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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 238 241
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 135 168 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.31% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.14% 10.43% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 81 145 334
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,761 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.39% +3.33% +0.80%

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 1,890 1,611 4,294
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.33% 12.56% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 961 1,196 3,460
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £30,613
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £66,741
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,392
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.49% -6.04%

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 31 March 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 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 63 (46.67%) Azure
2 44 (32.59%) AWS
3 17 (12.59%) GCP
4 16 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (7.41%) Mimecast
6 7 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.19%) SaaS
7 4 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.96%) GitHub
7 4 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.96%) OCI
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.48%) Serverless
8 2 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 80 (59.26%) Firewall
2 28 (20.74%) WAN
3 27 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 23 (17.04%) LAN
5 20 (14.81%) VPN
6 15 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
7 14 (10.37%) BGP
8 13 (9.63%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (8.89%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (8.15%) OSPF
10 11 (8.15%) VLAN
10 11 (8.15%) Wireless
11 10 (7.41%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (5.93%) TCP/IP
12 8 (5.93%) WLAN
13 6 (4.44%) DMZ
13 6 (4.44%) DNS
13 6 (4.44%) MPLS
13 6 (4.44%) NGFW
14 5 (3.70%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.96%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.48%) JIRA
General
1 26 (19.26%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.52%) Finance
3 12 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.89%) Legal
4 11 (8.15%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.41%) Banking
5 10 (7.41%) Retail
6 7 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.19%) Law
7 6 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.70%) Back Office
9 4 (2.96%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.22%) Aviation
10 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.48%) Police
11 2 (1.48%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (20.74%) Network Engineer
2 27 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 26 (19.26%) Senior
4 17 (12.59%) Analyst
5 16 (11.85%) Security Analyst
5 16 (11.85%) Senior Network Engineer
6 13 (9.63%) Architect
7 11 (8.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.15%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (8.15%) Security Manager
8 10 (7.41%) Network Analyst
8 10 (7.41%) Network Security Analyst
9 9 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.93%) Consultant
10 8 (5.93%) Security Specialist
10 8 (5.93%) Senior Network Security Engineer
10 8 (5.93%) Senior Security Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Network Operations Engineer
11 7 (5.19%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.48%) LDAP
1 2 (1.48%) OAuth
1 2 (1.48%) OpenID
1 2 (1.48%) REST
1 2 (1.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 18 (13.33%) Cloud Native
3 17 (12.59%) Blog
4 15 (11.11%) Data Centre
5 12 (8.89%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (6.67%) Management Information System
7 8 (5.93%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (4.44%) Driving Licence
9 6 (4.44%) PKI
10 3 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.22%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.22%) Product Ownership
10 3 (2.22%) Public Cloud
10 3 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.22%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (1.48%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.89%) Windows
2 4 (2.96%) Linux
3 2 (1.48%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.26%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (32.59%) Incident Response
3 41 (30.37%) SIEM
4 33 (24.44%) Cloud Security
5 30 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 29 (21.48%) Security Architecture
7 26 (19.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (19.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (16.30%) Risk Management
9 21 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (14.81%) Mentoring
11 19 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (14.07%) Roadmaps
11 19 (14.07%) Zero Trust
12 18 (13.33%) Business Continuity
12 18 (13.33%) Information Security
13 16 (11.85%) Containerisation
13 16 (11.85%) Security Monitoring
14 15 (11.11%) Project Delivery
14 15 (11.11%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.85%) Python
2 13 (9.63%) PowerShell
3 12 (8.89%) Bash
4 7 (5.19%) SQL
5 6 (4.44%) Go
6 3 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.48%) Bicep
7 2 (1.48%) C
7 2 (1.48%) C#
7 2 (1.48%) C++
7 2 (1.48%) Java
7 2 (1.48%) Objective-C
7 2 (1.48%) Perl
7 2 (1.48%) Ruby
7 2 (1.48%) Rust
8 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (17.78%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (16.30%) Security Cleared
3 20 (14.81%) CISSP
4 19 (14.07%) CCNP
5 17 (12.59%) DV Cleared
6 16 (11.85%) Degree
6 16 (11.85%) SC Cleared
7 12 (8.89%) CISM
8 9 (6.67%) CCIE
9 8 (5.93%) Azure Certification
9 8 (5.93%) CCNA
9 8 (5.93%) CRISC
10 7 (5.19%) CEH
10 7 (5.19%) GSEC
11 6 (4.44%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (3.70%) CREST Certified
12 5 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (2.96%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (30.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (24.44%) NIST
3 15 (11.11%) GRC
3 15 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 13 (9.63%) GDPR
4 13 (9.63%) JSP 440
5 10 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (5.19%) Government Security Classifications
6 7 (5.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (5.19%) SOC 2
7 6 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (4.44%) NCSC
8 5 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (2.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.74%) Basel III
10 1 (0.74%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (11.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.19%) Docker
3 6 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.74%) Firmware
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (14.07%) Terraform
2 9 (6.67%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.19%) Ansible
4 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.96%) Cilium
6 2 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.48%) WSUS
7 1 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.74%) Nagios
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (30.37%) Cisco
2 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 20 (14.81%) Fortinet
4 18 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 10 (7.41%) CheckPoint
5 10 (7.41%) Google
6 8 (5.93%) Meraki
6 8 (5.93%) Okta
6 8 (5.93%) Sophos
7 6 (4.44%) VMware
8 5 (3.70%) F5
8 5 (3.70%) iManage
8 5 (3.70%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.96%) Splunk
9 4 (2.96%) Veeam
10 3 (2.22%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (2.22%) N-able
10 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.48%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.48%) Tenable