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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 31 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,718 1,195 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 7.34% 6.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 7.89% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,149 651 704
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,846 £46,741
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.92%

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 19,442 15,153 20,421
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.35% 93.11% 87.69%
Number of salaries quoted 13,983 8,632 12,822
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,854 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 14 September 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 84 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 67 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.52%) SAS
4 8 (0.47%) IIS
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.29%) Apache
6 5 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.058%) Confluence
7 1 (0.058%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 46 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.40%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 399 (23.22%) Azure
2 236 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
3 205 (11.93%) Entra ID
4 203 (11.82%) AWS
5 103 (6.00%) SaaS
6 73 (4.25%) GCP
7 36 (2.10%) Serverless
8 35 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
9 31 (1.80%) Power Platform
10 26 (1.51%) OneDrive
11 20 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (0.76%) GitHub
15 12 (0.70%) dbt
16 11 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
17 10 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
18 7 (0.41%) IaaS
18 7 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 250 (14.55%) Firewall
2 160 (9.31%) Network Security
3 92 (5.36%) VLAN
4 76 (4.42%) DNS
5 64 (3.73%) WAN
6 62 (3.61%) DHCP
7 61 (3.55%) VPN
8 52 (3.03%) TCP/IP
9 48 (2.79%) LAN
10 40 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (2.04%) Broadband
12 31 (1.80%) VoIP
13 26 (1.51%) BGP
14 20 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
15 18 (1.05%) HTTP
15 18 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (1.05%) MPLS
15 18 (1.05%) SD-WAN
15 18 (1.05%) SSL
15 18 (1.05%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.64%) Power BI
3 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.35%) Tableau
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
4 5 (0.29%) Big Data
5 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.17%) Metadata
6 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.058%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.058%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.058%) GIS
7 1 (0.058%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.058%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.058%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.57%) Snyk
2 22 (1.28%) JIRA
3 9 (0.52%) Git
4 6 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.35%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Poetry
5 5 (0.29%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.058%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.058%) GDB
8 1 (0.058%) JMeter
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.058%) WinDbg
General
1 600 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 185 (10.77%) Finance
3 172 (10.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 148 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 146 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (6.75%) Marketing
7 114 (6.64%) Legal
8 97 (5.65%) Retail
9 75 (4.37%) Law
10 64 (3.73%) Telecoms
11 60 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (2.85%) Banking
13 45 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.51%) Aviation
16 26 (1.51%) Games
17 24 (1.40%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.40%) Police
18 23 (1.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 352 (20.49%) Senior
2 198 (11.53%) Analyst
3 186 (10.83%) Consultant
4 162 (9.43%) Architect
5 124 (7.22%) Security Engineer
6 116 (6.75%) Security Manager
7 111 (6.46%) Security Consultant
8 106 (6.17%) Security Architect
9 97 (5.65%) Security Analyst
10 93 (5.41%) Lead
11 92 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 83 (4.83%) Support Engineer
13 82 (4.77%) IT Manager
14 79 (4.60%) IT Support
14 79 (4.60%) Senior Manager
15 74 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
16 64 (3.73%) IT Engineer
17 63 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 61 (3.55%) Business Manager
19 60 (3.49%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.57%) Terraform
2 26 (1.51%) OAuth
3 22 (1.28%) SAML
4 17 (0.99%) LDAP
5 14 (0.81%) .NET
5 14 (0.81%) OpenID
6 13 (0.76%) REST
7 8 (0.47%) Kafka
7 8 (0.47%) LangChain
7 8 (0.47%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.41%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.41%) XMPP
9 6 (0.35%) JSON
9 6 (0.35%) React
9 6 (0.35%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.35%) RESTful
10 5 (0.29%) Node.js
10 5 (0.29%) PySpark
10 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 132 (7.68%) Security Posture
2 129 (7.51%) Cyber Threat
3 97 (5.65%) Management Information System
4 91 (5.30%) Onboarding
5 64 (3.73%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.32%) Data Centre
6 57 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
7 47 (2.74%) Operational Technology
8 45 (2.62%) Cloud Native
8 45 (2.62%) Cyber Defence
9 36 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 33 (1.92%) PKI
11 29 (1.69%) Cyberattack
12 27 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 25 (1.46%) Social Media
14 22 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 22 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
15 20 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
15 20 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
16 19 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 179 (10.42%) Windows
2 83 (4.83%) Windows Server
3 55 (3.20%) Linux
4 22 (1.28%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.47%) Android
5 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.12%) Unix
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.058%) AIX
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 325 (18.92%) AI
3 315 (18.34%) Information Security
4 258 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
5 234 (13.62%) Decision-Making
6 228 (13.27%) Risk Management
7 217 (12.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 214 (12.46%) Mentoring
9 209 (12.17%) Incident Response
10 187 (10.88%) Cloud Security
11 186 (10.83%) Vulnerability Management
12 170 (9.90%) Security Operations
13 165 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 161 (9.37%) SIEM
15 155 (9.02%) ITIL
16 147 (8.56%) Business Continuity
16 147 (8.56%) Identity Access Management
17 146 (8.50%) Service Delivery
18 145 (8.44%) Agile
19 125 (7.28%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (6.87%) Python
2 73 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.04%) SQL
4 21 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
5 20 (1.16%) Java
6 18 (1.05%) C++
7 13 (0.76%) Bash
8 11 (0.64%) C#
8 11 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 9 (0.52%) Go
9 9 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.47%) Rust
11 7 (0.41%) C
12 5 (0.29%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Ada
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 287 (16.71%) Security Cleared
2 239 (13.91%) CISSP
3 214 (12.46%) SC Cleared
4 194 (11.29%) CISM
5 164 (9.55%) Degree
6 88 (5.12%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.49%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.43%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.79%) AWS Certification
10 46 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
11 44 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (2.50%) CRISC
13 42 (2.44%) CISA
14 39 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
15 38 (2.21%) Azure Certification
15 38 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
16 31 (1.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 28 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
18 27 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 25 (1.46%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (18.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 235 (13.68%) NIST
3 157 (9.14%) GDPR
4 142 (8.27%) GRC
5 137 (7.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.66%) PCI DSS
7 62 (3.61%) NCSC
8 49 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 31 (1.80%) Accessibility
9 31 (1.80%) SLA
10 26 (1.51%) SOC 2
11 24 (1.40%) QA
12 22 (1.28%) COBIT
13 20 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (1.11%) NIST 800
15 17 (0.99%) JSP 440
16 15 (0.87%) ISO 22301
16 15 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 14 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 11 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 190 (11.06%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.20%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.11%) Firmware
6 14 (0.81%) Docker
7 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
12 4 (0.23%) vSphere
13 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 147 (8.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.46%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.05%) Ansible
5 15 (0.87%) CASB
6 13 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.52%) Grafana
8 7 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.41%) QRadar
9 6 (0.35%) Nmap
10 5 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
14 1 (0.058%) Oracle Flashback
14 1 (0.058%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 531 (30.91%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.89%) Palo Alto
3 83 (4.83%) Cisco
4 67 (3.90%) CyberArk
5 49 (2.85%) VMware
6 44 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
7 38 (2.21%) Apple
8 37 (2.15%) Adobe
9 34 (1.98%) ServiceNow
10 33 (1.92%) Tenable
11 31 (1.80%) Fortinet
12 29 (1.69%) Splunk
13 28 (1.63%) Google
13 28 (1.63%) Salesforce
14 26 (1.51%) Qualys
15 18 (1.05%) Aruba
16 17 (0.99%) Veeam
17 15 (0.87%) OpenAI
18 11 (0.64%) SAP
19 9 (0.52%) Okta