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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,533 1,259 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.00% 7.65% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.44% 8.22% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 726 918
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £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 £80,938 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -9.65%

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 18,155 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.94% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,190 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 29 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 59 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.59%) SAS
4 6 (0.39%) IIS
5 5 (0.33%) WordPress
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.065%) Confluence
7 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 33 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) 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 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.065%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.065%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 393 (25.64%) Azure
2 195 (12.72%) AWS
2 195 (12.72%) Microsoft 365
3 172 (11.22%) Entra ID
4 94 (6.13%) SaaS
5 78 (5.09%) GCP
6 33 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 29 (1.89%) Serverless
8 23 (1.50%) Power Platform
9 16 (1.04%) dbt
9 16 (1.04%) Google Workspace
9 16 (1.04%) OneDrive
10 14 (0.91%) Mimecast
11 12 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (0.72%) PaaS
13 7 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.46%) GitHub
13 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.39%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 212 (13.83%) Firewall
2 133 (8.68%) Network Security
3 70 (4.57%) VLAN
4 58 (3.78%) DNS
4 58 (3.78%) VPN
5 54 (3.52%) Broadband
6 48 (3.13%) WAN
7 45 (2.94%) DHCP
8 37 (2.41%) TCP/IP
9 35 (2.28%) LAN
10 33 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.76%) VoIP
12 22 (1.44%) Unified Communications
13 19 (1.24%) SSL
14 18 (1.17%) BGP
15 17 (1.11%) HTTP
16 16 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (1.04%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.98%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.72%) Power BI
2 9 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.39%) Tableau
4 4 (0.26%) Big Data
4 4 (0.26%) MySQL
5 3 (0.20%) Metadata
5 3 (0.20%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.065%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.065%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.065%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.065%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.065%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.065%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.065%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 26 (1.70%) Snyk
2 18 (1.17%) JIRA
3 9 (0.59%) Git
3 9 (0.59%) GitLab
4 5 (0.33%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.33%) JMeter
4 5 (0.33%) Locust
4 5 (0.33%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.33%) VersionOne
5 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.065%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.065%) GDB
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.065%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.065%) WinDbg
General
1 486 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 164 (10.70%) Finance
3 146 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (7.83%) Public Sector
6 108 (7.05%) Marketing
7 107 (6.98%) Legal
8 85 (5.54%) Retail
9 76 (4.96%) Law
10 45 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.87%) Telecoms
12 42 (2.74%) Banking
13 40 (2.61%) Games
14 29 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.83%) Advertising
16 23 (1.50%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.44%) Aviation
18 19 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
19 18 (1.17%) Aerospace
20 14 (0.91%) Police
Job Titles
1 324 (21.14%) Senior
2 193 (12.59%) Analyst
3 160 (10.44%) Architect
4 143 (9.33%) Consultant
5 115 (7.50%) Security Manager
6 99 (6.46%) Security Analyst
7 98 (6.39%) Security Architect
7 98 (6.39%) Security Consultant
8 95 (6.20%) Senior Manager
9 92 (6.00%) Security Engineer
10 89 (5.81%) Lead
11 87 (5.68%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 82 (5.35%) IT Manager
13 73 (4.76%) IT Support
14 72 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
15 71 (4.63%) Support Engineer
16 62 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 54 (3.52%) IT Engineer
18 51 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 51 (3.33%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.28%) OAuth
2 34 (2.22%) SAML
3 27 (1.76%) LDAP
4 24 (1.57%) OpenID
4 24 (1.57%) REST
5 15 (0.98%) SOAP
6 14 (0.91%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.59%) XMPP
8 8 (0.52%) .NET
8 8 (0.52%) Kafka
8 8 (0.52%) LangChain
9 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.46%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.39%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.39%) RESTful
11 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.33%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.33%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.33%) React
12 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.22%) Cyber Threat
2 114 (7.44%) Security Posture
3 94 (6.13%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (3.65%) Driving Licence
7 46 (3.00%) Cyberattack
8 43 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
9 40 (2.61%) Cloud Native
9 40 (2.61%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.09%) PKI
11 27 (1.76%) Blog
12 26 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
13 25 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (1.44%) Operational Technology
15 21 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 20 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.17%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
18 17 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 160 (10.44%) Windows
2 66 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 52 (3.39%) Linux
4 23 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.65%) Android
6 9 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.065%) AIX
9 1 (0.065%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.065%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.065%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (19.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 280 (18.26%) Information Security
3 249 (16.24%) AI
4 236 (15.39%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (14.02%) Mentoring
6 208 (13.57%) Risk Management
7 204 (13.31%) Incident Response
8 194 (12.65%) Decision-Making
9 191 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 172 (11.22%) Vulnerability Management
11 160 (10.44%) Cloud Security
12 147 (9.59%) Agile
13 144 (9.39%) ITIL
14 143 (9.33%) Identity Access Management
15 140 (9.13%) SIEM
16 139 (9.07%) Security Operations
17 126 (8.22%) Roadmaps
18 117 (7.63%) Stakeholder Management
19 115 (7.50%) Project Delivery
20 114 (7.44%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.44%) Python
2 78 (5.09%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.96%) SQL
4 24 (1.57%) Bash
5 23 (1.50%) Java
6 18 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.85%) C++
8 12 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.78%) Rust
8 12 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.52%) C#
9 8 (0.52%) Go
10 7 (0.46%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.33%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) C
13 3 (0.20%) Ada
13 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.065%) Bicep
15 1 (0.065%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 243 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 226 (14.74%) CISSP
3 192 (12.52%) SC Cleared
4 183 (11.94%) CISM
5 147 (9.59%) Degree
6 63 (4.11%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.85%) A+ Certification
8 58 (3.78%) Network+ Certification
9 40 (2.61%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.61%) CISA
10 38 (2.48%) CRISC
11 37 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 33 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (1.96%) Azure Certification
14 30 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
15 27 (1.76%) CREST Certified
16 26 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 26 (1.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 23 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (19.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 224 (14.61%) NIST
3 162 (10.57%) GDPR
4 121 (7.89%) GRC
5 108 (7.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.48%) PCI DSS
7 66 (4.31%) NCSC
8 48 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (1.76%) QA
9 27 (1.76%) SLA
10 26 (1.70%) SOC 2
11 23 (1.50%) Accessibility
11 23 (1.50%) COBIT
12 21 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 16 (1.04%) JSP 440
14 13 (0.85%) ISO 22301
14 13 (0.85%) NIST 800
15 12 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 11 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 9 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 188 (12.26%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
3 26 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.04%) Docker
5 11 (0.72%) Firmware
6 10 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.39%) vSphere
9 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
10 1 (0.065%) KVM
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 130 (8.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.70%) Terraform
4 20 (1.30%) Ansible
4 20 (1.30%) Grafana
5 16 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.91%) CASB
7 11 (0.72%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.46%) QRadar
10 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.33%) Nmap
12 3 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.20%) FTK
12 3 (0.20%) SCCM
13 2 (0.13%) Graylog
13 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 458 (29.88%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.96%) Palo Alto
3 67 (4.37%) Cisco
4 61 (3.98%) CyberArk
5 46 (3.00%) VMware
6 42 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (2.15%) Tenable
9 31 (2.02%) Fortinet
9 31 (2.02%) Google
10 29 (1.89%) Adobe
10 29 (1.89%) Apple
10 29 (1.89%) Splunk
11 24 (1.57%) Qualys
12 22 (1.44%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.17%) Aruba
14 15 (0.98%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.85%) SAP
16 10 (0.65%) Okta
17 9 (0.59%) Oracle