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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 27 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,635 1,241 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.13% 7.49% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.66% 8.06% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 708 798
10th Percentile £35,375 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,625 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 18,880 15,403 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.36% 93.01% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,900 15,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 20 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 64 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.55%) SAS
4 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 5 (0.31%) WordPress
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) Apache
7 2 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.061%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.061%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.47%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 377 (23.06%) Azure
2 203 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
3 198 (12.11%) AWS
4 169 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 101 (6.18%) SaaS
6 73 (4.46%) GCP
7 32 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (1.83%) Serverless
9 22 (1.35%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.98%) dbt
12 12 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 10 (0.61%) PaaS
15 8 (0.49%) GitHub
16 6 (0.37%) Datadog
17 5 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 228 (13.94%) Firewall
2 165 (10.09%) Network Security
3 85 (5.20%) VLAN
4 63 (3.85%) DNS
5 57 (3.49%) WAN
6 53 (3.24%) VPN
7 49 (3.00%) DHCP
8 44 (2.69%) LAN
9 41 (2.51%) Broadband
10 40 (2.45%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (1.59%) VoIP
13 23 (1.41%) BGP
14 20 (1.22%) Unified Communications
15 18 (1.10%) HTTP
15 18 (1.10%) MPLS
15 18 (1.10%) SSL
16 17 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.67%) Power BI
2 10 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.37%) Tableau
4 4 (0.24%) Big Data
4 4 (0.24%) Metadata
5 3 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.18%) MySQL
5 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.061%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.061%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.061%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.061%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.061%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.061%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (1.65%) Snyk
2 22 (1.35%) JIRA
3 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
3 5 (0.31%) Git
3 5 (0.31%) GitLab
3 5 (0.31%) JMeter
3 5 (0.31%) Locust
3 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
3 5 (0.31%) VersionOne
4 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.061%) GDB
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.061%) Poetry
6 1 (0.061%) WinDbg
General
1 549 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 170 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 168 (10.28%) Finance
4 138 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
5 132 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 115 (7.03%) Marketing
7 112 (6.85%) Legal
8 91 (5.57%) Retail
9 71 (4.34%) Law
10 53 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (2.87%) Banking
11 47 (2.87%) Telecoms
12 41 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.90%) Aerospace
14 30 (1.83%) Games
15 25 (1.53%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.47%) Advertising
17 22 (1.35%) Aviation
17 22 (1.35%) Police
18 21 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (20.31%) Senior
2 193 (11.80%) Analyst
3 171 (10.46%) Consultant
4 162 (9.91%) Architect
5 114 (6.97%) Security Manager
6 111 (6.79%) Security Consultant
7 109 (6.67%) Security Engineer
8 102 (6.24%) Security Analyst
8 102 (6.24%) Security Architect
9 98 (5.99%) Lead
10 93 (5.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 88 (5.38%) IT Manager
12 79 (4.83%) Senior Manager
13 74 (4.53%) Senior Analyst
14 71 (4.34%) Support Engineer
15 64 (3.91%) IT Support
16 63 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 54 (3.30%) Senior Security Engineer
18 53 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 52 (3.18%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.53%) OAuth
2 23 (1.41%) Terraform
3 22 (1.35%) SAML
4 16 (0.98%) LDAP
5 14 (0.86%) OpenID
6 12 (0.73%) REST
7 10 (0.61%) .NET
8 9 (0.55%) XMPP
9 8 (0.49%) LangChain
10 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.37%) ModSecurity
11 6 (0.37%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.37%) RESTful
12 5 (0.31%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.31%) JSON
12 5 (0.31%) Kafka
12 5 (0.31%) LangGraph
12 5 (0.31%) React
13 4 (0.24%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 133 (8.13%) Cyber Threat
2 119 (7.28%) Security Posture
3 95 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 78 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (3.24%) Data Centre
7 50 (3.06%) Driving Licence
8 45 (2.75%) Cloud Native
8 45 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
9 35 (2.14%) Cyberattack
10 34 (2.08%) Operational Technology
10 34 (2.08%) PKI
11 28 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
12 26 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 26 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
13 22 (1.35%) Blog
14 21 (1.28%) AI Agents
14 21 (1.28%) Social Media
15 20 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
16 19 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 167 (10.21%) Windows
2 69 (4.22%) Windows Server
3 55 (3.36%) Linux
4 23 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.43%) Android
7 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.061%) AIX
10 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.061%) Solaris
10 1 (0.061%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 300 (18.35%) Information Security
3 298 (18.23%) AI
4 248 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
5 220 (13.46%) Risk Management
6 218 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 208 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 205 (12.54%) Mentoring
9 201 (12.29%) Incident Response
10 180 (11.01%) Vulnerability Management
11 175 (10.70%) Cloud Security
12 155 (9.48%) ITIL
13 153 (9.36%) Agile
14 151 (9.24%) SIEM
15 148 (9.05%) Security Operations
16 146 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 143 (8.75%) Business Continuity
17 143 (8.75%) Identity Access Management
18 135 (8.26%) Service Delivery
19 129 (7.89%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.03%) Python
2 69 (4.22%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.77%) SQL
4 22 (1.35%) Java
5 17 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.92%) C++
7 13 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.73%) Bash
9 8 (0.49%) Rust
9 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) C#
10 7 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.31%) C
12 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.18%) Ada
14 2 (0.12%) PHP
14 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.061%) Bicep
15 1 (0.061%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.061%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (16.94%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.07%) CISSP
3 206 (12.60%) SC Cleared
4 186 (11.38%) CISM
5 153 (9.36%) Degree
6 86 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.55%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.49%) Network+ Certification
9 47 (2.87%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.45%) CRISC
11 39 (2.39%) CISA
12 38 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
12 38 (2.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 36 (2.20%) Azure Certification
14 35 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
15 32 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
16 29 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 28 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
18 26 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 26 (1.59%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 306 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 220 (13.46%) NIST
3 158 (9.66%) GDPR
4 138 (8.44%) GRC
5 119 (7.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 79 (4.83%) PCI DSS
7 56 (3.43%) NCSC
8 49 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.83%) SLA
10 29 (1.77%) Accessibility
11 28 (1.71%) QA
12 25 (1.53%) COBIT
13 24 (1.47%) SOC 2
14 21 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
15 17 (1.04%) JSP 440
16 16 (0.98%) ISO 22301
16 16 (0.98%) NIST 800
17 13 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 9 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 182 (11.13%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.57%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.16%) Firmware
6 15 (0.92%) Docker
7 10 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.37%) vSphere
11 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 126 (7.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 16 (0.98%) Ansible
4 16 (0.98%) Grafana
5 14 (0.86%) CASB
6 13 (0.80%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.43%) QRadar
9 5 (0.31%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 3 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.18%) SCCM
12 2 (0.12%) Graylog
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
13 1 (0.061%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.061%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 485 (29.66%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.95%) Palo Alto
3 77 (4.71%) Cisco
4 63 (3.85%) CyberArk
5 46 (2.81%) VMware
6 43 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.32%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.20%) Apple
9 35 (2.14%) Adobe
10 32 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 32 (1.96%) Splunk
10 32 (1.96%) Tenable
11 28 (1.71%) Google
12 26 (1.59%) Qualys
12 26 (1.59%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.10%) Aruba
14 15 (0.92%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.80%) SAP
16 12 (0.73%) Veeam
17 8 (0.49%) Juniper