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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 34 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,778 1,142 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.16% 6.90% 6.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 7.36% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 588 657
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,625 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% - -12.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -7.08% -7.55%

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 20,108 15,510 19,787
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.68% 88.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,355 8,405 11,799
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,188
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,015 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 29 September 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 95 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 79 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 7 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.28%) Apache
6 5 (0.28%) WordPress
7 3 (0.17%) Confluence
8 1 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 50 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) Simulink
7 1 (0.056%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.35%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.056%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.056%) Magento
6 1 (0.056%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.056%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.056%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 424 (23.85%) Azure
2 254 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 230 (12.94%) Entra ID
4 215 (12.09%) AWS
5 106 (5.96%) SaaS
6 83 (4.67%) GCP
7 42 (2.36%) Power Platform
8 41 (2.31%) Serverless
9 37 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 34 (1.91%) OneDrive
11 24 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (1.12%) GitHub
13 19 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (0.79%) Mimecast
15 13 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
17 11 (0.62%) dbt
18 10 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
18 10 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 247 (13.89%) Firewall
2 158 (8.89%) Network Security
3 88 (4.95%) VLAN
4 84 (4.72%) DNS
5 71 (3.99%) DHCP
6 68 (3.82%) VPN
7 65 (3.66%) WAN
8 53 (2.98%) TCP/IP
9 50 (2.81%) LAN
10 45 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.80%) Broadband
12 31 (1.74%) VoIP
13 26 (1.46%) BGP
14 22 (1.24%) HTTP
14 22 (1.24%) SSL
15 19 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (1.01%) MPLS
16 18 (1.01%) SD-WAN
17 16 (0.90%) OSPF
17 16 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 15 (0.84%) Power BI
3 10 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.39%) Big Data
5 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.34%) Tableau
6 5 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
6 5 (0.28%) Metadata
7 3 (0.17%) MySQL
7 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.056%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.056%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.056%) Power Query
9 1 (0.056%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.52%) Snyk
2 26 (1.46%) JIRA
3 10 (0.56%) Git
4 7 (0.39%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.28%) GitLab
5 5 (0.28%) Poetry
5 5 (0.28%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.17%) Maven
7 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.056%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 625 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 201 (11.30%) Finance
3 175 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 164 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 150 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (6.52%) Marketing
7 115 (6.47%) Legal
8 101 (5.68%) Retail
9 84 (4.72%) Law
10 68 (3.82%) Telecoms
11 66 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.87%) Banking
13 46 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (1.97%) Police
15 32 (1.80%) Aerospace
16 29 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.57%) Manufacturing
18 26 (1.46%) Games
19 23 (1.29%) Advertising
20 22 (1.24%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 367 (20.64%) Senior
2 216 (12.15%) Analyst
3 188 (10.57%) Consultant
4 174 (9.79%) Architect
5 134 (7.54%) Security Engineer
6 108 (6.07%) Security Manager
7 107 (6.02%) Security Architect
8 105 (5.91%) Security Consultant
9 103 (5.79%) Security Analyst
10 99 (5.57%) Lead
11 87 (4.89%) IT Support
11 87 (4.89%) Support Engineer
12 84 (4.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 77 (4.33%) Senior Manager
14 76 (4.27%) IT Manager
15 74 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
16 71 (3.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 69 (3.88%) Business Manager
18 68 (3.82%) IT Engineer
19 63 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.97%) Terraform
2 31 (1.74%) OAuth
3 24 (1.35%) SAML
4 22 (1.24%) REST
5 21 (1.18%) LDAP
6 19 (1.07%) .NET
7 17 (0.96%) OpenID
8 10 (0.56%) SailPoint
9 9 (0.51%) JSON
10 8 (0.45%) Kafka
10 8 (0.45%) Regular Expression
11 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
11 7 (0.39%) ModSecurity
11 7 (0.39%) SOAP
12 6 (0.34%) PySpark
12 6 (0.34%) React
12 6 (0.34%) RESTful
13 5 (0.28%) Node.js
13 5 (0.28%) XMPP
13 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 143 (8.04%) Cyber Threat
2 138 (7.76%) Security Posture
3 103 (5.79%) Management Information System
4 100 (5.62%) Onboarding
5 69 (3.88%) Driving Licence
6 61 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
7 58 (3.26%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.64%) Operational Technology
9 46 (2.59%) Cloud Native
10 41 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
11 39 (2.19%) Cyber Defence
12 33 (1.86%) PKI
13 31 (1.74%) Cyberattack
14 28 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 26 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
16 25 (1.41%) Social Media
17 24 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
18 22 (1.24%) AI Agents
18 22 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
19 19 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 194 (10.91%) Windows
2 87 (4.89%) Windows Server
3 60 (3.37%) Linux
4 23 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.51%) Android
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
9 2 (0.11%) Rocky
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.056%) AIX
10 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 342 (19.24%) AI
3 327 (18.39%) Information Security
4 285 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
5 239 (13.44%) Decision-Making
6 221 (12.43%) Risk Management
7 216 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 214 (12.04%) Mentoring
9 210 (11.81%) Incident Response
10 195 (10.97%) Cloud Security
11 190 (10.69%) Vulnerability Management
12 184 (10.35%) Security Operations
13 181 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 168 (9.45%) SIEM
15 166 (9.34%) ITIL
16 160 (9.00%) Identity Access Management
17 149 (8.38%) Service Delivery
18 143 (8.04%) Business Continuity
19 142 (7.99%) Agile
20 136 (7.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 124 (6.97%) Python
2 81 (4.56%) PowerShell
3 41 (2.31%) SQL
4 25 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (1.29%) C++
6 19 (1.07%) Java
7 17 (0.96%) Bash
8 15 (0.84%) C#
9 13 (0.73%) JavaScript
9 13 (0.73%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.62%) Go
10 11 (0.62%) Rust
11 8 (0.45%) C
12 7 (0.39%) Bicep
13 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) Ada
14 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.11%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 307 (17.27%) Security Cleared
2 239 (13.44%) CISSP
3 230 (12.94%) SC Cleared
4 191 (10.74%) CISM
5 179 (10.07%) Degree
6 89 (5.01%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.37%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.32%) Network+ Certification
9 51 (2.87%) AWS Certification
10 50 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 47 (2.64%) Azure Certification
12 46 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
12 46 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 45 (2.53%) CRISC
14 42 (2.36%) CISA
15 37 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
16 33 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
17 29 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 28 (1.57%) GIAC
19 27 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 320 (18.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 227 (12.77%) NIST
3 155 (8.72%) GDPR
4 143 (8.04%) GRC
5 139 (7.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 81 (4.56%) PCI DSS
7 66 (3.71%) NCSC
8 53 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.80%) SLA
10 28 (1.57%) Accessibility
11 26 (1.46%) SOC 2
12 24 (1.35%) QA
13 21 (1.18%) COBIT
14 20 (1.12%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (0.90%) ISO 22301
16 16 (0.90%) JSP 440
17 15 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 12 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 11 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 200 (11.25%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.21%) Hyper-V
3 32 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.96%) Firmware
6 16 (0.90%) Docker
7 13 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
9 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.22%) vSphere
11 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.11%) NFS
11 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 154 (8.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 29 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.12%) Ansible
5 15 (0.84%) CASB
6 13 (0.73%) FortiGate
6 13 (0.73%) Grafana
7 7 (0.39%) Nmap
7 7 (0.39%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.39%) QRadar
8 5 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.28%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.17%) SCCM
11 2 (0.11%) Graylog
11 2 (0.11%) WMI
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 567 (31.89%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.50%) Cisco
3 79 (4.44%) Palo Alto
4 70 (3.94%) CyberArk
5 50 (2.81%) VMware
6 45 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
7 39 (2.19%) Adobe
8 38 (2.14%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.02%) Apple
10 34 (1.91%) Tenable
11 30 (1.69%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.63%) Qualys
13 28 (1.57%) Splunk
14 27 (1.52%) Fortinet
15 24 (1.35%) Google
16 19 (1.07%) Aruba
17 17 (0.96%) Veeam
18 15 (0.84%) OpenAI
19 12 (0.67%) SAP
20 10 (0.56%) Okta