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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 30 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,341 1,194 1,907
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.81% 7.89% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.30% 8.35% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 890 666 1,246
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -13.40%
75th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 16,157 14,306 30,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 94.59% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,595 8,366 23,757
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 12 June 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 42 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.30%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.075%) IIS
6 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 76 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.79%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.37%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 341 (25.43%) Azure
2 189 (14.09%) Microsoft 365
3 171 (12.75%) AWS
4 164 (12.23%) Entra ID
5 73 (5.44%) GCP
6 69 (5.15%) SaaS
7 53 (3.95%) Google Workspace
8 32 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 28 (2.09%) Serverless
10 25 (1.86%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.97%) OneDrive
14 9 (0.67%) Nutanix
14 9 (0.67%) PaaS
15 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.45%) Datadog
16 6 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 160 (11.93%) Firewall
2 92 (6.86%) Broadband
3 83 (6.19%) Network Security
4 44 (3.28%) VPN
5 43 (3.21%) DNS
6 35 (2.61%) WAN
7 31 (2.31%) DHCP
7 31 (2.31%) VLAN
8 26 (1.94%) LAN
9 23 (1.72%) Unified Communications
10 19 (1.42%) CHAP
11 18 (1.34%) TCP/IP
12 17 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (1.27%) SSL
12 17 (1.27%) VoIP
12 17 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (1.19%) BGP
14 14 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (0.82%) Internet
15 11 (0.82%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.67%) Power BI
2 6 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.37%) Tableau
4 3 (0.22%) Big Data
4 3 (0.22%) MySQL
4 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.075%) Metadata
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.075%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.86%) Snyk
2 8 (0.60%) GitLab
3 6 (0.45%) Git
3 6 (0.45%) JIRA
4 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.37%) JMeter
4 5 (0.37%) Locust
4 5 (0.37%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.075%) GDB
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.075%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.075%) WinDbg
General
1 384 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 160 (11.93%) Finance
3 122 (9.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (8.58%) Public Sector
5 110 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
6 105 (7.83%) Marketing
7 81 (6.04%) Retail
8 74 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (4.25%) Banking
10 55 (4.10%) Games
11 54 (4.03%) Back Office
12 48 (3.58%) Law
13 41 (3.06%) Legal
14 39 (2.91%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.09%) Aviation
16 20 (1.49%) Financial Institution
17 19 (1.42%) Advertising
18 18 (1.34%) Manufacturing
19 17 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
20 14 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 236 (17.60%) Senior
2 173 (12.90%) Analyst
3 156 (11.63%) Architect
4 120 (8.95%) Security Architect
5 106 (7.90%) Security Manager
6 105 (7.83%) Consultant
7 100 (7.46%) Support Engineer
8 94 (7.01%) Security Analyst
9 86 (6.41%) Lead
10 81 (6.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 77 (5.74%) Security Consultant
12 65 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 63 (4.70%) IT Support
14 59 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 58 (4.33%) IT Manager
16 57 (4.25%) Senior Architect
17 54 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
18 50 (3.73%) Developer
19 49 (3.65%) Security Engineer
20 48 (3.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.77%) SAML
2 63 (4.70%) LDAP
2 63 (4.70%) OAuth
3 57 (4.25%) OpenID
3 57 (4.25%) REST
4 51 (3.80%) SOAP
5 50 (3.73%) GraphQL
6 9 (0.67%) XMPP
7 7 (0.52%) Kafka
7 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
7 7 (0.52%) RESTful
8 6 (0.45%) .NET
8 6 (0.45%) LangChain
8 6 (0.45%) Regular Expression
9 5 (0.37%) Gherkin
9 5 (0.37%) React
10 4 (0.30%) ModSecurity
10 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.22%) Spring
11 3 (0.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.47%) Cyber Threat
2 113 (8.43%) Security Posture
3 87 (6.49%) Cyberattack
4 78 (5.82%) Management Information System
5 66 (4.92%) Onboarding
6 48 (3.58%) Data Centre
7 41 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
8 38 (2.83%) PKI
8 38 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (2.61%) Driving Licence
10 32 (2.39%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.31%) Blog
12 26 (1.94%) Operational Technology
13 25 (1.86%) Cyber Security Posture
13 25 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (1.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 18 (1.34%) Low-Code
16 16 (1.19%) Web Conferencing
17 15 (1.12%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 169 (12.60%) Windows
2 62 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 55 (4.10%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.13%) Linux
5 22 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.19%) Android
7 15 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.075%) AIX
10 1 (0.075%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.075%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.075%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 185 (13.80%) Information Security
3 178 (13.27%) Incident Response
4 177 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
5 170 (12.68%) Risk Management
6 163 (12.16%) Mentoring
7 153 (11.41%) Vulnerability Management
8 137 (10.22%) AI
9 136 (10.14%) Roadmaps
10 134 (9.99%) Cloud Security
11 117 (8.72%) Security Operations
12 114 (8.50%) Analytics
13 111 (8.28%) ITIL
14 110 (8.20%) Decision-Making
15 109 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 108 (8.05%) Agile
17 107 (7.98%) Identity Access Management
18 106 (7.90%) SIEM
19 101 (7.53%) Threat Modelling
20 92 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (8.50%) PowerShell
2 99 (7.38%) Python
3 58 (4.33%) Bash
4 50 (3.73%) T-SQL
5 40 (2.98%) SQL
6 28 (2.09%) Java
7 18 (1.34%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.12%) C++
9 13 (0.97%) C#
10 11 (0.82%) C
11 9 (0.67%) Go
12 8 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.37%) PHP
13 5 (0.37%) Rust
14 3 (0.22%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.075%) Bicep
16 1 (0.075%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.075%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 180 (13.42%) SC Cleared
3 163 (12.16%) CISSP
4 161 (12.01%) Degree
5 118 (8.80%) CISM
6 55 (4.10%) DV Cleared
7 48 (3.58%) CTC Cleared
8 46 (3.43%) AWS Certification
9 41 (3.06%) CISA
10 35 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (2.16%) Azure Certification
13 28 (2.09%) CREST Certified
14 27 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (1.94%) CRISC
16 25 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 24 (1.79%) SANS
18 22 (1.64%) FFIEC
19 20 (1.49%) CEH
19 20 (1.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 267 (19.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 239 (17.82%) NIST
3 146 (10.89%) GDPR
4 103 (7.68%) GRC
5 94 (7.01%) NCSC
6 83 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 74 (5.52%) PCI DSS
8 68 (5.07%) SLA
9 39 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (2.16%) COBIT
11 22 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 22 (1.64%) QA
12 18 (1.34%) Accessibility
12 18 (1.34%) JSP 440
13 16 (1.19%) SOC 2
14 10 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.67%) IEC 61508
15 9 (0.67%) ISO 22301
15 9 (0.67%) MISRA
15 9 (0.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 153 (11.41%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.24%) Hyper-V
4 25 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.19%) Docker
6 10 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.52%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.45%) vSphere
10 4 (0.30%) ClearTrust
10 4 (0.30%) Firmware
11 1 (0.075%) KVM
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 67 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.01%) Terraform
4 20 (1.49%) Ansible
4 20 (1.49%) Grafana
5 16 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.67%) CASB
6 9 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
6 9 (0.67%) Functional Safety
7 7 (0.52%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.45%) QRadar
9 5 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.37%) FTK
9 5 (0.37%) SCCM
10 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.22%) Nmap
11 3 (0.22%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 354 (26.40%) Microsoft
2 100 (7.46%) Cisco
3 59 (4.40%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.88%) VMware
5 43 (3.21%) Apple
6 41 (3.06%) Adobe
7 39 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.68%) ServiceNow
9 34 (2.54%) Tenable
10 30 (2.24%) Google
11 27 (2.01%) Fortinet
12 25 (1.86%) Splunk
13 21 (1.57%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.12%) Qualys
14 15 (1.12%) SAP
15 11 (0.82%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.75%) Aruba
16 10 (0.75%) Oracle
17 9 (0.67%) Sophos
18 8 (0.60%) Commvault