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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 31 44
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,397 1,198 1,821
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.75% 7.58% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.22% 8.07% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 950 683 1,169
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,713
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,174 £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 £72,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.08%

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 16,995 14,837 29,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 93.93% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,422 8,708 22,912
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,250
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% -9.09%

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 30 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 49 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.36%) SAS
3 5 (0.36%) WordPress
4 3 (0.21%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.21%) Trello
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.72%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.21%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.072%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 335 (23.98%) Azure
2 202 (14.46%) Microsoft 365
3 166 (11.88%) AWS
4 158 (11.31%) Entra ID
5 84 (6.01%) SaaS
6 76 (5.44%) GCP
7 41 (2.93%) Google Workspace
8 29 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (2.08%) Serverless
9 24 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.15%) Mimecast
11 15 (1.07%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (0.72%) PaaS
15 8 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.50%) Nutanix
17 6 (0.43%) Datadog
17 6 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 185 (13.24%) Firewall
2 109 (7.80%) Network Security
3 84 (6.01%) Broadband
4 52 (3.72%) DNS
5 49 (3.51%) VPN
6 48 (3.44%) VLAN
7 44 (3.15%) WAN
8 40 (2.86%) DHCP
9 32 (2.29%) LAN
10 25 (1.79%) TCP/IP
11 24 (1.72%) VoIP
11 24 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (1.65%) Unified Communications
13 18 (1.29%) SSL
14 17 (1.22%) BGP
14 17 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (1.15%) CHAP
16 15 (1.07%) HTTP
17 13 (0.93%) FTP
17 13 (0.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.64%) Power BI
2 8 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.36%) Tableau
4 4 (0.29%) MySQL
5 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.21%) Big Data
5 3 (0.21%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.072%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.072%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.072%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.072%) Metadata
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.072%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.072%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.072%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.79%) Snyk
2 10 (0.72%) JIRA
3 8 (0.57%) Git
3 8 (0.57%) GitLab
4 6 (0.43%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.43%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.36%) JMeter
5 5 (0.36%) Locust
5 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.072%) GDB
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.072%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.072%) WinDbg
General
1 394 (28.20%) Social Skills
2 170 (12.17%) Finance
3 118 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 114 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 110 (7.87%) Marketing
6 82 (5.87%) Retail
7 63 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
8 54 (3.87%) Banking
9 52 (3.72%) Games
10 47 (3.36%) Law
10 47 (3.36%) Legal
11 43 (3.08%) Back Office
12 42 (3.01%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.86%) Aviation
14 23 (1.65%) Advertising
15 21 (1.50%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.29%) Financial Institution
18 15 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 239 (17.11%) Senior
2 176 (12.60%) Analyst
3 147 (10.52%) Architect
4 115 (8.23%) Consultant
5 114 (8.16%) Security Manager
6 112 (8.02%) Security Architect
7 98 (7.02%) Security Analyst
8 93 (6.66%) Lead
8 93 (6.66%) Support Engineer
9 86 (6.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 84 (6.01%) Security Consultant
11 70 (5.01%) IT Manager
12 68 (4.87%) IT Support
13 63 (4.51%) Security Engineer
14 62 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 62 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
15 54 (3.87%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 51 (3.65%) IT Engineer
17 49 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 48 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (4.01%) OAuth
1 56 (4.01%) SAML
2 52 (3.72%) LDAP
3 47 (3.36%) REST
4 46 (3.29%) OpenID
5 39 (2.79%) SOAP
6 38 (2.72%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.64%) LangChain
7 9 (0.64%) XMPP
8 7 (0.50%) .NET
8 7 (0.50%) Kafka
8 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.43%) React
9 6 (0.43%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.43%) RESTful
10 5 (0.36%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.36%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.36%) ModSecurity
11 4 (0.29%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 134 (9.59%) Cyber Threat
2 121 (8.66%) Security Posture
3 86 (6.16%) Management Information System
4 79 (5.65%) Cyberattack
5 62 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 52 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.29%) Data Centre
8 40 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
9 39 (2.79%) Driving Licence
10 35 (2.51%) PKI
11 34 (2.43%) Cloud Native
12 31 (2.22%) Blog
13 27 (1.93%) Operational Technology
14 26 (1.86%) Cyber Security Posture
15 24 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
16 23 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
17 22 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 19 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
19 18 (1.29%) AI Agents
20 17 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 173 (12.38%) Windows
2 67 (4.80%) Windows Server
3 43 (3.08%) Linux
4 42 (3.01%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.57%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.93%) Android
7 12 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.072%) AIX
11 1 (0.072%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.072%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.072%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 214 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
3 210 (15.03%) Information Security
4 197 (14.10%) Risk Management
5 192 (13.74%) Incident Response
6 170 (12.17%) Mentoring
7 166 (11.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 146 (10.45%) Cloud Security
8 146 (10.45%) Decision-Making
9 145 (10.38%) AI
10 133 (9.52%) Roadmaps
11 125 (8.95%) SIEM
12 124 (8.88%) Security Operations
13 115 (8.23%) Agile
14 113 (8.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 106 (7.59%) ITIL
16 102 (7.30%) Identity Access Management
16 102 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 101 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
18 100 (7.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 105 (7.52%) PowerShell
2 104 (7.44%) Python
3 46 (3.29%) Bash
4 39 (2.79%) SQL
5 38 (2.72%) T-SQL
6 26 (1.86%) Java
7 22 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.00%) C++
9 12 (0.86%) C#
10 9 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.50%) C
11 7 (0.50%) Go
12 6 (0.43%) Rust
12 6 (0.43%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.36%) PHP
14 3 (0.21%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.072%) Bicep
16 1 (0.072%) Perl
16 1 (0.072%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 217 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 179 (12.81%) CISSP
3 177 (12.67%) SC Cleared
4 157 (11.24%) Degree
5 130 (9.31%) CISM
6 57 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.22%) CISA
8 39 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (2.65%) CRISC
9 37 (2.65%) CTC Cleared
10 35 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (2.36%) AWS Certification
12 29 (2.08%) CREST Certified
13 28 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (1.93%) Azure Certification
15 24 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 23 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 21 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 21 (1.50%) SANS
18 20 (1.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (21.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 238 (17.04%) NIST
3 165 (11.81%) GDPR
4 106 (7.59%) GRC
5 91 (6.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 87 (6.23%) NCSC
7 82 (5.87%) PCI DSS
8 57 (4.08%) SLA
9 42 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (2.08%) COBIT
11 24 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.65%) QA
13 19 (1.36%) SOC 2
14 18 (1.29%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.29%) JSP 440
15 12 (0.86%) ISO 22301
16 11 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 10 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 9 (0.64%) NIST 800
19 7 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 149 (10.67%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 30 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.15%) Docker
6 10 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.43%) vSphere
10 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.29%) Firmware
12 1 (0.072%) KVM
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 74 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.86%) Terraform
4 20 (1.43%) Grafana
5 18 (1.29%) Ansible
6 15 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.79%) CASB
8 9 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.64%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.50%) QRadar
10 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.36%) FTK
11 5 (0.36%) Functional Safety
11 5 (0.36%) Nmap
11 5 (0.36%) SCCM
12 4 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 383 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.51%) Cisco
3 69 (4.94%) Palo Alto
4 51 (3.65%) VMware
5 40 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (2.43%) Tenable
8 31 (2.22%) Apple
9 30 (2.15%) Google
10 29 (2.08%) Adobe
10 29 (2.08%) Fortinet
11 28 (2.00%) Splunk
12 22 (1.57%) Qualys
13 20 (1.43%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.07%) Aruba
15 14 (1.00%) SAP
16 10 (0.72%) Oracle
16 10 (0.72%) Veeam
17 9 (0.64%) CheckPoint
17 9 (0.64%) Sophos