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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,571 1,270 1,473
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.05% 7.70% 5.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.51% 8.28% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 735 850
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -5.98% -13.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £93,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.98% -8.51%

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 18,460 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,367 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 4 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 61 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.57%) SAS
4 7 (0.45%) IIS
5 5 (0.32%) WordPress
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.064%) Confluence
7 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 38 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.53%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.064%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.064%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 390 (24.82%) Azure
2 199 (12.67%) AWS
3 197 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
4 171 (10.88%) Entra ID
5 96 (6.11%) SaaS
6 77 (4.90%) GCP
7 33 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.85%) Serverless
9 22 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 18 (1.15%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.02%) dbt
12 14 (0.89%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.70%) Google Workspace
14 11 (0.70%) PaaS
15 10 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (0.45%) GitHub
17 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
18 6 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 214 (13.62%) Firewall
2 141 (8.98%) Network Security
3 70 (4.46%) VLAN
4 60 (3.82%) DNS
5 57 (3.63%) VPN
6 52 (3.31%) WAN
7 48 (3.06%) Broadband
8 46 (2.93%) DHCP
9 39 (2.48%) LAN
10 37 (2.36%) TCP/IP
11 34 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (1.65%) VoIP
13 22 (1.40%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.21%) BGP
14 19 (1.21%) SSL
15 18 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (1.08%) HTTP
17 16 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (1.02%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.95%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.70%) Power BI
2 9 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.38%) Tableau
4 4 (0.25%) Big Data
4 4 (0.25%) MySQL
5 3 (0.19%) Metadata
5 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.064%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.064%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.064%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.064%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.064%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.064%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.064%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.72%) Snyk
2 20 (1.27%) JIRA
3 8 (0.51%) Git
4 7 (0.45%) GitLab
5 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.32%) JMeter
5 5 (0.32%) Locust
5 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.32%) VersionOne
6 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.064%) GDB
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.064%) WinDbg
General
1 504 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 174 (11.08%) Finance
3 160 (10.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 133 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.00%) Marketing
7 107 (6.81%) Legal
8 87 (5.54%) Retail
9 75 (4.77%) Law
10 49 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 42 (2.67%) Banking
13 37 (2.36%) Games
14 29 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.78%) Advertising
16 23 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 23 (1.46%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.40%) Aviation
18 21 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.95%) Police
Job Titles
1 327 (20.81%) Senior
2 195 (12.41%) Analyst
3 162 (10.31%) Architect
4 151 (9.61%) Consultant
5 118 (7.51%) Security Manager
6 102 (6.49%) Security Consultant
7 101 (6.43%) Security Analyst
8 98 (6.24%) Security Architect
9 95 (6.05%) Lead
9 95 (6.05%) Security Engineer
9 95 (6.05%) Senior Manager
10 89 (5.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 84 (5.35%) IT Manager
12 72 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
13 71 (4.52%) IT Support
13 71 (4.52%) Support Engineer
14 64 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 53 (3.37%) IT Engineer
16 51 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 49 (3.12%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.97%) OAuth
2 29 (1.85%) SAML
3 22 (1.40%) LDAP
4 20 (1.27%) OpenID
5 19 (1.21%) REST
6 10 (0.64%) SOAP
6 10 (0.64%) XMPP
7 9 (0.57%) .NET
7 9 (0.57%) GraphQL
8 8 (0.51%) LangChain
9 7 (0.45%) Kafka
9 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.45%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.38%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.38%) RESTful
11 5 (0.32%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.32%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.32%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.32%) React
12 4 (0.25%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 131 (8.34%) Cyber Threat
2 118 (7.51%) Security Posture
3 96 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 80 (5.09%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (3.50%) Driving Licence
7 48 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 44 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
9 43 (2.74%) Cloud Native
10 42 (2.67%) Cyberattack
11 32 (2.04%) PKI
12 27 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.59%) Blog
13 25 (1.59%) Operational Technology
14 24 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
15 21 (1.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 20 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.15%) AI Agents
17 18 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
18 17 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 163 (10.38%) Windows
2 68 (4.33%) Windows Server
3 54 (3.44%) Linux
4 24 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.64%) Android
6 9 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.064%) AIX
9 1 (0.064%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.064%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (19.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 287 (18.27%) Information Security
3 267 (17.00%) AI
4 243 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (13.69%) Mentoring
6 210 (13.37%) Risk Management
7 205 (13.05%) Incident Response
8 198 (12.60%) Decision-Making
9 193 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 171 (10.88%) Vulnerability Management
11 167 (10.63%) Cloud Security
12 154 (9.80%) Agile
13 151 (9.61%) ITIL
14 141 (8.98%) Identity Access Management
14 141 (8.98%) SIEM
15 137 (8.72%) Security Operations
16 128 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 122 (7.77%) Roadmaps
18 118 (7.51%) Business Continuity
19 117 (7.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (7.19%) Python
2 75 (4.77%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.91%) SQL
4 23 (1.46%) Java
5 19 (1.21%) Bash
5 19 (1.21%) JavaScript
6 14 (0.89%) C++
7 12 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (0.64%) Rust
9 9 (0.57%) C#
10 8 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.45%) Go
11 7 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.25%) C
12 4 (0.25%) PHP
13 3 (0.19%) Ada
13 3 (0.19%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.064%) Bicep
15 1 (0.064%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 256 (16.30%) Security Cleared
2 226 (14.39%) CISSP
3 196 (12.48%) SC Cleared
4 180 (11.46%) CISM
5 154 (9.80%) Degree
6 72 (4.58%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.76%) A+ Certification
8 58 (3.69%) Network+ Certification
9 43 (2.74%) AWS Certification
10 39 (2.48%) CISA
11 38 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (2.42%) CRISC
12 35 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 34 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
13 34 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
14 33 (2.10%) Azure Certification
15 26 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 26 (1.65%) CREST Certified
15 26 (1.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 23 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 307 (19.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 220 (14.00%) NIST
3 160 (10.18%) GDPR
4 126 (8.02%) GRC
5 111 (7.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (5.28%) PCI DSS
7 62 (3.95%) NCSC
8 49 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 29 (1.85%) SLA
10 26 (1.65%) QA
10 26 (1.65%) SOC 2
11 25 (1.59%) Accessibility
12 23 (1.46%) COBIT
13 20 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 16 (1.02%) JSP 440
15 15 (0.95%) ISO 22301
16 14 (0.89%) NIST 800
17 12 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 11 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 9 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 184 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.95%) Docker
5 15 (0.95%) Firmware
6 11 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.45%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.45%) vSphere
9 5 (0.32%) ClearTrust
10 1 (0.064%) KVM
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 130 (8.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.65%) Terraform
3 19 (1.21%) Ansible
3 19 (1.21%) Grafana
4 16 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.89%) CASB
6 12 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.45%) QRadar
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
10 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.19%) SCCM
12 2 (0.13%) FTK
12 2 (0.13%) Graylog
12 2 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 471 (29.98%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.16%) Palo Alto
3 74 (4.71%) Cisco
4 62 (3.95%) CyberArk
5 49 (3.12%) VMware
6 44 (2.80%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.36%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.23%) Fortinet
9 33 (2.10%) Apple
9 33 (2.10%) Google
10 32 (2.04%) Adobe
10 32 (2.04%) Tenable
11 31 (1.97%) Splunk
12 24 (1.53%) Qualys
12 24 (1.53%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.15%) Aruba
14 15 (0.95%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.83%) SAP
16 10 (0.64%) Okta
16 10 (0.64%) Veeam