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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 32 41
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,233 1,013 1,894
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.92% 7.61% 5.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.32% 8.03% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 768 725 1,295
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £36,298
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,716 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 14,826 12,623 29,705
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.16% 94.77% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,367 8,945 23,614
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,202 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,205 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% +8.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 20 April 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 28 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.65%) WordPress
4 5 (0.41%) Drupal
4 5 (0.41%) nginx
5 4 (0.32%) CMS
6 3 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.081%) Confluence
8 1 (0.081%) IIS
8 1 (0.081%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.46%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.081%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (0.97%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.32%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.32%) Shopify
4 3 (0.24%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.081%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 344 (27.90%) Azure
2 175 (14.19%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (13.71%) AWS
4 156 (12.65%) Entra ID
5 58 (4.70%) Google Workspace
6 55 (4.46%) GCP
7 50 (4.06%) SaaS
8 29 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
9 27 (2.19%) Power Platform
10 24 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.30%) Serverless
13 15 (1.22%) Mimecast
14 14 (1.14%) Nutanix
15 9 (0.73%) PaaS
16 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
17 5 (0.41%) Datadog
17 5 (0.41%) dbt
17 5 (0.41%) GitHub
17 5 (0.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 139 (11.27%) Firewall
2 78 (6.33%) Broadband
3 57 (4.62%) Network Security
4 34 (2.76%) VPN
5 32 (2.60%) DNS
6 25 (2.03%) VLAN
7 24 (1.95%) CHAP
8 21 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
9 19 (1.54%) WAN
10 18 (1.46%) DHCP
11 16 (1.30%) LAN
11 16 (1.30%) Unified Communications
12 13 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (0.81%) VoIP
14 9 (0.73%) TCP/IP
15 8 (0.65%) BGP
15 8 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (0.65%) SSL
15 8 (0.65%) WebEx
16 7 (0.57%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.73%) Power BI
2 5 (0.41%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.32%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.24%) Metadata
4 3 (0.24%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.24%) MySQL
4 3 (0.24%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.16%) Tableau
6 1 (0.081%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.081%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.081%) Big Data
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.081%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.081%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (1.05%) Snyk
2 8 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.57%) Git
3 7 (0.57%) GitLab
4 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.41%) JMeter
4 5 (0.41%) Locust
5 4 (0.32%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.16%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.16%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.081%) GDB
7 1 (0.081%) JIRA
7 1 (0.081%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.081%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.081%) WinDbg
General
1 395 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 177 (14.36%) Finance
3 126 (10.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 86 (6.97%) Marketing
6 85 (6.89%) Organisational Skills
7 81 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
8 65 (5.27%) Banking
8 65 (5.27%) Law
9 63 (5.11%) Back Office
10 57 (4.62%) Retail
11 52 (4.22%) Legal
12 50 (4.06%) Telecoms
13 48 (3.89%) Games
14 25 (2.03%) Financial Institution
14 25 (2.03%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.46%) Aviation
17 14 (1.14%) Electronics
17 14 (1.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 255 (20.68%) Senior
2 125 (10.14%) Analyst
3 123 (9.98%) Architect
4 97 (7.87%) Support Engineer
5 94 (7.62%) Security Manager
6 91 (7.38%) Consultant
7 88 (7.14%) Security Architect
8 66 (5.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 63 (5.11%) Security Analyst
9 63 (5.11%) Security Consultant
10 60 (4.87%) Desktop Engineer
10 60 (4.87%) Desktop Support
10 60 (4.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 58 (4.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 56 (4.54%) Senior Architect
12 56 (4.54%) Site Engineer
13 50 (4.06%) IT Manager
14 49 (3.97%) Developer
14 49 (3.97%) Hardware Engineer
14 49 (3.97%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.11%) LDAP
1 63 (5.11%) REST
2 62 (5.03%) SAML
3 61 (4.95%) OAuth
3 61 (4.95%) OpenID
4 59 (4.79%) SOAP
5 58 (4.70%) GraphQL
6 13 (1.05%) SAP CAF
7 8 (0.65%) XMPP
8 7 (0.57%) Kafka
9 6 (0.49%) Regular Expression
10 5 (0.41%) CSS
10 5 (0.41%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.41%) HTML
10 5 (0.41%) LangChain
10 5 (0.41%) React
11 4 (0.32%) Android NDK
11 4 (0.32%) Node.js
11 4 (0.32%) RESTful
11 4 (0.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 104 (8.43%) Cyber Threat
2 95 (7.70%) Security Posture
3 78 (6.33%) Cyberattack
4 76 (6.16%) Management Information System
5 67 (5.43%) Onboarding
6 49 (3.97%) Blog
7 39 (3.16%) Data Centre
7 39 (3.16%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 33 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.60%) Cyber Defence
10 29 (2.35%) Cloud Native
10 29 (2.35%) Operational Technology
11 26 (2.11%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.95%) Cyber Security Posture
12 24 (1.95%) PKI
13 22 (1.78%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 14 (1.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 161 (13.06%) Windows
2 68 (5.52%) Windows 10
3 50 (4.06%) Linux
3 50 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.46%) Android
6 14 (1.14%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.081%) AIX
8 1 (0.081%) Debian
8 1 (0.081%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.081%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.081%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.081%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.081%) Solaris
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (16.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 157 (12.73%) Risk Management
3 153 (12.41%) Mentoring
4 144 (11.68%) Information Security
4 144 (11.68%) Roadmaps
5 141 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (11.35%) AI
7 137 (11.11%) Incident Response
8 128 (10.38%) ITIL
9 107 (8.68%) Analytics
9 107 (8.68%) Vulnerability Management
10 106 (8.60%) Cloud Security
11 99 (8.03%) Agile
12 95 (7.70%) Project Management
13 89 (7.22%) Customer Service
14 88 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
15 85 (6.89%) Security Operations
16 82 (6.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 80 (6.49%) Security Architecture
17 80 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (9.57%) PowerShell
2 91 (7.38%) Python
3 67 (5.43%) Bash
4 56 (4.54%) T-SQL
5 43 (3.49%) SQL
6 25 (2.03%) Java
7 23 (1.87%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.78%) C++
9 20 (1.62%) C#
10 13 (1.05%) C
11 8 (0.65%) Go
12 5 (0.41%) PHP
12 5 (0.41%) Rust
13 4 (0.32%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.24%) Bicep
15 1 (0.081%) Perl
15 1 (0.081%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 193 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 188 (15.25%) Degree
3 163 (13.22%) SC Cleared
4 159 (12.90%) CISSP
5 118 (9.57%) CISM
6 60 (4.87%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (3.73%) AWS Certification
8 43 (3.49%) CISA
9 38 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (3.08%) DV Cleared
9 38 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (2.76%) CEH
11 32 (2.60%) SANS
12 25 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (2.03%) FFIEC
13 24 (1.95%) CGEIT
14 23 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 23 (1.87%) CREST Certified
14 23 (1.87%) PMP
15 22 (1.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (18.73%) NIST
2 229 (18.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 120 (9.73%) GDPR
4 86 (6.97%) NCSC
5 85 (6.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (6.49%) GRC
7 68 (5.52%) SLA
8 52 (4.22%) PCI DSS
9 44 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 30 (2.43%) COBIT
11 20 (1.62%) Accessibility
11 20 (1.62%) QA
12 17 (1.38%) SOC 2
13 14 (1.14%) ISO 22301
14 13 (1.05%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.89%) IEC 61508
15 11 (0.89%) MISRA
15 11 (0.89%) MISRA C
16 8 (0.65%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 127 (10.30%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.11%) Hyper-V
3 25 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.70%) Docker
5 17 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.49%) Firmware
7 6 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.49%) vSphere
8 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.081%) iptables
9 1 (0.081%) KVM
9 1 (0.081%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.35%) Terraform
3 28 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.95%) Ansible
5 18 (1.46%) Grafana
6 11 (0.89%) Functional Safety
7 10 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.49%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 6 (0.49%) QRadar
10 5 (0.41%) FTK
10 5 (0.41%) Nessus
10 5 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.32%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.32%) SCCM
12 3 (0.24%) CASB
12 3 (0.24%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 278 (22.55%) Microsoft
2 91 (7.38%) Cisco
3 51 (4.14%) VMware
4 45 (3.65%) Apple
5 39 (3.16%) Adobe
6 31 (2.51%) Palo Alto
7 30 (2.43%) Google
8 27 (2.19%) Fortinet
8 27 (2.19%) Tenable
9 25 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
10 24 (1.95%) ServiceNow
11 22 (1.78%) Splunk
12 20 (1.62%) SAP
13 18 (1.46%) PayPal
14 15 (1.22%) Salesforce
15 13 (1.05%) Commvault
16 10 (0.81%) CheckPoint
17 9 (0.73%) Qualys
17 9 (0.73%) Sophos
18 7 (0.57%) Draytek