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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 291 252
Rank change year-on-year +78 -39 -41
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 227 150 441
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 0.97% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.08% 7.85% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 171 142 362
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,425 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,375 £75,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £88,708 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 2,251 1,910 5,114
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.14% 12.33% 14.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 1,147 3,294
10th Percentile £29,738 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,461 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -7.14%

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 21 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 11 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 96 (42.29%) Azure
2 56 (24.67%) AWS
3 26 (11.45%) GCP
4 24 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (10.13%) Entra ID
6 15 (6.61%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.64%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.64%) Serverless
8 5 (2.20%) OCI
9 4 (1.76%) SaaS
10 3 (1.32%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.32%) Vertex AI
11 2 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.88%) IaaS
11 2 (0.88%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 131 (57.71%) Firewall
2 53 (23.35%) WAN
3 51 (22.47%) LAN
4 43 (18.94%) VPN
5 39 (17.18%) SD-WAN
6 36 (15.86%) VLAN
7 33 (14.54%) BGP
8 29 (12.78%) Wireless
9 28 (12.33%) DNS
10 24 (10.57%) OSPF
11 21 (9.25%) DHCP
11 21 (9.25%) MPLS
12 19 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (7.49%) WLAN
14 16 (7.05%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (7.05%) Cisco Nexus
15 15 (6.61%) TCP/IP
16 12 (5.29%) Intrusion Detection
17 10 (4.41%) NGFW
17 10 (4.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.44%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.44%) MySQL
2 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.32%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.44%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) GitLab
2 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (15.86%) Finance
2 32 (14.10%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.89%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.61%) Law
6 14 (6.17%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.41%) Banking
8 9 (3.96%) Legal
9 8 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.64%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.20%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.76%) Retail
13 3 (1.32%) Aviation
13 3 (1.32%) Police
14 2 (0.88%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.44%) Marketing
15 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (22.91%) Architect
2 44 (19.38%) Network Engineer
3 33 (14.54%) Senior
4 31 (13.66%) Security Architect
5 30 (13.22%) Analyst
6 28 (12.33%) Security Analyst
7 22 (9.69%) Network Analyst
8 20 (8.81%) Consultant
8 20 (8.81%) Network Security Analyst
9 19 (8.37%) Network Architect
9 19 (8.37%) Security Specialist
10 16 (7.05%) Security Engineer
10 16 (7.05%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (6.17%) Lead
12 13 (5.73%) Network Specialist
13 12 (5.29%) Network Security Engineer
13 12 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (4.85%) Network Security Specialist
14 11 (4.85%) Security Manager
15 10 (4.41%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.61%) OAuth
2 14 (6.17%) SAML
3 7 (3.08%) REST
4 6 (2.64%) LDAP
4 6 (2.64%) OpenID
5 4 (1.76%) 802.1X
5 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.44%) .NET
6 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.44%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.44%) JSON
6 1 (0.44%) Kafka
6 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.44%) React
6 1 (0.44%) Vue
6 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.26%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.57%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 13 (5.73%) Blog
5 12 (5.29%) Cloud Native
5 12 (5.29%) Management Information System
6 11 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (3.96%) Driving Licence
8 8 (3.52%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (3.52%) PKI
9 7 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (2.64%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (2.64%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (2.20%) Clustering
11 5 (2.20%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.76%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.69%) Windows
2 8 (3.52%) Linux
2 8 (3.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.32%) Android
3 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (42.73%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (22.47%) Cloud Security
3 45 (19.82%) Security Architecture
3 45 (19.82%) SIEM
4 40 (17.62%) Vulnerability Management
5 39 (17.18%) Security Operations
6 38 (16.74%) Incident Response
7 37 (16.30%) Roadmaps
8 36 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (14.98%) Zero Trust
10 30 (13.22%) Risk Management
11 28 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (11.89%) Information Security
13 26 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 24 (10.57%) Agile
15 23 (10.13%) Disaster Recovery
15 23 (10.13%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 22 (9.69%) Project Delivery
16 22 (9.69%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.45%) PowerShell
2 19 (8.37%) Python
3 8 (3.52%) Bash
4 7 (3.08%) SQL
5 4 (1.76%) C#
5 4 (1.76%) Go
6 3 (1.32%) C
6 3 (1.32%) C++
6 3 (1.32%) Java
6 3 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.32%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.32%) Perl
6 3 (1.32%) Ruby
6 3 (1.32%) Rust
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (20.70%) CISSP
2 43 (18.94%) Security Cleared
3 38 (16.74%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (16.30%) SC Cleared
5 34 (14.98%) Degree
6 31 (13.66%) CCNP
6 31 (13.66%) CISM
7 21 (9.25%) DV Cleared
8 15 (6.61%) CCNA
9 13 (5.73%) Azure Certification
10 11 (4.85%) CCIE
10 11 (4.85%) CRISC
11 8 (3.52%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.08%) GSEC
13 5 (2.20%) CEH
14 4 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.76%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.76%) CCSP
14 4 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (33.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (27.31%) NIST
3 19 (8.37%) GDPR
4 18 (7.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (7.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 17 (7.49%) NCSC
5 17 (7.49%) PCI DSS
6 14 (6.17%) GRC
7 13 (5.73%) JSP 440
8 7 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (3.08%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (2.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (1.32%) COBIT
10 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.88%) SLA
11 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.44%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 34 (14.98%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.73%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.64%) Docker
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (11.01%) FortiGate
2 11 (4.85%) Terraform
3 10 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.96%) Ansible
5 8 (3.52%) CASB
6 3 (1.32%) WSUS
7 2 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.88%) Nagios
7 2 (0.88%) SCCM
8 1 (0.44%) Kibana
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 79 (34.80%) Cisco
2 68 (29.96%) Microsoft
3 41 (18.06%) Fortinet
3 41 (18.06%) Palo Alto
4 14 (6.17%) CheckPoint
5 13 (5.73%) Aruba
5 13 (5.73%) Meraki
6 12 (5.29%) Google
6 12 (5.29%) VMware
7 11 (4.85%) Juniper
7 11 (4.85%) Zscaler
8 10 (4.41%) Sophos
9 9 (3.96%) F5
10 8 (3.52%) SonicWALL
11 7 (3.08%) Okta
11 7 (3.08%) Splunk
11 7 (3.08%) Veeam
12 4 (1.76%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (1.76%) N-able
13 3 (1.32%) Salesforce