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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 39 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,075 983 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.42% 6.77% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.50% 7.11% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 646 653 1,227
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,500 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £88,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.18% +7.08% -7.69%

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 14,332 13,831 26,413
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.55% 95.24% 92.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,355 8,710 21,901
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +9.73% -12.00%

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 6 March 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 32 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.47%) Drupal
3 5 (0.47%) nginx
3 5 (0.47%) WordPress
4 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.093%) Confluence
6 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.77%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.093%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.093%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.56%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.093%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 327 (30.42%) Azure
2 168 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 160 (14.88%) Entra ID
4 157 (14.60%) AWS
5 59 (5.49%) Google Workspace
6 38 (3.53%) GCP
7 32 (2.98%) SaaS
8 30 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (2.70%) Power Platform
10 22 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (1.40%) Nutanix
13 14 (1.30%) Mimecast
14 12 (1.12%) PaaS
15 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (0.56%) GitHub
18 5 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
18 5 (0.47%) OCI
19 4 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 134 (12.47%) Firewall
2 73 (6.79%) Broadband
3 42 (3.91%) Network Security
3 42 (3.91%) VPN
4 29 (2.70%) DNS
5 22 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (1.86%) CHAP
6 20 (1.86%) VLAN
7 19 (1.77%) DHCP
8 14 (1.30%) TCP/IP
9 11 (1.02%) Unified Communications
10 10 (0.93%) WAN
11 9 (0.84%) DMZ
11 9 (0.84%) LAN
12 8 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.74%) VoIP
13 7 (0.65%) Internet
13 7 (0.65%) IP Telephony
13 7 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.93%) Power BI
2 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.47%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.37%) Metadata
3 4 (0.37%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.37%) Tableau
4 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.093%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.093%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.093%) Big Data
5 1 (0.093%) MySQL
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.093%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.12%) Jenkins
2 8 (0.74%) GitLab
3 7 (0.65%) Git
4 3 (0.28%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.28%) JMeter
4 3 (0.28%) Locust
4 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.19%) JIRA
5 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.093%) Snyk
6 1 (0.093%) SonarQube
General
1 387 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 181 (16.84%) Finance
3 105 (9.77%) Public Sector
4 97 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
6 73 (6.79%) Marketing
7 66 (6.14%) Back Office
8 63 (5.86%) Telecoms
9 59 (5.49%) Banking
10 58 (5.40%) Law
11 46 (4.28%) Legal
12 45 (4.19%) Games
13 36 (3.35%) Manufacturing
14 33 (3.07%) Retail
15 27 (2.51%) Electronics
16 23 (2.14%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.21%) Local Government
19 12 (1.12%) German Language
Job Titles
1 210 (19.53%) Senior
2 102 (9.49%) Architect
2 102 (9.49%) Support Engineer
3 93 (8.65%) Consultant
4 91 (8.47%) Analyst
5 65 (6.05%) Security Manager
6 63 (5.86%) Security Architect
7 60 (5.58%) Desktop Engineer
7 60 (5.58%) Desktop Support
7 60 (5.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 58 (5.40%) Security Consultant
9 56 (5.21%) Site Engineer
10 54 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 49 (4.56%) Hardware Engineer
11 49 (4.56%) Senior Hardware Engineer
12 48 (4.47%) IT Support
13 47 (4.37%) Senior Architect
14 46 (4.28%) Developer
14 46 (4.28%) IT Engineer
15 44 (4.09%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.86%) REST
2 62 (5.77%) OAuth
2 62 (5.77%) OpenID
2 62 (5.77%) SAML
3 61 (5.67%) SOAP
4 60 (5.58%) GraphQL
4 60 (5.58%) LDAP
5 25 (2.33%) SAP CAF
6 6 (0.56%) CSS
6 6 (0.56%) HTML
7 5 (0.47%) .NET
7 5 (0.47%) Kafka
8 4 (0.37%) Android NDK
8 4 (0.37%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.37%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.37%) RESTful
8 4 (0.37%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.37%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.37%) WebSockets
9 3 (0.28%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.86%) Cyber Threat
2 78 (7.26%) Security Posture
3 72 (6.70%) Cyberattack
4 61 (5.67%) Management Information System
5 55 (5.12%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.44%) Blog
7 33 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (2.98%) Driving Licence
9 31 (2.88%) Cloud Native
9 31 (2.88%) Public Cloud
10 30 (2.79%) Data Centre
11 27 (2.51%) Operational Technology
11 27 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.23%) PKI
13 21 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
14 20 (1.86%) Cyber Security Posture
15 17 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
16 16 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 16 (1.49%) Product Ownership
17 15 (1.40%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 160 (14.88%) Windows
2 71 (6.60%) Windows 10
3 52 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 43 (4.00%) Linux
5 19 (1.77%) Android
6 15 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.40%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.37%) Unix
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.093%) Debian
9 1 (0.093%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.093%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.093%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.093%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 144 (13.40%) Roadmaps
3 143 (13.30%) Risk Management
4 138 (12.84%) ITIL
5 130 (12.09%) Information Security
5 130 (12.09%) Mentoring
6 128 (11.91%) Incident Response
7 126 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (11.16%) Analytics
9 118 (10.98%) AI
10 90 (8.37%) Agile
11 84 (7.81%) Cloud Security
11 84 (7.81%) Customer Service
11 84 (7.81%) Identity Access Management
12 83 (7.72%) Project Management
13 81 (7.53%) Vulnerability Management
14 78 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
15 75 (6.98%) Customer Experience
16 73 (6.79%) DevOps
17 70 (6.51%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (10.79%) PowerShell
2 81 (7.53%) Python
3 71 (6.60%) Bash
4 58 (5.40%) T-SQL
5 51 (4.74%) SQL
6 24 (2.23%) C++
7 21 (1.95%) C#
7 21 (1.95%) Java
8 19 (1.77%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.21%) C
10 8 (0.74%) Go
11 5 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.47%) Rust
12 4 (0.37%) Bicep
12 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.37%) PHP
12 4 (0.37%) R
13 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.093%) Perl
14 1 (0.093%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 195 (18.14%) Degree
2 177 (16.47%) Security Cleared
3 160 (14.88%) CISSP
4 149 (13.86%) SC Cleared
5 116 (10.79%) CISM
6 60 (5.58%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (3.91%) AWS Certification
7 42 (3.91%) CISA
7 42 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.26%) CEH
9 30 (2.79%) DV Cleared
9 30 (2.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 29 (2.70%) SANS
11 28 (2.60%) PMP
12 26 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 24 (2.23%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.95%) FFIEC
14 21 (1.95%) OSCP
15 20 (1.86%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (21.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 228 (21.21%) NIST
3 96 (8.93%) GDPR
4 89 (8.28%) NCSC
5 73 (6.79%) GRC
6 72 (6.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 68 (6.33%) SLA
8 41 (3.81%) PCI DSS
9 35 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 25 (2.33%) COBIT
11 16 (1.49%) JSP 440
12 15 (1.40%) ISO 22301
13 13 (1.21%) SOC 2
14 12 (1.12%) QA
15 11 (1.02%) Accessibility
15 11 (1.02%) IEC 61508
15 11 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 11 (1.02%) MISRA
15 11 (1.02%) MISRA C
16 8 (0.74%) NIST 800
System Software
1 131 (12.19%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.23%) Hyper-V
3 23 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.86%) Docker
5 13 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.56%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.37%) Firmware
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
9 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.093%) iptables
10 1 (0.093%) KVM
10 1 (0.093%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 57 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.79%) Terraform
3 24 (2.23%) Ansible
4 22 (2.05%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.02%) Functional Safety
5 11 (1.02%) Grafana
5 11 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.84%) Nessus
7 5 (0.47%) FTK
7 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.37%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 4 (0.37%) CSIRT
8 4 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.37%) QRadar
8 4 (0.37%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
9 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.28%) Nagios
9 3 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 237 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 86 (8.00%) Cisco
3 54 (5.02%) VMware
4 29 (2.70%) Apple
4 29 (2.70%) SAP
5 24 (2.23%) Adobe
6 19 (1.77%) Google
6 19 (1.77%) PayPal
7 17 (1.58%) Fortinet
7 17 (1.58%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.49%) Splunk
9 15 (1.40%) Tenable
10 14 (1.30%) Commvault
10 14 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (1.30%) Oracle
11 13 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.02%) CheckPoint
13 10 (0.93%) Draytek
13 10 (0.93%) Palo Alto
14 9 (0.84%) Qualys