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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 37 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 +10 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,022 1,078 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.40% 6.76% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 7.15% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 617 613 1,216
10th Percentile £33,650 £41,250 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,780 £50,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +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 13,845 15,075 25,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.66% 94.54% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,824 8,952 21,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,751
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
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% -12.00%

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 6 February 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 31 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.49%) Drupal
3 5 (0.49%) nginx
3 5 (0.49%) WordPress
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.20%) CMS
5 2 (0.20%) IIS
6 1 (0.098%) Confluence
Applications
1 77 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.86%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.098%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.098%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.49%) Shopify
3 4 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.098%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 302 (29.55%) Azure
2 163 (15.95%) Microsoft 365
3 152 (14.87%) Entra ID
4 137 (13.41%) AWS
5 55 (5.38%) Google Workspace
6 33 (3.23%) Power Platform
7 30 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (2.45%) SaaS
9 24 (2.35%) GCP
10 22 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
11 18 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.08%) Nutanix
13 10 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (0.98%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.88%) GitHub
14 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.78%) PaaS
16 7 (0.68%) OneDrive
17 5 (0.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 114 (11.15%) Firewall
2 66 (6.46%) Broadband
3 43 (4.21%) VPN
4 40 (3.91%) Network Security
5 24 (2.35%) DNS
6 18 (1.76%) CHAP
6 18 (1.76%) TCP/IP
7 17 (1.66%) DHCP
7 17 (1.66%) Intrusion Detection
8 15 (1.47%) VLAN
9 13 (1.27%) LAN
9 13 (1.27%) Wireshark
10 12 (1.17%) WAN
11 11 (1.08%) Unified Communications
11 11 (1.08%) VoIP
12 10 (0.98%) DMZ
13 9 (0.88%) SD-WAN
14 8 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (0.68%) IP Telephony
15 7 (0.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.37%) Power BI
2 10 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.78%) Tableau
4 5 (0.49%) MariaDB
5 4 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (0.39%) MS Access
5 4 (0.39%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.098%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.098%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.37%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.49%) GitLab
3 4 (0.39%) Toad
4 3 (0.29%) Git
4 3 (0.29%) JIRA
4 3 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.29%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.20%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.20%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.20%) Snyk
6 1 (0.098%) SonarQube
General
1 388 (37.96%) Social Skills
2 176 (17.22%) Finance
3 97 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (9.00%) Public Sector
6 90 (8.81%) Organisational Skills
7 68 (6.65%) Marketing
8 66 (6.46%) Back Office
9 60 (5.87%) Telecoms
10 57 (5.58%) Banking
11 50 (4.89%) Law
12 40 (3.91%) Legal
13 35 (3.42%) Games
14 34 (3.33%) Manufacturing
15 31 (3.03%) Electronics
16 26 (2.54%) Retail
17 23 (2.25%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.66%) Local Government
19 16 (1.57%) German Language
Job Titles
1 196 (19.18%) Senior
2 109 (10.67%) Support Engineer
3 97 (9.49%) Architect
4 92 (9.00%) Consultant
5 90 (8.81%) Analyst
6 64 (6.26%) Security Architect
7 61 (5.97%) Desktop Engineer
7 61 (5.97%) Desktop Support
7 61 (5.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 58 (5.68%) Security Consultant
9 56 (5.48%) Site Engineer
10 52 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 49 (4.79%) Hardware Engineer
11 49 (4.79%) Senior Hardware Engineer
12 46 (4.50%) IT Engineer
12 46 (4.50%) Security Manager
13 44 (4.31%) Security Analyst
14 42 (4.11%) IT Manager
14 42 (4.11%) Senior Architect
15 41 (4.01%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.58%) OAuth
1 57 (5.58%) OpenID
1 57 (5.58%) SAML
2 56 (5.48%) GraphQL
2 56 (5.48%) REST
2 56 (5.48%) SOAP
3 54 (5.28%) LDAP
4 26 (2.54%) SAP CAF
5 6 (0.59%) .NET
5 6 (0.59%) CSS
5 6 (0.59%) HTML
5 6 (0.59%) Node.js
6 4 (0.39%) Android NDK
6 4 (0.39%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.39%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.39%) RESTful
6 4 (0.39%) TensorFlow
6 4 (0.39%) WebSockets
7 3 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (9.98%) Cyber Threat
2 71 (6.95%) Security Posture
3 66 (6.46%) Cyberattack
4 61 (5.97%) Management Information System
5 46 (4.50%) Onboarding
6 36 (3.52%) Data Centre
7 33 (3.23%) Blog
8 32 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 31 (3.03%) Public Cloud
10 30 (2.94%) Cloud Native
11 28 (2.74%) Operational Technology
12 27 (2.64%) Driving Licence
12 27 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
13 24 (2.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 24 (2.35%) Cyber Security Posture
14 21 (2.05%) PKI
14 21 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
15 17 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
16 16 (1.57%) Product Ownership
17 15 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 158 (15.46%) Windows
2 70 (6.85%) Windows 10
3 48 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 43 (4.21%) Linux
5 14 (1.37%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.27%) Unix
7 12 (1.17%) Android
8 11 (1.08%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.20%) Debian
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.098%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.098%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 144 (14.09%) Roadmaps
3 140 (13.70%) ITIL
4 139 (13.60%) Risk Management
5 131 (12.82%) Information Security
6 130 (12.72%) Analytics
7 125 (12.23%) Incident Response
8 121 (11.84%) AI
9 115 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
10 110 (10.76%) Mentoring
11 86 (8.41%) Agile
12 80 (7.83%) Customer Service
13 79 (7.73%) Cloud Security
14 76 (7.44%) SIEM
15 75 (7.34%) Customer Experience
16 74 (7.24%) Security Operations
16 74 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
16 74 (7.24%) Vulnerability Management
17 73 (7.14%) DevOps
18 71 (6.95%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (10.37%) PowerShell
2 67 (6.56%) Bash
3 62 (6.07%) Python
4 54 (5.28%) SQL
4 54 (5.28%) T-SQL
5 24 (2.35%) C++
6 18 (1.76%) C#
7 14 (1.37%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.27%) C
8 13 (1.27%) Java
9 8 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.59%) Go
11 4 (0.39%) Bicep
11 4 (0.39%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.39%) R
11 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.39%) VB
12 2 (0.20%) Rust
12 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.098%) Perl
Qualifications
1 204 (19.96%) Degree
2 173 (16.93%) Security Cleared
3 157 (15.36%) CISSP
4 142 (13.89%) SC Cleared
5 121 (11.84%) CISM
6 60 (5.87%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (4.99%) CISA
8 43 (4.21%) AWS Certification
8 43 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
9 39 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 32 (3.13%) DV Cleared
12 30 (2.94%) PMP
13 29 (2.84%) CEH
13 29 (2.84%) SANS
14 28 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (2.64%) Azure Certification
16 21 (2.05%) CRISC
17 19 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
17 19 (1.86%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (22.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 232 (22.70%) NIST
2 87 (8.51%) GDPR
3 86 (8.41%) NCSC
4 81 (7.93%) GRC
5 71 (6.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 67 (6.56%) SLA
7 32 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (2.94%) PCI DSS
9 29 (2.84%) COBIT
10 17 (1.66%) JSP 440
11 12 (1.17%) NIST 800
12 11 (1.08%) IEC 61508
12 11 (1.08%) ISO 22301
12 11 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 11 (1.08%) MISRA
12 11 (1.08%) MISRA C
13 10 (0.98%) SOC 2
14 9 (0.88%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 121 (11.84%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.37%) Docker
6 5 (0.49%) Firmware
7 4 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.39%) vSphere
8 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.098%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.098%) iptables
9 1 (0.098%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.098%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (5.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (2.15%) Terraform
3 19 (1.86%) Ansible
4 13 (1.27%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.08%) Functional Safety
6 10 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.88%) Nessus
8 7 (0.68%) QRadar
9 5 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 5 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.39%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.29%) FTK
11 3 (0.29%) Nagios
11 3 (0.29%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.29%) SCCM
12 2 (0.20%) Nmap
12 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 219 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 83 (8.12%) Cisco
3 49 (4.79%) VMware
4 35 (3.42%) SAP
5 34 (3.33%) Apple
6 28 (2.74%) Adobe
7 19 (1.86%) PayPal
8 18 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.47%) Oracle
10 14 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (1.37%) Tenable
11 12 (1.17%) Google
11 12 (1.17%) Splunk
12 11 (1.08%) Commvault
12 11 (1.08%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.88%) Draytek
13 9 (0.88%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.78%) Checkmarx
14 8 (0.78%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.78%) Qualys