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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,615 1,251 1,440
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.08% 7.55% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.58% 8.12% 6.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 717 808
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.11%

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 18,830 15,402 21,672
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.54% 92.96% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13,568 8,927 15,410
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 August 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 60 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.56%) SAS
4 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 5 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.062%) Confluence
7 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 42 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.062%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.062%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.062%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 381 (23.59%) Azure
2 202 (12.51%) AWS
3 199 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
4 164 (10.15%) Entra ID
5 97 (6.01%) SaaS
6 75 (4.64%) GCP
7 32 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.80%) Serverless
9 20 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.18%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.99%) dbt
12 12 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.74%) Mimecast
13 10 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (0.62%) PaaS
14 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.43%) GitHub
16 6 (0.37%) Datadog
17 5 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 227 (14.06%) Firewall
2 161 (9.97%) Network Security
3 86 (5.33%) VLAN
4 60 (3.72%) DNS
5 58 (3.59%) WAN
6 55 (3.41%) VPN
7 46 (2.85%) DHCP
8 45 (2.79%) LAN
9 41 (2.54%) Broadband
10 38 (2.35%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (1.55%) VoIP
13 23 (1.42%) BGP
14 21 (1.30%) Unified Communications
15 19 (1.18%) HTTP
15 19 (1.18%) SSL
16 18 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
16 18 (1.11%) MPLS
17 16 (0.99%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.68%) Power BI
2 9 (0.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.37%) Tableau
5 5 (0.31%) Big Data
6 4 (0.25%) Metadata
6 4 (0.25%) MySQL
6 4 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.062%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.062%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.062%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.062%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.062%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.062%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.062%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.062%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (1.67%) Snyk
2 21 (1.30%) JIRA
3 7 (0.43%) Git
4 6 (0.37%) GitLab
5 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.31%) JMeter
5 5 (0.31%) Locust
5 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.31%) VersionOne
6 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.062%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.062%) GDB
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.062%) WinDbg
General
1 538 (33.31%) Social Skills
2 171 (10.59%) Finance
3 165 (10.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
5 131 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 114 (7.06%) Marketing
7 113 (7.00%) Legal
8 90 (5.57%) Retail
9 72 (4.46%) Law
10 53 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (3.10%) Telecoms
12 45 (2.79%) Banking
13 39 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (1.92%) Games
15 28 (1.73%) Aerospace
16 25 (1.55%) Advertising
17 23 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.36%) Aviation
18 22 (1.36%) Police
19 20 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 330 (20.43%) Senior
2 190 (11.76%) Analyst
3 171 (10.59%) Consultant
4 160 (9.91%) Architect
5 110 (6.81%) Security Consultant
5 110 (6.81%) Security Manager
6 109 (6.75%) Security Engineer
7 100 (6.19%) Security Analyst
8 99 (6.13%) Security Architect
9 97 (6.01%) Lead
10 92 (5.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 87 (5.39%) IT Manager
12 81 (5.02%) Senior Manager
13 74 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
14 70 (4.33%) Support Engineer
15 64 (3.96%) IT Support
16 61 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 54 (3.34%) Senior Security Engineer
18 53 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 52 (3.22%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.55%) OAuth
2 22 (1.36%) SAML
3 16 (0.99%) LDAP
4 14 (0.87%) OpenID
5 12 (0.74%) REST
6 10 (0.62%) .NET
6 10 (0.62%) XMPP
7 8 (0.50%) LangChain
8 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.37%) Kafka
9 6 (0.37%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.37%) RESTful
10 5 (0.31%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.31%) JSON
10 5 (0.31%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.31%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.31%) React
11 4 (0.25%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 126 (7.80%) Cyber Threat
2 119 (7.37%) Security Posture
3 98 (6.07%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (3.16%) Driving Licence
7 50 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 45 (2.79%) Cloud Native
8 45 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
9 35 (2.17%) Cyberattack
10 34 (2.11%) Operational Technology
11 33 (2.04%) PKI
12 28 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
14 24 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 23 (1.42%) Blog
16 20 (1.24%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.24%) Social Media
16 20 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 164 (10.15%) Windows
2 67 (4.15%) Windows Server
3 56 (3.47%) Linux
4 23 (1.42%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.37%) Android
6 6 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.062%) AIX
9 1 (0.062%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.062%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.062%) Solaris
9 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 297 (18.39%) Information Security
3 288 (17.83%) AI
4 245 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
5 219 (13.56%) Decision-Making
6 217 (13.44%) Risk Management
7 205 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 201 (12.45%) Incident Response
8 201 (12.45%) Mentoring
9 177 (10.96%) Vulnerability Management
10 170 (10.53%) Cloud Security
11 155 (9.60%) ITIL
12 154 (9.54%) Agile
13 147 (9.10%) SIEM
14 144 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 142 (8.79%) Security Operations
16 140 (8.67%) Identity Access Management
17 139 (8.61%) Business Continuity
18 130 (8.05%) Project Delivery
19 129 (7.99%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.24%) Python
2 71 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 27 (1.67%) SQL
4 21 (1.30%) Java
5 17 (1.05%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.93%) C++
7 13 (0.80%) Bash
7 13 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (0.56%) Rust
9 8 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) C#
11 6 (0.37%) Go
12 5 (0.31%) C
13 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.19%) Ada
14 3 (0.19%) PHP
15 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.062%) Bicep
16 1 (0.062%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.062%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (17.15%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.24%) CISSP
3 206 (12.76%) SC Cleared
4 185 (11.46%) CISM
5 153 (9.47%) Degree
6 83 (5.14%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.59%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.53%) Network+ Certification
9 46 (2.85%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.48%) CRISC
11 39 (2.41%) CISA
12 38 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
12 38 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 36 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 35 (2.17%) Azure Certification
15 32 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 27 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
18 26 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 26 (1.61%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (18.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 217 (13.44%) NIST
3 160 (9.91%) GDPR
4 135 (8.36%) GRC
5 114 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 81 (5.02%) PCI DSS
7 54 (3.34%) NCSC
8 49 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.86%) SLA
10 28 (1.73%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.73%) QA
11 25 (1.55%) COBIT
11 25 (1.55%) SOC 2
12 20 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 17 (1.05%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.99%) ISO 22301
15 15 (0.93%) NIST 800
16 13 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 9 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 179 (11.08%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.54%) Hyper-V
3 31 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.11%) Firmware
6 14 (0.87%) Docker
7 11 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 8 (0.50%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.43%) vSphere
11 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.062%) KVM
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 126 (7.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.55%) Terraform
4 18 (1.11%) Ansible
4 18 (1.11%) Grafana
4 18 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.87%) CASB
6 13 (0.80%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.43%) QRadar
9 5 (0.31%) Nmap
10 4 (0.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.19%) SCCM
12 2 (0.12%) Graylog
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 477 (29.54%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.08%) Palo Alto
3 79 (4.89%) Cisco
4 62 (3.84%) CyberArk
5 49 (3.03%) VMware
6 43 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.17%) Apple
9 34 (2.11%) Adobe
9 34 (2.11%) Fortinet
10 32 (1.98%) Splunk
10 32 (1.98%) Tenable
11 31 (1.92%) Google
12 26 (1.61%) Salesforce
13 24 (1.49%) Qualys
14 18 (1.11%) Aruba
15 15 (0.93%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.80%) SAP
17 11 (0.68%) Veeam
18 9 (0.56%) Okta