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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,703 1,202 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.16% 7.42% 6.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 7.99% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,154 666 705
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,424 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,780 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 19,480 15,052 20,418
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.91% 92.98% 87.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14,035 8,660 12,878
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,838 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 9 September 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 78 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 63 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.53%) SAS
4 8 (0.47%) IIS
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.29%) Apache
6 5 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.059%) CMS
7 1 (0.059%) Confluence
Applications
1 44 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.41%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.059%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.059%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.059%) Shopify
5 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 401 (23.55%) Azure
2 227 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 205 (12.04%) AWS
4 198 (11.63%) Entra ID
5 106 (6.22%) SaaS
6 72 (4.23%) GCP
7 36 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 35 (2.06%) Serverless
9 31 (1.82%) Power Platform
10 23 (1.35%) OneDrive
11 19 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (0.82%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (0.76%) dbt
14 13 (0.76%) GitHub
15 12 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
17 8 (0.47%) PaaS
18 6 (0.35%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 243 (14.27%) Firewall
2 165 (9.69%) Network Security
3 92 (5.40%) VLAN
4 74 (4.35%) DNS
5 63 (3.70%) WAN
6 60 (3.52%) DHCP
6 60 (3.52%) VPN
7 50 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 48 (2.82%) LAN
9 38 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (2.06%) Broadband
11 31 (1.82%) VoIP
12 26 (1.53%) BGP
13 20 (1.17%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (1.06%) HTTP
14 18 (1.06%) MPLS
14 18 (1.06%) SSL
14 18 (1.06%) Unified Communications
15 17 (1.00%) SD-WAN
16 16 (0.94%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.65%) Power BI
3 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.35%) Tableau
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.23%) Big Data
6 3 (0.18%) Metadata
6 3 (0.18%) MySQL
6 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.059%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.059%) Chroma
7 1 (0.059%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.059%) GIS
7 1 (0.059%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.059%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.059%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.59%) Snyk
2 22 (1.29%) JIRA
3 9 (0.53%) Git
4 6 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.35%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Poetry
5 5 (0.29%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.12%) JMeter
7 2 (0.12%) Locust
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.059%) GDB
8 1 (0.059%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.059%) WinDbg
General
1 581 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 181 (10.63%) Finance
3 166 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 148 (8.69%) Public Sector
5 143 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
6 119 (6.99%) Marketing
7 114 (6.69%) Legal
8 91 (5.34%) Retail
9 71 (4.17%) Law
10 59 (3.46%) Telecoms
11 58 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (2.76%) Banking
13 45 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.88%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 25 (1.47%) Games
17 24 (1.41%) Advertising
17 24 (1.41%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.29%) Aviation
18 22 (1.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 351 (20.61%) Senior
2 196 (11.51%) Analyst
3 181 (10.63%) Consultant
4 164 (9.63%) Architect
5 121 (7.11%) Security Engineer
6 117 (6.87%) Security Manager
7 111 (6.52%) Security Consultant
8 105 (6.17%) Security Architect
9 101 (5.93%) Security Analyst
10 94 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 93 (5.46%) Lead
12 86 (5.05%) IT Manager
13 81 (4.76%) Senior Manager
14 80 (4.70%) Support Engineer
15 76 (4.46%) IT Support
16 74 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
17 65 (3.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 61 (3.58%) IT Engineer
19 59 (3.46%) Business Manager
19 59 (3.46%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.59%) Terraform
2 25 (1.47%) OAuth
3 22 (1.29%) SAML
4 16 (0.94%) LDAP
5 14 (0.82%) OpenID
6 13 (0.76%) .NET
6 13 (0.76%) REST
7 8 (0.47%) Kafka
7 8 (0.47%) LangChain
7 8 (0.47%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.41%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.41%) XMPP
9 6 (0.35%) JSON
9 6 (0.35%) React
9 6 (0.35%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.35%) RESTful
10 5 (0.29%) Node.js
10 5 (0.29%) SOAP
10 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.57%) Security Posture
2 128 (7.52%) Cyber Threat
3 96 (5.64%) Management Information System
4 84 (4.93%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.46%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.35%) Data Centre
6 57 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (2.70%) Cloud Native
7 46 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
8 38 (2.23%) Operational Technology
9 33 (1.94%) PKI
9 33 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 28 (1.64%) Cyberattack
11 27 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 24 (1.41%) Social Media
13 23 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
14 21 (1.23%) AI Agents
15 20 (1.17%) Blog
15 20 (1.17%) Web Conferencing
16 19 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 177 (10.39%) Windows
2 79 (4.64%) Windows Server
3 57 (3.35%) Linux
4 21 (1.23%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.35%) Android
7 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.23%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Unix
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.059%) AIX
11 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 321 (18.85%) AI
3 305 (17.91%) Information Security
4 251 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
5 228 (13.39%) Decision-Making
5 228 (13.39%) Risk Management
6 214 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 206 (12.10%) Mentoring
8 202 (11.86%) Incident Response
9 186 (10.92%) Cloud Security
10 182 (10.69%) Vulnerability Management
11 163 (9.57%) Security Operations
12 159 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
13 158 (9.28%) SIEM
14 154 (9.04%) ITIL
15 150 (8.81%) Agile
15 150 (8.81%) Service Delivery
16 149 (8.75%) Business Continuity
17 144 (8.46%) Identity Access Management
18 127 (7.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (6.93%) Python
2 72 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.06%) SQL
4 19 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (1.06%) Java
6 17 (1.00%) C++
7 12 (0.70%) Bash
8 11 (0.65%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.59%) C#
10 9 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.47%) Go
11 8 (0.47%) Rust
12 6 (0.35%) C
13 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.18%) Ada
15 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 287 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 239 (14.03%) CISSP
3 214 (12.57%) SC Cleared
4 194 (11.39%) CISM
5 158 (9.28%) Degree
6 92 (5.40%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.46%) A+ Certification
8 58 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.82%) AWS Certification
10 44 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
10 44 (2.58%) CRISC
11 42 (2.47%) CISA
11 42 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 38 (2.23%) Azure Certification
12 38 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
13 37 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
14 31 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 28 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
16 27 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 25 (1.47%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (18.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (13.27%) NIST
3 158 (9.28%) GDPR
4 142 (8.34%) GRC
5 134 (7.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (4.87%) PCI DSS
7 61 (3.58%) NCSC
8 49 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.76%) SLA
10 26 (1.53%) QA
11 25 (1.47%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.47%) SOC 2
12 24 (1.41%) COBIT
13 21 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (1.06%) JSP 440
14 18 (1.06%) NIST 800
15 16 (0.94%) ISO 22301
16 14 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 14 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 10 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 190 (11.16%) Active Directory
2 52 (3.05%) Hyper-V
3 29 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.12%) Firmware
6 15 (0.88%) Docker
7 8 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.23%) vSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 141 (8.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.06%) Ansible
5 15 (0.88%) CASB
6 13 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.59%) Grafana
8 7 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.41%) QRadar
9 6 (0.35%) Nmap
10 5 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.18%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
14 1 (0.059%) OpenVAS
14 1 (0.059%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 519 (30.48%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.87%) Palo Alto
3 81 (4.76%) Cisco
4 67 (3.93%) CyberArk
5 47 (2.76%) VMware
6 41 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
7 39 (2.29%) Apple
8 37 (2.17%) Adobe
9 34 (2.00%) ServiceNow
10 32 (1.88%) Tenable
11 30 (1.76%) Fortinet
12 28 (1.64%) Google
12 28 (1.64%) Salesforce
12 28 (1.64%) Splunk
13 25 (1.47%) Qualys
14 18 (1.06%) Aruba
15 17 (1.00%) Veeam
16 15 (0.88%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.70%) SAP
18 9 (0.53%) Okta