,750
UK median annual salary £39,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.64% +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 17 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 (1.47%) Confluence
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (41.18%) Azure
2 46 (33.82%) AWS
3 16 (11.76%) GCP
4 10 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (5.15%) SaaS
6 6 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.68%) GitHub
7 5 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.21%) Serverless
10 2 (1.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.47%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.47%) dbt
10 2 (1.47%) OCI
11 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 71 (52.21%) Firewall
2 27 (19.85%) WAN
3 26 (19.12%) SD-WAN
4 25 (18.38%) VPN
5 17 (12.50%) LAN
6 13 (9.56%) BGP
6 13 (9.56%) VLAN
6 13 (9.56%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (8.82%) Wireless
8 11 (8.09%) DNS
8 11 (8.09%) TCP/IP
8 11 (8.09%) Unified Communications
9 10 (7.35%) OSPF
10 8 (5.88%) DHCP
11 7 (5.15%) MPLS
12 6 (4.41%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (4.41%) DMZ
13 5 (3.68%) HSRP
13 5 (3.68%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (3.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.94%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.74%) GitLab
General
1 42 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.32%) Finance
3 23 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.09%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.62%) Legal
6 9 (6.62%) Retail
7 8 (5.88%) Electronics
7 8 (5.88%) Marketing
7 8 (5.88%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.68%) Back Office
9 5 (3.68%) Banking
9 5 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.68%) Law
10 4 (2.94%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.21%) Aviation
12 2 (1.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (26.47%) Senior
2 32 (23.53%) Network Engineer
3 29 (21.32%) Security Engineer
4 16 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (11.03%) Consultant
6 12 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 12 (8.82%) Security Consultant
7 11 (8.09%) Bid Writer
7 11 (8.09%) Senior Bid Writer
8 10 (7.35%) Analyst
8 10 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Senior Security Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 8 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Security Analyst
10 7 (5.15%) Lead
10 7 (5.15%) Network Security Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Architect
11 6 (4.41%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.47%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.18%) Cloud Native
2 17 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 17 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 11 (8.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (8.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 11 (8.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (7.35%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (7.35%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (6.62%) Blog
6 8 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (4.41%) Operational Technology
7 6 (4.41%) PKI
8 5 (3.68%) Driving Licence
9 4 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.94%) Management Information System
10 3 (2.21%) CMDB
10 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (2.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.21%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.03%) Windows
2 8 (5.88%) Linux
3 2 (1.47%) CentOS
3 2 (1.47%) Debian
3 2 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.56%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (26.47%) SIEM
3 33 (24.26%) Incident Response
4 31 (22.79%) Cloud Security
5 30 (22.06%) Security Operations
6 25 (18.38%) Mentoring
7 22 (16.18%) DevOps
8 21 (15.44%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 18 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (12.50%) Containerisation
11 17 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (12.50%) Data Protection
12 14 (10.29%) ITIL
12 14 (10.29%) Security Architecture
13 13 (9.56%) Risk Management
13 13 (9.56%) Threat Intelligence
14 12 (8.82%) Roadmaps
14 12 (8.82%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.09%) Python
2 10 (7.35%) Bash
3 7 (5.15%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.15%) SQL
4 5 (3.68%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.94%) Go
6 3 (2.21%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (19.85%) Cisco Certification
1 27 (19.85%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.91%) CISSP
3 19 (13.97%) CCNP
4 18 (13.24%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (9.56%) SC Cleared
6 12 (8.82%) Degree
7 11 (8.09%) CEH
8 10 (7.35%) CCIE
8 10 (7.35%) DV Cleared
9 8 (5.88%) AWS Certification
9 8 (5.88%) SANS
10 7 (5.15%) CISM
11 6 (4.41%) Azure Certification
11 6 (4.41%) CCNA
12 5 (3.68%) GCIA
12 5 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.94%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.94%) GIAC
13 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (31.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (26.47%) NIST
3 24 (17.65%) PCI DSS
4 12 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (8.82%) GRC
5 11 (8.09%) GDPR
6 9 (6.62%) NCSC
7 6 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (4.41%) JSP 440
7 6 (4.41%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.74%) Basel III
9 1 (0.74%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.88%) Docker
3 6 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.94%) Firmware
5 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (19.12%) Terraform
2 12 (8.82%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.62%) Ansible
4 7 (5.15%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.94%) Cilium
7 3 (2.21%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.21%) Nagios
8 2 (1.47%) SCOM
8 2 (1.47%) WSUS
9 1 (0.74%) Argo
9 1 (0.74%) Grafana
9 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (28.68%) Cisco
2 15 (11.03%) Microsoft
3 14 (10.29%) Palo Alto
4 12 (8.82%) Fortinet
5 9 (6.62%) Meraki
6 8 (5.88%) SAP
7 7 (5.15%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.15%) VMware
8 6 (4.41%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.68%) F5
10 4 (2.94%) Zscaler
11 3 (2.21%) Dell
11 3 (2.21%) Google
11 3 (2.21%) Salesforce
11 3 (2.21%) Veeam
12 2 (1.47%) iManage
12 2 (1.47%) Juniper
12 2 (1.47%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.47%) Tenable
13 1 (0.74%) Datto