Network Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Network Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 237 347
Rank change year-on-year -26 +110 -49
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 406 621 663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.20% 1.46% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.71% 13.06% 8.93%
Number of salaries quoted 328 419 471
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,741 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,316 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,268 4,755 7,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.60% 11.21% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,409 3,529 4,933
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,100
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.70% +8.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,500 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,970 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Network Security over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.97%) Apache
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
6 1 (0.25%) uWSGI
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) FrameMaker
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.23%) RoboHelp
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 146 (35.96%) Azure
2 65 (16.01%) AWS
3 62 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (9.85%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (6.16%) Entra ID
5 25 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 23 (5.67%) Cloud Computing
7 20 (4.93%) SaaS
8 17 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
9 16 (3.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (3.20%) PaaS
11 12 (2.96%) Serverless
12 11 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (2.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (2.46%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.22%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
14 9 (2.22%) IaaS
15 8 (1.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 180 (44.33%) Firewall
2 128 (31.53%) LAN
3 121 (29.80%) WAN
4 82 (20.20%) VPN
5 56 (13.79%) DNS
5 56 (13.79%) TCP/IP
6 51 (12.56%) SD-WAN
7 48 (11.82%) Wi-Fi
7 48 (11.82%) Wireless
8 28 (6.90%) WLAN
9 26 (6.40%) Intrusion Detection
10 23 (5.67%) BGP
10 23 (5.67%) SAN
11 21 (5.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 21 (5.17%) MPLS
12 20 (4.93%) DHCP
12 20 (4.93%) OSPF
13 17 (4.19%) VLAN
14 14 (3.45%) Wireshark
15 12 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.93%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.68%) Power BI
3 11 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.46%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.22%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 7 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.48%) Redis
8 5 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.23%) Flink
8 5 (1.23%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.99%) Tableau
10 2 (0.49%) Big Data
10 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (2.71%) Git
1 11 (2.71%) JIRA
2 7 (1.72%) Jasmine
2 7 (1.72%) NUnit
2 7 (1.72%) Selenium
2 7 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (1.72%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.72%) Visual Studio
2 7 (1.72%) Visual Studio Code
3 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
General
1 67 (16.50%) Social Skills
2 56 (13.79%) Finance
3 51 (12.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.65%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.93%) Aerospace
7 12 (2.96%) Games
7 12 (2.96%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.22%) Legal
8 9 (2.22%) Military
9 8 (1.97%) Aviation
9 8 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.97%) Law
9 8 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.48%) Marketing
12 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.23%) Police
12 5 (1.23%) Retail
13 4 (0.99%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (22.91%) Network Engineer
2 89 (21.92%) Senior
3 47 (11.58%) Security Engineer
4 35 (8.62%) Architect
5 32 (7.88%) Analyst
6 29 (7.14%) IT Engineer
6 29 (7.14%) Lead
6 29 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 25 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (6.16%) Senior Network Engineer
8 24 (5.91%) Network Security Engineer
9 23 (5.67%) Consultant
9 23 (5.67%) Network Manager
10 20 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
11 19 (4.68%) Security Consultant
12 17 (4.19%) Network Architect
13 15 (3.69%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.69%) Network Specialist
13 15 (3.69%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.20%) CSS
2 11 (2.71%) HTML
2 11 (2.71%) RESTful
3 9 (2.22%) .NET
3 9 (2.22%) ARM Templates
3 9 (2.22%) LDAP
4 8 (1.97%) ASP.NET
5 7 (1.72%) .NET Core
5 7 (1.72%) .NET Framework
5 7 (1.72%) Entity Framework
5 7 (1.72%) HTML5
5 7 (1.72%) OpenID
6 6 (1.48%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.23%) Kafka
7 5 (1.23%) Middleware
7 5 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.23%) XMPP
8 4 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.99%) Node.js
8 4 (0.99%) React
Miscellaneous
1 62 (15.27%) Data Centre
2 34 (8.37%) Management Information System
3 22 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (5.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (3.69%) Security Posture
6 14 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 12 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.71%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.22%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.97%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.48%) PKI
13 5 (1.23%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (0.99%) PMI
15 3 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 77 (18.97%) Windows
2 54 (13.30%) Linux
3 25 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.68%) Apple iOS
5 18 (4.43%) Android
6 15 (3.69%) Unix
7 14 (3.45%) VMS
8 13 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (17.24%) DevOps
3 65 (16.01%) Information Security
4 58 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (13.79%) Agile
5 56 (13.79%) Cloud Security
6 54 (13.30%) SIEM
7 53 (13.05%) Roadmaps
8 48 (11.82%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 45 (11.08%) Computer Science
10 45 (11.08%) Security Operations
11 44 (10.84%) Zero Trust
12 43 (10.59%) ITIL
13 41 (10.10%) Software Engineering
14 39 (9.61%) Project Management
15 33 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (7.88%) Analytics
17 31 (7.64%) Identity Access Management
18 30 (7.39%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 53 (13.05%) Python
2 37 (9.11%) PowerShell
3 34 (8.37%) SQL
4 18 (4.43%) Java
5 14 (3.45%) C#
5 14 (3.45%) C++
5 14 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.71%) C
7 10 (2.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (2.22%) Bicep
8 9 (2.22%) U-SQL
9 6 (1.48%) Bash
9 6 (1.48%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.23%) Go
10 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.23%) VBA
11 2 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (21.92%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (14.78%) CCNP
3 59 (14.53%) Security Cleared
4 56 (13.79%) Degree
5 54 (13.30%) CISSP
6 36 (8.87%) SC Cleared
7 34 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (8.13%) CCNA
9 24 (5.91%) CCIE
9 24 (5.91%) CCSP
10 23 (5.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 19 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (4.19%) DV Cleared
13 15 (3.69%) CEH
13 15 (3.69%) SANS
14 13 (3.20%) SSCP
15 12 (2.96%) Azure Certification
16 9 (2.22%) GIAC
17 8 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (1.48%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.81%) NIST
2 36 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (6.40%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.46%) NCSC
5 7 (1.72%) DO-254
6 6 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.48%) GDPR
7 5 (1.23%) SLA
8 4 (0.99%) COBIT
8 4 (0.99%) GRC
9 3 (0.74%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
10 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.25%) GxP
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (9.61%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.94%) Hyper-V
3 15 (3.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.20%) Docker
5 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) NFS
6 1 (0.25%) Snort
Systems Management
1 36 (8.87%) WSUS
2 28 (6.90%) Terraform
3 26 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (6.16%) Kubernetes
5 14 (3.45%) SCCM
6 13 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 13 (3.20%) Nmap
7 12 (2.96%) Ansible
8 10 (2.46%) Grafana
8 10 (2.46%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.72%) MIIS
10 5 (1.23%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.23%) SCOM
11 4 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
11 4 (0.99%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.74%) Nagios
12 3 (0.74%) OfficeScan
13 2 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.49%) QRadar
Vendors
1 144 (35.47%) Cisco
2 107 (26.35%) Microsoft
3 61 (15.02%) Palo Alto
4 36 (8.87%) Fortinet
5 32 (7.88%) Meraki
6 28 (6.90%) CheckPoint
6 28 (6.90%) Juniper
6 28 (6.90%) VMware
7 27 (6.65%) Splunk
8 20 (4.93%) Qualys
9 17 (4.19%) Blue Coat
9 17 (4.19%) SolarWinds
10 16 (3.94%) Zscaler
11 13 (3.20%) Rapid7
11 13 (3.20%) Thycotic
12 12 (2.96%) Apple
12 12 (2.96%) Aruba
13 11 (2.71%) Databricks
13 11 (2.71%) Infoblox
13 11 (2.71%) Riverbed