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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 32 33
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,738 1,175 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.14% 7.20% 6.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 7.73% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 629 688
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,250 £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 19,826 15,207 20,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.45% 93.22% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,213 8,631 12,628
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,812 £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 18 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 88 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 70 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.52%) SAS
4 8 (0.46%) IIS
5 7 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.29%) Apache
6 5 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.058%) Confluence
7 1 (0.058%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 47 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.38%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.058%) Magento
5 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.058%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.058%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 403 (23.19%) Azure
2 244 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
3 212 (12.20%) Entra ID
4 205 (11.80%) AWS
5 108 (6.21%) SaaS
6 76 (4.37%) GCP
7 36 (2.07%) Serverless
8 35 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
8 35 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 29 (1.67%) OneDrive
10 22 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (0.81%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.69%) dbt
14 12 (0.69%) GitHub
15 9 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (0.40%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 248 (14.27%) Firewall
2 157 (9.03%) Network Security
3 90 (5.18%) VLAN
4 80 (4.60%) DNS
5 66 (3.80%) DHCP
6 65 (3.74%) WAN
7 63 (3.62%) VPN
8 52 (2.99%) TCP/IP
9 49 (2.82%) LAN
10 42 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.84%) Broadband
12 31 (1.78%) VoIP
13 26 (1.50%) BGP
14 20 (1.15%) SSL
15 19 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
15 19 (1.09%) HTTP
16 18 (1.04%) MPLS
16 18 (1.04%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.98%) Unified Communications
18 16 (0.92%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.69%) Power BI
3 7 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.35%) Tableau
5 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.29%) Big Data
6 3 (0.17%) Metadata
6 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.058%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.058%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.058%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.058%) GIS
7 1 (0.058%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.058%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (1.55%) Snyk
2 24 (1.38%) JIRA
3 9 (0.52%) Git
4 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Jenkins
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%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.058%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.058%) JMeter
8 1 (0.058%) Locust
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio
General
1 605 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 189 (10.87%) Finance
3 171 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 146 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
6 117 (6.73%) Marketing
7 116 (6.67%) Legal
8 98 (5.64%) Retail
9 77 (4.43%) Law
10 66 (3.80%) Telecoms
11 62 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.76%) Banking
13 45 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.84%) Aerospace
15 29 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (1.55%) Manufacturing
17 26 (1.50%) Games
18 24 (1.38%) Aviation
18 24 (1.38%) Police
19 23 (1.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 354 (20.37%) Senior
2 202 (11.62%) Analyst
3 186 (10.70%) Consultant
4 163 (9.38%) Architect
5 126 (7.25%) Security Engineer
6 114 (6.56%) Security Manager
7 108 (6.21%) Security Consultant
8 106 (6.10%) Security Architect
9 96 (5.52%) Security Analyst
10 95 (5.47%) Lead
11 90 (5.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 85 (4.89%) Support Engineer
13 84 (4.83%) IT Support
14 83 (4.78%) IT Manager
15 78 (4.49%) Senior Manager
16 74 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
17 67 (3.86%) IT Engineer
18 64 (3.68%) Business Manager
18 64 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
19 61 (3.51%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.61%) Terraform
2 27 (1.55%) OAuth
3 22 (1.27%) SAML
4 17 (0.98%) LDAP
5 16 (0.92%) .NET
6 15 (0.86%) REST
7 14 (0.81%) OpenID
8 8 (0.46%) Kafka
8 8 (0.46%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.40%) ModSecurity
10 6 (0.35%) JSON
10 6 (0.35%) React
10 6 (0.35%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.35%) RESTful
10 6 (0.35%) SOAP
10 6 (0.35%) XMPP
11 5 (0.29%) Node.js
11 5 (0.29%) PySpark
11 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 135 (7.77%) Cyber Threat
2 131 (7.54%) Security Posture
3 97 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 96 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 67 (3.86%) Driving Licence
6 59 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
7 57 (3.28%) Data Centre
8 46 (2.65%) Operational Technology
9 42 (2.42%) Cloud Native
9 42 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
11 32 (1.84%) PKI
12 29 (1.67%) Cyberattack
13 27 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 25 (1.44%) Social Media
15 23 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.27%) AI Agents
17 21 (1.21%) Cyber Security Posture
17 21 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
18 20 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 181 (10.41%) Windows
2 83 (4.78%) Windows Server
3 56 (3.22%) Linux
4 21 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.46%) Android
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.058%) AIX
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 330 (18.99%) AI
3 317 (18.24%) Information Security
4 270 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
5 237 (13.64%) Decision-Making
6 225 (12.95%) Risk Management
7 217 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 209 (12.03%) Mentoring
9 206 (11.85%) Incident Response
10 184 (10.59%) Cloud Security
10 184 (10.59%) Vulnerability Management
11 174 (10.01%) Security Operations
12 170 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 163 (9.38%) SIEM
14 160 (9.21%) ITIL
15 150 (8.63%) Identity Access Management
15 150 (8.63%) Service Delivery
16 148 (8.52%) Business Continuity
17 139 (8.00%) Agile
18 126 (7.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 115 (6.62%) Python
2 75 (4.32%) PowerShell
3 36 (2.07%) SQL
4 23 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (1.04%) C++
6 17 (0.98%) Java
7 13 (0.75%) Bash
8 12 (0.69%) C#
8 12 (0.69%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.58%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.52%) Go
10 9 (0.52%) Rust
11 7 (0.40%) C
12 5 (0.29%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Ada
13 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 288 (16.57%) Security Cleared
2 240 (13.81%) CISSP
3 215 (12.37%) SC Cleared
4 194 (11.16%) CISM
5 171 (9.84%) Degree
6 86 (4.95%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.45%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.76%) AWS Certification
10 46 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
10 46 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 44 (2.53%) CRISC
12 42 (2.42%) CISA
12 42 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 39 (2.24%) Azure Certification
14 38 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
15 30 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 29 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
17 27 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 26 (1.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 228 (13.12%) NIST
3 156 (8.98%) GDPR
4 140 (8.06%) GRC
5 138 (7.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.60%) PCI DSS
7 63 (3.62%) NCSC
8 51 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.84%) SLA
10 31 (1.78%) Accessibility
11 26 (1.50%) SOC 2
12 25 (1.44%) QA
13 21 (1.21%) COBIT
14 20 (1.15%) NIST 800
15 19 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (0.92%) JSP 440
17 15 (0.86%) ISO 22301
18 14 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 14 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 12 (0.69%) PMO
System Software
1 192 (11.05%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.16%) Hyper-V
3 29 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.04%) Firmware
6 14 (0.81%) Docker
7 10 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
11 3 (0.17%) vSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 149 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.04%) Ansible
5 15 (0.86%) CASB
6 13 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.46%) Grafana
8 7 (0.40%) Nmap
8 7 (0.40%) QRadar
9 6 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.17%) SCCM
12 2 (0.12%) Graylog
13 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
13 1 (0.058%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 543 (31.24%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.72%) Palo Alto
3 81 (4.66%) Cisco
4 67 (3.86%) CyberArk
5 48 (2.76%) VMware
6 44 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
7 38 (2.19%) Adobe
8 37 (2.13%) Apple
8 37 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.90%) Tenable
10 29 (1.67%) Fortinet
10 29 (1.67%) Salesforce
10 29 (1.67%) Splunk
11 27 (1.55%) Qualys
12 24 (1.38%) Google
13 18 (1.04%) Aruba
14 17 (0.98%) Veeam
15 15 (0.86%) OpenAI
16 12 (0.69%) SAP
17 8 (0.46%) Juniper