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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,773 1,099 1,392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.11% 6.65% 6.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.83% 7.09% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,161 551 652
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.77%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.06%

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 20,087 15,504 18,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.59% 93.81% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,255 8,362 11,176
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 12 October 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 97 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 6 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.28%) Apache
7 4 (0.23%) WordPress
8 3 (0.17%) Confluence
9 1 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 49 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (1.07%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.17%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.056%) Magento
5 1 (0.056%) Odoo
5 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.056%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.056%) Shopify
5 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.056%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 441 (24.87%) Azure
2 262 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (13.71%) Entra ID
4 218 (12.30%) AWS
5 103 (5.81%) SaaS
6 85 (4.79%) GCP
7 47 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 36 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
9 35 (1.97%) Serverless
10 34 (1.92%) OneDrive
11 26 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
12 22 (1.24%) GitHub
12 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 17 (0.96%) Mimecast
14 16 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (0.73%) IaaS
17 12 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 252 (14.21%) Firewall
2 156 (8.80%) Network Security
3 94 (5.30%) DNS
4 93 (5.25%) VLAN
5 81 (4.57%) DHCP
6 77 (4.34%) VPN
7 70 (3.95%) WAN
8 57 (3.21%) TCP/IP
9 54 (3.05%) LAN
10 50 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.80%) Broadband
12 29 (1.64%) VoIP
13 26 (1.47%) BGP
14 24 (1.35%) SSL
15 23 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
15 23 (1.30%) SD-WAN
16 21 (1.18%) HTTP
16 21 (1.18%) Wireless
17 18 (1.02%) MPLS
18 16 (0.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 17 (0.96%) Power BI
3 10 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.45%) Big Data
5 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
6 5 (0.28%) Metadata
6 5 (0.28%) Tableau
7 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.11%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.056%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.056%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.056%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.056%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (1.52%) JIRA
2 22 (1.24%) Snyk
3 10 (0.56%) Burp Suite
3 10 (0.56%) Git
3 10 (0.56%) Metasploit
4 8 (0.45%) GitLab
5 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.28%) Poetry
7 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.17%) Maven
8 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.17%) VersionOne
9 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.056%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 640 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 204 (11.51%) Finance
3 163 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 162 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.14%) Public Sector
5 116 (6.54%) Legal
6 112 (6.32%) Marketing
7 98 (5.53%) Retail
8 82 (4.62%) Law
9 72 (4.06%) Telecoms
10 66 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.82%) Banking
12 46 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 33 (1.86%) Police
14 30 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 27 (1.52%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.41%) Games
17 24 (1.35%) Aviation
18 23 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 350 (19.74%) Senior
2 209 (11.79%) Analyst
3 192 (10.83%) Consultant
4 168 (9.48%) Architect
5 142 (8.01%) Security Engineer
6 104 (5.87%) Lead
7 103 (5.81%) Security Consultant
8 98 (5.53%) Security Analyst
9 97 (5.47%) Security Architect
10 94 (5.30%) Security Manager
11 88 (4.96%) IT Support
11 88 (4.96%) Support Engineer
12 75 (4.23%) IT Manager
13 73 (4.12%) Senior Manager
14 71 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 69 (3.89%) Business Manager
15 69 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 69 (3.89%) IT Engineer
16 68 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 67 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.71%) Terraform
2 31 (1.75%) OAuth
3 26 (1.47%) SAML
4 22 (1.24%) REST
5 20 (1.13%) .NET
6 19 (1.07%) LDAP
7 17 (0.96%) OpenID
8 11 (0.62%) JSON
8 11 (0.62%) SailPoint
9 8 (0.45%) Node.js
9 8 (0.45%) React
10 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.39%) ModSecurity
10 7 (0.39%) SOAP
11 6 (0.34%) Kafka
11 6 (0.34%) PySpark
11 6 (0.34%) RESTful
12 5 (0.28%) LangChain
12 5 (0.28%) Middleware
12 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (8.86%) Cyber Threat
2 144 (8.12%) Security Posture
3 101 (5.70%) Management Information System
4 97 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 75 (4.23%) Driving Licence
6 61 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
7 58 (3.27%) Data Centre
8 50 (2.82%) Operational Technology
9 48 (2.71%) Cloud Native
10 45 (2.54%) Cyber Defence
11 36 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
12 31 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
12 31 (1.75%) PKI
13 27 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 26 (1.47%) Cyberattack
15 24 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (1.35%) Social Media
16 22 (1.24%) AI Agents
17 21 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
18 19 (1.07%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 201 (11.34%) Windows
2 95 (5.36%) Windows Server
3 67 (3.78%) Linux
4 25 (1.41%) macOS
5 11 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.51%) Android
6 9 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.17%) Unix
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.056%) AIX
11 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
2 353 (19.91%) AI
3 327 (18.44%) Information Security
4 305 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
5 250 (14.10%) Decision-Making
6 214 (12.07%) Risk Management
7 211 (11.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 207 (11.68%) Incident Response
9 205 (11.56%) Mentoring
10 202 (11.39%) Cloud Security
11 194 (10.94%) Vulnerability Management
12 189 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 178 (10.04%) ITIL
14 177 (9.98%) Security Operations
15 165 (9.31%) Identity Access Management
16 161 (9.08%) SIEM
17 152 (8.57%) Business Continuity
18 151 (8.52%) Service Delivery
19 143 (8.07%) Roadmaps
20 142 (8.01%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 128 (7.22%) Python
2 81 (4.57%) PowerShell
3 43 (2.43%) SQL
4 27 (1.52%) C++
5 26 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
6 20 (1.13%) Java
6 20 (1.13%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.07%) Bash
7 19 (1.07%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.96%) C#
9 12 (0.68%) Go
9 12 (0.68%) Rust
10 9 (0.51%) Bicep
11 8 (0.45%) C
12 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Ada
13 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.11%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 300 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 234 (13.20%) CISSP
3 220 (12.41%) SC Cleared
4 189 (10.66%) CISM
5 182 (10.27%) Degree
6 93 (5.25%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.38%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
9 52 (2.93%) Azure Certification
9 52 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 50 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
11 47 (2.65%) AWS Certification
11 47 (2.65%) CRISC
12 45 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 41 (2.31%) CISA
14 37 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
15 31 (1.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 30 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
17 29 (1.64%) GIAC
18 28 (1.58%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (18.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 224 (12.63%) NIST
3 144 (8.12%) GDPR
3 144 (8.12%) GRC
4 139 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 77 (4.34%) PCI DSS
6 67 (3.78%) NCSC
7 52 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 32 (1.80%) SLA
9 27 (1.52%) SOC 2
10 26 (1.47%) Accessibility
11 22 (1.24%) QA
12 21 (1.18%) NIST 800
13 20 (1.13%) COBIT
14 19 (1.07%) ISO 22301
15 18 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
16 17 (0.96%) JSP 440
17 15 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 13 (0.73%) Data Quality
19 12 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 208 (11.73%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.50%) Hyper-V
3 36 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (1.24%) Docker
6 17 (0.96%) Firmware
7 13 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.28%) vSphere
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.11%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.11%) NFS
12 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 160 (9.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 33 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (1.18%) Ansible
5 16 (0.90%) FortiGate
6 15 (0.85%) CASB
6 15 (0.85%) Grafana
7 10 (0.56%) Nmap
8 8 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.39%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.39%) QRadar
10 5 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 4 (0.23%) SCCM
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.11%) Graylog
13 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 578 (32.60%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.85%) Cisco
3 73 (4.12%) Palo Alto
4 71 (4.00%) CyberArk
5 56 (3.16%) VMware
6 39 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.86%) Adobe
8 33 (1.86%) Salesforce
9 31 (1.75%) Apple
10 30 (1.69%) Google
11 29 (1.64%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.64%) Qualys
12 27 (1.52%) Splunk
12 27 (1.52%) Tenable
13 26 (1.47%) Aruba
14 18 (1.02%) Veeam
15 15 (0.85%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.73%) Okta
17 11 (0.62%) WatchGuard