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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 44
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,345 1,192 1,889
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.74% 7.76% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.23% 8.21% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 905 667 1,225
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,050
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -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 16,346 14,518 30,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.57% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,794 8,418 23,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.37%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.074%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 60 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.78%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.37%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.074%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 341 (25.35%) Azure
2 179 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (12.49%) AWS
4 166 (12.34%) Entra ID
5 74 (5.50%) GCP
5 74 (5.50%) SaaS
6 51 (3.79%) Google Workspace
7 31 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 28 (2.08%) Serverless
9 24 (1.78%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
11 14 (1.04%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.67%) PaaS
15 8 (0.59%) Nutanix
16 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.45%) Datadog
17 6 (0.45%) GitHub
18 5 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 165 (12.27%) Firewall
2 94 (6.99%) Broadband
3 90 (6.69%) Network Security
4 48 (3.57%) DNS
4 48 (3.57%) VPN
5 39 (2.90%) WAN
6 36 (2.68%) DHCP
7 33 (2.45%) VLAN
8 29 (2.16%) LAN
9 23 (1.71%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.64%) TCP/IP
11 20 (1.49%) VoIP
11 20 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (1.34%) SSL
13 17 (1.26%) CHAP
13 17 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
14 16 (1.19%) BGP
15 13 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (0.97%) Internet
16 12 (0.89%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.67%) Power BI
2 5 (0.37%) Tableau
3 4 (0.30%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.22%) Big Data
4 3 (0.22%) MySQL
4 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.074%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.074%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.074%) Metadata
6 1 (0.074%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.074%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.074%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.074%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.86%) Snyk
2 8 (0.59%) GitLab
3 7 (0.52%) Git
3 7 (0.52%) JIRA
4 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.37%) JMeter
4 5 (0.37%) Locust
4 5 (0.37%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.074%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.074%) GDB
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.074%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.074%) WinDbg
General
1 369 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 164 (12.19%) Finance
3 117 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 117 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 114 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (8.03%) Marketing
6 82 (6.10%) Retail
7 71 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (4.24%) Games
9 54 (4.01%) Banking
10 48 (3.57%) Law
11 44 (3.27%) Legal
12 40 (2.97%) Telecoms
13 39 (2.90%) Back Office
14 28 (2.08%) Aviation
15 20 (1.49%) Advertising
15 20 (1.49%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.34%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (17.25%) Senior
2 174 (12.94%) Analyst
3 152 (11.30%) Architect
4 117 (8.70%) Security Architect
5 110 (8.18%) Security Manager
6 104 (7.73%) Consultant
7 96 (7.14%) Security Analyst
8 91 (6.77%) Lead
9 87 (6.47%) Support Engineer
10 83 (6.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 76 (5.65%) Security Consultant
12 65 (4.83%) IT Support
13 63 (4.68%) IT Manager
14 61 (4.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 60 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 57 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
17 51 (3.79%) Security Engineer
17 51 (3.79%) Senior Architect
18 50 (3.72%) Developer
19 49 (3.64%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.68%) SAML
2 62 (4.61%) LDAP
2 62 (4.61%) OAuth
3 56 (4.16%) REST
4 55 (4.09%) OpenID
5 49 (3.64%) SOAP
6 48 (3.57%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.67%) XMPP
8 8 (0.59%) LangChain
9 7 (0.52%) Kafka
9 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.45%) .NET
10 6 (0.45%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.45%) RESTful
11 5 (0.37%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.37%) React
12 4 (0.30%) LangGraph
12 4 (0.30%) ModSecurity
12 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
13 3 (0.22%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 131 (9.74%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (8.55%) Security Posture
3 89 (6.62%) Cyberattack
4 79 (5.87%) Management Information System
5 63 (4.68%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 43 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
8 42 (3.12%) Cyber Defence
9 38 (2.83%) PKI
10 34 (2.53%) Cloud Native
10 34 (2.53%) Driving Licence
11 31 (2.30%) Blog
12 26 (1.93%) Cyber Security Posture
13 25 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.86%) Operational Technology
14 22 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
15 20 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 17 (1.26%) Low-Code
16 17 (1.26%) Web Conferencing
17 16 (1.19%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 158 (11.75%) Windows
2 62 (4.61%) Windows Server
3 41 (3.05%) Linux
4 40 (2.97%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.04%) Android
7 13 (0.97%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.074%) AIX
10 1 (0.074%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.074%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.074%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.074%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (17.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 192 (14.28%) Problem-Solving
3 190 (14.13%) Information Security
4 186 (13.83%) Incident Response
5 181 (13.46%) Risk Management
6 170 (12.64%) Mentoring
7 155 (11.52%) Vulnerability Management
8 139 (10.33%) Cloud Security
9 138 (10.26%) AI
10 136 (10.11%) Roadmaps
11 123 (9.14%) Security Operations
12 121 (9.00%) Decision-Making
13 114 (8.48%) SIEM
14 113 (8.40%) Agile
15 111 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 109 (8.10%) Identity Access Management
17 102 (7.58%) ITIL
18 100 (7.43%) Threat Modelling
19 98 (7.29%) Analytics
20 97 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 101 (7.51%) Python
3 56 (4.16%) Bash
4 48 (3.57%) T-SQL
5 41 (3.05%) SQL
6 27 (2.01%) Java
7 22 (1.64%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.97%) C++
9 12 (0.89%) C#
10 10 (0.74%) C
11 9 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.59%) Go
13 5 (0.37%) PHP
13 5 (0.37%) Rust
14 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
17 1 (0.074%) Ada
17 1 (0.074%) Bicep
17 1 (0.074%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 203 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 169 (12.57%) SC Cleared
3 167 (12.42%) CISSP
4 150 (11.15%) Degree
5 122 (9.07%) CISM
6 56 (4.16%) DV Cleared
7 42 (3.12%) AWS Certification
8 40 (2.97%) CISA
9 36 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (2.45%) CTC Cleared
12 30 (2.23%) Azure Certification
12 30 (2.23%) CRISC
13 27 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
14 26 (1.93%) CREST Certified
15 25 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 22 (1.64%) SANS
17 21 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 20 (1.49%) FFIEC
19 18 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (20.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 238 (17.70%) NIST
3 151 (11.23%) GDPR
4 101 (7.51%) GRC
5 95 (7.06%) NCSC
6 85 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 76 (5.65%) PCI DSS
8 54 (4.01%) SLA
9 39 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (2.08%) COBIT
11 23 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
12 21 (1.56%) QA
13 18 (1.34%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.34%) JSP 440
14 17 (1.26%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 8 (0.59%) IEC 61508
17 8 (0.59%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.59%) MISRA C
System Software
1 152 (11.30%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.45%) Hyper-V
3 31 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.26%) Docker
6 10 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.45%) vSphere
10 5 (0.37%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.30%) Firmware
12 1 (0.074%) KVM
12 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 68 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.01%) Terraform
4 20 (1.49%) Ansible
4 20 (1.49%) Grafana
5 16 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.74%) CASB
7 9 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (0.59%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.59%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.52%) QRadar
10 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.37%) FTK
11 5 (0.37%) SCCM
12 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.22%) Nmap
13 3 (0.22%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.15%) Graylog
Vendors
1 362 (26.91%) Microsoft
2 85 (6.32%) Cisco
3 62 (4.61%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.87%) VMware
5 40 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.90%) CrowdStrike
7 37 (2.75%) Apple
8 35 (2.60%) Adobe
9 33 (2.45%) Tenable
10 30 (2.23%) Google
11 28 (2.08%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.93%) Splunk
13 21 (1.56%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.19%) Qualys
15 15 (1.12%) SAP
16 12 (0.89%) Aruba
17 10 (0.74%) CheckPoint
17 10 (0.74%) Oracle
18 9 (0.67%) Sophos
18 9 (0.67%) Veeam