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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 32 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,350 1,189 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.74% 7.72% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 8.16% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 911 666 1,231
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
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 £83,750 £72,375 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 16,378 14,566 30,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.83% 94.52% 88.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,822 8,457 23,835
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 18 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 45 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.37%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 60 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.78%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.37%) 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 (0.074%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 342 (25.33%) Azure
2 182 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (12.44%) Entra ID
4 164 (12.15%) AWS
5 75 (5.56%) SaaS
6 73 (5.41%) GCP
7 51 (3.78%) Google Workspace
8 31 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
9 28 (2.07%) Serverless
10 25 (1.85%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.04%) OneDrive
13 13 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.74%) PaaS
16 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
17 8 (0.59%) Nutanix
18 6 (0.44%) Datadog
18 6 (0.44%) GitHub
19 5 (0.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 169 (12.52%) Firewall
2 94 (6.96%) Broadband
3 90 (6.67%) Network Security
4 48 (3.56%) DNS
4 48 (3.56%) VPN
5 40 (2.96%) WAN
6 36 (2.67%) DHCP
7 33 (2.44%) VLAN
8 30 (2.22%) LAN
9 23 (1.70%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.63%) TCP/IP
11 21 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
12 20 (1.48%) VoIP
13 18 (1.33%) SSL
14 17 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (1.19%) BGP
15 16 (1.19%) CHAP
16 13 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (0.96%) Internet
17 12 (0.89%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.67%) Power BI
2 5 (0.37%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.37%) Tableau
3 3 (0.22%) Big Data
3 3 (0.22%) MySQL
3 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.074%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.074%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.074%) Metadata
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.074%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.074%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.074%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.85%) Snyk
2 8 (0.59%) GitLab
3 7 (0.52%) Git
3 7 (0.52%) JIRA
4 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.37%) JMeter
4 5 (0.37%) Locust
4 5 (0.37%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.074%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.074%) GDB
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.074%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.074%) WinDbg
General
1 371 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 164 (12.15%) Finance
3 117 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 114 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
6 108 (8.00%) Marketing
7 81 (6.00%) Retail
8 72 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (4.22%) Games
10 52 (3.85%) Banking
11 48 (3.56%) Law
12 45 (3.33%) Legal
13 39 (2.89%) Back Office
13 39 (2.89%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.07%) Aviation
15 20 (1.48%) Advertising
16 19 (1.41%) Manufacturing
17 17 (1.26%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 235 (17.41%) Senior
2 176 (13.04%) Analyst
3 150 (11.11%) Architect
4 115 (8.52%) Security Architect
5 112 (8.30%) Security Manager
6 103 (7.63%) Consultant
7 97 (7.19%) Security Analyst
8 91 (6.74%) Lead
9 87 (6.44%) Support Engineer
10 84 (6.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 75 (5.56%) Security Consultant
12 65 (4.81%) IT Support
13 63 (4.67%) IT Manager
14 62 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 59 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 59 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
16 53 (3.93%) Security Engineer
17 51 (3.78%) Senior Architect
18 50 (3.70%) Developer
19 49 (3.63%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.67%) SAML
2 62 (4.59%) LDAP
2 62 (4.59%) OAuth
3 56 (4.15%) REST
4 55 (4.07%) OpenID
5 49 (3.63%) SOAP
6 48 (3.56%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.67%) XMPP
8 8 (0.59%) LangChain
9 7 (0.52%) Kafka
9 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.44%) .NET
10 6 (0.44%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.44%) RESTful
11 5 (0.37%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.37%) React
12 4 (0.30%) LangGraph
12 4 (0.30%) ModSecurity
12 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
13 3 (0.22%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 133 (9.85%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (8.52%) Security Posture
3 89 (6.59%) Cyberattack
4 77 (5.70%) Management Information System
5 62 (4.59%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.48%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
9 37 (2.74%) PKI
10 34 (2.52%) Cloud Native
10 34 (2.52%) Driving Licence
11 31 (2.30%) Blog
12 26 (1.93%) Cyber Security Posture
12 26 (1.93%) Operational Technology
13 25 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
15 20 (1.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 17 (1.26%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.26%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 160 (11.85%) Windows
2 64 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 41 (3.04%) Linux
4 40 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.63%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.96%) Android
7 12 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.074%) AIX
10 1 (0.074%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.074%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.074%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.074%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 195 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
3 189 (14.00%) Information Security
4 188 (13.93%) Incident Response
5 180 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 171 (12.67%) Mentoring
7 156 (11.56%) Vulnerability Management
8 142 (10.52%) AI
9 139 (10.30%) Cloud Security
10 135 (10.00%) Roadmaps
11 125 (9.26%) Security Operations
12 119 (8.81%) Decision-Making
13 116 (8.59%) SIEM
14 111 (8.22%) Agile
15 109 (8.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 108 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
17 102 (7.56%) ITIL
18 99 (7.33%) Threat Modelling
19 97 (7.19%) Analytics
19 97 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (8.44%) PowerShell
2 103 (7.63%) Python
3 56 (4.15%) Bash
4 48 (3.56%) T-SQL
5 41 (3.04%) SQL
6 26 (1.93%) Java
7 22 (1.63%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.04%) C++
9 12 (0.89%) C#
10 10 (0.74%) C
11 9 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.52%) Go
13 5 (0.37%) PHP
13 5 (0.37%) Rust
14 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
17 1 (0.074%) Bicep
17 1 (0.074%) Perl
17 1 (0.074%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 203 (15.04%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.52%) SC Cleared
3 167 (12.37%) CISSP
4 148 (10.96%) Degree
5 122 (9.04%) CISM
6 55 (4.07%) DV Cleared
7 40 (2.96%) AWS Certification
7 40 (2.96%) CISA
8 36 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (2.44%) CTC Cleared
11 30 (2.22%) CRISC
12 28 (2.07%) Azure Certification
13 26 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (1.93%) CREST Certified
14 24 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 21 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 21 (1.56%) SANS
16 19 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
16 19 (1.41%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (20.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 238 (17.63%) NIST
3 152 (11.26%) GDPR
4 102 (7.56%) GRC
5 95 (7.04%) NCSC
6 87 (6.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 77 (5.70%) PCI DSS
8 54 (4.00%) SLA
9 39 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 27 (2.00%) COBIT
11 23 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 22 (1.63%) QA
13 18 (1.33%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.33%) JSP 440
14 17 (1.26%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 10 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.67%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.59%) IEC 61508
17 8 (0.59%) MISRA C
System Software
1 154 (11.41%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.52%) Hyper-V
3 31 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.26%) Docker
6 10 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.44%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.44%) vSphere
10 5 (0.37%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.30%) Firmware
12 1 (0.074%) KVM
12 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 70 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.00%) Terraform
4 20 (1.48%) Ansible
4 20 (1.48%) Grafana
5 16 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.74%) CASB
7 9 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (0.59%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.59%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.52%) QRadar
10 6 (0.44%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.37%) FTK
11 5 (0.37%) SCCM
12 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.22%) Nmap
13 3 (0.22%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 366 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.44%) Cisco
3 63 (4.67%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.85%) VMware
5 40 (2.96%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
7 37 (2.74%) Apple
8 35 (2.59%) Adobe
9 33 (2.44%) Tenable
10 30 (2.22%) Google
11 29 (2.15%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.93%) Splunk
13 21 (1.56%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.26%) Qualys
15 14 (1.04%) SAP
16 13 (0.96%) Aruba
17 10 (0.74%) CheckPoint
17 10 (0.74%) Oracle
18 9 (0.67%) Sophos
18 9 (0.67%) Veeam