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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,729 1,201 1,494
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.21% 7.39% 6.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.81% 7.95% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 661 712
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,780 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 19,633 15,114 20,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.88% 93.04% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,127 8,686 12,990
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 11 September 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 81 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 66 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.52%) SAS
4 8 (0.46%) IIS
5 7 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.29%) Apache
6 5 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.058%) Shopify
5 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 405 (23.42%) Azure
2 233 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
3 207 (11.97%) AWS
4 204 (11.80%) Entra ID
5 106 (6.13%) SaaS
6 74 (4.28%) GCP
7 36 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 35 (2.02%) Serverless
9 31 (1.79%) Power Platform
10 25 (1.45%) OneDrive
11 20 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (0.75%) GitHub
15 12 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (0.69%) dbt
16 10 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
17 7 (0.40%) IaaS
17 7 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 251 (14.52%) Firewall
2 162 (9.37%) Network Security
3 92 (5.32%) VLAN
4 74 (4.28%) DNS
5 64 (3.70%) WAN
6 60 (3.47%) DHCP
6 60 (3.47%) VPN
7 51 (2.95%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.78%) LAN
9 39 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (2.02%) Broadband
11 31 (1.79%) VoIP
12 26 (1.50%) BGP
13 20 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (1.04%) HTTP
14 18 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
14 18 (1.04%) MPLS
14 18 (1.04%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.04%) SSL
14 18 (1.04%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.64%) Power BI
3 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.35%) Tableau
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
4 5 (0.29%) Big Data
5 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.17%) Metadata
6 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.058%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.058%) Chroma
7 1 (0.058%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.058%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.058%) GIS
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.058%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.058%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.56%) Snyk
2 22 (1.27%) JIRA
3 9 (0.52%) Git
4 6 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.35%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Poetry
5 5 (0.29%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.058%) GDB
8 1 (0.058%) JMeter
8 1 (0.058%) Locust
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.058%) WinDbg
General
1 598 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 184 (10.64%) Finance
3 170 (9.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.68%) Public Sector
5 146 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
6 119 (6.88%) Marketing
7 114 (6.59%) Legal
8 96 (5.55%) Retail
9 74 (4.28%) Law
10 63 (3.64%) Telecoms
11 60 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.78%) Banking
13 46 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.85%) Aerospace
15 29 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.56%) Aviation
17 26 (1.50%) Games
18 24 (1.39%) Advertising
19 23 (1.33%) Manufacturing
20 22 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 355 (20.53%) Senior
2 198 (11.45%) Analyst
3 188 (10.87%) Consultant
4 164 (9.49%) Architect
5 124 (7.17%) Security Engineer
6 119 (6.88%) Security Manager
7 113 (6.54%) Security Consultant
8 105 (6.07%) Security Architect
9 100 (5.78%) Security Analyst
10 95 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 93 (5.38%) Lead
12 86 (4.97%) IT Manager
13 82 (4.74%) Senior Manager
14 81 (4.68%) Support Engineer
15 78 (4.51%) IT Support
16 74 (4.28%) Senior Analyst
17 65 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 63 (3.64%) IT Engineer
19 60 (3.47%) Business Manager
19 60 (3.47%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.56%) Terraform
2 26 (1.50%) OAuth
3 22 (1.27%) SAML
4 17 (0.98%) LDAP
5 14 (0.81%) .NET
5 14 (0.81%) OpenID
6 13 (0.75%) REST
7 8 (0.46%) Kafka
7 8 (0.46%) LangChain
7 8 (0.46%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.40%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.40%) XMPP
9 6 (0.35%) JSON
9 6 (0.35%) React
9 6 (0.35%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.35%) RESTful
10 5 (0.29%) Node.js
10 5 (0.29%) SOAP
10 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (7.75%) Security Posture
2 129 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
3 98 (5.67%) Management Information System
4 88 (5.09%) Onboarding
5 63 (3.64%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 57 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
7 47 (2.72%) Cloud Native
8 46 (2.66%) Cyber Defence
9 45 (2.60%) Operational Technology
10 36 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
11 33 (1.91%) PKI
12 28 (1.62%) Cyberattack
13 27 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 25 (1.45%) Social Media
15 23 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.27%) AI Agents
17 20 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
18 19 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
18 19 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 180 (10.41%) Windows
2 81 (4.68%) Windows Server
3 59 (3.41%) Linux
4 22 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.46%) Android
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.12%) Unix
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.058%) AIX
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 322 (18.62%) AI
3 312 (18.05%) Information Security
4 258 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
5 233 (13.48%) Decision-Making
6 232 (13.42%) Risk Management
7 219 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 212 (12.26%) Mentoring
9 210 (12.15%) Incident Response
10 187 (10.82%) Cloud Security
10 187 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
11 171 (9.89%) Security Operations
12 165 (9.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 163 (9.43%) SIEM
14 158 (9.14%) ITIL
15 153 (8.85%) Service Delivery
16 152 (8.79%) Business Continuity
17 147 (8.50%) Agile
17 147 (8.50%) Identity Access Management
18 128 (7.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (6.82%) Python
2 73 (4.22%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.02%) SQL
4 21 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
5 19 (1.10%) Java
6 17 (0.98%) C++
7 13 (0.75%) Bash
8 11 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.58%) C#
10 9 (0.52%) Go
10 9 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.46%) Rust
12 6 (0.35%) C
13 5 (0.29%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) Ada
15 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 286 (16.54%) Security Cleared
2 241 (13.94%) CISSP
3 213 (12.32%) SC Cleared
4 196 (11.34%) CISM
5 161 (9.31%) Degree
6 91 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.47%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.78%) AWS Certification
10 46 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
11 45 (2.60%) CRISC
12 44 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 43 (2.49%) CISA
14 38 (2.20%) Azure Certification
14 38 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
14 38 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
15 31 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 28 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
17 27 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 25 (1.45%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 321 (18.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 237 (13.71%) NIST
3 158 (9.14%) GDPR
4 143 (8.27%) GRC
5 140 (8.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (4.80%) PCI DSS
7 62 (3.59%) NCSC
8 51 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 31 (1.79%) Accessibility
10 30 (1.74%) SLA
11 25 (1.45%) QA
11 25 (1.45%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.33%) COBIT
13 21 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 19 (1.10%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.04%) JSP 440
16 16 (0.93%) ISO 22301
17 15 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 14 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 11 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 192 (11.10%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.12%) Hyper-V
3 29 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.10%) Firmware
6 14 (0.81%) Docker
7 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
12 4 (0.23%) vSphere
13 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 145 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.04%) Ansible
5 15 (0.87%) CASB
6 13 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.52%) Grafana
8 7 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.40%) QRadar
9 6 (0.35%) Nmap
10 5 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
14 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
14 1 (0.058%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 529 (30.60%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.86%) Palo Alto
3 83 (4.80%) Cisco
4 67 (3.88%) CyberArk
5 49 (2.83%) VMware
6 44 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
7 39 (2.26%) Apple
8 37 (2.14%) Adobe
9 34 (1.97%) ServiceNow
10 32 (1.85%) Tenable
11 31 (1.79%) Fortinet
12 29 (1.68%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.68%) Splunk
13 28 (1.62%) Google
14 25 (1.45%) Qualys
15 18 (1.04%) Aruba
16 17 (0.98%) Veeam
17 15 (0.87%) OpenAI
18 12 (0.69%) SAP
19 9 (0.52%) Okta