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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 244 211
Rank change year-on-year +54 -33 -28
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 331 180 324
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.33% 1.09% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.04% 10.48% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 209 163 212
10th Percentile £32,304 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £90,000 £91,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

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 2,201 1,718 3,123
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.83% 10.40% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 979 1,466
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,125 £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 £74,113 £70,000 £71,094
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

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 12 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 (6.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 104 (31.42%) Azure
2 74 (22.36%) AWS
3 39 (11.78%) GCP
4 38 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (10.57%) Entra ID
6 19 (5.74%) SaaS
7 9 (2.72%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.11%) Google Compute Engine
8 7 (2.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 7 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.81%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.51%) IaaS
10 5 (1.51%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.51%) PaaS
11 4 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.21%) OCI
11 4 (1.21%) Serverless
12 3 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 186 (56.19%) Firewall
2 106 (32.02%) VLAN
3 92 (27.79%) WAN
4 86 (25.98%) LAN
5 71 (21.45%) VPN
6 57 (17.22%) Wireless
7 51 (15.41%) DNS
8 43 (12.99%) DHCP
9 42 (12.69%) BGP
10 40 (12.08%) SD-WAN
11 39 (11.78%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (11.18%) TCP/IP
13 26 (7.85%) OSPF
14 25 (7.55%) MPLS
15 24 (7.25%) WLAN
16 21 (6.34%) Cisco Nexus
17 17 (5.14%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (3.93%) SSL
19 12 (3.63%) Cisco ASA
20 11 (3.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.21%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.30%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.02%) JIRA
2 7 (2.11%) TeamCity
3 4 (1.21%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 148 (44.71%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.69%) Public Sector
3 41 (12.39%) Finance
3 41 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 31 (9.37%) Telecoms
5 28 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (7.85%) Law
7 13 (3.93%) Banking
8 12 (3.63%) Retail
9 9 (2.72%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.11%) Back Office
10 7 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.11%) Legal
11 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.51%) Marketing
12 5 (1.51%) Police
13 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.21%) French Language
14 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (29.91%) Senior
2 76 (22.96%) Network Engineer
3 65 (19.64%) Security Engineer
4 55 (16.62%) Architect
5 51 (15.41%) Senior Security Engineer
6 40 (12.08%) Security Architect
7 28 (8.46%) Consultant
8 25 (7.55%) Senior Network Engineer
9 21 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.44%) Network Architect
11 16 (4.83%) Analyst
11 16 (4.83%) Lead
12 14 (4.23%) Security Analyst
12 14 (4.23%) Security Consultant
13 13 (3.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.63%) Cisco Engineer
14 12 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (3.63%) Security Specialist
15 11 (3.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 11 (3.32%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.44%) Terraform
2 15 (4.53%) OAuth
3 14 (4.23%) SAML
4 8 (2.42%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.51%) REST
6 4 (1.21%) LDAP
6 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.21%) OpenID
7 2 (0.60%) Middleware
7 2 (0.60%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.30%) .NET
8 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.30%) JSON
8 1 (0.30%) Kafka
8 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.30%) POSIX
8 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (18.13%) Data Centre
2 45 (13.60%) Security Posture
3 18 (5.44%) Cloud Native
3 18 (5.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 16 (4.83%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (4.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 14 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.93%) Blog
7 10 (3.02%) PKI
8 9 (2.72%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
11 6 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.51%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.91%) Clustering
14 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
15 2 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.69%) Windows
2 21 (6.34%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.63%) Linux
4 6 (1.81%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.21%) macOS
6 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.91%) Android
7 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (47.13%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (25.38%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (25.38%) Project Delivery
3 72 (21.75%) Cloud Security
4 62 (18.73%) Business Continuity
5 61 (18.43%) Decision-Making
6 53 (16.01%) Network Architecture
6 53 (16.01%) Security Architecture
7 51 (15.41%) Capacity Planning
8 49 (14.80%) BCP
8 49 (14.80%) Business Continuity Planning
8 49 (14.80%) Threat Modelling
9 47 (14.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 46 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (13.90%) Economics
11 45 (13.60%) Identity Access Management
12 42 (12.69%) Incident Response
12 42 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 41 (12.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (12.39%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.67%) Python
2 23 (6.95%) PowerShell
3 13 (3.93%) SQL
4 12 (3.63%) Go
5 8 (2.42%) Bash
6 7 (2.11%) Java
7 3 (0.91%) Bicep
7 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.30%) C#
8 1 (0.30%) C++
8 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.30%) Rust
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (20.54%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (17.82%) CISSP
3 52 (15.71%) Security Cleared
4 51 (15.41%) CCNP
5 43 (12.99%) CISM
5 43 (12.99%) Degree
5 43 (12.99%) SC Cleared
6 28 (8.46%) CCNA
7 17 (5.14%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.53%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.93%) DBS Check
10 12 (3.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 12 (3.63%) CCSP
11 9 (2.72%) PMP
11 9 (2.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (2.11%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.11%) GIAC
12 7 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (1.81%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (26.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (22.36%) NIST
3 27 (8.16%) GDPR
4 25 (7.55%) NCSC
4 25 (7.55%) PCI DSS
5 19 (5.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (5.44%) GRC
7 14 (4.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (2.72%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (1.81%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.81%) SLA
10 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 (0.60%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.60%) PMO
14 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 47 (14.20%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.04%) Hyper-V
3 12 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.32%) Docker
5 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.30%) Firmware
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (9.06%) FortiGate
2 21 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.53%) CASB
3 15 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (3.93%) Grafana
5 12 (3.63%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.11%) Ansible
6 7 (2.11%) Cilium
7 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.91%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.30%) Kibana
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) QRadar
9 1 (0.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 110 (33.23%) Cisco
2 96 (29.00%) Microsoft
3 44 (13.29%) Fortinet
4 42 (12.69%) Palo Alto
5 31 (9.37%) Aruba
6 21 (6.34%) VMware
7 19 (5.74%) Google
8 18 (5.44%) Juniper
9 17 (5.14%) Zscaler
10 13 (3.93%) CheckPoint
11 12 (3.63%) Meraki
12 10 (3.02%) F5
12 10 (3.02%) Veeam
13 8 (2.42%) Splunk
14 7 (2.11%) SonicWALL
15 6 (1.81%) CrowdStrike
15 6 (1.81%) Infoblox
16 5 (1.51%) Netskope
17 3 (0.91%) Dynatrace
17 3 (0.91%) Nimble Storage