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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 38 47
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,046 966 1,597
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.32% 6.87% 5.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.41% 7.20% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 624 679 1,267
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,313 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,600 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -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 14,111 13,408 27,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.24% 95.41% 92.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,199 8,890 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 9 March 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 32 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.48%) Drupal
3 5 (0.48%) nginx
3 5 (0.48%) WordPress
4 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.29%) CMS
5 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.096%) Confluence
6 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.096%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Shopify
3 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 316 (30.21%) Azure
2 166 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (15.11%) Entra ID
4 151 (14.44%) AWS
5 58 (5.54%) Google Workspace
6 38 (3.63%) GCP
7 28 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (2.68%) Power Platform
8 25 (2.39%) SaaS
9 22 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
10 21 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.43%) Nutanix
12 14 (1.34%) Mimecast
13 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.48%) GitHub
15 5 (0.48%) PaaS
16 4 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
17 3 (0.29%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 126 (12.05%) Firewall
2 76 (7.27%) Broadband
3 42 (4.02%) Network Security
4 38 (3.63%) VPN
5 27 (2.58%) DNS
6 22 (2.10%) Intrusion Detection
7 20 (1.91%) CHAP
7 20 (1.91%) VLAN
8 17 (1.63%) DHCP
9 11 (1.05%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.96%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.86%) WAN
12 8 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.76%) DMZ
12 8 (0.76%) LAN
13 7 (0.67%) Internet
13 7 (0.67%) IP Telephony
13 7 (0.67%) VoIP
14 6 (0.57%) BGP
14 6 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.86%) Power BI
2 5 (0.48%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.48%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.38%) Metadata
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.29%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.29%) Tableau
5 1 (0.096%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.096%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.096%) Big Data
5 1 (0.096%) MySQL
5 1 (0.096%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.096%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.15%) Jenkins
2 7 (0.67%) Git
2 7 (0.67%) GitLab
3 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.29%) JMeter
3 3 (0.29%) Locust
4 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.19%) JIRA
4 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.096%) Snyk
5 1 (0.096%) SonarQube
General
1 372 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 176 (16.83%) Finance
3 97 (9.27%) Public Sector
4 90 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 87 (8.32%) Organisational Skills
6 85 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
7 72 (6.88%) Marketing
8 66 (6.31%) Back Office
9 60 (5.74%) Telecoms
10 59 (5.64%) Banking
11 57 (5.45%) Law
12 48 (4.59%) Games
13 46 (4.40%) Legal
14 33 (3.15%) Manufacturing
14 33 (3.15%) Retail
15 25 (2.39%) Electronics
16 23 (2.20%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.24%) Local Government
19 11 (1.05%) German Language
Job Titles
1 204 (19.50%) Senior
2 102 (9.75%) Support Engineer
3 98 (9.37%) Architect
4 94 (8.99%) Analyst
5 82 (7.84%) Consultant
6 64 (6.12%) Security Architect
7 62 (5.93%) Security Manager
8 60 (5.74%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.74%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (5.35%) Site Engineer
10 54 (5.16%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 52 (4.97%) Security Consultant
12 49 (4.68%) Hardware Engineer
12 49 (4.68%) Senior Hardware Engineer
13 48 (4.59%) IT Support
14 47 (4.49%) Developer
15 46 (4.40%) IT Engineer
16 45 (4.30%) Security Analyst
17 43 (4.11%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.93%) REST
2 61 (5.83%) OAuth
2 61 (5.83%) OpenID
2 61 (5.83%) SAML
3 60 (5.74%) SOAP
4 59 (5.64%) GraphQL
4 59 (5.64%) LDAP
5 23 (2.20%) SAP CAF
6 6 (0.57%) CSS
6 6 (0.57%) HTML
7 5 (0.48%) .NET
7 5 (0.48%) Kafka
8 4 (0.38%) Android NDK
8 4 (0.38%) RESTful
8 4 (0.38%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.38%) WebSockets
9 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.29%) HTML5
9 3 (0.29%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 109 (10.42%) Cyber Threat
2 77 (7.36%) Security Posture
3 75 (7.17%) Cyberattack
4 61 (5.83%) Management Information System
5 52 (4.97%) Onboarding
6 38 (3.63%) Blog
7 33 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (3.06%) Driving Licence
9 31 (2.96%) Public Cloud
10 29 (2.77%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (2.49%) Operational Technology
13 23 (2.20%) Cloud Native
13 23 (2.20%) PKI
14 19 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
14 19 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
16 15 (1.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 15 (1.43%) Low-Code
16 15 (1.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 155 (14.82%) Windows
2 71 (6.79%) Windows 10
3 51 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 41 (3.92%) Linux
5 19 (1.82%) Android
6 15 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.43%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) Unix
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.096%) Debian
9 1 (0.096%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.096%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.096%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.096%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 136 (13.00%) Risk Management
3 134 (12.81%) ITIL
3 134 (12.81%) Roadmaps
4 130 (12.43%) Mentoring
5 127 (12.14%) Incident Response
6 126 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
7 124 (11.85%) Information Security
8 117 (11.19%) Analytics
9 115 (10.99%) AI
10 84 (8.03%) Customer Service
11 83 (7.93%) Identity Access Management
12 82 (7.84%) Cloud Security
13 81 (7.74%) Agile
13 81 (7.74%) Vulnerability Management
14 80 (7.65%) Project Management
15 75 (7.17%) Customer Experience
16 74 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
17 73 (6.98%) Programme Delivery
18 70 (6.69%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.90%) PowerShell
2 77 (7.36%) Python
3 69 (6.60%) Bash
4 57 (5.45%) T-SQL
5 48 (4.59%) SQL
6 24 (2.29%) C++
7 23 (2.20%) JavaScript
8 21 (2.01%) C#
8 21 (2.01%) Java
9 13 (1.24%) C
10 7 (0.67%) Go
11 5 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.48%) PHP
11 5 (0.48%) Rust
12 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.29%) Bicep
13 3 (0.29%) R
14 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.096%) Perl
15 1 (0.096%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 191 (18.26%) Degree
2 169 (16.16%) Security Cleared
3 151 (14.44%) CISSP
4 141 (13.48%) SC Cleared
5 108 (10.33%) CISM
6 60 (5.74%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.92%) AWS Certification
9 39 (3.73%) CISA
10 38 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
11 34 (3.25%) CEH
12 28 (2.68%) DV Cleared
12 28 (2.68%) SANS
13 26 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (2.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 25 (2.39%) PMP
15 23 (2.20%) Azure Certification
16 21 (2.01%) FFIEC
16 21 (2.01%) OSCP
17 20 (1.91%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (21.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 219 (20.94%) NIST
3 95 (9.08%) GDPR
4 87 (8.32%) NCSC
5 71 (6.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 69 (6.60%) GRC
7 68 (6.50%) SLA
8 40 (3.82%) PCI DSS
9 35 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 25 (2.39%) COBIT
11 15 (1.43%) ISO 22301
12 13 (1.24%) SOC 2
13 12 (1.15%) Accessibility
13 12 (1.15%) JSP 440
14 11 (1.05%) IEC 61508
14 11 (1.05%) MISRA
14 11 (1.05%) MISRA C
14 11 (1.05%) QA
15 10 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.76%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 127 (12.14%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.29%) Hyper-V
3 23 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.82%) Docker
5 12 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.38%) Firmware
8 4 (0.38%) vSphere
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.096%) iptables
10 1 (0.096%) KVM
10 1 (0.096%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 55 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.68%) Terraform
3 24 (2.29%) Ansible
4 21 (2.01%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.05%) Functional Safety
5 11 (1.05%) Grafana
5 11 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.86%) Nessus
7 5 (0.48%) FTK
7 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.38%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.38%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.38%) QRadar
8 4 (0.38%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.29%) SCCM
10 2 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 228 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 84 (8.03%) Cisco
3 53 (5.07%) VMware
4 29 (2.77%) Apple
5 26 (2.49%) SAP
6 24 (2.29%) Adobe
7 19 (1.82%) Google
7 19 (1.82%) PayPal
8 16 (1.53%) Fortinet
8 16 (1.53%) Splunk
9 15 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.43%) Tenable
10 14 (1.34%) Commvault
10 14 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.96%) CheckPoint
12 10 (0.96%) Draytek
12 10 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 9 (0.86%) Oracle
13 9 (0.86%) Qualys