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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 33 44
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,197 1,009 1,806
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.82% 7.65% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.20% 8.07% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 746 719 1,303
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,716 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%

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 16 April 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 27 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.58%) WordPress
4 5 (0.42%) Drupal
4 5 (0.42%) nginx
5 4 (0.33%) CMS
6 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.084%) Confluence
8 1 (0.084%) IIS
8 1 (0.084%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.50%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.084%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.75%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.42%) Shopify
4 4 (0.33%) SAP Business One
5 3 (0.25%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.084%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 336 (28.07%) Azure
2 171 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (13.70%) AWS
4 154 (12.87%) Entra ID
5 58 (4.85%) Google Workspace
6 51 (4.26%) GCP
6 51 (4.26%) SaaS
7 28 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 26 (2.17%) Power Platform
9 24 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.25%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.17%) Nutanix
12 14 (1.17%) Serverless
13 9 (0.75%) PaaS
14 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.42%) Datadog
15 5 (0.42%) dbt
15 5 (0.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 136 (11.36%) Firewall
2 78 (6.52%) Broadband
3 58 (4.85%) Network Security
4 34 (2.84%) VPN
5 30 (2.51%) DNS
6 24 (2.01%) CHAP
6 24 (2.01%) VLAN
7 21 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (1.34%) DHCP
8 16 (1.34%) WAN
9 14 (1.17%) LAN
10 13 (1.09%) Unified Communications
11 12 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (0.84%) VoIP
13 8 (0.67%) TCP/IP
14 7 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (0.58%) DMZ
14 7 (0.58%) Internet
14 7 (0.58%) SSL
14 7 (0.58%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.67%) Power BI
2 5 (0.42%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.33%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.25%) Metadata
4 3 (0.25%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.25%) MySQL
4 3 (0.25%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.084%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.084%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.084%) Big Data
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.084%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.084%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (0.92%) Snyk
2 8 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.58%) Git
3 7 (0.58%) GitLab
4 5 (0.42%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.42%) JMeter
4 5 (0.42%) Locust
5 4 (0.33%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.17%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.17%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.084%) GDB
7 1 (0.084%) JIRA
7 1 (0.084%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.084%) WinDbg
General
1 393 (32.83%) Social Skills
2 173 (14.45%) Finance
3 120 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (8.60%) Public Sector
5 84 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
6 79 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (6.52%) Marketing
8 65 (5.43%) Law
9 64 (5.35%) Banking
10 63 (5.26%) Back Office
11 53 (4.43%) Retail
12 52 (4.34%) Legal
13 49 (4.09%) Telecoms
14 48 (4.01%) Games
15 25 (2.09%) Financial Institution
15 25 (2.09%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.17%) Aviation
17 14 (1.17%) Electronics
17 14 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 246 (20.55%) Senior
2 120 (10.03%) Architect
3 117 (9.77%) Analyst
4 97 (8.10%) Support Engineer
5 90 (7.52%) Consultant
6 89 (7.44%) Security Manager
7 85 (7.10%) Security Architect
8 63 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 63 (5.26%) Security Consultant
9 60 (5.01%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (5.01%) Desktop Support
9 60 (5.01%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 60 (5.01%) Security Analyst
10 57 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 56 (4.68%) Site Engineer
12 54 (4.51%) Senior Architect
13 49 (4.09%) Developer
13 49 (4.09%) Hardware Engineer
13 49 (4.09%) IT Manager
13 49 (4.09%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.26%) REST
2 62 (5.18%) LDAP
3 61 (5.10%) OAuth
3 61 (5.10%) OpenID
3 61 (5.10%) SAML
4 59 (4.93%) SOAP
5 58 (4.85%) GraphQL
6 13 (1.09%) SAP CAF
7 7 (0.58%) Kafka
7 7 (0.58%) XMPP
8 6 (0.50%) Regular Expression
9 5 (0.42%) CSS
9 5 (0.42%) Gherkin
9 5 (0.42%) HTML
9 5 (0.42%) LangChain
9 5 (0.42%) React
10 4 (0.33%) Android NDK
10 4 (0.33%) RESTful
10 4 (0.33%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.86%) Cyber Threat
2 91 (7.60%) Security Posture
3 79 (6.60%) Cyberattack
4 73 (6.10%) Management Information System
5 65 (5.43%) Onboarding
6 49 (4.09%) Blog
7 37 (3.09%) Driving Licence
8 35 (2.92%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 30 (2.51%) Cloud Native
10 30 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (2.34%) Cyber Defence
12 27 (2.26%) Operational Technology
13 26 (2.17%) Public Cloud
14 23 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
15 22 (1.84%) Low-Code
15 22 (1.84%) PKI
16 18 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
17 15 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 14 (1.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 159 (13.28%) Windows
2 69 (5.76%) Windows 10
3 48 (4.01%) Linux
3 48 (4.01%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.50%) Android
4 18 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.084%) AIX
6 1 (0.084%) Debian
6 1 (0.084%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.084%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.084%) OpenBSD
6 1 (0.084%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.084%) Solaris
6 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 155 (12.95%) Risk Management
3 150 (12.53%) Mentoring
4 142 (11.86%) Roadmaps
5 139 (11.61%) Information Security
5 139 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 132 (11.03%) AI
8 126 (10.53%) ITIL
9 107 (8.94%) Analytics
10 103 (8.60%) Vulnerability Management
11 101 (8.44%) Cloud Security
12 96 (8.02%) Agile
13 90 (7.52%) Project Management
14 89 (7.44%) Customer Service
15 86 (7.18%) Identity Access Management
16 81 (6.77%) Security Operations
17 79 (6.60%) Security Architecture
17 79 (6.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 79 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (9.86%) PowerShell
2 86 (7.18%) Python
3 65 (5.43%) Bash
4 56 (4.68%) T-SQL
5 43 (3.59%) SQL
6 25 (2.09%) Java
7 23 (1.92%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.84%) C++
9 20 (1.67%) C#
10 13 (1.09%) C
11 8 (0.67%) Go
12 5 (0.42%) PHP
12 5 (0.42%) Rust
13 4 (0.33%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.25%) Bicep
15 1 (0.084%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.084%) Perl
15 1 (0.084%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 190 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 186 (15.54%) Degree
3 161 (13.45%) SC Cleared
4 155 (12.95%) CISSP
5 114 (9.52%) CISM
6 60 (5.01%) CTC Cleared
7 43 (3.59%) AWS Certification
8 42 (3.51%) CISA
9 38 (3.17%) DV Cleared
10 37 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 36 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
12 34 (2.84%) CEH
13 32 (2.67%) SANS
14 25 (2.09%) CREST Certified
14 25 (2.09%) FFIEC
15 24 (2.01%) CGEIT
15 24 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
16 23 (1.92%) PMP
17 22 (1.84%) OSCP
18 21 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (19.13%) NIST
2 224 (18.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 119 (9.94%) GDPR
4 84 (7.02%) NCSC
5 83 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 77 (6.43%) GRC
7 67 (5.60%) SLA
8 52 (4.34%) PCI DSS
9 42 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 30 (2.51%) COBIT
11 20 (1.67%) Accessibility
11 20 (1.67%) QA
12 17 (1.42%) SOC 2
13 14 (1.17%) ISO 22301
14 13 (1.09%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.92%) IEC 61508
15 11 (0.92%) MISRA
15 11 (0.92%) MISRA C
16 8 (0.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 126 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.01%) Hyper-V
3 23 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.75%) Docker
5 15 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.50%) Firmware
7 6 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.084%) iptables
9 1 (0.084%) KVM
9 1 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 49 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.34%) Terraform
3 27 (2.26%) Kubernetes
4 23 (1.92%) Ansible
5 17 (1.42%) Grafana
6 11 (0.92%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.50%) QRadar
10 5 (0.42%) FTK
10 5 (0.42%) Nessus
10 5 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.33%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.33%) RSA Archer
11 4 (0.33%) SCCM
12 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.17%) CASB
Vendors
1 269 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 89 (7.44%) Cisco
3 49 (4.09%) VMware
4 42 (3.51%) Apple
5 35 (2.92%) Adobe
6 28 (2.34%) Google
7 27 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 26 (2.17%) Fortinet
9 25 (2.09%) Tenable
10 23 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
11 22 (1.84%) ServiceNow
12 21 (1.75%) Splunk
13 20 (1.67%) SAP
14 18 (1.50%) PayPal
15 14 (1.17%) Salesforce
16 13 (1.09%) Commvault
17 10 (0.84%) CheckPoint
18 9 (0.75%) Qualys
18 9 (0.75%) Sophos
19 7 (0.58%) Draytek