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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 282 249
Rank change year-on-year +65 -33 -38
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 220 148 443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 0.96% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.89% 7.73% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 165 140 363
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £88,875 £84,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +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 2,225 1,915 5,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.07% 12.41% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,135 1,151 3,315
10th Percentile £29,675 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -7.62% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £86,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -7.50%

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 19 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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 93 (42.27%) Azure
2 54 (24.55%) AWS
3 25 (11.36%) GCP
4 24 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (10.45%) Entra ID
6 15 (6.82%) Mimecast
7 6 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.27%) OCI
8 5 (2.27%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.27%) Serverless
9 3 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.36%) SaaS
9 3 (1.36%) Vertex AI
10 2 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.91%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.91%) IaaS
10 2 (0.91%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.91%) PaaS
10 2 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 128 (58.18%) Firewall
2 50 (22.73%) WAN
3 49 (22.27%) LAN
4 39 (17.73%) VPN
5 38 (17.27%) SD-WAN
6 33 (15.00%) VLAN
7 30 (13.64%) BGP
8 28 (12.73%) Wireless
9 24 (10.91%) DNS
10 22 (10.00%) OSPF
11 19 (8.64%) MPLS
12 18 (8.18%) DHCP
12 18 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (7.73%) WLAN
14 16 (7.27%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (7.27%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (5.91%) TCP/IP
16 12 (5.45%) Intrusion Detection
17 10 (4.55%) NGFW
18 9 (4.09%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) GitLab
2 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (15.45%) Finance
2 29 (13.18%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.27%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.82%) Law
6 14 (6.36%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.55%) Banking
8 9 (4.09%) Legal
9 6 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.73%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.27%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.82%) Retail
12 3 (1.36%) Aviation
12 3 (1.36%) Police
13 2 (0.91%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
14 1 (0.45%) Marketing
14 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (23.18%) Architect
2 43 (19.55%) Network Engineer
3 31 (14.09%) Senior
4 30 (13.64%) Security Architect
5 29 (13.18%) Analyst
6 28 (12.73%) Security Analyst
7 21 (9.55%) Network Analyst
8 20 (9.09%) Network Security Analyst
9 19 (8.64%) Consultant
10 18 (8.18%) Network Architect
10 18 (8.18%) Security Specialist
11 16 (7.27%) Security Engineer
11 16 (7.27%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (5.91%) Lead
13 12 (5.45%) Network Security Engineer
13 12 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (5.00%) Network Specialist
14 11 (5.00%) Security Manager
15 10 (4.55%) Network Security Specialist
16 9 (4.09%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.91%) OAuth
1 13 (5.91%) SAML
2 6 (2.73%) LDAP
2 6 (2.73%) OpenID
2 6 (2.73%) REST
3 4 (1.82%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.45%) JSON
4 1 (0.45%) Kafka
4 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.45%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.91%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 13 (5.91%) Blog
5 12 (5.45%) Cloud Native
5 12 (5.45%) Management Information System
6 11 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (4.09%) Driving Licence
8 8 (3.64%) Cyber Security Posture
9 7 (3.18%) Cyber Defence
9 7 (3.18%) PKI
10 6 (2.73%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (2.27%) Clustering
11 5 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (1.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.55%) Windows
2 8 (3.64%) Linux
3 7 (3.18%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.36%) Android
4 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (41.82%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (22.27%) Cloud Security
3 44 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 44 (20.00%) SIEM
4 39 (17.73%) Security Operations
4 39 (17.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (16.82%) Incident Response
6 36 (16.36%) Roadmaps
7 32 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (14.55%) Zero Trust
8 30 (13.64%) Risk Management
9 27 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (11.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (11.36%) Information Security
12 24 (10.91%) Agile
13 23 (10.45%) Identity Access Management
13 23 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
14 22 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
15 21 (9.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.82%) PowerShell
2 19 (8.64%) Python
3 8 (3.64%) Bash
4 6 (2.73%) SQL
5 4 (1.82%) Go
6 3 (1.36%) C
6 3 (1.36%) C#
6 3 (1.36%) C++
6 3 (1.36%) Java
6 3 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.36%) Objective-C
6 3 (1.36%) Perl
6 3 (1.36%) Ruby
6 3 (1.36%) Rust
7 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (20.45%) CISSP
2 43 (19.55%) Security Cleared
3 37 (16.82%) SC Cleared
4 36 (16.36%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (15.45%) Degree
6 30 (13.64%) CCNP
6 30 (13.64%) CISM
7 21 (9.55%) DV Cleared
8 14 (6.36%) CCNA
9 13 (5.91%) Azure Certification
10 11 (5.00%) CCIE
11 10 (4.55%) CRISC
12 7 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.18%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.18%) GSEC
13 5 (2.27%) CEH
14 4 (1.82%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (1.36%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (32.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (27.27%) NIST
3 18 (8.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (8.18%) GDPR
4 17 (7.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 17 (7.73%) NCSC
4 17 (7.73%) PCI DSS
5 14 (6.36%) GRC
6 13 (5.91%) JSP 440
7 7 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (3.18%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (2.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.91%) COBIT
10 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.91%) SLA
10 2 (0.91%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.45%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.45%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.73%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (10.45%) FortiGate
2 11 (5.00%) Terraform
3 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (4.09%) Ansible
4 9 (4.09%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.18%) CASB
6 3 (1.36%) WSUS
7 2 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.91%) Nagios
7 2 (0.91%) SCCM
8 1 (0.45%) Kibana
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 77 (35.00%) Cisco
2 65 (29.55%) Microsoft
3 38 (17.27%) Fortinet
3 38 (17.27%) Palo Alto
4 14 (6.36%) CheckPoint
5 12 (5.45%) Aruba
5 12 (5.45%) Meraki
6 11 (5.00%) Google
6 11 (5.00%) Juniper
6 11 (5.00%) VMware
7 10 (4.55%) Sophos
7 10 (4.55%) Zscaler
8 9 (4.09%) F5
9 7 (3.18%) Okta
9 7 (3.18%) SonicWALL
9 7 (3.18%) Splunk
9 7 (3.18%) Veeam
10 4 (1.82%) Barracuda Networks
10 4 (1.82%) N-able
11 3 (1.36%) Tenable