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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 215 210
Rank change year-on-year -21 -5 +48
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 144 248 316
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 1.49% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.52% 11.25% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 110 153 267
10th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £40,809
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,373 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.93% +0.80% +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 1,369 2,205 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.02% 13.25% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 892 1,244 2,417
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 7 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 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (38.19%) Azure
2 43 (29.86%) AWS
3 14 (9.72%) GCP
4 11 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.86%) SaaS
6 6 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.47%) GitHub
7 5 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.08%) Serverless
10 2 (1.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.39%) AWS CodePipeline
10 2 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.39%) dbt
10 2 (1.39%) OCI
11 1 (0.69%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 71 (49.31%) Firewall
2 27 (18.75%) WAN
3 25 (17.36%) SD-WAN
4 24 (16.67%) VPN
5 17 (11.81%) LAN
6 14 (9.72%) TCP/IP
7 13 (9.03%) VLAN
7 13 (9.03%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (8.33%) BGP
8 12 (8.33%) Unified Communications
8 12 (8.33%) Wireless
9 11 (7.64%) DNS
10 9 (6.25%) OSPF
11 8 (5.56%) DHCP
12 7 (4.86%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (4.17%) MPLS
14 5 (3.47%) DMZ
14 5 (3.47%) HSRP
15 4 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) GitLab
General
1 42 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 36 (25.00%) Finance
3 32 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (15.97%) Public Sector
5 19 (13.19%) Manufacturing
6 16 (11.11%) Electronics
6 16 (11.11%) Marketing
6 16 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.94%) Legal
8 7 (4.86%) Retail
9 6 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.47%) Back Office
10 5 (3.47%) Banking
10 5 (3.47%) Law
11 4 (2.78%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.39%) Police
14 1 (0.69%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 39 (27.08%) Senior
2 32 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 31 (21.53%) Security Engineer
4 22 (15.28%) Consultant
5 19 (13.19%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 19 (13.19%) Security Consultant
6 15 (10.42%) Senior Network Engineer
7 12 (8.33%) Bid Writer
7 12 (8.33%) Senior Bid Writer
7 12 (8.33%) Senior Security Engineer
8 11 (7.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 10 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.25%) Lead
11 8 (5.56%) Analyst
11 8 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (4.17%) IT Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) IT Security Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.39%) Django
2 1 (0.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.19%) Analytical Mindset
1 19 (13.19%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.81%) Data Centre
3 14 (9.72%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (9.72%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (5.56%) Blog
6 8 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (4.86%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (4.17%) Management Information System
8 6 (4.17%) Operational Technology
9 5 (3.47%) Driving Licence
9 5 (3.47%) PKI
10 4 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (2.08%) CMDB
11 3 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (2.08%) Low-Code
11 3 (2.08%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.42%) Windows
2 8 (5.56%) Linux
3 2 (1.39%) CentOS
3 2 (1.39%) Debian
3 2 (1.39%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (38.19%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (25.69%) SIEM
3 32 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 31 (21.53%) Incident Response
5 29 (20.14%) Security Operations
6 28 (19.44%) Cloud Security
7 27 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
8 20 (13.89%) DevOps
9 19 (13.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 18 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 18 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (11.81%) Data Protection
11 17 (11.81%) ITIL
12 16 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
12 16 (11.11%) Programme Management
13 15 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (10.42%) Security Architecture
14 14 (9.72%) Containerisation
14 14 (9.72%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.64%) Python
2 10 (6.94%) Bash
3 7 (4.86%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (4.86%) SQL
4 5 (3.47%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.78%) Go
6 3 (2.08%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (25.00%) CISSP
2 34 (23.61%) Security Cleared
3 31 (21.53%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (20.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 23 (15.97%) CCNP
6 21 (14.58%) CEH
7 13 (9.03%) Degree
7 13 (9.03%) SC Cleared
8 11 (7.64%) SANS
9 10 (6.94%) CCIE
9 10 (6.94%) CCNA
10 9 (6.25%) CISM
10 9 (6.25%) DV Cleared
11 8 (5.56%) AWS Certification
11 8 (5.56%) GCIA
12 6 (4.17%) Azure Certification
13 5 (3.47%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (2.78%) CREST Certified
14 4 (2.78%) GIAC
14 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (34.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (27.78%) NIST
3 28 (19.44%) PCI DSS
4 14 (9.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (6.94%) GRC
6 8 (5.56%) GDPR
6 8 (5.56%) NCSC
7 6 (4.17%) SOC 2
8 5 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (3.47%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.69%) Basel III
10 1 (0.69%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.17%) Docker
2 6 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (16.67%) Terraform
2 10 (6.94%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.56%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.86%) Ansible
5 4 (2.78%) Cilium
5 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.08%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (2.08%) Nagios
7 2 (1.39%) SCOM
7 2 (1.39%) WSUS
8 1 (0.69%) Argo
8 1 (0.69%) Grafana
8 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (27.08%) Cisco
2 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.11%) SAP
3 13 (9.03%) Palo Alto
4 12 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 9 (6.25%) Meraki
6 7 (4.86%) SolarWinds
6 7 (4.86%) VMware
7 6 (4.17%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.78%) F5
8 4 (2.78%) Zscaler
9 3 (2.08%) Dell
9 3 (2.08%) Veeam
10 2 (1.39%) iManage
10 2 (1.39%) Juniper
10 2 (1.39%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.39%) Tenable
11 1 (0.69%) Datto
11 1 (0.69%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.69%) Okta