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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 221 220
Rank change year-on-year -22 -1 +33
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 133 248 332
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.52% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.39% 11.37% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 95 155 286
10th Percentile £42,700 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £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 £75,938
90th Percentile £96,500 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,300 £64,600 £63,000
% change year-on-year -9.75% +2.54% +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 1,417 2,181 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.24% 13.39% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 878 1,222 2,667
10th Percentile £27,780 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,563 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - -
75th Percentile £71,438 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
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 20 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 27 (20.30%) WAN
3 26 (19.55%) SD-WAN
4 25 (18.80%) VPN
5 17 (12.78%) LAN
6 13 (9.77%) BGP
6 13 (9.77%) VLAN
6 13 (9.77%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (9.02%) Wireless
8 11 (8.27%) DNS
8 11 (8.27%) TCP/IP
9 10 (7.52%) OSPF
9 10 (7.52%) Unified Communications
10 8 (6.02%) DHCP
11 7 (5.26%) DMZ
11 7 (5.26%) MPLS
12 6 (4.51%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (3.76%) HSRP
13 5 (3.76%) Intrusion Detection
13 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 25 (18.80%) Finance
3 18 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.77%) Retail
6 8 (6.02%) Legal
7 7 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.76%) Back Office
9 5 (3.76%) Banking
9 5 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.76%) Law
10 4 (3.01%) Electronics
10 4 (3.01%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.01%) Marketing
10 4 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.26%) Aviation
12 2 (1.50%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (26.32%) Senior
2 33 (24.81%) Network Engineer
3 29 (21.80%) Security Engineer
4 16 (12.03%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (9.02%) 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 Consultant
7 8 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Security Analyst
7 8 (6.02%) Security Consultant
8 7 (5.26%) Lead
8 7 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
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%) Security Posture
3 17 (12.78%) Data Centre
4 12 (9.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 11 (8.27%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (7.52%) Blog
6 10 (7.52%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (7.52%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (6.77%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (5.26%) PKI
9 6 (4.51%) Operational Technology
10 5 (3.76%) Driving Licence
11 4 (3.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (3.01%) Management Information System
12 3 (2.26%) CMDB
12 3 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (2.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (2.26%) Web3
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 21 (15.79%) 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
10 17 (12.78%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
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%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.27%) 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 24 (18.05%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.29%) CCNP
3 19 (14.29%) CISSP
4 14 (10.53%) 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%) CEH
9 7 (5.26%) CISM
10 6 (4.51%) Azure Certification
10 6 (4.51%) CCNA
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 40 (30.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (24.81%) NIST
3 21 (15.79%) 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 39 (29.32%) 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
8 5 (3.76%) F5
9 4 (3.01%) SAP
9 4 (3.01%) Zscaler
10 3 (2.26%) Dell
10 3 (2.26%) Google
10 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.26%) Veeam
11 2 (1.50%) iManage
11 2 (1.50%) Juniper
11 2 (1.50%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.50%) Tenable
12 1 (0.75%) Datto