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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 32 41
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,238 1,015 1,883
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.93% 7.61% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 8.03% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 765 727 1,288
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £36,298
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,716 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 14,857 12,645 29,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.17% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,372 8,952 23,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%

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 21 April 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 28 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.65%) WordPress
4 5 (0.40%) Drupal
4 5 (0.40%) nginx
5 4 (0.32%) CMS
6 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) Confluence
8 1 (0.081%) IIS
8 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.45%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (0.97%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.32%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.32%) Shopify
4 3 (0.24%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.081%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 342 (27.63%) Azure
2 175 (14.14%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (13.65%) AWS
4 156 (12.60%) Entra ID
5 58 (4.68%) Google Workspace
6 55 (4.44%) GCP
7 52 (4.20%) SaaS
8 29 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 28 (2.26%) Power Platform
10 24 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.29%) Serverless
13 13 (1.05%) Mimecast
13 13 (1.05%) Nutanix
14 9 (0.73%) PaaS
15 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
16 5 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.40%) Datadog
16 5 (0.40%) dbt
16 5 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 137 (11.07%) Firewall
2 82 (6.62%) Broadband
3 57 (4.60%) Network Security
4 34 (2.75%) VPN
5 32 (2.58%) DNS
6 25 (2.02%) CHAP
6 25 (2.02%) VLAN
7 20 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
8 19 (1.53%) WAN
9 18 (1.45%) DHCP
10 17 (1.37%) Unified Communications
11 16 (1.29%) LAN
12 13 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (0.97%) SSL
14 10 (0.81%) VoIP
15 9 (0.73%) TCP/IP
16 8 (0.65%) BGP
16 8 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (0.65%) WebEx
17 7 (0.57%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.81%) Power BI
2 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.40%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.32%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.24%) Metadata
4 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.24%) MySQL
4 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.24%) Tableau
5 1 (0.081%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.081%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.081%) Big Data
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.081%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (1.05%) Snyk
2 8 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.57%) Git
3 7 (0.57%) GitLab
4 5 (0.40%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.40%) JMeter
4 5 (0.40%) Locust
5 4 (0.32%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.16%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.16%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.081%) GDB
7 1 (0.081%) JIRA
7 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.081%) WinDbg
General
1 401 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 178 (14.38%) Finance
3 124 (10.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 87 (7.03%) Marketing
6 85 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
7 83 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
8 67 (5.41%) Banking
9 64 (5.17%) Back Office
9 64 (5.17%) Law
10 61 (4.93%) Retail
11 52 (4.20%) Legal
12 50 (4.04%) Telecoms
13 48 (3.88%) Games
14 26 (2.10%) Financial Institution
15 25 (2.02%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.70%) Aviation
17 19 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.13%) Electronics
18 14 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 255 (20.60%) Senior
2 130 (10.50%) Analyst
3 122 (9.85%) Architect
4 97 (7.84%) Support Engineer
5 94 (7.59%) Security Manager
6 92 (7.43%) Consultant
7 87 (7.03%) Security Architect
8 67 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 67 (5.41%) Security Analyst
9 63 (5.09%) Security Consultant
10 60 (4.85%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (4.85%) Desktop Support
10 60 (4.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 57 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 56 (4.52%) Senior Architect
12 56 (4.52%) Site Engineer
13 49 (3.96%) Developer
13 49 (3.96%) Hardware Engineer
13 49 (3.96%) Senior Hardware Engineer
14 48 (3.88%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.09%) LDAP
1 63 (5.09%) REST
2 62 (5.01%) SAML
3 61 (4.93%) OAuth
3 61 (4.93%) OpenID
4 59 (4.77%) SOAP
5 58 (4.68%) GraphQL
6 13 (1.05%) SAP CAF
7 8 (0.65%) RESTful
7 8 (0.65%) XMPP
8 7 (0.57%) Kafka
9 6 (0.48%) Regular Expression
10 5 (0.40%) CSS
10 5 (0.40%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.40%) HTML
10 5 (0.40%) LangChain
10 5 (0.40%) React
11 4 (0.32%) Node.js
11 4 (0.32%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.32%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 108 (8.72%) Cyber Threat
2 95 (7.67%) Security Posture
3 82 (6.62%) Cyberattack
4 80 (6.46%) Management Information System
5 71 (5.74%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.72%) Blog
7 40 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 39 (3.15%) Driving Licence
9 35 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
10 34 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 30 (2.42%) Cloud Native
13 29 (2.34%) Operational Technology
14 28 (2.26%) PKI
15 26 (2.10%) Public Cloud
16 24 (1.94%) Cyber Security Posture
17 22 (1.78%) Low-Code
18 17 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
19 15 (1.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 14 (1.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 161 (13.00%) Windows
2 68 (5.49%) Windows 10
3 50 (4.04%) Linux
3 50 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.45%) Android
6 14 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.081%) AIX
8 1 (0.081%) Debian
8 1 (0.081%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.081%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.081%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.081%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.081%) Solaris
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 160 (12.92%) Risk Management
3 154 (12.44%) Mentoring
4 146 (11.79%) Information Security
5 145 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (11.63%) Roadmaps
7 138 (11.15%) Incident Response
8 136 (10.99%) AI
9 127 (10.26%) ITIL
10 108 (8.72%) Analytics
11 107 (8.64%) Vulnerability Management
12 105 (8.48%) Cloud Security
13 103 (8.32%) Agile
14 95 (7.67%) Project Management
15 89 (7.19%) Customer Service
16 88 (7.11%) Identity Access Management
17 86 (6.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 85 (6.87%) Security Operations
19 79 (6.38%) Security Architecture
19 79 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (9.45%) PowerShell
2 90 (7.27%) Python
3 67 (5.41%) Bash
4 56 (4.52%) T-SQL
5 43 (3.47%) SQL
6 25 (2.02%) Java
7 23 (1.86%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.78%) C++
9 20 (1.62%) C#
10 13 (1.05%) C
11 8 (0.65%) Go
12 5 (0.40%) PHP
12 5 (0.40%) Rust
13 4 (0.32%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.24%) Bicep
15 1 (0.081%) Perl
15 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 193 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 184 (14.86%) Degree
3 164 (13.25%) SC Cleared
4 162 (13.09%) CISSP
5 120 (9.69%) CISM
6 60 (4.85%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (3.72%) AWS Certification
8 45 (3.63%) CISA
9 38 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.07%) DV Cleared
9 38 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (2.67%) SANS
11 32 (2.58%) CEH
12 26 (2.10%) FFIEC
13 25 (2.02%) CGEIT
13 25 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 23 (1.86%) CREST Certified
15 22 (1.78%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (19.14%) NIST
2 234 (18.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 123 (9.94%) GDPR
4 86 (6.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 86 (6.95%) NCSC
5 80 (6.46%) GRC
6 72 (5.82%) SLA
7 54 (4.36%) PCI DSS
8 45 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (2.58%) COBIT
10 21 (1.70%) QA
11 20 (1.62%) Accessibility
12 19 (1.53%) SOC 2
13 13 (1.05%) ISO 22301
13 13 (1.05%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.89%) IEC 61508
14 11 (0.89%) MISRA
14 11 (0.89%) MISRA C
15 8 (0.65%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 127 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.10%) Hyper-V
3 25 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.70%) Docker
5 17 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.48%) Firmware
7 6 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.48%) vSphere
8 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.081%) iptables
9 1 (0.081%) KVM
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.34%) Terraform
3 28 (2.26%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.94%) Ansible
5 18 (1.45%) Grafana
6 11 (0.89%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.48%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.48%) QRadar
10 5 (0.40%) FTK
10 5 (0.40%) Nessus
10 5 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.32%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.32%) SCCM
12 3 (0.24%) CASB
12 3 (0.24%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 277 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 91 (7.35%) Cisco
3 50 (4.04%) VMware
4 45 (3.63%) Apple
5 39 (3.15%) Adobe
6 31 (2.50%) Palo Alto
7 30 (2.42%) Google
8 27 (2.18%) Fortinet
9 26 (2.10%) Tenable
10 25 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
11 24 (1.94%) ServiceNow
12 22 (1.78%) Splunk
13 20 (1.62%) SAP
14 18 (1.45%) PayPal
15 15 (1.21%) Salesforce
16 12 (0.97%) Commvault
17 10 (0.81%) CheckPoint
18 9 (0.73%) Sophos
19 8 (0.65%) Qualys
20 7 (0.57%) Draytek