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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 34 50
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 880 1,236 1,215
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.80% 6.35% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% 7.02% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 577 677 944
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,716 £37,030
25th Percentile £42,780 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

All Process and 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 13,718 17,618 19,851
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.39% 90.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,628 10,643 16,088
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 November 2025.

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 26 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.93%) IIS
3 15 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.25%) CMS
5 6 (0.68%) Apache Solr
5 6 (0.68%) Confluence
5 6 (0.68%) WordPress
6 5 (0.57%) Drupal
6 5 (0.57%) nginx
7 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.16%) Chatbot
3 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.80%) AutoCAD
4 7 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Shopify
3 4 (0.45%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.11%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 212 (24.09%) Azure
2 118 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
3 108 (12.27%) AWS
4 63 (7.16%) Entra ID
5 35 (3.98%) Power Platform
6 30 (3.41%) SaaS
7 22 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 18 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.36%) GCP
11 11 (1.25%) GitHub
12 10 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.02%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.91%) IaaS
15 7 (0.80%) dbt
15 7 (0.80%) Google Workspace
15 7 (0.80%) PaaS
15 7 (0.80%) PowerApps
16 6 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 97 (11.02%) Firewall
2 63 (7.16%) Network Security
3 55 (6.25%) VPN
4 25 (2.84%) TCP/IP
5 23 (2.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 23 (2.61%) LAN
5 23 (2.61%) VoIP
6 18 (2.05%) WAN
7 15 (1.70%) SD-WAN
8 14 (1.59%) Wireshark
9 13 (1.48%) Unified Communications
10 10 (1.14%) DNS
10 10 (1.14%) VLAN
11 9 (1.02%) Broadband
11 9 (1.02%) DMZ
11 9 (1.02%) Modbus
12 8 (0.91%) DHCP
12 8 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.80%) IP Telephony
14 6 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.39%) Power BI
2 20 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.48%) Tableau
4 10 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.68%) MySQL
6 5 (0.57%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.45%) MS Access
7 4 (0.45%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.34%) Metadata
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.11%) DB2
9 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.25%) JIRA
3 7 (0.80%) Git
4 5 (0.57%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.45%) Toad
6 3 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.34%) Snyk
7 2 (0.23%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.23%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) Metasploit
General
1 315 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 178 (20.23%) Finance
3 138 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (12.73%) Telecoms
5 103 (11.70%) Public Sector
6 85 (9.66%) Marketing
7 79 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 60 (6.82%) Electronics
9 58 (6.59%) Manufacturing
10 49 (5.57%) Law
11 45 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (4.89%) Legal
13 41 (4.66%) Banking
14 26 (2.95%) Back Office
15 20 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (2.16%) Retail
17 16 (1.82%) German Language
18 14 (1.59%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
20 12 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 136 (15.45%) Senior
2 106 (12.05%) Consultant
3 80 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 75 (8.52%) Analyst
5 59 (6.70%) Support Engineer
6 51 (5.80%) Architect
7 50 (5.68%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 47 (5.34%) IT Manager
8 47 (5.34%) Security Engineer
9 43 (4.89%) Hardware Engineer
9 43 (4.89%) Senior Hardware Engineer
10 41 (4.66%) Security Manager
11 37 (4.20%) Security Analyst
12 33 (3.75%) IT Engineer
13 32 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 32 (3.64%) IT Support
13 32 (3.64%) Lead
14 28 (3.18%) IT Support Engineer
15 27 (3.07%) Head of IT
16 24 (2.73%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.73%) SAP CAF
2 13 (1.48%) .NET
3 10 (1.14%) Node.js
4 9 (1.02%) REST
4 9 (1.02%) Web Services
5 8 (0.91%) OAuth
5 8 (0.91%) OpenID
5 8 (0.91%) SAML
6 7 (0.80%) GraphQL
6 7 (0.80%) SOAP
7 6 (0.68%) LDAP
7 6 (0.68%) XML
8 5 (0.57%) CSS
8 5 (0.57%) FreeSWITCH
8 5 (0.57%) HTML
8 5 (0.57%) JSON
8 5 (0.57%) PyTorch
8 5 (0.57%) React
8 5 (0.57%) TensorFlow
9 4 (0.45%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.16%) Management Information System
2 54 (6.14%) Cyber Threat
3 47 (5.34%) Data Centre
4 42 (4.77%) Security Posture
5 35 (3.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 30 (3.41%) Driving Licence
7 27 (3.07%) Operational Technology
8 25 (2.84%) Blog
8 25 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 24 (2.73%) Cloud Native
10 22 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 21 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (2.39%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.82%) CESG
13 13 (1.48%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.48%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.36%) Cyberattack
14 12 (1.36%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 132 (15.00%) Windows
2 60 (6.82%) Linux
3 44 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 33 (3.75%) Windows 10
5 19 (2.16%) Unix
6 14 (1.59%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.68%) Debian
9 5 (0.57%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.45%) Android
11 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.23%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.11%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.11%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (16.82%) Risk Management
2 129 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (14.55%) Information Security
4 117 (13.30%) AI
4 117 (13.30%) ITIL
5 114 (12.95%) Incident Response
6 112 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (10.00%) Analytics
8 87 (9.89%) Roadmaps
9 86 (9.77%) Vulnerability Management
10 84 (9.55%) Mentoring
11 81 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
12 79 (8.98%) SIEM
13 78 (8.86%) Agile
13 78 (8.86%) DevOps
14 70 (7.95%) Project Management
15 68 (7.73%) Security Operations
16 59 (6.70%) Cloud Security
16 59 (6.70%) ISMS
17 58 (6.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 56 (6.36%) Python
2 49 (5.57%) SQL
3 48 (5.45%) PowerShell
4 21 (2.39%) Bash
5 14 (1.59%) C#
6 10 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 8 (0.91%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.80%) C++
8 7 (0.80%) R
9 5 (0.57%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.45%) Java
10 4 (0.45%) VB
11 3 (0.34%) Bicep
11 3 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.23%) Go
12 2 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 199 (22.61%) Degree
2 172 (19.55%) CISSP
3 148 (16.82%) Security Cleared
4 123 (13.98%) CISM
5 95 (10.80%) SC Cleared
6 56 (6.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 55 (6.25%) CEH
8 43 (4.89%) CISA
9 41 (4.66%) PMP
10 40 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
11 34 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 33 (3.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 29 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (3.07%) CRISC
15 25 (2.84%) AWS Certification
15 25 (2.84%) Azure Certification
15 25 (2.84%) CISMP
16 24 (2.73%) CCNP
17 23 (2.61%) DV Cleared
18 21 (2.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (24.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 208 (23.64%) NIST
3 72 (8.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 71 (8.07%) GRC
5 65 (7.39%) GDPR
6 54 (6.14%) NCSC
7 48 (5.45%) PCI DSS
8 30 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 30 (3.41%) NIST 800
9 27 (3.07%) JSP 440
9 27 (3.07%) SLA
10 17 (1.93%) RMADS
11 16 (1.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (1.70%) COBIT
12 15 (1.70%) ISO 9001
12 15 (1.70%) SOC 2
13 12 (1.36%) QA
14 11 (1.25%) PMO
15 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.68%) SOC 1
System Software
1 59 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.48%) Docker
6 11 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.91%) Firmware
8 6 (0.68%) vSphere
9 5 (0.57%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.23%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.11%) iptables
12 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (2.05%) Terraform
3 13 (1.48%) Ansible
4 9 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (0.91%) Nessus
5 8 (0.91%) QRadar
5 8 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.80%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.34%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.23%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.23%) Nagios
9 2 (0.23%) Nmap
9 2 (0.23%) Suricata
9 2 (0.23%) WSUS
9 2 (0.23%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.11%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.11%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 204 (23.18%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.48%) SAP
3 47 (5.34%) VMware
4 46 (5.23%) Cisco
5 32 (3.64%) Apple
6 31 (3.52%) Palo Alto
7 24 (2.73%) Adobe
8 19 (2.16%) Oracle
8 19 (2.16%) PayPal
9 18 (2.05%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.25%) Splunk
11 11 (1.25%) Tenable
12 10 (1.14%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 7 (0.80%) Avaya
14 7 (0.80%) Draytek
14 7 (0.80%) Google
14 7 (0.80%) Mitel
14 7 (0.80%) WatchGuard