Network Security Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 263 239
Rank change year-on-year -23 -24 +109
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 136 406 624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.88% 1.20% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.40% 7.71% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 124 328 423
10th Percentile £29,325 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,188 £50,000 £43,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £66,563 £73,750 £76,283
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -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 2,519 5,268 4,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.34% 15.59% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,612 3,409 3,537
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +0.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £89,191
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Security.

Network Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Security over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Network Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.47%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (40.44%) Azure
2 43 (31.62%) AWS
3 13 (9.56%) AWS CloudFormation
3 13 (9.56%) AWS KMS
3 13 (9.56%) AWS Lambda
3 13 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (9.56%) Serverless
4 8 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.41%) Azure AKS
6 6 (4.41%) GCP
7 4 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.94%) IaaS
8 3 (2.21%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.21%) PaaS
8 3 (2.21%) SaaS
9 2 (1.47%) OCI
9 2 (1.47%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 64 (47.06%) Firewall
2 34 (25.00%) VPN
3 33 (24.26%) WAN
4 27 (19.85%) LAN
5 19 (13.97%) DHCP
5 19 (13.97%) DNS
6 17 (12.50%) SD-WAN
7 16 (11.76%) TCP/IP
8 13 (9.56%) MPLS
8 13 (9.56%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (9.56%) Wireless
9 11 (8.09%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (7.35%) BGP
10 10 (7.35%) VLAN
11 8 (5.88%) OSPF
12 7 (5.15%) NGFW
13 6 (4.41%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (3.68%) EIGRP
14 5 (3.68%) WLAN
15 4 (2.94%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.94%) RDBMS
1 4 (2.94%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.47%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Git
General
1 54 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 31 (22.79%) Finance
3 14 (10.29%) Banking
4 12 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.62%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.62%) Telecoms
6 8 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.15%) Marketing
8 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Retail
10 3 (2.21%) Legal
10 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.47%) Electronics
12 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 28 (20.59%) Architect
2 24 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 15 (11.03%) AWS Architect
3 15 (11.03%) Cloud Architect
3 15 (11.03%) Security Engineer
4 12 (8.82%) Analyst
5 11 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (8.09%) Senior
6 9 (6.62%) Technologist
7 8 (5.88%) Network Architect
8 7 (5.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.15%) Security Manager
9 6 (4.41%) Developer
9 6 (4.41%) Senior Security Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) IT Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Lead
10 5 (3.68%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.56%) Elastic Stack
1 13 (9.56%) Kafka
2 4 (2.94%) .NET
2 4 (2.94%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.94%) Symfony
3 3 (2.21%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.47%) SAML
4 2 (1.47%) Spring
4 2 (1.47%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.74%) DPDK
5 1 (0.74%) JSON
5 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 40 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.82%) Security Posture
3 11 (8.09%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.41%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.68%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.94%) SCADA
7 4 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.21%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (2.21%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.47%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.47%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.76%) Windows
2 13 (9.56%) Linux
3 5 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.94%) Unix
5 3 (2.21%) VMS
6 2 (1.47%) Android
6 2 (1.47%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.62%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (25.74%) Cloud Security
4 31 (22.79%) Incident Response
5 30 (22.06%) DevOps
6 28 (20.59%) Mentoring
7 27 (19.85%) Information Security
7 27 (19.85%) Security Architecture
8 23 (16.91%) Computer Science
9 22 (16.18%) SIEM
10 21 (15.44%) Zero Trust
11 19 (13.97%) Data Protection
11 19 (13.97%) Risk Management
11 19 (13.97%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
12 17 (12.50%) CI/CD
12 17 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (11.76%) High Availability
13 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (11.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.24%) Java
2 14 (10.29%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.15%) Python
4 4 (2.94%) Bash
4 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.94%) PHP
4 4 (2.94%) SQL
5 2 (1.47%) Kotlin
5 2 (1.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.74%) C
6 1 (0.74%) C++
Qualifications
1 38 (27.94%) Degree
2 36 (26.47%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (22.06%) Security Cleared
4 25 (18.38%) SC Cleared
5 24 (17.65%) CCNA
6 22 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (13.97%) CCNP
8 18 (13.24%) AWS Certification
8 18 (13.24%) CISSP
9 15 (11.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (5.88%) CISM
11 6 (4.41%) CCIE
11 6 (4.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.68%) DV Cleared
12 5 (3.68%) Master's Degree
12 5 (3.68%) SANS
13 4 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (2.21%) CCSP
14 3 (2.21%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.91%) GDPR
2 16 (11.76%) HIPAA
3 14 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (9.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (9.56%) NIST
5 9 (6.62%) PCI DSS
6 8 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.47%) COBIT
8 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.47%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.47%) SLA
8 2 (1.47%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (13.97%) Active Directory
2 15 (11.03%) Docker
3 8 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.68%) Firmware
5 4 (2.94%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.74%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.74%) vSphere
8 1 (0.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (19.85%) Terraform
2 17 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 13 (9.56%) Grafana
3 13 (9.56%) Prometheus
4 10 (7.35%) Ansible
5 7 (5.15%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.94%) Istio
8 3 (2.21%) CASB
8 3 (2.21%) linkerd
9 2 (1.47%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.74%) Puppet
10 1 (0.74%) SCCM
10 1 (0.74%) SCOM
Vendors
1 36 (26.47%) Cisco
1 36 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.44%) Meraki
3 12 (8.82%) Palo Alto
4 10 (7.35%) Fortinet
5 9 (6.62%) VMware
6 8 (5.88%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.15%) Juniper
8 5 (3.68%) Google
9 4 (2.94%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.21%) Avaya
10 3 (2.21%) Citrix
10 3 (2.21%) Darktrace
10 3 (2.21%) F5
10 3 (2.21%) HP
10 3 (2.21%) HubSpot
10 3 (2.21%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.47%) ForeScout
11 2 (1.47%) OneLogin
11 2 (1.47%) Yardi