Network Security: market
A Network Security Engineer protects a company's networks: firewalls and segmentation, VPN and remote access, intrusion detection and cloud network security. We currently track 189 open positions for this role, 173 of them fresh. Postings require deep networking knowledge, next-generation firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, cloud network services and Python automation. By co-occurrence in requirements, AWS, Azure, Python and Ansible appear most often. 23% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Network Security Engineer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Network Security market currently has 189 open roles, 173 of them freshly observed. Median salary $10,000/mo.
23% of Network Security Engineer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 17 of 189 jobs; remote share from 162 with a stated format; 173 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Network Security postings appeared each week since May 18, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 83
New sources connected: Jun 1 +2 · Jun 8 +1 · Jun 15 +3 · Jun 22 +6 · Jun 29 +13 · Jul 6 +8 · Jul 13 +10 · Jul 20 +4 · Jul 27 +1 · Aug 3 +2 · Aug 10 +1 · Aug 17 +3 · Aug 24 +1 · Aug 31 +3 · Sep 7 +1 · Sep 14 +3 · Sep 21 +4 · Sep 28 +4 · Oct 5 +3 · Oct 12 +4 · Oct 19 +4 · Oct 26 +1
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of Network Security postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Network Security postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on Aug 10: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Network Security postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Network Security
| Open demand | 189 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Network Security
One in ten earns under $5,054, one in ten over $20,895. Half the market falls between $7,617 and $13,541. Sample: 17.
The range histogram for Network Security Engineer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
⚠ percentiles from 17 salaries out of 189 jobs — a guide on a small sample
Demand geography: Network Security
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 69 |
| PL | 28 |
| IN | 19 |
| GB | 9 |
| SG | 5 |
| HK | 5 |
| AU | 3 |
| EG | 3 |
| BE | 3 |
| MY | 3 |
The top country for Network Security Engineer demand is the US (69 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Network Security Engineer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are AWS, Azure, Python and Ansible.
Demand by grade: Network Security
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 72 |
| lead | 10 |
| middle | 9 |
| principal | 9 |
| junior | 7 |
Senior-and-above is about 85% of 107 Network Security Engineer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Network Security
Demand is spread across 130 employers. The largest accounts for 7.5%, the top ten for 26.3%; the remaining 73.7% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 7.5% |
| top-3 | 15.6% |
| top-10 | 26.3% |
| long tail | 73.7% |
Network Security Engineer openings come from 130 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 7.5% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 35 sources; the largest accounts for 20.1% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Network Security Engineer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Network Security
- Senior Network Security Engineer - DGX Cloud · US · $20,895
- Senior Platform Architect (Infrastructure Design, IaaS, Cloud Architecture, F5, Network Security) · IN
- Network Security Engineer
- Network Security Analyst
- Senior Network Security Engineer IV - UK · $5,054
- Network Security Engineer II - Immediate joiner · IN
- Mid/Snr Network Security Engineer - 6mos contract - view to extend · AU
- Senior, Automation Engineer - Network Security · ES
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-11-02
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Network Security Engineer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Network Security Engineer do?
A Network Security Engineer protects a company's networks: firewalls and segmentation, VPN and remote access, intrusion detection and cloud network security.
Which skills do Network Security Engineer postings require?
Postings require deep networking knowledge, next-generation firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, cloud network services and Python automation. In the current slice, AWS, Azure, Python and Ansible appear in requirements most often.
Which role do people come to Network Security from?
Most often from network engineering: understanding routing and protocols is the foundation that security builds on.
How remote-friendly are Network Security Engineer jobs?
23% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 189 open positions.
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