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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 35 51
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 836 1,258 1,257
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.24% 6.33% 5.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.65% 7.18% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 556 647 949
10th Percentile £35,250 £38,650 £37,079
25th Percentile £46,188 £49,525 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,625 £96,000 £92,047
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.70% -1.60% -3.85%

All Process and 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 14,787 17,530 20,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.77% 88.25% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,599 10,445 16,813
10th Percentile £29,450 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,375
90th Percentile £99,800 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.58% - -

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 5 November 2025.

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 30 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.15%) IIS
4 10 (1.20%) CMS
5 8 (0.96%) Confluence
6 6 (0.72%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.36%) SAS
8 3 (0.36%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 29 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.15%) Chatbot
3 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.84%) AutoCAD
4 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.12%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.48%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.48%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) Pegasus Opera
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 186 (22.25%) Azure
2 118 (14.11%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (10.89%) AWS
4 69 (8.25%) Entra ID
5 36 (4.31%) Power Platform
6 29 (3.47%) SaaS
7 23 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.56%) GitHub
10 10 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.08%) IaaS
11 9 (1.08%) PowerApps
12 8 (0.96%) GCP
12 8 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.96%) PaaS
13 7 (0.84%) dbt
13 7 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 6 (0.72%) Google Workspace
14 6 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 85 (10.17%) Firewall
2 76 (9.09%) Network Security
3 56 (6.70%) VPN
4 24 (2.87%) Intrusion Detection
4 24 (2.87%) TCP/IP
5 23 (2.75%) VoIP
6 22 (2.63%) LAN
7 17 (2.03%) WAN
8 14 (1.67%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.67%) Wireshark
9 13 (1.56%) Unified Communications
10 10 (1.20%) Broadband
10 10 (1.20%) DNS
10 10 (1.20%) Modbus
11 9 (1.08%) DHCP
11 9 (1.08%) IP Telephony
11 9 (1.08%) VLAN
11 9 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.84%) DMZ
12 7 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.39%) Power BI
3 13 (1.56%) Tableau
4 10 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.72%) MySQL
6 5 (0.60%) Metadata
6 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.48%) MS Access
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.12%) DB2
8 1 (0.12%) GIS
8 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (1.56%) JIRA
2 8 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.84%) Git
3 7 (0.84%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.48%) Toad
5 3 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.36%) Snyk
6 2 (0.24%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.24%) GitLab
6 2 (0.24%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.12%) Babel
7 1 (0.12%) gulp
7 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 307 (36.72%) Social Skills
2 172 (20.57%) Finance
3 139 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (13.16%) Telecoms
5 87 (10.41%) Public Sector
6 82 (9.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 72 (8.61%) Marketing
8 51 (6.10%) Electronics
8 51 (6.10%) Legal
9 49 (5.86%) Manufacturing
10 48 (5.74%) Law
11 45 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (3.47%) Banking
13 24 (2.87%) Back Office
14 20 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
14 20 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (2.27%) Retail
16 17 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.91%) German Language
18 9 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 106 (12.68%) Senior
2 89 (10.65%) Consultant
3 71 (8.49%) Analyst
4 69 (8.25%) Security Consultant
5 67 (8.01%) Architect
6 49 (5.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 48 (5.74%) Support Engineer
8 47 (5.62%) IT Manager
9 46 (5.50%) Security Engineer
10 39 (4.67%) Lead
11 36 (4.31%) Security Manager
12 35 (4.19%) IT Support
13 34 (4.07%) IT Engineer
13 34 (4.07%) Security Analyst
13 34 (4.07%) Security Architect
14 33 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 28 (3.35%) IT Support Engineer
16 25 (2.99%) Tester
17 23 (2.75%) Head of IT
18 21 (2.51%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.91%) .NET
2 14 (1.67%) Node.js
2 14 (1.67%) SAP CAF
3 11 (1.32%) Web Services
4 10 (1.20%) REST
5 9 (1.08%) OAuth
6 8 (0.96%) SAML
7 7 (0.84%) OpenID
8 6 (0.72%) CSS
8 6 (0.72%) GraphQL
8 6 (0.72%) HTML
8 6 (0.72%) React
8 6 (0.72%) SOAP
8 6 (0.72%) XML
9 5 (0.60%) FreeSWITCH
9 5 (0.60%) JSON
9 5 (0.60%) LDAP
10 4 (0.48%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.48%) EDI
10 4 (0.48%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.54%) Management Information System
2 47 (5.62%) Cyber Threat
2 47 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 36 (4.31%) Security Posture
4 32 (3.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 31 (3.71%) Driving Licence
6 27 (3.23%) Operational Technology
7 24 (2.87%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.87%) Security Operations Centre
8 23 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (2.15%) Cloud Native
11 18 (2.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 16 (1.91%) CESG
13 15 (1.79%) Onboarding
14 14 (1.67%) Cyberattack
14 14 (1.67%) FPGA
15 12 (1.44%) PKI
16 11 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 126 (15.07%) Windows
2 59 (7.06%) Linux
3 42 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 28 (3.35%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.27%) Unix
6 12 (1.44%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.72%) Debian
9 5 (0.60%) Android
9 5 (0.60%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.24%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.12%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.12%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (17.70%) Risk Management
2 134 (16.03%) Information Security
3 121 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (12.68%) ITIL
5 102 (12.20%) Incident Response
6 100 (11.96%) AI
7 97 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (10.89%) Mentoring
9 84 (10.05%) Analytics
10 83 (9.93%) Roadmaps
11 81 (9.69%) DevOps
12 79 (9.45%) Agile
13 78 (9.33%) Vulnerability Management
14 76 (9.09%) SIEM
15 71 (8.49%) Security Operations
16 67 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
17 59 (7.06%) Decision-Making
17 59 (7.06%) Project Management
17 59 (7.06%) Security Architecture
18 58 (6.94%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 57 (6.82%) Python
2 47 (5.62%) SQL
3 44 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 19 (2.27%) Bash
5 16 (1.91%) C#
6 10 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (1.08%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.96%) R
9 6 (0.72%) C++
10 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.48%) Java
11 4 (0.48%) VB
12 3 (0.36%) PHP
12 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.24%) Bicep
13 2 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.12%) Groovy
14 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 187 (22.37%) Degree
2 152 (18.18%) CISSP
2 152 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 107 (12.80%) CISM
4 101 (12.08%) SC Cleared
5 54 (6.46%) CompTIA Security+
6 47 (5.62%) CEH
7 35 (4.19%) CISA
8 34 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 29 (3.47%) PMP
11 28 (3.35%) CRISC
11 28 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (2.75%) Azure Certification
12 23 (2.75%) CCNP
12 23 (2.75%) CISMP
12 23 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 23 (2.75%) PMI Certification
13 21 (2.51%) AWS Certification
14 20 (2.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (24.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 196 (23.44%) NIST
3 66 (7.89%) NCSC
4 63 (7.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 53 (6.34%) GDPR
6 51 (6.10%) GRC
7 43 (5.14%) PCI DSS
8 32 (3.83%) NIST 800
9 25 (2.99%) JSP 440
10 21 (2.51%) QA
11 20 (2.39%) SLA
12 19 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 17 (2.03%) RMADS
14 16 (1.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 13 (1.56%) SOC 2
16 12 (1.44%) PMO
17 9 (1.08%) COBIT
17 9 (1.08%) ISO 9001
18 8 (0.96%) SOC 1
19 6 (0.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 63 (7.54%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.08%) Firmware
7 8 (0.96%) Docker
8 7 (0.84%) vSphere
9 5 (0.60%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.24%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.12%) iptables
12 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 51 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.91%) Terraform
3 10 (1.20%) Ansible
4 9 (1.08%) RSA Archer
5 8 (0.96%) QRadar
5 8 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.60%) Nessus
7 5 (0.60%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.48%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.36%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.36%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.24%) Nagios
10 2 (0.24%) Nmap
10 2 (0.24%) Suricata
10 2 (0.24%) ZENworks
11 1 (0.12%) CASB
11 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.12%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 219 (26.20%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.62%) SAP
3 46 (5.50%) VMware
4 41 (4.90%) Cisco
5 33 (3.95%) Apple
6 28 (3.35%) Palo Alto
7 26 (3.11%) Adobe
8 20 (2.39%) Oracle
8 20 (2.39%) Salesforce
9 18 (2.15%) PayPal
10 12 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.32%) Splunk
12 10 (1.20%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.96%) Fortinet
14 7 (0.84%) Avaya
14 7 (0.84%) Dell
14 7 (0.84%) Draytek
14 7 (0.84%) Mitel
14 7 (0.84%) Tenable
14 7 (0.84%) WatchGuard