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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 225 358
Rank change year-on-year -24 +133 -47
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 440 589 744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.27% 1.53% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.43% 13.37% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 354 410 474
10th Percentile £41,750 £35,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,511 £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 £76,250 £76,188
90th Percentile £86,750 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

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 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 1 June 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 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.59%) Apache
4 4 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.23%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.14%) FrameMaker
1 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.14%) RoboHelp
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.45%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 2 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 154 (35.00%) Azure
2 71 (16.14%) AWS
3 65 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (9.55%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (5.68%) Power Platform
6 24 (5.45%) Entra ID
7 23 (5.23%) Cloud Computing
7 23 (5.23%) SaaS
8 17 (3.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 16 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 14 (3.18%) PaaS
11 13 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 12 (2.73%) Serverless
13 11 (2.50%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
14 10 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (2.27%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.82%) GCP
15 8 (1.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 196 (44.55%) Firewall
2 130 (29.55%) LAN
3 124 (28.18%) WAN
4 84 (19.09%) VPN
5 57 (12.95%) SD-WAN
6 54 (12.27%) TCP/IP
7 52 (11.82%) DNS
8 50 (11.36%) Wireless
9 47 (10.68%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
10 30 (6.82%) WLAN
11 26 (5.91%) BGP
12 24 (5.45%) OSPF
13 22 (5.00%) VLAN
14 21 (4.77%) MPLS
15 20 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
15 20 (4.55%) DHCP
15 20 (4.55%) SAN
16 17 (3.86%) Wireshark
17 16 (3.64%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.55%) Power BI
2 17 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (2.50%) Data Lake
5 11 (2.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 10 (2.27%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.59%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.36%) Redis
9 5 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.14%) Flink
9 5 (1.14%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.91%) Tableau
11 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.45%) Big Data
11 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 11 (2.50%) Git
1 11 (2.50%) JIRA
2 7 (1.59%) Jasmine
2 7 (1.59%) NUnit
2 7 (1.59%) Selenium
2 7 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (1.59%) TeamCity
2 7 (1.59%) Visual Studio
2 7 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 75 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.09%) Finance
3 57 (12.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (7.73%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.09%) Aerospace
7 12 (2.73%) Games
8 11 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.05%) Legal
11 7 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.36%) Law
12 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.36%) Military
12 6 (1.36%) Retail
13 5 (1.14%) Marketing
13 5 (1.14%) Police
14 4 (0.91%) Aviation
14 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.91%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 114 (25.91%) Network Engineer
2 110 (25.00%) Senior
3 65 (14.77%) Security Engineer
4 44 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 43 (9.77%) Architect
6 38 (8.64%) Network Security Engineer
7 37 (8.41%) Software Engineer
8 29 (6.59%) IT Engineer
8 29 (6.59%) Lead
9 28 (6.36%) Analyst
10 26 (5.91%) Consultant
10 26 (5.91%) Senior Security Engineer
11 23 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
12 22 (5.00%) Network Manager
13 20 (4.55%) Security Consultant
14 19 (4.32%) Network Architect
14 19 (4.32%) Senior Network Security Engineer
15 18 (4.09%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.18%) CSS
2 12 (2.73%) HTML
3 11 (2.50%) RESTful
4 9 (2.05%) .NET
4 9 (2.05%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.82%) ASP.NET
5 8 (1.82%) LDAP
6 7 (1.59%) .NET Core
6 7 (1.59%) .NET Framework
6 7 (1.59%) Entity Framework
6 7 (1.59%) HTML5
6 7 (1.59%) OpenID
7 5 (1.14%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.14%) Kafka
7 5 (1.14%) Middleware
7 5 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (1.14%) XMPP
8 4 (0.91%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.91%) Node.js
8 4 (0.91%) React
Miscellaneous
1 61 (13.86%) Data Centre
2 38 (8.64%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 18 (4.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 15 (3.41%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.73%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.27%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.27%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.36%) PKI
12 5 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.91%) IoT
13 4 (0.91%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 79 (17.95%) Windows
2 60 (13.64%) Linux
3 25 (5.68%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.32%) Apple iOS
5 18 (4.09%) Android
6 14 (3.18%) Unix
6 14 (3.18%) VMS
7 10 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (16.14%) DevOps
3 70 (15.91%) Information Security
4 66 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (14.77%) Agile
6 55 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 55 (12.50%) SIEM
7 51 (11.59%) Computer Science
8 49 (11.14%) Software Engineering
9 48 (10.91%) Roadmaps
10 47 (10.68%) Vulnerability Management
11 45 (10.23%) ITIL
12 44 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 43 (9.77%) Zero Trust
14 42 (9.55%) Security Operations
15 39 (8.86%) Project Management
16 37 (8.41%) Analytics
17 34 (7.73%) Mentoring
18 33 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
19 32 (7.27%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (13.86%) Python
2 42 (9.55%) PowerShell
3 35 (7.95%) SQL
4 19 (4.32%) Java
4 19 (4.32%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.09%) C#
6 14 (3.18%) C++
7 12 (2.73%) C
7 12 (2.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (2.50%) U-SQL
9 9 (2.05%) Bicep
10 6 (1.36%) Bash
11 5 (1.14%) Go
11 5 (1.14%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.14%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.14%) VBA
12 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (22.05%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (15.68%) CCNP
3 67 (15.23%) Degree
4 59 (13.41%) CISSP
4 59 (13.41%) Security Cleared
5 42 (9.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (7.95%) CCNA
7 34 (7.73%) SC Cleared
8 25 (5.68%) CCIE
9 23 (5.23%) CCSP
10 22 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 20 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (4.09%) DV Cleared
13 16 (3.64%) SANS
14 15 (3.41%) CEH
15 13 (2.95%) SSCP
16 12 (2.73%) Azure Certification
16 12 (2.73%) CISM
17 9 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (2.05%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (12.95%) NIST
2 36 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.68%) PCI DSS
4 11 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.27%) NCSC
6 7 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (1.59%) GDPR
7 6 (1.36%) SLA
8 4 (0.91%) COBIT
8 4 (0.91%) DO-254
9 3 (0.68%) GRC
9 3 (0.68%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.45%) GxP
10 2 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.45%) PMO
10 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 40 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (3.18%) Hyper-V
4 13 (2.95%) Docker
4 13 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.23%) NFS
6 1 (0.23%) Snort
6 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (7.95%) WSUS
2 30 (6.82%) Terraform
3 26 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (3.18%) SCCM
5 13 (2.95%) Ansible
5 13 (2.95%) Nmap
6 12 (2.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (2.27%) Grafana
7 10 (2.27%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.59%) MIIS
9 5 (1.14%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (1.14%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.14%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.14%) SCOM
10 4 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (0.68%) Nagios
11 3 (0.68%) OfficeScan
12 2 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 152 (34.55%) Cisco
2 115 (26.14%) Microsoft
3 61 (13.86%) Palo Alto
4 39 (8.86%) Fortinet
5 31 (7.05%) Juniper
5 31 (7.05%) Meraki
6 30 (6.82%) CheckPoint
7 29 (6.59%) Splunk
8 25 (5.68%) VMware
9 19 (4.32%) Qualys
10 18 (4.09%) SolarWinds
11 17 (3.86%) Blue Coat
12 16 (3.64%) Zscaler
13 15 (3.41%) Aruba
14 14 (3.18%) ServiceNow
15 13 (2.95%) Databricks
15 13 (2.95%) Rapid7
15 13 (2.95%) Thycotic
16 12 (2.73%) Infoblox
16 12 (2.73%) Riverbed