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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 39 48
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,061 982 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.38% 6.79% 5.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 7.13% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 637 667 1,260
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £75,625 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,700 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -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 14,205 13,781 27,430
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.39% 95.34% 92.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,275 8,885 22,754
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 8 March 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 32 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.47%) Drupal
3 5 (0.47%) nginx
3 5 (0.47%) WordPress
4 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.094%) Confluence
6 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.79%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.094%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Shopify
3 2 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 320 (30.16%) Azure
2 166 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
3 159 (14.99%) Entra ID
4 154 (14.51%) AWS
5 59 (5.56%) Google Workspace
6 38 (3.58%) GCP
7 33 (3.11%) SaaS
8 29 (2.73%) Power Platform
9 28 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (1.41%) Nutanix
13 14 (1.32%) Mimecast
14 12 (1.13%) PaaS
15 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
17 5 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
17 5 (0.47%) GitHub
18 4 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
19 3 (0.28%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 129 (12.16%) Firewall
2 73 (6.88%) Broadband
3 43 (4.05%) Network Security
4 39 (3.68%) VPN
5 28 (2.64%) DNS
6 22 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
7 20 (1.89%) CHAP
7 20 (1.89%) VLAN
8 18 (1.70%) DHCP
9 12 (1.13%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.94%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.85%) DMZ
11 9 (0.85%) WAN
12 8 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.75%) LAN
13 7 (0.66%) Internet
13 7 (0.66%) IP Telephony
13 7 (0.66%) VoIP
14 6 (0.57%) BGP
14 6 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.94%) Power BI
2 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.47%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.38%) Metadata
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.38%) Tableau
4 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.094%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.094%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.094%) Big Data
5 1 (0.094%) MySQL
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.094%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.13%) Jenkins
2 7 (0.66%) Git
2 7 (0.66%) GitLab
3 3 (0.28%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.28%) JMeter
3 3 (0.28%) Locust
4 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.19%) JIRA
4 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.094%) Snyk
5 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
General
1 379 (35.72%) Social Skills
2 177 (16.68%) Finance
3 101 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 97 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
6 88 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
7 73 (6.88%) Marketing
8 66 (6.22%) Back Office
9 61 (5.75%) Telecoms
10 59 (5.56%) Banking
11 57 (5.37%) Law
12 46 (4.34%) Legal
13 45 (4.24%) Games
14 35 (3.30%) Manufacturing
15 33 (3.11%) Retail
16 26 (2.45%) Electronics
17 23 (2.17%) Financial Institution
18 16 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.23%) Local Government
20 11 (1.04%) German Language
Job Titles
1 206 (19.42%) Senior
2 102 (9.61%) Support Engineer
3 100 (9.43%) Architect
4 93 (8.77%) Analyst
5 89 (8.39%) Consultant
6 64 (6.03%) Security Architect
7 63 (5.94%) Security Manager
8 60 (5.66%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.66%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (5.28%) Security Consultant
9 56 (5.28%) Site Engineer
10 54 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 49 (4.62%) Hardware Engineer
11 49 (4.62%) Senior Hardware Engineer
12 48 (4.52%) IT Support
13 47 (4.43%) Developer
14 46 (4.34%) IT Engineer
15 45 (4.24%) Senior Architect
16 44 (4.15%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.94%) REST
2 62 (5.84%) OAuth
2 62 (5.84%) OpenID
2 62 (5.84%) SAML
3 61 (5.75%) SOAP
4 60 (5.66%) GraphQL
4 60 (5.66%) LDAP
5 24 (2.26%) SAP CAF
6 6 (0.57%) CSS
6 6 (0.57%) HTML
7 5 (0.47%) .NET
7 5 (0.47%) Kafka
8 4 (0.38%) Android NDK
8 4 (0.38%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.38%) RESTful
8 4 (0.38%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.38%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.38%) WebSockets
9 3 (0.28%) CSS3
9 3 (0.28%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.99%) Cyber Threat
2 78 (7.35%) Security Posture
3 72 (6.79%) Cyberattack
4 61 (5.75%) Management Information System
5 53 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 38 (3.58%) Blog
7 33 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (3.02%) Driving Licence
9 31 (2.92%) Cloud Native
9 31 (2.92%) Public Cloud
10 30 (2.83%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (2.45%) Operational Technology
13 24 (2.26%) PKI
14 20 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
15 19 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
16 17 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
17 16 (1.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 15 (1.41%) Low-Code
18 15 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 158 (14.89%) Windows
2 71 (6.69%) Windows 10
3 51 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 43 (4.05%) Linux
5 19 (1.79%) Android
6 15 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.38%) Unix
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.094%) Debian
9 1 (0.094%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.094%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.094%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.094%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 143 (13.48%) Roadmaps
3 140 (13.20%) Risk Management
4 133 (12.54%) ITIL
5 128 (12.06%) Incident Response
5 128 (12.06%) Mentoring
6 126 (11.88%) Information Security
7 124 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (11.12%) AI
8 118 (11.12%) Analytics
9 88 (8.29%) Agile
10 84 (7.92%) Customer Service
10 84 (7.92%) Identity Access Management
11 83 (7.82%) Cloud Security
12 81 (7.63%) Project Management
12 81 (7.63%) Vulnerability Management
13 76 (7.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 75 (7.07%) Customer Experience
15 70 (6.60%) DevOps
15 70 (6.60%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 115 (10.84%) PowerShell
2 79 (7.45%) Python
3 70 (6.60%) Bash
4 58 (5.47%) T-SQL
5 50 (4.71%) SQL
6 24 (2.26%) C++
7 21 (1.98%) C#
7 21 (1.98%) Java
8 19 (1.79%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.23%) C
10 7 (0.66%) Go
11 5 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.47%) PHP
11 5 (0.47%) Rust
12 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.38%) R
13 3 (0.28%) Bicep
14 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.094%) Perl
15 1 (0.094%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 191 (18.00%) Degree
2 174 (16.40%) Security Cleared
3 155 (14.61%) CISSP
4 146 (13.76%) SC Cleared
5 112 (10.56%) CISM
6 60 (5.66%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (3.86%) AWS Certification
8 41 (3.86%) CISA
9 39 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (3.20%) CEH
11 30 (2.83%) DV Cleared
12 28 (2.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 28 (2.64%) SANS
13 26 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 25 (2.36%) PMP
15 23 (2.17%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.98%) FFIEC
16 21 (1.98%) OSCP
17 20 (1.89%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (21.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 224 (21.11%) NIST
3 96 (9.05%) GDPR
4 89 (8.39%) NCSC
5 71 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 71 (6.69%) GRC
6 68 (6.41%) SLA
7 41 (3.86%) PCI DSS
8 35 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 25 (2.36%) COBIT
10 15 (1.41%) ISO 22301
10 15 (1.41%) JSP 440
11 13 (1.23%) SOC 2
12 12 (1.13%) Accessibility
13 11 (1.04%) IEC 61508
13 11 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 11 (1.04%) MISRA
13 11 (1.04%) MISRA C
13 11 (1.04%) QA
14 8 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 129 (12.16%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 23 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.79%) Docker
5 12 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.38%) Firmware
8 4 (0.38%) vSphere
9 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.094%) iptables
10 1 (0.094%) KVM
10 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 55 (5.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.64%) Terraform
3 24 (2.26%) Ansible
4 21 (1.98%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.04%) Functional Safety
5 11 (1.04%) Grafana
5 11 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.85%) Nessus
7 5 (0.47%) FTK
7 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.38%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.38%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.38%) QRadar
8 4 (0.38%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.28%) Nagios
9 3 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 231 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 85 (8.01%) Cisco
3 53 (5.00%) VMware
4 29 (2.73%) Apple
5 28 (2.64%) SAP
6 24 (2.26%) Adobe
7 19 (1.79%) Google
7 19 (1.79%) PayPal
8 17 (1.60%) Fortinet
9 16 (1.51%) Splunk
10 15 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.41%) Tenable
11 14 (1.32%) Commvault
11 14 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (1.13%) Oracle
12 12 (1.13%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.04%) CheckPoint
14 10 (0.94%) Draytek
14 10 (0.94%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.85%) Qualys