Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 544 561
Rank change year-on-year +167 +17 +196
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 36 45 110
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.13% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.14% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 32 38 101
10th Percentile - £40,650 £41,250
25th Percentile £37,716 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,925 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% +8.21% -29.41%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,419 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,125 £77,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -20.00%

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 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Cybersecurity Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cybersecurity Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Cybersecurity Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (47.22%) Security Posture
3 15 (41.67%) Firewall
4 14 (38.89%) CISSP
5 12 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (33.33%) DevOps
6 11 (30.56%) AWS
6 11 (30.56%) ITIL
6 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (30.56%) NIST
7 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
7 10 (27.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 10 (27.78%) Test Automation
7 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
7 10 (27.78%) GDPR
8 9 (25.00%) SANS
8 9 (25.00%) Coaching
8 9 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
8 9 (25.00%) Software Delivery
8 9 (25.00%) SDLC
8 9 (25.00%) SIEM
8 9 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (25.00%) Legal
8 9 (25.00%) CI/CD
8 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
9 8 (22.22%) Management Information System
9 8 (22.22%) Information Security
9 8 (22.22%) Azure
9 8 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management

Cybersecurity Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) AWS
2 8 (22.22%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) Firewall
2 7 (19.44%) Network Security
3 5 (13.89%) TCP/IP
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (11.11%) VSAN
5 2 (5.56%) DHCP
5 2 (5.56%) DNS
5 2 (5.56%) VLAN
6 1 (2.78%) DMARC
6 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Big Data
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Legal
3 7 (19.44%) Retail
4 6 (16.67%) Finance
5 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Advertising
7 1 (2.78%) Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (5.56%) Spring
1 2 (5.56%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (47.22%) Security Posture
2 9 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 8 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (33.33%) DevOps
3 11 (30.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (30.56%) ITIL
4 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 10 (27.78%) Test Automation
4 10 (27.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 9 (25.00%) Coaching
5 9 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 9 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (25.00%) SDLC
5 9 (25.00%) SIEM
5 9 (25.00%) Software Delivery
6 8 (22.22%) Information Security
6 8 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (19.44%) Incident Management
7 7 (19.44%) Security Operations
8 6 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Python
2 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) Java
3 2 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.78%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) CISSP
2 9 (25.00%) SANS
3 7 (19.44%) CCNP
3 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (19.44%) CISM
3 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
4 6 (16.67%) CISA
4 6 (16.67%) GIAC
4 6 (16.67%) ISACA
5 5 (13.89%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (13.89%) Degree
5 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
6 4 (11.11%) CCSE
6 4 (11.11%) CCSM
7 3 (8.33%) CCNA
7 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (8.33%) GCIA
8 2 (5.56%) GCIH
8 2 (5.56%) GISF
8 2 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (30.56%) NIST
3 10 (27.78%) GDPR
4 5 (13.89%) JSP 440
5 4 (11.11%) GRC
5 4 (11.11%) NCSC
6 3 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.11%) Docker
2 4 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Ansible
2 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.56%) Nessus
2 2 (5.56%) Terraform
3 1 (2.78%) SCCM
3 1 (2.78%) SCOM
3 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Fortinet
1 5 (13.89%) VMware
2 4 (11.11%) CheckPoint
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Palo Alto
3 3 (8.33%) Tenable
4 1 (2.78%) Citrix
4 1 (2.78%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.78%) Okta
4 1 (2.78%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.78%) Zscaler