Hybrid/Remote Cyber Essentials Job Trends

Cyber Essentials
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 345 337
Rank change year-on-year +102 -8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 178 80 283
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.53% 0.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.71% 2.84% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 161 62 240
10th Percentile £32,500 £45,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.26% +13.64% -3.93%
75th Percentile £72,500 £74,688 £70,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £117,625 £85,125
UK median annual salary £57,239 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +9.09% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,117 2,813 4,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.07% 18.73% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,999 1,512 3,253
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £34,905
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Cyber Essentials salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (12.36%) SharePoint
2 19 (10.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) CMS
3 1 (0.56%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.39%) Azure
2 58 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (29.78%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.67%) SaaS
5 16 (8.99%) AWS
6 9 (5.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (4.49%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.81%) Intacct
8 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.69%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.12%) GCP
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.56%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.56%) IaaS
11 1 (0.56%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (33.71%) Firewall
2 29 (16.29%) VPN
3 28 (15.73%) DNS
4 22 (12.36%) DHCP
5 21 (11.80%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (9.55%) Network Security
7 16 (8.99%) VLAN
8 12 (6.74%) LAN
8 12 (6.74%) WAN
9 5 (2.81%) Wireless
10 3 (1.69%) VoIP
11 1 (0.56%) Internet
11 1 (0.56%) NAS
11 1 (0.56%) SAN
11 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.56%) SNMP
11 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.69%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.56%) MySQL
2 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.56%) Git
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
1 1 (0.56%) Metasploit
General
1 79 (44.38%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.55%) Retail
5 14 (7.87%) Finance
6 13 (7.30%) Legal
7 6 (3.37%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.25%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.69%) Back Office
9 3 (1.69%) Banking
9 3 (1.69%) Law
9 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.56%) Aviation
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Local Government
11 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (21.91%) IT Engineer
2 29 (16.29%) Security Manager
3 26 (14.61%) Support Engineer
4 24 (13.48%) IT Support
4 24 (13.48%) IT Support Engineer
5 19 (10.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (7.87%) Analyst
6 14 (7.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (7.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 12 (6.74%) Auditor
8 12 (6.74%) Information Manager
8 12 (6.74%) Information Security Manager
9 11 (6.18%) IT Manager
9 11 (6.18%) Security Analyst
9 11 (6.18%) Security Specialist
10 10 (5.62%) Compliance Manager
11 8 (4.49%) Consultant
11 8 (4.49%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) Operations Engineer
11 8 (4.49%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.56%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.56%) Middleware
2 1 (0.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.92%) Driving Licence
2 21 (11.80%) Management Information System
3 16 (8.99%) Security Posture
4 14 (7.87%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (5.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (5.06%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.37%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.25%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (1.69%) Freedom of Information Act
11 3 (1.69%) NHS
12 2 (1.12%) CMDB
12 2 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.12%) Housing Association
12 2 (1.12%) YubiKey
13 1 (0.56%) CSOC
13 1 (0.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 39 (21.91%) Windows
2 24 (13.48%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (2.81%) Linux
4 5 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.25%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.56%) Android
6 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (48.31%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (25.84%) Risk Management
4 45 (25.28%) Incident Response
5 43 (24.16%) Information Security
6 41 (23.03%) ITIL
7 38 (21.35%) SIEM
8 36 (20.22%) Disaster Recovery
9 34 (19.10%) Vulnerability Management
10 32 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (15.73%) Cloud Security
12 26 (14.61%) Project Delivery
12 26 (14.61%) Service Delivery
13 20 (11.24%) Incident Management
14 19 (10.67%) Penetration Testing
15 18 (10.11%) Business Continuity
15 18 (10.11%) Customer Service
15 18 (10.11%) Roadmaps
15 18 (10.11%) Security Operations
16 17 (9.55%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.62%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.12%) Python
3 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (20.79%) CISSP
2 31 (17.42%) CISM
3 21 (11.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (11.24%) Degree
5 19 (10.67%) Security Cleared
6 18 (10.11%) SC Cleared
7 15 (8.43%) Azure Certification
8 13 (7.30%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (3.93%) CEH
10 7 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (3.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (3.93%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (2.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.81%) CCNA
12 5 (2.81%) CCSP
12 5 (2.81%) CISA
12 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (61.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (41.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 44 (24.72%) NIST
4 36 (20.22%) GDPR
5 28 (15.73%) PCI DSS
6 15 (8.43%) GRC
7 12 (6.74%) QA
8 11 (6.18%) ISO 14001
8 11 (6.18%) ISO 9001
9 10 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 9 (5.06%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (3.93%) NCSC
12 5 (2.81%) SOC 2
13 4 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (1.69%) COBIT
14 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
14 3 (1.69%) SOC 1
15 2 (1.12%) Def Stans
15 2 (1.12%) SLA
16 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 39 (21.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.69%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (23.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.69%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.12%) SCCM
3 2 (1.12%) Terraform
3 2 (1.12%) WSUS
4 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.56%) Grafana
4 1 (0.56%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.56%) Nessus
4 1 (0.56%) Nmap
4 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.56%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (40.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.18%) Cisco
3 10 (5.62%) Ubiquiti
4 9 (5.06%) Meraki
5 7 (3.93%) Veeam
5 7 (3.93%) VMware
6 5 (2.81%) Sage
7 4 (2.25%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.25%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.25%) Tenable
8 3 (1.69%) Apple
8 3 (1.69%) Qualys
8 3 (1.69%) Sophos
9 2 (1.12%) Google
9 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.56%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.56%) New Relic
10 1 (0.56%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.56%) Splunk