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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 254 217
Rank change year-on-year +61 -37 -30
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 330 180 333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 1.07% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.88% 10.20% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 216 164 219
10th Percentile £33,750 £46,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,125 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -5.51%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £88,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -2.44% +2.50%

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 2,217 1,765 3,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.89% 10.46% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 993 1,531
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,294 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -0.97%

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 2 October 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 21 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (32.42%) Azure
2 73 (22.12%) AWS
3 39 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (11.52%) GCP
5 35 (10.61%) Entra ID
6 14 (4.24%) SaaS
7 9 (2.73%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.82%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.82%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.52%) Serverless
11 4 (1.21%) IaaS
11 4 (1.21%) OCI
11 4 (1.21%) PaaS
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.91%) Google Compute Engine
12 3 (0.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.91%) Vertex AI
12 3 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 179 (54.24%) Firewall
2 103 (31.21%) VLAN
3 84 (25.45%) WAN
4 80 (24.24%) LAN
5 61 (18.48%) VPN
6 52 (15.76%) Wireless
7 45 (13.64%) DNS
8 38 (11.52%) DHCP
9 37 (11.21%) BGP
10 36 (10.91%) SD-WAN
11 35 (10.61%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (8.79%) TCP/IP
13 25 (7.58%) MPLS
13 25 (7.58%) OSPF
14 23 (6.97%) WLAN
15 17 (5.15%) Cisco ISE
15 17 (5.15%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (3.94%) SSL
17 11 (3.33%) SNMP
17 11 (3.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (2.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 3 (0.91%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 135 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 42 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 39 (11.82%) Finance
5 31 (9.39%) Telecoms
6 26 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (7.88%) Law
7 14 (4.24%) Banking
8 10 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.03%) Retail
9 9 (2.73%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.82%) Legal
10 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.52%) Marketing
12 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.21%) Police
13 3 (0.91%) Back Office
13 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.30%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (28.48%) Senior
2 71 (21.52%) Network Engineer
3 61 (18.48%) Architect
3 61 (18.48%) Security Engineer
4 49 (14.85%) Senior Security Engineer
5 45 (13.64%) Security Architect
6 28 (8.48%) Consultant
7 24 (7.27%) Senior Network Engineer
8 21 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (6.06%) Analyst
10 18 (5.45%) Network Architect
10 18 (5.45%) Security Analyst
11 16 (4.85%) Lead
12 14 (4.24%) Security Consultant
13 13 (3.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.64%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (3.64%) Network Analyst
14 12 (3.64%) Security Specialist
15 11 (3.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 11 (3.33%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.85%) OAuth
2 15 (4.55%) SAML
3 13 (3.94%) Terraform
4 8 (2.42%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.82%) REST
6 5 (1.52%) LDAP
6 5 (1.52%) OpenID
7 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.61%) ModSecurity
9 1 (0.30%) .NET
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.30%) JSON
9 1 (0.30%) Kafka
9 1 (0.30%) Middleware
9 1 (0.30%) POSIX
9 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.36%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.82%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 16 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.55%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.03%) PKI
7 9 (2.73%) Blog
7 9 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.91%) Clustering
12 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.42%) Windows
2 21 (6.36%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.33%) Linux
4 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.91%) Android
6 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (47.27%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (23.64%) Project Delivery
3 71 (21.52%) Cloud Security
4 63 (19.09%) Decision-Making
5 62 (18.79%) Business Continuity
6 53 (16.06%) Network Architecture
6 53 (16.06%) Security Architecture
7 51 (15.45%) Capacity Planning
8 49 (14.85%) BCP
8 49 (14.85%) Business Continuity Planning
9 47 (14.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 46 (13.94%) Economics
10 46 (13.94%) Threat Modelling
11 45 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 43 (13.03%) Identity Access Management
13 42 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 42 (12.73%) Zero Trust
14 41 (12.42%) Agile
14 41 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.18%) Python
2 24 (7.27%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.42%) SQL
4 7 (2.12%) Bash
4 7 (2.12%) Go
5 3 (0.91%) Java
5 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.61%) Bicep
7 1 (0.30%) C#
7 1 (0.30%) C++
7 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.30%) Rust
7 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (17.88%) CISSP
3 55 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 46 (13.94%) SC Cleared
5 45 (13.64%) CCNP
6 44 (13.33%) Degree
7 42 (12.73%) CISM
8 22 (6.67%) CCNA
9 17 (5.15%) DV Cleared
10 14 (4.24%) Azure Certification
11 13 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (3.94%) DBS Check
12 10 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (3.03%) CCSP
13 8 (2.42%) PMP
14 7 (2.12%) AWS Certification
14 7 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (2.12%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (1.82%) CRISC
15 6 (1.82%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (26.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (22.12%) NIST
3 27 (8.18%) NCSC
4 26 (7.88%) GDPR
5 21 (6.36%) PCI DSS
6 19 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (5.45%) GRC
8 16 (4.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (1.82%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.82%) SLA
10 5 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.52%) SOC 2
11 4 (1.21%) COBIT
12 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.61%) PMO
14 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 48 (14.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.06%) Hyper-V
3 13 (3.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.73%) Docker
5 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.79%) FortiGate
2 15 (4.55%) CASB
2 15 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.42%) Grafana
5 7 (2.12%) Ansible
6 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.91%) Cilium
7 3 (0.91%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.30%) Kibana
8 1 (0.30%) Nagios
8 1 (0.30%) QRadar
8 1 (0.30%) SCCM
8 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (31.82%) Cisco
2 98 (29.70%) Microsoft
3 42 (12.73%) Palo Alto
4 40 (12.12%) Fortinet
5 27 (8.18%) Aruba
6 22 (6.67%) VMware
7 18 (5.45%) Juniper
8 17 (5.15%) Zscaler
9 14 (4.24%) Google
10 11 (3.33%) Meraki
11 10 (3.03%) Veeam
12 9 (2.73%) CheckPoint
13 7 (2.12%) F5
13 7 (2.12%) SonicWALL
13 7 (2.12%) Splunk
14 5 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.52%) Netskope
15 3 (0.91%) Nimble Storage
15 3 (0.91%) SolarWinds
15 3 (0.91%) Sophos