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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 31 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,486 1,236 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.96% 7.50% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.42% 8.03% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,011 711 1,114
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £73,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.72% -10.42%

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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%

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 15 July 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 55 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.61%) SAS
4 5 (0.34%) IIS
4 5 (0.34%) WordPress
5 3 (0.20%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.067%) Confluence
7 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 49 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.62%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.34%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 396 (26.65%) Azure
2 203 (13.66%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (12.79%) AWS
4 186 (12.52%) Entra ID
5 89 (5.99%) SaaS
6 79 (5.32%) GCP
7 33 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (2.02%) Google Workspace
9 29 (1.95%) Serverless
10 23 (1.55%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.08%) dbt
11 16 (1.08%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.01%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.67%) PaaS
16 9 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.47%) Nutanix
18 6 (0.40%) Datadog
19 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 197 (13.26%) Firewall
2 117 (7.87%) Network Security
3 73 (4.91%) Broadband
4 58 (3.90%) VLAN
4 58 (3.90%) VPN
5 56 (3.77%) DNS
6 47 (3.16%) WAN
7 45 (3.03%) DHCP
8 35 (2.36%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.29%) LAN
10 30 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.82%) VoIP
12 23 (1.55%) Unified Communications
13 19 (1.28%) SSL
14 18 (1.21%) BGP
15 16 (1.08%) HTTP
15 16 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (1.08%) MPLS
15 16 (1.08%) SD-WAN
16 14 (0.94%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.61%) Power BI
2 8 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.34%) Tableau
4 4 (0.27%) MySQL
4 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.067%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.067%) Metadata
7 1 (0.067%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.067%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.067%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.067%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.68%) Snyk
2 14 (0.94%) JIRA
3 9 (0.61%) Git
4 7 (0.47%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) JMeter
6 5 (0.34%) Locust
6 5 (0.34%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) GDB
8 1 (0.067%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) WinDbg
General
1 469 (31.56%) Social Skills
2 169 (11.37%) Finance
3 137 (9.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 113 (7.60%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.40%) Marketing
7 93 (6.26%) Legal
8 85 (5.72%) Retail
9 80 (5.38%) Law
10 52 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
11 49 (3.30%) Banking
12 46 (3.10%) Games
13 41 (2.76%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.82%) Advertising
14 27 (1.82%) Back Office
15 22 (1.48%) Aviation
16 21 (1.41%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 296 (19.92%) Senior
2 179 (12.05%) Analyst
3 166 (11.17%) Architect
4 122 (8.21%) Consultant
5 114 (7.67%) Security Manager
6 101 (6.80%) Security Architect
7 96 (6.46%) Security Analyst
8 91 (6.12%) Lead
9 87 (5.85%) Support Engineer
10 86 (5.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 84 (5.65%) Senior Manager
12 83 (5.59%) Security Consultant
13 76 (5.11%) IT Manager
13 76 (5.11%) Security Engineer
14 75 (5.05%) IT Support
15 67 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 57 (3.84%) IT Engineer
18 54 (3.63%) IT Support Engineer
19 47 (3.16%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.16%) OAuth
1 47 (3.16%) SAML
2 40 (2.69%) LDAP
3 36 (2.42%) OpenID
4 35 (2.36%) REST
5 27 (1.82%) SOAP
6 26 (1.75%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.61%) XMPP
8 8 (0.54%) Kafka
8 8 (0.54%) LangChain
9 7 (0.47%) .NET
9 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.40%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.40%) RESTful
10 6 (0.40%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.34%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.34%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.34%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.34%) React
12 4 (0.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.42%) Cyber Threat
2 126 (8.48%) Security Posture
3 90 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 69 (4.64%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.51%) Cyberattack
6 53 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 50 (3.36%) Driving Licence
8 45 (3.03%) Data Centre
9 40 (2.69%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (2.56%) Cloud Native
11 34 (2.29%) PKI
12 31 (2.09%) Blog
13 26 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
14 25 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 23 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
16 21 (1.41%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.21%) AI Agents
17 18 (1.21%) Operational Technology
18 17 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 172 (11.57%) Windows
2 68 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 52 (3.50%) Linux
4 26 (1.75%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.62%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.87%) Android
7 12 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.067%) AIX
11 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.067%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 270 (18.17%) Information Security
3 228 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (14.74%) AI
5 210 (14.13%) Mentoring
5 210 (14.13%) Risk Management
6 203 (13.66%) Incident Response
7 179 (12.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 166 (11.17%) Vulnerability Management
9 165 (11.10%) Decision-Making
10 153 (10.30%) Cloud Security
11 141 (9.49%) Identity Access Management
12 140 (9.42%) Agile
12 140 (9.42%) ITIL
13 137 (9.22%) Roadmaps
14 135 (9.08%) SIEM
15 131 (8.82%) Security Operations
16 110 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
17 107 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
18 100 (6.73%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 116 (7.81%) Python
2 91 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.36%) SQL
4 34 (2.29%) Bash
5 27 (1.82%) Java
6 26 (1.75%) T-SQL
7 20 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.08%) C++
9 12 (0.81%) Rust
10 10 (0.67%) C#
10 10 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.54%) C
11 8 (0.54%) Go
12 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.34%) PHP
14 3 (0.20%) Ada
14 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.13%) Bicep
15 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.067%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 236 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 227 (15.28%) CISSP
3 191 (12.85%) SC Cleared
4 176 (11.84%) CISM
5 153 (10.30%) Degree
6 65 (4.37%) DV Cleared
7 51 (3.43%) A+ Certification
7 51 (3.43%) Network+ Certification
8 46 (3.10%) CISA
9 38 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 38 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (2.56%) CRISC
10 34 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
11 33 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 29 (1.95%) Azure Certification
13 28 (1.88%) CREST Certified
14 26 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 23 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
16 21 (1.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 21 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 307 (20.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 229 (15.41%) NIST
3 168 (11.31%) GDPR
4 114 (7.67%) GRC
5 103 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 81 (5.45%) PCI DSS
7 74 (4.98%) NCSC
8 47 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 42 (2.83%) SLA
10 26 (1.75%) QA
11 24 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (1.62%) COBIT
12 23 (1.55%) SOC 2
13 18 (1.21%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.21%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.94%) ISO 22301
15 13 (0.87%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 7 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 190 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.42%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.94%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) vSphere
10 5 (0.34%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.27%) Firmware
12 1 (0.067%) KVM
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 124 (8.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.02%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.62%) Terraform
4 20 (1.35%) Grafana
5 18 (1.21%) Ansible
6 16 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.87%) CASB
8 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.54%) QRadar
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Nmap
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.20%) RSA Archer
14 3 (0.20%) SCCM
15 2 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 446 (30.01%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.11%) Cisco
3 73 (4.91%) Palo Alto
4 49 (3.30%) CyberArk
5 48 (3.23%) VMware
6 41 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.69%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.29%) Tenable
9 31 (2.09%) Google
10 29 (1.95%) Adobe
10 29 (1.95%) Apple
10 29 (1.95%) Fortinet
10 29 (1.95%) Splunk
11 23 (1.55%) Qualys
12 20 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 16 (1.08%) Aruba
14 15 (1.01%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.87%) SAP
16 11 (0.74%) Veeam
17 10 (0.67%) Oracle