Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 528 597
Rank change year-on-year +155 +69 +180
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 24 64 76
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 21 58 61
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £37,397
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,375 £87,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Cybersecurity Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cybersecurity Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (87.50%) Firewall
3 20 (83.33%) SIEM
4 17 (70.83%) Incident Response
5 15 (62.50%) Security Operations
5 15 (62.50%) Azure
5 15 (62.50%) Windows
6 14 (58.33%) CISSP
6 14 (58.33%) Information Security
7 13 (54.17%) CISM
7 13 (54.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (45.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 10 (41.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 10 (41.67%) Degree
10 10 (41.67%) VMware
10 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (41.67%) Project Delivery
10 10 (41.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (41.67%) Tenable
11 7 (29.17%) NIST
11 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
12 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
12 6 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
13 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
14 4 (16.67%) Risk Management

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (62.50%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 12 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (8.33%) AWS
5 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.33%) SaaS
6 1 (4.17%) GCP
6 1 (4.17%) IaaS
6 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
6 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) Firewall
2 10 (41.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (16.67%) Network Security
4 3 (12.50%) DHCP
4 3 (12.50%) DNS
4 3 (12.50%) NGFW
4 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 2 (8.33%) LAN
5 2 (8.33%) VLAN
5 2 (8.33%) VPN
5 2 (8.33%) WAN
5 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.17%) Internet
General
1 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
3 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (20.83%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
5 2 (8.33%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
6 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (83.33%) SIEM
3 17 (70.83%) Incident Response
4 15 (62.50%) Security Operations
5 14 (58.33%) Information Security
6 11 (45.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (41.67%) Project Delivery
8 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 4 (16.67%) Security Management
9 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (12.50%) Computer Forensics
9 3 (12.50%) Data Encryption
9 3 (12.50%) Data Security
9 3 (12.50%) Identity Management
9 3 (12.50%) Malware Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 14 (58.33%) CISSP
2 13 (54.17%) CISM
3 10 (41.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (41.67%) Degree
4 4 (16.67%) SSCP
5 1 (4.17%) CISA
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) NIST
2 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (16.67%) GDPR
3 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 3 (12.50%) NCSC
5 2 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (4.17%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Tenable
1 10 (41.67%) VMware
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft