Hybrid/Remote Cloud Security Lead Job Trends

Cloud Security Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Cloud Security Leader salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 448 462
Rank change year-on-year +79 +14 +254
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Security Lead 1 1 17
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.006% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.006% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £89,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £92,778
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -5.69% -4.28%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £96,539
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £87,500 £92,778
% change year-on-year +14.29% -5.69% -7.22%

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 14,221 16,455 19,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 96.19% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,198 10,112 15,973
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,872 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% +1.45% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Cloud Security Lead
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Cloud Security Lead job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Cloud Security Lead
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Cloud Security Lead job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Cloud Security Lead job vacancies

Cloud Security Lead Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Cloud Security Lead 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 Cloud Security Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Cloud Security Lead 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 1 (100.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft