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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 28 39
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,493 1,238 1,684
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.94% 7.49% 5.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.39% 8.03% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 716 1,042
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -10.74%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,125
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.98% -8.86%

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 17,794 15,412 26,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 93.25% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 9,129 20,081
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,900 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%

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 July 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 57 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 5 (0.33%) IIS
4 5 (0.33%) WordPress
5 3 (0.20%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.067%) Confluence
7 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 32 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.61%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 397 (26.59%) Azure
2 195 (13.06%) AWS
3 190 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
4 167 (11.19%) Entra ID
5 90 (6.03%) SaaS
6 80 (5.36%) GCP
7 34 (2.28%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.94%) Serverless
9 27 (1.81%) Google Workspace
10 22 (1.47%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.14%) OneDrive
12 16 (1.07%) dbt
13 15 (1.00%) Mimecast
14 11 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.74%) PaaS
15 8 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (0.47%) Nutanix
17 6 (0.40%) Datadog
17 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 207 (13.86%) Firewall
2 126 (8.44%) Network Security
3 70 (4.69%) Broadband
4 65 (4.35%) VLAN
5 58 (3.88%) VPN
6 57 (3.82%) DNS
7 47 (3.15%) WAN
8 45 (3.01%) DHCP
9 36 (2.41%) TCP/IP
10 34 (2.28%) LAN
11 31 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (1.81%) VoIP
13 23 (1.54%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.27%) SSL
15 18 (1.21%) BGP
16 16 (1.07%) HTTP
16 16 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (1.07%) MPLS
16 16 (1.07%) SD-WAN
17 15 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.67%) Power BI
2 8 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.40%) Tableau
4 4 (0.27%) MySQL
4 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) Metadata
6 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.067%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.067%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.067%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.067%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.067%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.067%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.67%) Snyk
2 15 (1.00%) JIRA
3 9 (0.60%) Git
4 8 (0.54%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.33%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) Locust
6 5 (0.33%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) GDB
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) WinDbg
General
1 469 (31.41%) Social Skills
2 161 (10.78%) Finance
3 139 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 121 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (7.70%) Public Sector
6 109 (7.30%) Marketing
7 95 (6.36%) Legal
8 85 (5.69%) Retail
9 78 (5.22%) Law
10 49 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (3.15%) Banking
12 45 (3.01%) Games
13 43 (2.88%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.81%) Advertising
15 22 (1.47%) Aviation
15 22 (1.47%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.94%) Aerospace
18 14 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 307 (20.56%) Senior
2 184 (12.32%) Analyst
3 164 (10.98%) Architect
4 135 (9.04%) Consultant
5 116 (7.77%) Security Manager
6 100 (6.70%) Security Architect
7 97 (6.50%) Security Analyst
8 93 (6.23%) Security Consultant
9 88 (5.89%) Lead
10 87 (5.83%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 87 (5.83%) Senior Manager
11 83 (5.56%) Security Engineer
12 80 (5.36%) IT Manager
13 75 (5.02%) IT Support
14 72 (4.82%) Support Engineer
15 70 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
16 62 (4.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 57 (3.82%) IT Engineer
18 54 (3.62%) IT Support Engineer
19 48 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.88%) OAuth
1 43 (2.88%) SAML
2 37 (2.48%) LDAP
3 32 (2.14%) OpenID
3 32 (2.14%) REST
4 24 (1.61%) SOAP
5 23 (1.54%) GraphQL
6 9 (0.60%) XMPP
7 8 (0.54%) Kafka
7 8 (0.54%) LangChain
8 7 (0.47%) .NET
8 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.40%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.40%) RESTful
9 6 (0.40%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.33%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.33%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.33%) React
11 4 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.31%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (7.70%) Security Posture
3 93 (6.23%) Management Information System
4 72 (4.82%) Onboarding
5 64 (4.29%) Cyberattack
6 56 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
7 52 (3.48%) Driving Licence
8 44 (2.95%) Data Centre
9 41 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (2.55%) Cloud Native
11 32 (2.14%) PKI
12 30 (2.01%) Blog
13 26 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 25 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
15 22 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 21 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
17 19 (1.27%) Operational Technology
18 18 (1.21%) AI Agents
19 17 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
20 16 (1.07%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 158 (10.58%) Windows
2 68 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.55%) Linux
4 24 (1.61%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.80%) Android
6 11 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.067%) AIX
11 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.067%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 267 (17.88%) Information Security
3 229 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (14.87%) AI
5 209 (14.00%) Mentoring
6 206 (13.80%) Incident Response
7 204 (13.66%) Risk Management
8 179 (11.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 176 (11.79%) Decision-Making
10 171 (11.45%) Vulnerability Management
11 159 (10.65%) Cloud Security
12 144 (9.65%) Agile
13 140 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
14 138 (9.24%) Roadmaps
14 138 (9.24%) SIEM
15 135 (9.04%) Security Operations
16 125 (8.37%) ITIL
17 113 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
19 104 (6.97%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.70%) Python
2 88 (5.89%) PowerShell
3 33 (2.21%) SQL
4 32 (2.14%) Bash
5 25 (1.67%) Java
6 23 (1.54%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.21%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.07%) C++
9 12 (0.80%) Rust
10 11 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.54%) C
11 8 (0.54%) C#
11 8 (0.54%) Go
12 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.33%) PHP
14 3 (0.20%) Ada
14 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.067%) Bicep
16 1 (0.067%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 219 (14.67%) Security Cleared
2 218 (14.60%) CISSP
3 181 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 177 (11.86%) CISM
5 140 (9.38%) Degree
6 55 (3.68%) DV Cleared
7 51 (3.42%) A+ Certification
7 51 (3.42%) Network+ Certification
8 43 (2.88%) CISA
9 38 (2.55%) AWS Certification
9 38 (2.55%) CRISC
10 37 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 32 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (2.01%) Azure Certification
14 27 (1.81%) CREST Certified
15 26 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 26 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
16 24 (1.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 20 (1.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (20.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 228 (15.27%) NIST
3 170 (11.39%) GDPR
4 117 (7.84%) GRC
5 105 (7.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.63%) PCI DSS
7 74 (4.96%) NCSC
8 48 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 26 (1.74%) QA
9 26 (1.74%) SLA
10 25 (1.67%) COBIT
11 24 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (1.61%) SOC 2
12 20 (1.34%) Accessibility
13 17 (1.14%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.94%) ISO 22301
15 12 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 12 (0.80%) NIST 800
16 11 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 8 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 187 (12.53%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.94%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.47%) Firmware
8 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) vSphere
10 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.067%) KVM
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 123 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.61%) Terraform
4 20 (1.34%) Grafana
5 19 (1.27%) Ansible
6 15 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.87%) CASB
8 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.54%) QRadar
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.33%) Nmap
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) FTK
14 3 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.20%) SCCM
15 2 (0.13%) Graylog
15 2 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 438 (29.34%) Microsoft
2 74 (4.96%) Palo Alto
3 63 (4.22%) Cisco
4 49 (3.28%) CyberArk
5 48 (3.22%) VMware
6 41 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.28%) Tenable
9 33 (2.21%) Google
10 30 (2.01%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.94%) Adobe
11 29 (1.94%) Apple
11 29 (1.94%) Splunk
12 24 (1.61%) Qualys
13 20 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.14%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.94%) SAP
17 10 (0.67%) Oracle
17 10 (0.67%) Veeam