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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 33 35
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,778 1,132 1,454
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.15% 6.73% 6.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 7.17% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 577 660
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.69%

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 20,104 15,790 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.81% 93.84% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,346 8,455 11,710
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 October 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 96 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 82 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 5 (0.28%) Apache
5 5 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.28%) WordPress
6 3 (0.17%) Confluence
7 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%) 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
1 432 (24.30%) Azure
2 261 (14.68%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 217 (12.20%) AWS
5 102 (5.74%) SaaS
6 85 (4.78%) GCP
7 42 (2.36%) Power Platform
8 39 (2.19%) Serverless
9 37 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 35 (1.97%) OneDrive
11 26 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
12 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (1.12%) GitHub
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
17 11 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 248 (13.95%) Firewall
2 156 (8.77%) Network Security
3 87 (4.89%) VLAN
4 85 (4.78%) DNS
5 73 (4.11%) DHCP
6 69 (3.88%) VPN
7 64 (3.60%) WAN
8 52 (2.92%) TCP/IP
9 49 (2.76%) LAN
10 46 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.80%) Broadband
12 31 (1.74%) VoIP
13 26 (1.46%) BGP
14 23 (1.29%) SSL
15 21 (1.18%) HTTP
16 19 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
17 18 (1.01%) MPLS
17 18 (1.01%) SD-WAN
18 16 (0.90%) OSPF
18 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 8 (0.45%) Big Data
5 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.34%) Tableau
7 5 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
7 5 (0.28%) Metadata
8 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.056%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.056%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.056%) Pinecone
10 1 (0.056%) Power Query
10 1 (0.056%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.52%) Snyk
2 26 (1.46%) JIRA
3 10 (0.56%) Git
4 8 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 8 (0.45%) Metasploit
5 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.34%) GitLab
7 5 (0.28%) Poetry
7 5 (0.28%) VersionOne
8 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.056%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 627 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 199 (11.19%) Finance
3 176 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 154 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 117 (6.58%) Marketing
7 114 (6.41%) Legal
8 99 (5.57%) Retail
9 81 (4.56%) Law
10 69 (3.88%) Telecoms
11 67 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.81%) Banking
13 46 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 32 (1.80%) Police
16 28 (1.57%) Manufacturing
17 27 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
18 26 (1.46%) Games
19 24 (1.35%) Advertising
20 23 (1.29%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 365 (20.53%) Senior
2 215 (12.09%) Analyst
3 188 (10.57%) Consultant
4 170 (9.56%) Architect
5 136 (7.65%) Security Engineer
6 104 (5.85%) Security Consultant
6 104 (5.85%) Security Manager
7 102 (5.74%) Security Architect
8 101 (5.68%) Lead
8 101 (5.68%) Security Analyst
9 89 (5.01%) IT Support
10 87 (4.89%) Support Engineer
11 80 (4.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 75 (4.22%) Senior Manager
13 74 (4.16%) IT Manager
13 74 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
14 71 (3.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 70 (3.94%) Business Manager
16 68 (3.82%) IT Engineer
17 64 (3.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.19%) Terraform
2 31 (1.74%) OAuth
3 24 (1.35%) SAML
4 22 (1.24%) REST
5 20 (1.12%) LDAP
6 19 (1.07%) .NET
7 17 (0.96%) OpenID
8 10 (0.56%) SailPoint
9 9 (0.51%) JSON
10 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.39%) ModSecurity
10 7 (0.39%) SOAP
11 6 (0.34%) Kafka
11 6 (0.34%) PySpark
11 6 (0.34%) RESTful
12 5 (0.28%) LangChain
12 5 (0.28%) LangGraph
12 5 (0.28%) Node.js
12 5 (0.28%) Regular Expression
12 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.38%) Cyber Threat
2 143 (8.04%) Security Posture
3 101 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 94 (5.29%) Onboarding
5 72 (4.05%) Driving Licence
6 63 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
7 58 (3.26%) Data Centre
8 48 (2.70%) Operational Technology
9 45 (2.53%) Cloud Native
10 41 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
11 38 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
12 32 (1.80%) PKI
13 28 (1.57%) Cyberattack
13 28 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 25 (1.41%) Social Media
16 23 (1.29%) Cyber Security Posture
16 23 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
17 22 (1.24%) AI Agents
18 20 (1.12%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 197 (11.08%) Windows
2 90 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 63 (3.54%) Linux
4 24 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.51%) Android
5 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.056%) AIX
10 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 353 (19.85%) AI
3 328 (18.45%) Information Security
4 297 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
5 243 (13.67%) Decision-Making
6 219 (12.32%) Risk Management
7 212 (11.92%) Incident Response
7 212 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 211 (11.87%) Mentoring
9 198 (11.14%) Cloud Security
10 192 (10.80%) Vulnerability Management
11 184 (10.35%) Security Operations
12 183 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 171 (9.62%) ITIL
14 166 (9.34%) SIEM
15 163 (9.17%) Identity Access Management
16 152 (8.55%) Service Delivery
17 145 (8.16%) Business Continuity
18 140 (7.87%) Agile
19 136 (7.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 123 (6.92%) Python
2 80 (4.50%) PowerShell
3 40 (2.25%) SQL
4 26 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
5 25 (1.41%) C++
6 18 (1.01%) Bash
6 18 (1.01%) Java
7 16 (0.90%) JavaScript
8 15 (0.84%) C#
9 14 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.67%) Go
11 11 (0.62%) Rust
12 8 (0.45%) C
13 7 (0.39%) Bicep
14 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.17%) Ada
15 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.11%) Embedded C
16 2 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 303 (17.04%) Security Cleared
2 236 (13.27%) CISSP
3 227 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 190 (10.69%) CISM
5 180 (10.12%) Degree
6 89 (5.01%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.37%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.32%) Network+ Certification
9 52 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 51 (2.87%) AWS Certification
11 48 (2.70%) Azure Certification
12 47 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
12 47 (2.64%) 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%) GIAC
17 29 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 27 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 320 (18.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 227 (12.77%) NIST
3 152 (8.55%) GDPR
4 144 (8.10%) GRC
5 138 (7.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.50%) PCI DSS
7 66 (3.71%) NCSC
8 51 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.80%) SLA
10 28 (1.57%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.41%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.29%) QA
13 21 (1.18%) COBIT
14 20 (1.12%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.01%) ISO 22301
16 17 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
17 16 (0.90%) JSP 440
18 15 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 12 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 11 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 203 (11.42%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.26%) Hyper-V
3 32 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.01%) Docker
6 17 (0.96%) Firmware
7 13 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.22%) vSphere
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.11%) NFS
12 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 158 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 30 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (1.12%) Ansible
4 15 (0.84%) CASB
5 13 (0.73%) FortiGate
6 12 (0.67%) Grafana
7 8 (0.45%) Nmap
7 8 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.39%) QRadar
9 6 (0.34%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 4 (0.22%) SCCM
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Graylog
12 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 575 (32.34%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.50%) Cisco
3 78 (4.39%) Palo Alto
4 70 (3.94%) CyberArk
5 52 (2.92%) VMware
6 46 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
7 39 (2.19%) Adobe
7 39 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.02%) Apple
9 34 (1.91%) Tenable
10 30 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 29 (1.63%) Qualys
12 26 (1.46%) Google
12 26 (1.46%) Splunk
13 24 (1.35%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.07%) Aruba
15 17 (0.96%) Veeam
16 15 (0.84%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.67%) SAP
18 11 (0.62%) Okta