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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,371 1,193 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.81% 7.71% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.31% 8.16% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 927 672 1,225
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.77%

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 16,496 14,625 30,850
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.89% 94.51% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,943 8,513 23,831
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 46 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.36%) WordPress
4 4 (0.29%) SAS
5 3 (0.22%) CMS
6 2 (0.15%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.073%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 60 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.75%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.073%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 349 (25.46%) Azure
2 190 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (12.33%) AWS
4 168 (12.25%) Entra ID
5 77 (5.62%) SaaS
6 73 (5.32%) GCP
7 51 (3.72%) Google Workspace
8 31 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (2.12%) Serverless
10 25 (1.82%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.17%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.02%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (0.73%) PaaS
15 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.58%) Nutanix
16 7 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (0.44%) Datadog
17 6 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 169 (12.33%) Firewall
2 95 (6.93%) Network Security
3 94 (6.86%) Broadband
4 49 (3.57%) DNS
4 49 (3.57%) VPN
5 40 (2.92%) WAN
6 37 (2.70%) DHCP
7 35 (2.55%) VLAN
8 29 (2.12%) LAN
9 23 (1.68%) TCP/IP
9 23 (1.68%) Unified Communications
10 21 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (1.46%) VoIP
12 17 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (1.24%) SSL
13 16 (1.17%) BGP
13 16 (1.17%) CHAP
14 14 (1.02%) HTTP
15 12 (0.88%) FTP
15 12 (0.88%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.66%) Power BI
2 5 (0.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.36%) Tableau
3 4 (0.29%) MySQL
4 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.22%) Big Data
4 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.073%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.073%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.073%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.073%) Metadata
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.073%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.073%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.073%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.82%) Snyk
2 9 (0.66%) JIRA
3 8 (0.58%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) GitLab
4 6 (0.44%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.44%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.36%) JMeter
5 5 (0.36%) Locust
5 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.073%) GDB
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.073%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.073%) WinDbg
General
1 377 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 166 (12.11%) Finance
3 118 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 107 (7.80%) Marketing
7 82 (5.98%) Retail
8 72 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (4.16%) Games
10 52 (3.79%) Banking
11 48 (3.50%) Law
12 46 (3.36%) Legal
13 39 (2.84%) Back Office
14 38 (2.77%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.04%) Aviation
16 21 (1.53%) Advertising
17 19 (1.39%) Manufacturing
18 18 (1.31%) Financial Institution
19 16 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
20 15 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (17.14%) Senior
2 178 (12.98%) Analyst
3 154 (11.23%) Architect
4 117 (8.53%) Security Architect
5 114 (8.32%) Security Manager
6 110 (8.02%) Consultant
7 99 (7.22%) Security Analyst
8 92 (6.71%) Lead
9 88 (6.42%) Support Engineer
10 86 (6.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 81 (5.91%) Security Consultant
12 65 (4.74%) IT Manager
12 65 (4.74%) IT Support
13 63 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 61 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 59 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
16 52 (3.79%) Security Engineer
17 51 (3.72%) Senior Architect
18 50 (3.65%) Developer
19 49 (3.57%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.67%) OAuth
1 64 (4.67%) SAML
2 62 (4.52%) LDAP
3 57 (4.16%) REST
4 55 (4.01%) OpenID
5 49 (3.57%) SOAP
6 48 (3.50%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.66%) XMPP
8 8 (0.58%) LangChain
9 7 (0.51%) .NET
9 7 (0.51%) Kafka
9 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.44%) React
10 6 (0.44%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.44%) RESTful
11 5 (0.36%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.36%) ModSecurity
12 4 (0.29%) LangGraph
13 3 (0.22%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.22%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.92%) Cyber Threat
2 118 (8.61%) Security Posture
3 89 (6.49%) Cyberattack
4 81 (5.91%) Management Information System
5 62 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
9 37 (2.70%) PKI
10 35 (2.55%) Driving Licence
11 34 (2.48%) Cloud Native
12 31 (2.26%) Blog
13 26 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
13 26 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.90%) Operational Technology
14 22 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 22 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (1.24%) AI Agents
15 17 (1.24%) Low-Code
15 17 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 164 (11.96%) Windows
2 66 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 43 (3.14%) Linux
4 40 (2.92%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.60%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.95%) Android
7 12 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.073%) AIX
11 1 (0.073%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.073%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.073%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 202 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
3 196 (14.30%) Information Security
4 189 (13.79%) Incident Response
5 186 (13.57%) Risk Management
6 174 (12.69%) Mentoring
7 161 (11.74%) Vulnerability Management
8 146 (10.65%) AI
9 142 (10.36%) Cloud Security
10 138 (10.07%) Roadmaps
11 125 (9.12%) Security Operations
12 124 (9.04%) Decision-Making
13 118 (8.61%) SIEM
14 113 (8.24%) Agile
15 111 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 106 (7.73%) Identity Access Management
17 102 (7.44%) ITIL
18 99 (7.22%) Threat Modelling
19 98 (7.15%) Analytics
19 98 (7.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.53%) PowerShell
2 103 (7.51%) Python
3 56 (4.08%) Bash
4 48 (3.50%) T-SQL
5 42 (3.06%) SQL
6 26 (1.90%) Java
7 23 (1.68%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.95%) C#
8 13 (0.95%) C++
9 9 (0.66%) C
9 9 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.51%) Go
11 5 (0.36%) PHP
11 5 (0.36%) Rust
11 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.073%) Bicep
14 1 (0.073%) Perl
14 1 (0.073%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (15.17%) Security Cleared
2 173 (12.62%) SC Cleared
3 172 (12.55%) CISSP
4 153 (11.16%) Degree
5 125 (9.12%) CISM
6 57 (4.16%) DV Cleared
7 42 (3.06%) CISA
8 40 (2.92%) AWS Certification
9 37 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (2.41%) CTC Cleared
12 32 (2.33%) CRISC
13 29 (2.12%) CREST Certified
14 28 (2.04%) Azure Certification
14 28 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
15 24 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 21 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 21 (1.53%) SANS
17 20 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 19 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (21.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 246 (17.94%) NIST
3 155 (11.31%) GDPR
4 106 (7.73%) GRC
5 97 (7.08%) NCSC
6 90 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 79 (5.76%) PCI DSS
8 54 (3.94%) SLA
9 41 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 27 (1.97%) COBIT
11 24 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.68%) QA
13 19 (1.39%) JSP 440
14 18 (1.31%) Accessibility
15 17 (1.24%) SOC 2
16 10 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 10 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 9 (0.66%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.58%) NIST 800
19 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 156 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 35 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 31 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.24%) Docker
6 10 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.44%) vSphere
10 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.29%) Firmware
12 1 (0.073%) KVM
12 1 (0.073%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 73 (5.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.97%) Terraform
4 20 (1.46%) Grafana
5 19 (1.39%) Ansible
6 15 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.73%) CASB
8 9 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.58%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.51%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.51%) QRadar
11 6 (0.44%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.44%) SCCM
12 5 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.36%) FTK
12 5 (0.36%) Nmap
13 4 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.22%) RSA Archer
15 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 376 (27.43%) Microsoft
2 86 (6.27%) Cisco
3 65 (4.74%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.79%) VMware
5 40 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
7 37 (2.70%) Apple
8 35 (2.55%) Adobe
9 34 (2.48%) Tenable
10 31 (2.26%) Google
11 28 (2.04%) Fortinet
11 28 (2.04%) Splunk
12 21 (1.53%) Salesforce
13 20 (1.46%) Qualys
14 14 (1.02%) SAP
15 13 (0.95%) Aruba
16 10 (0.73%) Oracle
17 9 (0.66%) CheckPoint
17 9 (0.66%) Sophos
17 9 (0.66%) Veeam