Hybrid/Remote Senior Network Security Specialist Job Trends

Senior Network Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Network Security Specialist salary for remote/hybrid work is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.011% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £86,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £82,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 17,264 13,333 31,159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 92.19% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,667 9,051 24,890
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,127
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

Senior Network Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Security Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Network Security Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Network Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 10 May 2026, Senior Network Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior Network Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler

Senior Network Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler