Cybersecurity Practitioner Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity Practitioner
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Practitioner salary for remote or hybrid work is £40,000 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 390 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Practitioner 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.047% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile £72,250 - -
UK median annual salary £41,500 £47,000 -
% change year-on-year -11.70% - -

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 Practitioner
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Cybersecurity Practitioner
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Practitioner salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Practitioner
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Practitioner salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity Practitioner 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 Practitioner in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) CISM
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) NIST
4 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (57.14%) Def Stans
4 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (57.14%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 3 (42.86%) CISSP
6 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
6 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
6 2 (28.57%) Security Management
6 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
6 2 (28.57%) Legal
6 2 (28.57%) Network Security
6 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
6 2 (28.57%) Azure
6 2 (28.57%) SIEM
6 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
6 2 (28.57%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
6 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (28.57%) CASP
6 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+

Cybersecurity Practitioner 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) CISSP
5 2 (28.57%) CASP
5 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) NIST
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (57.14%) Def Stans
4 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) MaaS360
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft