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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 29 40
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,501 1,237 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.01% 7.50% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 8.04% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 715 1,070
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -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 £56,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +6.19% -3.42% -10.00%

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 17,722 15,381 27,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.27% 88.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,904 9,107 20,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £34,000
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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -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 17 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 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 5 (0.33%) IIS
4 5 (0.33%) 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 48 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.60%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.33%) 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
1 398 (26.52%) Azure
2 203 (13.52%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (12.99%) AWS
4 186 (12.39%) Entra ID
5 89 (5.93%) SaaS
6 79 (5.26%) GCP
7 33 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (2.00%) Google Workspace
9 29 (1.93%) Serverless
10 21 (1.40%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.07%) dbt
11 16 (1.07%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.00%) Mimecast
13 11 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.67%) PaaS
15 7 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.47%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.40%) Datadog
16 6 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 201 (13.39%) Firewall
2 119 (7.93%) Network Security
3 73 (4.86%) Broadband
4 58 (3.86%) VLAN
4 58 (3.86%) VPN
5 57 (3.80%) DNS
6 47 (3.13%) WAN
7 45 (3.00%) DHCP
8 36 (2.40%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.27%) LAN
10 31 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.80%) VoIP
12 23 (1.53%) Unified Communications
13 19 (1.27%) SSL
14 18 (1.20%) BGP
15 16 (1.07%) HTTP
15 16 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (1.07%) MPLS
15 16 (1.07%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.60%) Power BI
2 8 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.33%) 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 (1.67%) Snyk
2 14 (0.93%) JIRA
3 9 (0.60%) Git
4 8 (0.53%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.33%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) Locust
6 5 (0.33%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) GDB
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) WinDbg
General
1 474 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 167 (11.13%) Finance
3 139 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 121 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (7.59%) Public Sector
6 109 (7.26%) Marketing
7 95 (6.33%) Legal
8 84 (5.60%) Retail
9 78 (5.20%) Law
10 52 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (3.13%) Banking
12 46 (3.06%) Games
13 43 (2.86%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.80%) Advertising
14 27 (1.80%) Back Office
15 22 (1.47%) Aviation
16 21 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.40%) Manufacturing
17 19 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.93%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 299 (19.92%) Senior
2 180 (11.99%) Analyst
3 168 (11.19%) Architect
4 131 (8.73%) Consultant
5 115 (7.66%) Security Manager
6 102 (6.80%) Security Architect
7 96 (6.40%) Security Analyst
8 90 (6.00%) Security Consultant
9 88 (5.86%) Lead
9 88 (5.86%) Support Engineer
10 86 (5.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 85 (5.66%) Senior Manager
12 77 (5.13%) IT Manager
13 76 (5.06%) Security Engineer
14 75 (5.00%) IT Support
15 68 (4.53%) Senior Analyst
16 60 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 57 (3.80%) IT Engineer
18 54 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
19 48 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.06%) OAuth
1 46 (3.06%) SAML
2 40 (2.66%) LDAP
3 35 (2.33%) OpenID
3 35 (2.33%) REST
4 27 (1.80%) SOAP
5 26 (1.73%) GraphQL
6 9 (0.60%) XMPP
7 8 (0.53%) Kafka
7 8 (0.53%) LangChain
8 7 (0.47%) .NET
8 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.40%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.40%) RESTful
9 6 (0.40%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.33%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.33%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.33%) React
11 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.46%) Cyber Threat
2 123 (8.19%) Security Posture
3 91 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 72 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.46%) Cyberattack
6 55 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (3.53%) Driving Licence
8 44 (2.93%) Data Centre
9 41 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
10 39 (2.60%) Cloud Native
11 34 (2.27%) PKI
12 31 (2.07%) Blog
13 26 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
14 25 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
14 25 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
15 23 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 21 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
17 19 (1.27%) Operational Technology
18 18 (1.20%) AI Agents
19 17 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 174 (11.59%) Windows
2 68 (4.53%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.53%) Linux
4 26 (1.73%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.60%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.80%) Android
7 11 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.53%) 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
1 291 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 275 (18.32%) Information Security
3 228 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (14.79%) AI
5 213 (14.19%) Mentoring
5 213 (14.19%) Risk Management
6 205 (13.66%) Incident Response
7 179 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 170 (11.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 169 (11.26%) Decision-Making
10 158 (10.53%) Cloud Security
11 143 (9.53%) Agile
12 142 (9.46%) Identity Access Management
13 141 (9.39%) ITIL
14 140 (9.33%) Roadmaps
15 137 (9.13%) SIEM
16 134 (8.93%) Security Operations
17 114 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 107 (7.13%) Disaster Recovery
19 104 (6.93%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.66%) Python
2 91 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.33%) Bash
3 35 (2.33%) SQL
4 26 (1.73%) T-SQL
5 25 (1.67%) Java
6 18 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.07%) C++
8 12 (0.80%) Rust
9 11 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (0.53%) C
10 8 (0.53%) C#
10 8 (0.53%) Go
11 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) Ada
13 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.067%) Bicep
15 1 (0.067%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 244 (16.26%) Security Cleared
2 228 (15.19%) CISSP
3 197 (13.12%) SC Cleared
4 177 (11.79%) CISM
5 152 (10.13%) Degree
6 65 (4.33%) DV Cleared
7 51 (3.40%) A+ Certification
7 51 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
8 43 (2.86%) CISA
9 39 (2.60%) AWS Certification
10 37 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (2.47%) CRISC
11 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 32 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 30 (2.00%) Azure Certification
14 27 (1.80%) CREST Certified
15 26 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 25 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
17 24 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 21 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (20.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 231 (15.39%) NIST
3 170 (11.33%) GDPR
4 116 (7.73%) GRC
5 104 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 85 (5.66%) PCI DSS
7 78 (5.20%) NCSC
8 47 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 42 (2.80%) SLA
10 26 (1.73%) QA
11 25 (1.67%) COBIT
12 24 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 24 (1.60%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.27%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.20%) JSP 440
15 14 (0.93%) ISO 22301
16 13 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 12 (0.80%) NIST 800
18 11 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 8 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 190 (12.66%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.40%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.93%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.47%) Firmware
8 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) vSphere
10 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.067%) KVM
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 123 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.60%) Terraform
4 20 (1.33%) Grafana
5 19 (1.27%) Ansible
6 15 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.87%) CASB
8 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.53%) QRadar
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.33%) Nmap
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) FTK
14 3 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.20%) SCCM
15 2 (0.13%) Graylog
15 2 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 447 (29.78%) Microsoft
2 79 (5.26%) Cisco
3 74 (4.93%) Palo Alto
4 49 (3.26%) CyberArk
5 48 (3.20%) VMware
6 41 (2.73%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.66%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.27%) Tenable
9 32 (2.13%) Google
10 30 (2.00%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.93%) Adobe
11 29 (1.93%) Apple
11 29 (1.93%) Splunk
12 24 (1.60%) Qualys
13 19 (1.27%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.13%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.87%) SAP
17 10 (0.67%) Oracle
17 10 (0.67%) Veeam