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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 38 44
Rank change year-on-year +11 +6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,099 910 1,690
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.60% 7.04% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.88% 7.42% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 677 723 1,294
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +2.83% -10.18%
75th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -12.50% +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 13,955 12,263 28,441
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.82% 94.83% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 8,874 23,206
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,868
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 30 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 28 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.45%) Drupal
3 5 (0.45%) nginx
3 5 (0.45%) WordPress
4 4 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.18%) Apache
5 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.091%) Confluence
6 1 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.64%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.091%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.091%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.64%) Shopify
2 2 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 326 (29.66%) Azure
2 166 (15.10%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (14.38%) AWS
4 156 (14.19%) Entra ID
5 58 (5.28%) Google Workspace
6 39 (3.55%) GCP
7 38 (3.46%) SaaS
8 28 (2.55%) Power Platform
9 25 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (1.46%) Nutanix
12 13 (1.18%) Mimecast
13 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.64%) PaaS
15 5 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.45%) Datadog
15 5 (0.45%) dbt
15 5 (0.45%) GitHub
16 4 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 131 (11.92%) Firewall
2 78 (7.10%) Broadband
3 52 (4.73%) Network Security
4 36 (3.28%) VPN
5 28 (2.55%) DNS
6 24 (2.18%) Intrusion Detection
7 23 (2.09%) CHAP
8 21 (1.91%) VLAN
9 15 (1.36%) DHCP
10 11 (1.00%) Unified Communications
10 11 (1.00%) WAN
11 10 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (0.91%) LAN
12 8 (0.73%) DMZ
13 7 (0.64%) IP Telephony
13 7 (0.64%) SSL
13 7 (0.64%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.55%) BGP
14 6 (0.55%) VoIP
15 5 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.91%) Power BI
2 5 (0.45%) MariaDB
3 4 (0.36%) Metadata
3 4 (0.36%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.36%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.27%) Tableau
5 1 (0.091%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.091%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.091%) Big Data
5 1 (0.091%) MySQL
5 1 (0.091%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.091%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (1.00%) Jenkins
2 7 (0.64%) Git
2 7 (0.64%) GitLab
3 5 (0.45%) Cucumber
3 5 (0.45%) JMeter
3 5 (0.45%) Locust
4 2 (0.18%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.18%) JIRA
4 2 (0.18%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.091%) GDB
5 1 (0.091%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.091%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.091%) WinDbg
General
1 381 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 174 (15.83%) Finance
3 98 (8.92%) Public Sector
4 93 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
6 80 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
7 77 (7.01%) Marketing
8 65 (5.91%) Back Office
9 61 (5.55%) Banking
10 57 (5.19%) Law
11 56 (5.10%) Telecoms
12 51 (4.64%) Legal
13 47 (4.28%) Games
14 42 (3.82%) Retail
15 28 (2.55%) Manufacturing
16 25 (2.27%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.82%) Electronics
18 18 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (1.27%) Local Government
20 13 (1.18%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 209 (19.02%) Senior
2 103 (9.37%) Architect
2 103 (9.37%) Support Engineer
3 98 (8.92%) Analyst
4 90 (8.19%) Consultant
5 72 (6.55%) Security Manager
6 67 (6.10%) Security Architect
7 62 (5.64%) Security Consultant
8 60 (5.46%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.46%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.46%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 56 (5.10%) Site Engineer
10 53 (4.82%) Security Analyst
11 49 (4.46%) Hardware Engineer
11 49 (4.46%) IT Manager
11 49 (4.46%) Senior Hardware Engineer
12 48 (4.37%) Developer
12 48 (4.37%) IT Support
13 45 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.55%) REST
2 59 (5.37%) OAuth
2 59 (5.37%) OpenID
2 59 (5.37%) SAML
2 59 (5.37%) SOAP
3 58 (5.28%) GraphQL
3 58 (5.28%) LDAP
4 18 (1.64%) SAP CAF
5 5 (0.45%) CSS
5 5 (0.45%) Gherkin
5 5 (0.45%) HTML
5 5 (0.45%) Kafka
5 5 (0.45%) LangChain
5 5 (0.45%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.45%) XMPP
6 4 (0.36%) Android NDK
6 4 (0.36%) RESTful
6 4 (0.36%) WebSockets
7 3 (0.27%) .NET
7 3 (0.27%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.46%) Cyber Threat
2 84 (7.64%) Security Posture
3 73 (6.64%) Cyberattack
4 67 (6.10%) Management Information System
5 53 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 47 (4.28%) Blog
7 34 (3.09%) Driving Licence
7 34 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 29 (2.64%) Cloud Native
8 29 (2.64%) Public Cloud
9 28 (2.55%) Operational Technology
10 26 (2.37%) Data Centre
11 25 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
12 24 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.82%) PKI
14 19 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
15 17 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
16 16 (1.46%) Low-Code
17 14 (1.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 14 (1.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 163 (14.83%) Windows
2 71 (6.46%) Windows 10
3 53 (4.82%) Linux
4 51 (4.64%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.55%) Android
7 13 (1.18%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.091%) Debian
10 1 (0.091%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.091%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.091%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.091%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 153 (13.92%) Risk Management
3 138 (12.56%) Roadmaps
4 135 (12.28%) Mentoring
5 131 (11.92%) Incident Response
5 131 (11.92%) ITIL
5 131 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
6 127 (11.56%) Information Security
7 115 (10.46%) Analytics
8 110 (10.01%) AI
9 96 (8.74%) Vulnerability Management
10 93 (8.46%) Agile
11 88 (8.01%) Cloud Security
11 88 (8.01%) Customer Service
12 87 (7.92%) Project Management
13 83 (7.55%) Identity Access Management
14 82 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
15 79 (7.19%) Customer Experience
16 73 (6.64%) Patch Management
16 73 (6.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.37%) PowerShell
2 78 (7.10%) Python
3 65 (5.91%) Bash
4 56 (5.10%) T-SQL
5 46 (4.19%) SQL
6 23 (2.09%) Java
6 23 (2.09%) JavaScript
7 22 (2.00%) C++
8 20 (1.82%) C#
9 13 (1.18%) C
10 7 (0.64%) Go
11 5 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.45%) PHP
11 5 (0.45%) Rust
12 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.27%) Bicep
13 3 (0.27%) R
14 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.091%) Perl
15 1 (0.091%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 178 (16.20%) Degree
2 168 (15.29%) Security Cleared
3 151 (13.74%) CISSP
4 141 (12.83%) SC Cleared
5 112 (10.19%) CISM
6 60 (5.46%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (3.82%) CISA
8 40 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (3.28%) CEH
10 36 (3.28%) DV Cleared
11 35 (3.18%) AWS Certification
12 29 (2.64%) SANS
13 25 (2.27%) CREST Certified
14 24 (2.18%) FFIEC
15 23 (2.09%) CGEIT
15 23 (2.09%) PMP
16 21 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
16 21 (1.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 21 (1.91%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (21.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 232 (21.11%) NIST
2 104 (9.46%) GDPR
3 84 (7.64%) NCSC
4 78 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 70 (6.37%) GRC
6 67 (6.10%) SLA
7 48 (4.37%) PCI DSS
8 38 (3.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 29 (2.64%) COBIT
10 18 (1.64%) Accessibility
11 16 (1.46%) ISO 22301
12 15 (1.36%) QA
12 15 (1.36%) SOC 2
13 13 (1.18%) JSP 440
14 11 (1.00%) IEC 61508
14 11 (1.00%) MISRA
14 11 (1.00%) MISRA C
15 10 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 128 (11.65%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.37%) Hyper-V
3 22 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.91%) Docker
5 9 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.55%) Firmware
6 6 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.55%) vSphere
7 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.091%) iptables
8 1 (0.091%) KVM
8 1 (0.091%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 51 (4.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.64%) Terraform
3 24 (2.18%) Ansible
4 23 (2.09%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.36%) Grafana
6 11 (1.00%) Functional Safety
7 8 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.45%) FTK
8 5 (0.45%) Nessus
8 5 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.36%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.36%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.36%) QRadar
9 4 (0.36%) RSA Archer
9 4 (0.36%) SCCM
10 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.18%) CASB
11 2 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 239 (21.75%) Microsoft
2 87 (7.92%) Cisco
3 53 (4.82%) VMware
4 33 (3.00%) Apple
5 26 (2.37%) Google
6 24 (2.18%) Adobe
7 22 (2.00%) Fortinet
7 22 (2.00%) SAP
8 18 (1.64%) PayPal
8 18 (1.64%) Splunk
9 15 (1.36%) Commvault
10 14 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.18%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.18%) Tenable
12 11 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
13 10 (0.91%) CheckPoint
13 10 (0.91%) Draytek
14 9 (0.82%) Oracle
15 8 (0.73%) Qualys