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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,561 1,264 1,526
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.03% 7.64% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 8.22% 6.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 732 901
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £38,000
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 £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,500
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 18,446 15,378 22,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.04% 92.99% 87.83%
Number of salaries quoted 13,393 9,086 16,698
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,725
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 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%

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 1 August 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 60 (3.84%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.58%) SAS
4 6 (0.38%) IIS
5 5 (0.32%) WordPress
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.064%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.064%) Confluence
7 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 38 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.54%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.064%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.064%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 393 (25.18%) Azure
2 196 (12.56%) AWS
2 196 (12.56%) Microsoft 365
3 174 (11.15%) Entra ID
4 94 (6.02%) SaaS
5 77 (4.93%) GCP
6 32 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 29 (1.86%) Serverless
8 22 (1.41%) Power Platform
9 17 (1.09%) OneDrive
10 16 (1.02%) dbt
10 16 (1.02%) Google Workspace
11 14 (0.90%) Mimecast
12 12 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.70%) PaaS
14 10 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (0.45%) GitHub
16 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 213 (13.65%) Firewall
2 135 (8.65%) Network Security
3 70 (4.48%) VLAN
4 59 (3.78%) DNS
5 56 (3.59%) VPN
6 53 (3.40%) Broadband
7 49 (3.14%) WAN
8 45 (2.88%) DHCP
9 37 (2.37%) TCP/IP
10 36 (2.31%) LAN
11 34 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (1.73%) VoIP
13 23 (1.47%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.22%) SSL
15 18 (1.15%) BGP
15 18 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
16 17 (1.09%) HTTP
17 16 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (1.02%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.96%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.70%) Power BI
2 9 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.38%) Tableau
4 4 (0.26%) Big Data
4 4 (0.26%) MySQL
5 3 (0.19%) Metadata
5 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.064%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.064%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.064%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.064%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.064%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.064%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.064%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.73%) Snyk
2 19 (1.22%) JIRA
3 8 (0.51%) Git
3 8 (0.51%) GitLab
4 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.32%) JMeter
4 5 (0.32%) Locust
4 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.32%) VersionOne
5 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.064%) GDB
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.064%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.064%) WinDbg
General
1 496 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 172 (11.02%) Finance
3 150 (9.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.05%) Marketing
7 107 (6.85%) Legal
8 87 (5.57%) Retail
9 76 (4.87%) Law
10 51 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 42 (2.69%) Banking
13 41 (2.63%) Games
14 31 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.79%) Advertising
16 23 (1.47%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.41%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.41%) Aviation
18 20 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.90%) Police
Job Titles
1 328 (21.01%) Senior
2 197 (12.62%) Analyst
3 162 (10.38%) Architect
4 146 (9.35%) Consultant
5 118 (7.56%) Security Manager
6 102 (6.53%) Security Analyst
7 101 (6.47%) Security Consultant
8 99 (6.34%) Security Architect
9 95 (6.09%) Senior Manager
10 94 (6.02%) Security Engineer
11 93 (5.96%) Lead
12 90 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 83 (5.32%) IT Manager
14 73 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
15 71 (4.55%) IT Support
16 70 (4.48%) Support Engineer
17 65 (4.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 52 (3.33%) IT Engineer
19 51 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 49 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.24%) OAuth
2 34 (2.18%) SAML
3 27 (1.73%) LDAP
4 24 (1.54%) OpenID
4 24 (1.54%) REST
5 15 (0.96%) SOAP
6 14 (0.90%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.64%) XMPP
8 9 (0.58%) .NET
9 8 (0.51%) LangChain
10 7 (0.45%) Kafka
10 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.45%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.38%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.38%) RESTful
12 5 (0.32%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.32%) LangGraph
12 5 (0.32%) ModSecurity
12 5 (0.32%) React
13 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 129 (8.26%) Cyber Threat
2 117 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 96 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 78 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (3.52%) Driving Licence
7 46 (2.95%) Cyberattack
8 43 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
9 42 (2.69%) Data Centre
10 41 (2.63%) Cloud Native
11 32 (2.05%) PKI
12 26 (1.67%) Blog
12 26 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
13 25 (1.60%) Operational Technology
14 21 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 21 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
15 18 (1.15%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
16 17 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 161 (10.31%) Windows
2 66 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 54 (3.46%) Linux
4 24 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.64%) Android
6 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.064%) AIX
9 1 (0.064%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.064%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (19.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 286 (18.32%) Information Security
3 255 (16.34%) AI
4 240 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
5 218 (13.97%) Mentoring
6 211 (13.52%) Risk Management
7 206 (13.20%) Incident Response
8 196 (12.56%) Decision-Making
9 195 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 172 (11.02%) Vulnerability Management
11 166 (10.63%) Cloud Security
12 152 (9.74%) Agile
13 148 (9.48%) ITIL
14 144 (9.22%) Identity Access Management
15 142 (9.10%) SIEM
16 140 (8.97%) Security Operations
17 130 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
18 128 (8.20%) Roadmaps
19 118 (7.56%) Business Continuity
19 118 (7.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.30%) Python
2 79 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.92%) SQL
4 24 (1.54%) Bash
4 24 (1.54%) Java
5 18 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 13 (0.83%) C++
7 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (0.77%) T-SQL
8 11 (0.70%) Rust
9 9 (0.58%) C#
10 7 (0.45%) Go
10 7 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.26%) C
11 4 (0.26%) PHP
12 3 (0.19%) Ada
12 3 (0.19%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.064%) Bicep
14 1 (0.064%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 249 (15.95%) Security Cleared
2 228 (14.61%) CISSP
3 193 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 183 (11.72%) CISM
5 154 (9.87%) Degree
6 69 (4.42%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.78%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
9 41 (2.63%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.56%) CISA
11 38 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (2.43%) CRISC
12 36 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 34 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 31 (1.99%) Azure Certification
15 30 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (1.73%) CREST Certified
17 26 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 26 (1.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 23 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (19.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 229 (14.67%) NIST
3 163 (10.44%) GDPR
4 123 (7.88%) GRC
5 108 (6.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.38%) PCI DSS
7 68 (4.36%) NCSC
8 49 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (1.73%) SLA
10 26 (1.67%) QA
10 26 (1.67%) SOC 2
11 24 (1.54%) Accessibility
11 24 (1.54%) COBIT
12 21 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
13 16 (1.02%) JSP 440
14 15 (0.96%) ISO 22301
15 14 (0.90%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 9 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 187 (11.98%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.43%) Hyper-V
3 28 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.02%) Docker
6 14 (0.90%) Firmware
7 11 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.45%) vSphere
10 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.38%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.32%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.064%) KVM
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 129 (8.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.73%) Terraform
3 20 (1.28%) Ansible
3 20 (1.28%) Grafana
4 16 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.90%) CASB
6 11 (0.70%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.45%) QRadar
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
9 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.19%) FTK
10 3 (0.19%) SCCM
11 2 (0.13%) Graylog
11 2 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 469 (30.04%) Microsoft
2 80 (5.12%) Palo Alto
3 72 (4.61%) Cisco
4 61 (3.91%) CyberArk
5 47 (3.01%) VMware
6 44 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.24%) Fortinet
9 33 (2.11%) Tenable
10 32 (2.05%) Apple
10 32 (2.05%) Google
11 31 (1.99%) Adobe
11 31 (1.99%) Splunk
12 24 (1.54%) Qualys
13 22 (1.41%) Salesforce
14 18 (1.15%) Aruba
15 15 (0.96%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.83%) SAP
17 10 (0.64%) Okta
17 10 (0.64%) Veeam