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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,325 1,142 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.91% 7.83% 5.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.34% 8.26% 6.34%
Number of salaries quoted 863 658 1,256
10th Percentile £36,300 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,387 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £91,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -0.17% -8.46%

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 15,889 13,827 29,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.91% 94.82% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,338 8,083 23,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,300 £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 £106,100 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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 28 May 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 44 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.38%) WordPress
4 3 (0.23%) CMS
4 3 (0.23%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.075%) Drupal
6 1 (0.075%) IIS
6 1 (0.075%) nginx
6 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.81%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 345 (26.04%) Azure
2 184 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (13.06%) AWS
4 165 (12.45%) Entra ID
5 73 (5.51%) GCP
6 56 (4.23%) SaaS
7 54 (4.08%) Google Workspace
8 32 (2.42%) Power Platform
9 31 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 28 (2.11%) Serverless
11 21 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.21%) Mimecast
14 12 (0.91%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.75%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.75%) PaaS
16 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.45%) Datadog
17 6 (0.45%) GitHub
18 5 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 147 (11.09%) Firewall
2 90 (6.79%) Broadband
3 79 (5.96%) Network Security
4 41 (3.09%) DNS
5 40 (3.02%) VPN
6 28 (2.11%) VLAN
6 28 (2.11%) WAN
7 27 (2.04%) DHCP
8 24 (1.81%) Unified Communications
9 21 (1.58%) LAN
10 20 (1.51%) CHAP
11 18 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 16 (1.21%) SSL
13 15 (1.13%) TCP/IP
13 15 (1.13%) VoIP
14 14 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.91%) BGP
16 11 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (0.75%) Internet
18 9 (0.68%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.75%) Power BI
2 6 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.38%) Tableau
4 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.23%) Big Data
4 3 (0.23%) MySQL
4 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Metadata
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.075%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.075%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.075%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.89%) Snyk
2 8 (0.60%) GitLab
3 6 (0.45%) Git
4 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.38%) JMeter
4 5 (0.38%) Locust
4 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.30%) JIRA
6 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.15%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.075%) GDB
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.075%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.075%) WinDbg
General
1 373 (28.15%) Social Skills
2 166 (12.53%) Finance
3 134 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 116 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 104 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
6 95 (7.17%) Marketing
7 77 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (5.58%) Retail
9 57 (4.30%) Banking
10 53 (4.00%) Back Office
11 52 (3.92%) Games
12 48 (3.62%) Law
13 37 (2.79%) Legal
14 36 (2.72%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.11%) Aviation
16 21 (1.58%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.43%) Manufacturing
18 17 (1.28%) Advertising
19 15 (1.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 257 (19.40%) Senior
2 166 (12.53%) Analyst
3 164 (12.38%) Architect
4 123 (9.28%) Security Architect
5 106 (8.00%) Security Manager
6 103 (7.77%) Consultant
7 95 (7.17%) Support Engineer
8 84 (6.34%) Security Analyst
9 82 (6.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 75 (5.66%) Security Consultant
11 74 (5.58%) Senior Architect
12 72 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 72 (5.43%) Lead
13 56 (4.23%) IT Support
14 55 (4.15%) Developer
15 53 (4.00%) IT Manager
15 53 (4.00%) Senior Security Architect
16 52 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 49 (3.70%) Security Engineer
18 48 (3.62%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.75%) SAML
2 62 (4.68%) LDAP
2 62 (4.68%) OAuth
3 60 (4.53%) REST
4 59 (4.45%) OpenID
5 54 (4.08%) SOAP
6 53 (4.00%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.68%) XMPP
8 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.53%) Kafka
9 7 (0.53%) RESTful
10 6 (0.45%) Regular Expression
11 5 (0.38%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.38%) React
12 4 (0.30%) LangChain
12 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.30%) SAP CAF
13 3 (0.23%) Semantic Kernel
13 3 (0.23%) Spring
13 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.28%) Cyber Threat
2 103 (7.77%) Security Posture
3 84 (6.34%) Cyberattack
4 81 (6.11%) Management Information System
5 80 (6.04%) Onboarding
6 48 (3.62%) Data Centre
7 46 (3.47%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (2.79%) Driving Licence
9 36 (2.72%) PKI
9 36 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.42%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.34%) Blog
12 30 (2.26%) Operational Technology
13 28 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
14 26 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
15 22 (1.66%) Low-Code
16 21 (1.58%) Public Cloud
17 18 (1.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 16 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
19 14 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 160 (12.08%) Windows
2 58 (4.38%) Windows Server
3 55 (4.15%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.17%) Linux
5 18 (1.36%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.28%) Android
7 15 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.075%) AIX
10 1 (0.075%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.075%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.075%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (17.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 173 (13.06%) Incident Response
3 169 (12.75%) Mentoring
4 168 (12.68%) Risk Management
5 163 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (12.23%) Information Security
7 142 (10.72%) Vulnerability Management
8 140 (10.57%) AI
9 136 (10.26%) Roadmaps
10 124 (9.36%) Cloud Security
11 114 (8.60%) ITIL
12 109 (8.23%) Analytics
13 108 (8.15%) Security Operations
14 106 (8.00%) Agile
15 101 (7.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 97 (7.32%) Identity Access Management
17 93 (7.02%) Security Architecture
17 93 (7.02%) SIEM
17 93 (7.02%) Threat Modelling
18 87 (6.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 119 (8.98%) PowerShell
2 100 (7.55%) Python
3 60 (4.53%) Bash
4 52 (3.92%) T-SQL
5 42 (3.17%) SQL
6 28 (2.11%) Java
7 22 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.36%) C++
9 17 (1.28%) C#
10 13 (0.98%) C
11 9 (0.68%) Go
12 5 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
12 5 (0.38%) Rust
13 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.075%) Perl
15 1 (0.075%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.075%) Ruby
15 1 (0.075%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 205 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 171 (12.91%) SC Cleared
3 158 (11.92%) Degree
4 157 (11.85%) CISSP
5 115 (8.68%) CISM
6 54 (4.08%) AWS Certification
7 52 (3.92%) DV Cleared
8 48 (3.62%) CTC Cleared
9 41 (3.09%) CISA
10 35 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (2.11%) CREST Certified
12 28 (2.11%) SANS
13 26 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (1.96%) Azure Certification
14 23 (1.74%) CEH
15 21 (1.58%) FFIEC
16 20 (1.51%) CGEIT
16 20 (1.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (18.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 238 (17.96%) NIST
3 131 (9.89%) GDPR
4 103 (7.77%) GRC
5 92 (6.94%) NCSC
6 85 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 66 (4.98%) SLA
8 65 (4.91%) PCI DSS
9 38 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (2.11%) COBIT
11 21 (1.58%) QA
12 20 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 19 (1.43%) Accessibility
14 16 (1.21%) JSP 440
14 16 (1.21%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.83%) IEC 61508
15 11 (0.83%) MISRA
15 11 (0.83%) MISRA C
16 10 (0.75%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 148 (11.17%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.36%) Docker
6 10 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.45%) Firmware
8 6 (0.45%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 2 (0.15%) ClearTrust
10 1 (0.075%) KVM
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 65 (4.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.42%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.04%) Terraform
4 20 (1.51%) Ansible
4 20 (1.51%) Grafana
5 15 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.83%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.45%) CASB
8 6 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.38%) FTK
9 5 (0.38%) QRadar
9 5 (0.38%) SCCM
10 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.23%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.15%) Graylog
12 2 (0.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 342 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 89 (6.72%) Cisco
3 54 (4.08%) Apple
4 51 (3.85%) Adobe
5 49 (3.70%) VMware
6 48 (3.62%) Palo Alto
7 38 (2.87%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.72%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.72%) Tenable
9 29 (2.19%) Google
10 28 (2.11%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.74%) Splunk
12 19 (1.43%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.28%) SAP
14 11 (0.83%) Qualys
15 10 (0.75%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.75%) Oracle
16 9 (0.68%) Commvault
16 9 (0.68%) Sophos
17 7 (0.53%) Veeam