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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,311 1,133 1,888
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.88% 7.81% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.29% 8.23% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 850 652 1,255
10th Percentile £37,450 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,788 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -0.17% -8.46%

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 15,823 13,768 29,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.03% 94.85% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 8,032 23,418
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,826 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

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 27 May 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 43 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.38%) WordPress
4 3 (0.23%) CMS
4 3 (0.23%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.076%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.076%) Drupal
6 1 (0.076%) IIS
6 1 (0.076%) nginx
6 1 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.83%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.076%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 341 (26.01%) Azure
2 177 (13.50%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (13.20%) AWS
4 164 (12.51%) Entra ID
5 73 (5.57%) GCP
6 57 (4.35%) SaaS
7 54 (4.12%) Google Workspace
8 31 (2.36%) Power Platform
9 29 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 28 (2.14%) Serverless
11 21 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.22%) Mimecast
13 15 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (0.92%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.76%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.76%) PaaS
16 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.46%) Datadog
17 6 (0.46%) GitHub
18 5 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 146 (11.14%) Firewall
2 90 (6.86%) Broadband
3 79 (6.03%) Network Security
4 42 (3.20%) DNS
5 40 (3.05%) VPN
6 28 (2.14%) VLAN
6 28 (2.14%) WAN
7 27 (2.06%) DHCP
8 24 (1.83%) Unified Communications
9 21 (1.60%) LAN
10 20 (1.53%) CHAP
11 18 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (1.30%) SSL
13 15 (1.14%) TCP/IP
13 15 (1.14%) VoIP
14 14 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.92%) BGP
16 10 (0.76%) Internet
16 10 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (0.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.69%) Power BI
2 6 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.38%) Tableau
4 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.23%) Big Data
4 3 (0.23%) MySQL
4 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Metadata
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.076%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.076%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.076%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.076%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.91%) Snyk
2 8 (0.61%) GitLab
3 6 (0.46%) Git
4 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.38%) JMeter
4 5 (0.38%) Locust
4 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.31%) JIRA
6 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.15%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.076%) GDB
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.076%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.076%) WinDbg
General
1 367 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 164 (12.51%) Finance
3 134 (10.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 101 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
6 95 (7.25%) Marketing
7 75 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
8 73 (5.57%) Retail
9 58 (4.42%) Banking
10 53 (4.04%) Back Office
11 51 (3.89%) Games
12 46 (3.51%) Law
13 36 (2.75%) Telecoms
14 35 (2.67%) Legal
15 28 (2.14%) Aviation
16 21 (1.60%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
17 19 (1.45%) Manufacturing
18 16 (1.22%) Advertising
19 14 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 256 (19.53%) Senior
2 165 (12.59%) Architect
3 161 (12.28%) Analyst
4 123 (9.38%) Security Architect
5 103 (7.86%) Security Manager
6 101 (7.70%) Consultant
7 93 (7.09%) Support Engineer
8 80 (6.10%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 79 (6.03%) Security Analyst
10 74 (5.64%) Security Consultant
10 74 (5.64%) Senior Architect
11 72 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 72 (5.49%) Lead
12 55 (4.20%) Developer
13 54 (4.12%) IT Support
14 53 (4.04%) Senior Security Architect
15 51 (3.89%) IT Manager
16 48 (3.66%) Desktop Engineer
16 48 (3.66%) Desktop Support
16 48 (3.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.81%) SAML
2 62 (4.73%) LDAP
2 62 (4.73%) OAuth
3 60 (4.58%) REST
4 59 (4.50%) OpenID
5 54 (4.12%) SOAP
6 53 (4.04%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.69%) XMPP
8 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.53%) Kafka
10 6 (0.46%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.46%) RESTful
11 5 (0.38%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.38%) React
12 4 (0.31%) LangChain
12 4 (0.31%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.31%) SAP CAF
13 3 (0.23%) Semantic Kernel
13 3 (0.23%) Spring
13 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.31%) Cyber Threat
2 102 (7.78%) Security Posture
3 84 (6.41%) Cyberattack
4 80 (6.10%) Onboarding
5 78 (5.95%) Management Information System
6 49 (3.74%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.43%) Cyber Defence
8 36 (2.75%) Driving Licence
9 35 (2.67%) PKI
9 35 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.36%) Blog
10 31 (2.36%) Cloud Native
11 29 (2.21%) Operational Technology
12 28 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.98%) Cyber Security Posture
14 22 (1.68%) Low-Code
14 22 (1.68%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 16 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
17 14 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 158 (12.05%) Windows
2 57 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 55 (4.20%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.20%) Linux
5 17 (1.30%) Android
6 16 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.076%) AIX
10 1 (0.076%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.076%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.076%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.076%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
2 168 (12.81%) Incident Response
2 168 (12.81%) Mentoring
3 163 (12.43%) Risk Management
4 158 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
5 157 (11.98%) Information Security
6 139 (10.60%) AI
7 138 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
8 137 (10.45%) Roadmaps
9 122 (9.31%) Cloud Security
10 114 (8.70%) ITIL
11 107 (8.16%) Analytics
12 106 (8.09%) Agile
13 103 (7.86%) Security Operations
14 100 (7.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 96 (7.32%) Identity Access Management
16 93 (7.09%) Security Architecture
16 93 (7.09%) Threat Modelling
17 90 (6.86%) SIEM
18 84 (6.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.92%) PowerShell
2 99 (7.55%) Python
3 59 (4.50%) Bash
4 52 (3.97%) T-SQL
5 41 (3.13%) SQL
6 28 (2.14%) Java
7 22 (1.68%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.37%) C++
9 17 (1.30%) C#
10 13 (0.99%) C
11 9 (0.69%) Go
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
12 5 (0.38%) Rust
13 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.076%) Bicep
15 1 (0.076%) Perl
15 1 (0.076%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.076%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 204 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.97%) SC Cleared
3 155 (11.82%) Degree
4 153 (11.67%) CISSP
5 113 (8.62%) CISM
6 54 (4.12%) AWS Certification
7 52 (3.97%) DV Cleared
8 48 (3.66%) CTC Cleared
9 40 (3.05%) CISA
10 31 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 30 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
12 28 (2.14%) SANS
13 26 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (1.98%) CREST Certified
14 24 (1.83%) Azure Certification
15 23 (1.75%) CEH
16 21 (1.60%) FFIEC
17 20 (1.53%) CGEIT
17 20 (1.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 246 (18.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 235 (17.93%) NIST
3 130 (9.92%) GDPR
4 100 (7.63%) GRC
5 91 (6.94%) NCSC
6 84 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 65 (4.96%) PCI DSS
7 65 (4.96%) SLA
8 38 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 28 (2.14%) COBIT
10 21 (1.60%) QA
11 20 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 19 (1.45%) Accessibility
13 17 (1.30%) SOC 2
14 16 (1.22%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.84%) IEC 61508
15 11 (0.84%) MISRA
15 11 (0.84%) MISRA C
16 10 (0.76%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 146 (11.14%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (2.14%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.37%) Docker
6 10 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.46%) Firmware
8 6 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.46%) vSphere
9 2 (0.15%) ClearTrust
10 1 (0.076%) KVM
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 63 (4.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.06%) Terraform
4 21 (1.60%) Ansible
5 20 (1.53%) Grafana
6 15 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.84%) Functional Safety
8 9 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.46%) CASB
9 6 (0.46%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.46%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.38%) FTK
10 5 (0.38%) QRadar
10 5 (0.38%) SCCM
11 4 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.31%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.23%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.15%) Graylog
13 2 (0.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 333 (25.40%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.64%) Cisco
3 54 (4.12%) Apple
4 51 (3.89%) Adobe
5 49 (3.74%) VMware
6 47 (3.59%) Palo Alto
7 38 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.75%) ServiceNow
9 35 (2.67%) Tenable
10 28 (2.14%) Fortinet
10 28 (2.14%) Google
11 22 (1.68%) Splunk
12 19 (1.45%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.30%) SAP
14 10 (0.76%) CheckPoint
14 10 (0.76%) Oracle
14 10 (0.76%) Qualys
15 9 (0.69%) Commvault
15 9 (0.69%) Sophos
16 7 (0.53%) Veeam