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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 30 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,495 1,238 1,768
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.00% 7.50% 5.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 8.04% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 715 1,115
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £73,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% -2.59% -10.25%

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 17,659 15,399 28,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.69% 93.29% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12,868 9,127 21,456
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,887 £33,750
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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -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 16 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 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.88%) 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 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.54%) 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 (1.61%) 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 (26.62%) Azure
2 204 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
3 191 (12.78%) AWS
4 186 (12.44%) Entra ID
5 90 (6.02%) SaaS
6 79 (5.28%) GCP
7 34 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (2.01%) Google Workspace
9 29 (1.94%) Serverless
10 23 (1.54%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.07%) dbt
11 16 (1.07%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.00%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.67%) PaaS
16 9 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.47%) Nutanix
18 6 (0.40%) Datadog
19 5 (0.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 200 (13.38%) Firewall
2 119 (7.96%) Network Security
3 73 (4.88%) Broadband
4 58 (3.88%) VLAN
4 58 (3.88%) VPN
5 57 (3.81%) DNS
6 47 (3.14%) WAN
7 45 (3.01%) DHCP
8 36 (2.41%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.27%) LAN
10 31 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.81%) VoIP
12 23 (1.54%) 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 (0.54%) 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 (0.94%) JIRA
3 9 (0.60%) Git
4 7 (0.47%) 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%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) GDB
8 1 (0.067%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) WinDbg
General
1 470 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 168 (11.24%) Finance
3 137 (9.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (7.49%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.36%) Marketing
7 94 (6.29%) Legal
8 84 (5.62%) Retail
9 79 (5.28%) Law
10 52 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (3.14%) Banking
12 46 (3.08%) Games
13 42 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.81%) Advertising
14 27 (1.81%) Back Office
15 22 (1.47%) Aviation
16 21 (1.40%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 296 (19.80%) Senior
2 180 (12.04%) Analyst
3 168 (11.24%) Architect
4 127 (8.49%) Consultant
5 114 (7.63%) Security Manager
6 102 (6.82%) Security Architect
7 96 (6.42%) Security Analyst
8 88 (5.89%) Lead
8 88 (5.89%) Security Consultant
8 88 (5.89%) Support Engineer
9 86 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 84 (5.62%) Senior Manager
11 76 (5.08%) IT Manager
11 76 (5.08%) Security Engineer
12 75 (5.02%) IT Support
13 68 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
14 60 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 57 (3.81%) IT Engineer
16 54 (3.61%) IT Support Engineer
17 47 (3.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.14%) OAuth
1 47 (3.14%) SAML
2 40 (2.68%) LDAP
3 36 (2.41%) OpenID
4 35 (2.34%) REST
5 27 (1.81%) SOAP
6 26 (1.74%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.60%) XMPP
8 8 (0.54%) Kafka
8 8 (0.54%) LangChain
9 7 (0.47%) .NET
9 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.40%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.40%) RESTful
10 6 (0.40%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.33%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.33%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.33%) React
12 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.36%) Cyber Threat
2 125 (8.36%) Security Posture
3 91 (6.09%) Management Information System
4 71 (4.75%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.48%) Cyberattack
6 54 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 52 (3.48%) Driving Licence
8 44 (2.94%) Data Centre
9 41 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
10 39 (2.61%) Cloud Native
11 34 (2.27%) PKI
12 31 (2.07%) Blog
13 26 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
13 26 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 25 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
15 23 (1.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 21 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.20%) AI Agents
17 18 (1.20%) Operational Technology
18 17 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 174 (11.64%) Windows
2 68 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.55%) Linux
4 26 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.80%) Android
7 11 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.54%) 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
1 289 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 272 (18.19%) Information Security
3 229 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (14.72%) AI
5 212 (14.18%) Mentoring
6 210 (14.05%) Risk Management
7 204 (13.65%) Incident Response
8 179 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 169 (11.30%) Vulnerability Management
10 166 (11.10%) Decision-Making
11 156 (10.43%) Cloud Security
12 142 (9.50%) Identity Access Management
13 140 (9.36%) Agile
13 140 (9.36%) ITIL
14 139 (9.30%) Roadmaps
15 137 (9.16%) SIEM
16 134 (8.96%) Security Operations
17 112 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
18 107 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
19 103 (6.89%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 117 (7.83%) Python
2 92 (6.15%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.34%) Bash
3 35 (2.34%) SQL
4 26 (1.74%) Java
4 26 (1.74%) T-SQL
5 20 (1.34%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.07%) C++
7 12 (0.80%) Rust
8 11 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.67%) C#
10 8 (0.54%) C
11 7 (0.47%) 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%) Bicep
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.067%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 241 (16.12%) Security Cleared
2 226 (15.12%) CISSP
3 196 (13.11%) SC Cleared
4 174 (11.64%) CISM
5 152 (10.17%) Degree
6 65 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 51 (3.41%) A+ Certification
7 51 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
8 43 (2.88%) CISA
9 39 (2.61%) AWS Certification
10 38 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
11 35 (2.34%) CRISC
12 33 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 30 (2.01%) Azure Certification
14 26 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 26 (1.74%) CREST Certified
15 24 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
16 21 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 21 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (20.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 229 (15.32%) NIST
3 170 (11.37%) GDPR
4 114 (7.63%) GRC
5 103 (6.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (5.55%) PCI DSS
7 77 (5.15%) NCSC
8 47 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 42 (2.81%) SLA
10 26 (1.74%) QA
11 24 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (1.61%) COBIT
11 24 (1.61%) SOC 2
12 18 (1.20%) Accessibility
12 18 (1.20%) JSP 440
13 14 (0.94%) ISO 22301
14 13 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 12 (0.80%) NIST 800
16 11 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 7 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 190 (12.71%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.94%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) Firmware
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
1 124 (8.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.61%) Terraform
4 20 (1.34%) Grafana
5 18 (1.20%) Ansible
6 16 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.87%) CASB
8 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.54%) QRadar
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.33%) FTK
12 5 (0.33%) Nmap
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
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
1 448 (29.97%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.22%) Cisco
3 74 (4.95%) Palo Alto
4 49 (3.28%) CyberArk
5 48 (3.21%) VMware
6 41 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.27%) Tenable
9 32 (2.14%) Google
10 30 (2.01%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.94%) Adobe
11 29 (1.94%) Apple
11 29 (1.94%) Splunk
12 24 (1.61%) Qualys
13 20 (1.34%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.14%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.87%) SAP
17 10 (0.67%) Oracle
17 10 (0.67%) Veeam