Hybrid/Remote Cybersecurity Job Trends

Cybersecurity
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,775 1,104 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.14% 6.64% 6.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.86% 7.08% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,164 557 650
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20,041 15,592 19,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.56% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,414 11,252
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Cybersecurity salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cybersecurity
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 98 (5.52%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 6 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.28%) Apache
7 4 (0.23%) WordPress
8 3 (0.17%) Confluence
9 1 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 49 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (1.07%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.17%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.056%) Magento
5 1 (0.056%) Odoo
5 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.056%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.056%) Shopify
5 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.056%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 444 (25.01%) Azure
2 265 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (13.69%) Entra ID
4 217 (12.23%) AWS
5 102 (5.75%) SaaS
6 84 (4.73%) GCP
7 45 (2.54%) Power Platform
8 36 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
9 35 (1.97%) OneDrive
9 35 (1.97%) Serverless
10 26 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (1.24%) GitHub
11 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
12 16 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (0.90%) Mimecast
13 14 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (0.68%) IaaS
15 12 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 252 (14.20%) Firewall
2 154 (8.68%) Network Security
3 92 (5.18%) DNS
4 91 (5.13%) VLAN
5 79 (4.45%) DHCP
6 75 (4.23%) VPN
7 68 (3.83%) WAN
8 55 (3.10%) TCP/IP
9 52 (2.93%) LAN
10 48 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.80%) Broadband
12 29 (1.63%) VoIP
13 26 (1.46%) BGP
14 24 (1.35%) SSL
15 21 (1.18%) Cisco Nexus
15 21 (1.18%) HTTP
15 21 (1.18%) SD-WAN
16 19 (1.07%) Wireless
17 18 (1.01%) MPLS
18 16 (0.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.90%) Power BI
3 10 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.45%) Big Data
5 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
6 5 (0.28%) Metadata
6 5 (0.28%) Tableau
7 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.056%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.056%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.056%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.056%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 26 (1.46%) JIRA
2 22 (1.24%) Snyk
3 10 (0.56%) Burp Suite
3 10 (0.56%) Git
3 10 (0.56%) Metasploit
4 8 (0.45%) GitLab
5 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.28%) Poetry
7 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.17%) Maven
8 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.17%) VersionOne
9 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.056%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 639 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 204 (11.49%) Finance
3 165 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 162 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 160 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (6.54%) Legal
7 112 (6.31%) Marketing
8 98 (5.52%) Retail
9 82 (4.62%) Law
10 72 (4.06%) Telecoms
11 67 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.82%) Banking
13 47 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 33 (1.86%) Police
15 30 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.58%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.41%) Games
18 24 (1.35%) Aviation
19 23 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 350 (19.72%) Senior
2 209 (11.77%) Analyst
3 192 (10.82%) Consultant
4 168 (9.46%) Architect
5 142 (8.00%) Security Engineer
6 104 (5.86%) Lead
7 103 (5.80%) Security Consultant
8 98 (5.52%) Security Analyst
9 97 (5.46%) Security Architect
10 96 (5.41%) Security Manager
11 88 (4.96%) IT Support
11 88 (4.96%) Support Engineer
12 75 (4.23%) IT Manager
13 73 (4.11%) Senior Manager
14 71 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 70 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 69 (3.89%) Business Manager
16 69 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 69 (3.89%) IT Engineer
17 67 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.70%) Terraform
2 31 (1.75%) OAuth
3 25 (1.41%) SAML
4 22 (1.24%) REST
5 20 (1.13%) .NET
6 19 (1.07%) LDAP
7 17 (0.96%) OpenID
8 11 (0.62%) SailPoint
9 10 (0.56%) JSON
10 8 (0.45%) Node.js
10 8 (0.45%) React
11 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
11 7 (0.39%) ModSecurity
11 7 (0.39%) SOAP
12 6 (0.34%) Kafka
12 6 (0.34%) PySpark
12 6 (0.34%) RESTful
13 5 (0.28%) LangChain
13 5 (0.28%) LangGraph
13 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 158 (8.90%) Cyber Threat
2 144 (8.11%) Security Posture
3 101 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 96 (5.41%) Onboarding
5 75 (4.23%) Driving Licence
6 59 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
7 55 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 50 (2.82%) Operational Technology
9 48 (2.70%) Cloud Native
10 46 (2.59%) Cyber Defence
11 36 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
12 31 (1.75%) PKI
13 30 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 26 (1.46%) Cyberattack
16 24 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
16 24 (1.35%) Social Media
17 22 (1.24%) AI Agents
18 21 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
19 19 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 201 (11.32%) Windows
2 94 (5.30%) Windows Server
3 67 (3.77%) Linux
4 25 (1.41%) macOS
5 10 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.51%) Android
6 9 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.17%) Unix
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.056%) AIX
11 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
2 351 (19.77%) AI
3 329 (18.54%) Information Security
4 305 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
5 251 (14.14%) Decision-Making
6 216 (12.17%) Risk Management
7 212 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 209 (11.77%) Incident Response
9 205 (11.55%) Mentoring
10 202 (11.38%) Cloud Security
11 195 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
12 189 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 178 (10.03%) ITIL
13 178 (10.03%) Security Operations
14 167 (9.41%) Identity Access Management
15 162 (9.13%) SIEM
16 154 (8.68%) Service Delivery
17 150 (8.45%) Business Continuity
18 143 (8.06%) Roadmaps
19 142 (8.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 127 (7.15%) Python
2 80 (4.51%) PowerShell
3 43 (2.42%) SQL
4 27 (1.52%) C++
5 26 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
6 20 (1.13%) Java
6 20 (1.13%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.07%) Bash
7 19 (1.07%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.96%) C#
9 12 (0.68%) Go
9 12 (0.68%) Rust
10 9 (0.51%) Bicep
11 8 (0.45%) C
12 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Ada
13 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.11%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 299 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 236 (13.30%) CISSP
3 220 (12.39%) SC Cleared
4 191 (10.76%) CISM
5 183 (10.31%) Degree
6 92 (5.18%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.38%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.32%) Network+ Certification
9 53 (2.99%) Azure Certification
10 52 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 50 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
12 47 (2.65%) AWS Certification
13 46 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 46 (2.59%) CRISC
14 40 (2.25%) CISA
15 37 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
16 30 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
16 30 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 29 (1.63%) GIAC
18 26 (1.46%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (18.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 224 (12.62%) NIST
3 144 (8.11%) GDPR
4 141 (7.94%) GRC
5 140 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 77 (4.34%) PCI DSS
7 67 (3.77%) NCSC
8 52 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.80%) SLA
10 27 (1.52%) SOC 2
11 26 (1.46%) Accessibility
12 23 (1.30%) QA
13 21 (1.18%) NIST 800
14 19 (1.07%) COBIT
14 19 (1.07%) ISO 22301
15 18 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
16 17 (0.96%) JSP 440
17 15 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 12 (0.68%) Data Quality
18 12 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 208 (11.72%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.44%) Hyper-V
3 36 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.24%) Docker
6 17 (0.96%) Firmware
7 14 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.28%) vSphere
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.11%) NFS
12 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.056%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 160 (9.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 32 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (1.18%) Ansible
5 15 (0.85%) CASB
5 15 (0.85%) FortiGate
5 15 (0.85%) Grafana
6 10 (0.56%) Nmap
7 8 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.39%) Functional Safety
8 7 (0.39%) QRadar
9 5 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 4 (0.23%) SCCM
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Graylog
12 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 579 (32.62%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.73%) Cisco
3 73 (4.11%) Palo Alto
4 71 (4.00%) CyberArk
5 56 (3.15%) VMware
6 40 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.86%) Adobe
9 32 (1.80%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.75%) Apple
11 30 (1.69%) Google
12 29 (1.63%) Qualys
13 27 (1.52%) Fortinet
13 27 (1.52%) Splunk
13 27 (1.52%) Tenable
14 23 (1.30%) Aruba
15 18 (1.01%) Veeam
16 15 (0.85%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.73%) Okta
18 11 (0.62%) WatchGuard