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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 44
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,386 1,193 1,862
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.79% 7.66% 5.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.27% 8.12% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 940 677 1,206
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 £72,000 £77,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.42%

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 16,750 14,693 30,457
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.39% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12,187 8,560 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,969 £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 £75,000
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 24 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 48 (3.46%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.36%) SAS
3 5 (0.36%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) 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 62 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Trello
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.73%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.22%) 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
1 346 (24.96%) Azure
2 197 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (12.19%) Entra ID
4 166 (11.98%) AWS
5 82 (5.92%) SaaS
6 76 (5.48%) GCP
7 51 (3.68%) Google Workspace
8 30 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (2.09%) Serverless
10 25 (1.80%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.15%) Mimecast
12 15 (1.08%) OneDrive
13 14 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.72%) PaaS
16 8 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.51%) Nutanix
18 6 (0.43%) Datadog
18 6 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 176 (12.70%) Firewall
2 101 (7.29%) Network Security
3 94 (6.78%) Broadband
4 51 (3.68%) DNS
5 49 (3.54%) VPN
6 42 (3.03%) WAN
7 41 (2.96%) VLAN
8 39 (2.81%) DHCP
9 31 (2.24%) LAN
10 25 (1.80%) TCP/IP
11 23 (1.66%) Unified Communications
11 23 (1.66%) VoIP
11 23 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (1.23%) SSL
13 16 (1.15%) BGP
13 16 (1.15%) CHAP
14 14 (1.01%) HTTP
15 13 (0.94%) Internet
16 12 (0.87%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.65%) Power BI
2 7 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.36%) Tableau
4 4 (0.29%) MySQL
5 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.22%) Big Data
5 3 (0.22%) 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 (1.80%) Snyk
2 9 (0.65%) JIRA
3 8 (0.58%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) 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
1 385 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 171 (12.34%) Finance
3 121 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 113 (8.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 109 (7.86%) Marketing
7 84 (6.06%) Retail
8 72 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (4.11%) Games
10 54 (3.90%) Banking
11 48 (3.46%) Legal
12 47 (3.39%) Law
13 42 (3.03%) Back Office
14 39 (2.81%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.02%) Aviation
16 22 (1.59%) Advertising
17 21 (1.52%) Manufacturing
18 18 (1.30%) Financial Institution
19 16 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
20 15 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 236 (17.03%) Senior
2 176 (12.70%) Analyst
3 149 (10.75%) Architect
4 114 (8.23%) Security Manager
5 113 (8.15%) Consultant
5 113 (8.15%) Security Architect
6 100 (7.22%) Security Analyst
7 93 (6.71%) Lead
8 91 (6.57%) Support Engineer
9 86 (6.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 84 (6.06%) Security Consultant
11 68 (4.91%) IT Manager
11 68 (4.91%) IT Support
12 64 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 60 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
14 56 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 56 (4.04%) Security Engineer
15 51 (3.68%) Developer
15 51 (3.68%) IT Engineer
16 48 (3.46%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.62%) OAuth
1 64 (4.62%) SAML
2 62 (4.47%) LDAP
3 57 (4.11%) REST
4 55 (3.97%) OpenID
5 49 (3.54%) SOAP
6 48 (3.46%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.65%) LangChain
7 9 (0.65%) XMPP
8 7 (0.51%) .NET
8 7 (0.51%) Kafka
8 7 (0.51%) 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
1 138 (9.96%) Cyber Threat
2 120 (8.66%) Security Posture
3 89 (6.42%) Cyberattack
4 85 (6.13%) Management Information System
5 59 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 48 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.32%) Data Centre
8 42 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
9 36 (2.60%) Driving Licence
9 36 (2.60%) PKI
10 35 (2.53%) Cloud Native
11 30 (2.16%) Blog
12 27 (1.95%) Operational Technology
13 26 (1.88%) Cyber Security Posture
14 25 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
16 21 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 18 (1.30%) AI Agents
17 18 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
18 17 (1.23%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 170 (12.27%) Windows
2 68 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 43 (3.10%) Linux
4 41 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.59%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.94%) Android
7 12 (0.87%) 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 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.072%) AIX
11 1 (0.072%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.072%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.072%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 210 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 204 (14.72%) Information Security
4 194 (14.00%) Incident Response
4 194 (14.00%) Risk Management
5 179 (12.91%) Mentoring
6 163 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
7 146 (10.53%) Cloud Security
8 142 (10.25%) AI
9 141 (10.17%) Roadmaps
10 137 (9.88%) Decision-Making
11 126 (9.09%) Security Operations
12 123 (8.87%) SIEM
13 116 (8.37%) Agile
14 112 (8.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 109 (7.86%) Identity Access Management
16 104 (7.50%) ITIL
17 103 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
18 100 (7.22%) Analytics
19 99 (7.14%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 116 (8.37%) PowerShell
2 105 (7.58%) Python
3 56 (4.04%) Bash
4 48 (3.46%) T-SQL
5 44 (3.17%) SQL
6 26 (1.88%) Java
7 23 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.01%) C++
9 13 (0.94%) C#
10 9 (0.65%) C
10 9 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.51%) Go
12 5 (0.36%) PHP
12 5 (0.36%) Rust
12 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.072%) Bicep
15 1 (0.072%) Perl
15 1 (0.072%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 211 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 178 (12.84%) CISSP
3 176 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 155 (11.18%) Degree
5 130 (9.38%) CISM
6 56 (4.04%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.25%) CISA
8 38 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (2.60%) CRISC
9 36 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (2.53%) CTC Cleared
11 34 (2.45%) AWS Certification
12 29 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (2.09%) CREST Certified
13 28 (2.02%) Azure Certification
14 24 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 21 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 21 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 21 (1.52%) SANS
16 20 (1.44%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 249 (17.97%) NIST
3 161 (11.62%) GDPR
4 106 (7.65%) GRC
5 97 (7.00%) NCSC
6 93 (6.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 81 (5.84%) PCI DSS
8 56 (4.04%) SLA
9 42 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 30 (2.16%) COBIT
11 24 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.66%) QA
13 19 (1.37%) SOC 2
14 18 (1.30%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.30%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 9 (0.65%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.58%) ISO 22301
18 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 159 (11.47%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.67%) Hyper-V
3 31 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.23%) Docker
6 10 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.51%) 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 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.95%) Terraform
4 20 (1.44%) Grafana
5 19 (1.37%) Ansible
6 15 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.72%) CASB
8 9 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.58%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.51%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.51%) QRadar
11 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.43%) 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 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 379 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 88 (6.35%) Cisco
3 67 (4.83%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.75%) VMware
5 40 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.81%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (2.45%) Tenable
8 31 (2.24%) Apple
8 31 (2.24%) Google
9 29 (2.09%) Adobe
9 29 (2.09%) Fortinet
10 28 (2.02%) Splunk
11 21 (1.52%) Qualys
12 20 (1.44%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.01%) Aruba
13 14 (1.01%) SAP
14 10 (0.72%) Oracle
14 10 (0.72%) Veeam
15 9 (0.65%) CheckPoint
15 9 (0.65%) Sophos