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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 215 227
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 +23
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 133 248 328
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.52% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.30% 11.37% 10.06%
Number of salaries quoted 94 155 283
10th Percentile £42,650 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £96,750 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,300 £64,600 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.75% +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 1,430 2,182 3,259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.27% 13.36% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 885 1,226 2,782
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,781 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £69,800
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 21 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 (1.50%) Confluence
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (42.86%) Azure
2 47 (35.34%) AWS
3 16 (12.03%) GCP
4 10 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (5.26%) SaaS
6 6 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.76%) GitHub
7 5 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.26%) Serverless
10 2 (1.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.50%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.50%) dbt
10 2 (1.50%) OCI
11 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 72 (54.14%) Firewall
2 28 (21.05%) WAN
3 26 (19.55%) SD-WAN
4 25 (18.80%) VPN
5 18 (13.53%) LAN
6 14 (10.53%) BGP
6 14 (10.53%) VLAN
7 13 (9.77%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (9.02%) Wireless
9 11 (8.27%) DNS
9 11 (8.27%) OSPF
9 11 (8.27%) TCP/IP
10 10 (7.52%) Unified Communications
11 8 (6.02%) DHCP
11 8 (6.02%) MPLS
12 7 (5.26%) DMZ
13 6 (4.51%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (3.76%) HSRP
14 5 (3.76%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (3.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 41 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.05%) Finance
3 17 (12.78%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.52%) Retail
6 8 (6.02%) Legal
7 6 (4.51%) Banking
7 6 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.51%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.76%) Back Office
8 5 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.76%) Law
9 4 (3.01%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.01%) Marketing
9 4 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.26%) Aviation
10 3 (2.26%) Electronics
11 2 (1.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (26.32%) Senior
2 34 (25.56%) Network Engineer
3 29 (21.80%) Security Engineer
4 16 (12.03%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (8.27%) Consultant
6 10 (7.52%) Analyst
6 10 (7.52%) Bid Writer
6 10 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (7.52%) Senior Bid Writer
6 10 (7.52%) Senior Security Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Security Analyst
8 7 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 7 (5.26%) Lead
8 7 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) Security Consultant
9 6 (4.51%) Architect
9 6 (4.51%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.50%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Cloud Native
2 18 (13.53%) Data Centre
2 18 (13.53%) Security Posture
3 12 (9.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 11 (8.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (7.52%) Blog
5 10 (7.52%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (7.52%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (6.77%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (5.26%) PKI
8 6 (4.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (4.51%) Operational Technology
9 5 (3.76%) Driving Licence
10 4 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (3.01%) Management Information System
11 3 (2.26%) CMDB
11 3 (2.26%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (2.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.28%) Windows
2 8 (6.02%) Linux
3 2 (1.50%) CentOS
3 2 (1.50%) Debian
3 2 (1.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.08%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (27.07%) SIEM
3 33 (24.81%) Incident Response
4 32 (24.06%) Cloud Security
5 31 (23.31%) Security Operations
6 22 (16.54%) DevOps
7 20 (15.04%) Mentoring
8 19 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (13.53%) Containerisation
9 18 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (12.78%) Data Protection
11 16 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (12.03%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (11.28%) Security Architecture
13 14 (10.53%) ITIL
13 14 (10.53%) Risk Management
14 13 (9.77%) SDLC
14 13 (9.77%) Threat Intelligence
15 12 (9.02%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.02%) Python
2 10 (7.52%) Bash
3 7 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (5.26%) SQL
4 5 (3.76%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.01%) Go
6 3 (2.26%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (20.30%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (17.29%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.29%) CCNP
4 18 (13.53%) CISSP
5 13 (9.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (9.77%) SC Cleared
6 11 (8.27%) Degree
6 11 (8.27%) DV Cleared
7 10 (7.52%) CCIE
8 8 (6.02%) AWS Certification
8 8 (6.02%) SANS
9 7 (5.26%) CISM
10 6 (4.51%) Azure Certification
10 6 (4.51%) CCNA
10 6 (4.51%) CEH
11 5 (3.76%) GCIA
11 5 (3.76%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (3.01%) CREST Certified
12 4 (3.01%) GIAC
12 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (29.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (24.06%) NIST
3 20 (15.04%) PCI DSS
4 13 (9.77%) GRC
5 12 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (9.02%) GDPR
6 10 (7.52%) NCSC
7 7 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (5.26%) JSP 440
8 6 (4.51%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.75%) Basel III
10 1 (0.75%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (9.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.02%) Docker
3 6 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.01%) Firmware
5 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (19.55%) Terraform
2 12 (9.02%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.77%) Ansible
4 7 (5.26%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.01%) Cilium
7 3 (2.26%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (2.26%) Nagios
8 2 (1.50%) SCOM
8 2 (1.50%) WSUS
9 1 (0.75%) Argo
9 1 (0.75%) Grafana
9 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (30.08%) Cisco
2 15 (11.28%) Microsoft
3 14 (10.53%) Palo Alto
4 12 (9.02%) Fortinet
5 9 (6.77%) Meraki
6 7 (5.26%) SolarWinds
6 7 (5.26%) VMware
7 6 (4.51%) CheckPoint
7 6 (4.51%) F5
8 4 (3.01%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.26%) Dell
9 3 (2.26%) Google
9 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.26%) SAP
9 3 (2.26%) Veeam
10 2 (1.50%) iManage
10 2 (1.50%) Juniper
10 2 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.50%) Tenable
11 1 (0.75%) Datto