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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 28 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,614 1,253 1,449
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.10% 7.54% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 8.11% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 721 814
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.46%

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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
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 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 13 August 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 62 (3.84%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.56%) SAS
4 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 5 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.062%) Confluence
7 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 41 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.062%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.062%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.062%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 386 (23.92%) Azure
2 205 (12.70%) AWS
3 198 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
4 164 (10.16%) Entra ID
5 97 (6.01%) SaaS
6 78 (4.83%) GCP
7 32 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.80%) Serverless
9 22 (1.36%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.18%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.99%) dbt
12 12 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.74%) Mimecast
13 10 (0.62%) PaaS
14 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.43%) GitHub
16 6 (0.37%) Datadog
17 5 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 227 (14.06%) Firewall
2 158 (9.79%) Network Security
3 84 (5.20%) VLAN
4 60 (3.72%) DNS
5 56 (3.47%) VPN
6 55 (3.41%) WAN
7 46 (2.85%) DHCP
8 42 (2.60%) LAN
9 41 (2.54%) Broadband
10 38 (2.35%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (1.61%) VoIP
13 21 (1.30%) BGP
13 21 (1.30%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
14 19 (1.18%) SSL
15 18 (1.12%) HTTP
16 16 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (0.99%) MPLS
16 16 (0.99%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.68%) Power BI
2 9 (0.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.37%) Tableau
5 5 (0.31%) Big Data
6 4 (0.25%) Metadata
6 4 (0.25%) MySQL
6 4 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.062%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.062%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.062%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.062%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.062%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.062%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.062%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.062%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (1.67%) Snyk
2 21 (1.30%) JIRA
3 7 (0.43%) Git
4 6 (0.37%) GitLab
5 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.31%) JMeter
5 5 (0.31%) Locust
5 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.31%) VersionOne
6 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.062%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.062%) GDB
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.062%) WinDbg
General
1 536 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 176 (10.90%) Finance
3 166 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 138 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
5 134 (8.30%) Public Sector
6 116 (7.19%) Legal
7 112 (6.94%) Marketing
8 89 (5.51%) Retail
9 72 (4.46%) Law
10 52 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.97%) Telecoms
12 44 (2.73%) Banking
13 38 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (1.92%) Games
15 27 (1.67%) Aerospace
16 26 (1.61%) Advertising
17 22 (1.36%) Aviation
17 22 (1.36%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.36%) Police
18 19 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 338 (20.94%) Senior
2 193 (11.96%) Analyst
3 167 (10.35%) Consultant
4 159 (9.85%) Architect
5 115 (7.13%) Security Manager
6 109 (6.75%) Security Consultant
6 109 (6.75%) Security Engineer
7 101 (6.26%) Security Analyst
8 98 (6.07%) Lead
8 98 (6.07%) Security Architect
9 92 (5.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 89 (5.51%) IT Manager
10 89 (5.51%) Senior Manager
11 74 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
12 70 (4.34%) Support Engineer
13 66 (4.09%) IT Support
14 63 (3.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 54 (3.35%) Senior Security Engineer
16 52 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 52 (3.22%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.55%) OAuth
2 22 (1.36%) SAML
3 16 (0.99%) LDAP
4 14 (0.87%) OpenID
5 12 (0.74%) REST
6 10 (0.62%) .NET
6 10 (0.62%) XMPP
7 8 (0.50%) LangChain
8 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.37%) Kafka
9 6 (0.37%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.37%) RESTful
10 5 (0.31%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.31%) JSON
10 5 (0.31%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.31%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.31%) React
11 4 (0.25%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 125 (7.74%) Cyber Threat
2 121 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 100 (6.20%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (3.22%) Driving Licence
7 47 (2.91%) Data Centre
8 46 (2.85%) Cloud Native
9 45 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
10 35 (2.17%) Cyberattack
11 33 (2.04%) Operational Technology
11 33 (2.04%) PKI
12 28 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
14 24 (1.49%) Blog
14 24 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 20 (1.24%) AI Agents
15 20 (1.24%) Social Media
15 20 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
16 18 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 163 (10.10%) Windows
2 66 (4.09%) Windows Server
3 56 (3.47%) Linux
4 23 (1.43%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.50%) Android
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.37%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.062%) AIX
9 1 (0.062%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.062%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.062%) Solaris
9 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 296 (18.34%) Information Security
3 286 (17.72%) AI
4 245 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
5 219 (13.57%) Decision-Making
6 216 (13.38%) Risk Management
7 209 (12.95%) Mentoring
8 203 (12.58%) Incident Response
9 201 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 175 (10.84%) Vulnerability Management
11 170 (10.53%) Cloud Security
12 156 (9.67%) Agile
13 154 (9.54%) ITIL
14 148 (9.17%) SIEM
15 141 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
16 140 (8.67%) Identity Access Management
16 140 (8.67%) Security Operations
17 139 (8.61%) Business Continuity
18 131 (8.12%) Project Delivery
19 128 (7.93%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.25%) Python
2 70 (4.34%) PowerShell
3 27 (1.67%) SQL
4 22 (1.36%) Java
5 19 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.93%) C++
7 13 (0.81%) Bash
7 13 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (0.56%) C#
8 9 (0.56%) Rust
9 8 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.31%) C
12 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.19%) Ada
13 3 (0.19%) PHP
14 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.062%) Bicep
15 1 (0.062%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.062%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (17.16%) Security Cleared
2 233 (14.44%) CISSP
3 209 (12.95%) SC Cleared
4 184 (11.40%) CISM
5 153 (9.48%) Degree
6 82 (5.08%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.59%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.53%) Network+ Certification
9 46 (2.85%) AWS Certification
10 41 (2.54%) CRISC
11 39 (2.42%) CISA
12 38 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
13 36 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 35 (2.17%) Azure Certification
14 35 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
15 33 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 27 (1.67%) CREST Certified
18 26 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 26 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (18.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 216 (13.38%) NIST
3 159 (9.85%) GDPR
4 133 (8.24%) GRC
5 115 (7.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 81 (5.02%) PCI DSS
7 56 (3.47%) NCSC
8 48 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.86%) SLA
10 28 (1.73%) QA
11 27 (1.67%) Accessibility
12 25 (1.55%) COBIT
13 24 (1.49%) SOC 2
14 20 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 18 (1.12%) JSP 440
16 16 (0.99%) ISO 22301
17 15 (0.93%) NIST 800
18 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 12 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 10 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 177 (10.97%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.48%) Hyper-V
3 31 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.05%) Firmware
6 14 (0.87%) Docker
7 11 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 8 (0.50%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.43%) vSphere
11 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.062%) KVM
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 127 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.73%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.55%) Terraform
4 18 (1.12%) Ansible
4 18 (1.12%) Grafana
5 16 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.87%) CASB
7 13 (0.81%) FortiGate
8 10 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.43%) QRadar
10 5 (0.31%) Nmap
11 4 (0.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.19%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
13 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 477 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.08%) Palo Alto
3 76 (4.71%) Cisco
4 62 (3.84%) CyberArk
5 49 (3.04%) VMware
6 43 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.17%) Apple
9 34 (2.11%) Adobe
9 34 (2.11%) Fortinet
9 34 (2.11%) Google
10 31 (1.92%) Splunk
10 31 (1.92%) Tenable
11 26 (1.61%) Salesforce
12 24 (1.49%) Qualys
13 18 (1.12%) Aruba
14 15 (0.93%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.81%) SAP
16 11 (0.68%) Veeam
17 9 (0.56%) Oracle