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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 33 40
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,316 1,160 1,894
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.88% 7.79% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 8.22% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 869 661 1,258
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,148 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,085 £59,400
% change year-on-year +3.30% -2.21% -8.62%

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 15,796 14,113 30,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 94.78% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,308 8,284 23,565
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 2 June 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 44 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.30%) WordPress
4 3 (0.23%) CMS
4 3 (0.23%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.076%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.076%) IIS
6 1 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.82%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.076%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 347 (26.37%) Azure
2 186 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
3 173 (13.15%) AWS
4 165 (12.54%) Entra ID
5 74 (5.62%) GCP
6 58 (4.41%) SaaS
7 54 (4.10%) Google Workspace
8 31 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
8 31 (2.36%) Power Platform
9 28 (2.13%) Serverless
10 20 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (1.14%) Mimecast
13 14 (1.06%) OneDrive
14 10 (0.76%) Nutanix
15 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.68%) PaaS
16 6 (0.46%) Datadog
16 6 (0.46%) GitHub
17 5 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 148 (11.25%) Firewall
2 90 (6.84%) Broadband
3 81 (6.16%) Network Security
4 43 (3.27%) DNS
5 41 (3.12%) VPN
6 29 (2.20%) VLAN
6 29 (2.20%) WAN
7 28 (2.13%) DHCP
8 24 (1.82%) Unified Communications
9 21 (1.60%) LAN
10 20 (1.52%) CHAP
11 17 (1.29%) Intrusion Detection
11 17 (1.29%) SSL
12 16 (1.22%) VoIP
13 15 (1.14%) TCP/IP
14 14 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (0.99%) BGP
16 11 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (0.76%) Internet
18 9 (0.68%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.76%) Power BI
2 6 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.38%) Tableau
4 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.23%) Big Data
4 3 (0.23%) MySQL
4 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Metadata
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.076%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.076%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.076%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.90%) Snyk
2 8 (0.61%) GitLab
3 6 (0.46%) Git
4 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.38%) JMeter
4 5 (0.38%) Locust
4 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.30%) JIRA
6 3 (0.23%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.076%) GDB
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.076%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.076%) WinDbg
General
1 372 (28.27%) Social Skills
2 160 (12.16%) Finance
3 133 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 113 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 102 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
6 94 (7.14%) Marketing
7 76 (5.78%) Organisational Skills
7 76 (5.78%) Retail
8 56 (4.26%) Banking
9 53 (4.03%) Back Office
10 52 (3.95%) Games
11 48 (3.65%) Law
12 38 (2.89%) Legal
13 36 (2.74%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.13%) Aviation
15 21 (1.60%) Financial Institution
16 20 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.37%) Advertising
18 17 (1.29%) Manufacturing
19 14 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (18.47%) Senior
2 166 (12.61%) Analyst
3 165 (12.54%) Architect
4 126 (9.57%) Security Architect
5 107 (8.13%) Security Manager
6 101 (7.67%) Consultant
7 97 (7.37%) Support Engineer
8 85 (6.46%) Security Analyst
9 84 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 74 (5.62%) Lead
11 73 (5.55%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 73 (5.55%) Security Consultant
11 73 (5.55%) Senior Architect
12 58 (4.41%) IT Support
13 55 (4.18%) Developer
14 53 (4.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 53 (4.03%) IT Manager
14 53 (4.03%) Senior Security Architect
15 48 (3.65%) Desktop Support
15 48 (3.65%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.86%) SAML
2 63 (4.79%) OAuth
3 62 (4.71%) LDAP
4 60 (4.56%) REST
5 59 (4.48%) OpenID
6 54 (4.10%) SOAP
7 53 (4.03%) GraphQL
8 9 (0.68%) XMPP
9 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.53%) Kafka
11 6 (0.46%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.46%) RESTful
12 5 (0.38%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.38%) LangChain
12 5 (0.38%) React
13 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
14 3 (0.23%) .NET
14 3 (0.23%) Semantic Kernel
14 3 (0.23%) Spring
14 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.27%) Cyber Threat
2 104 (7.90%) Security Posture
3 84 (6.38%) Cyberattack
4 81 (6.16%) Onboarding
5 80 (6.08%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.65%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.42%) Cyber Defence
8 36 (2.74%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.74%) PKI
8 36 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.43%) Cloud Native
10 31 (2.36%) Blog
11 28 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
11 28 (2.13%) Operational Technology
12 25 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
13 22 (1.67%) Low-Code
14 21 (1.60%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 18 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (1.14%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 161 (12.23%) Windows
2 59 (4.48%) Windows Server
3 55 (4.18%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.19%) Linux
5 19 (1.44%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.22%) Android
7 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.076%) AIX
10 1 (0.076%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.076%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.076%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.076%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 171 (12.99%) Incident Response
3 168 (12.77%) Mentoring
4 166 (12.61%) Risk Management
5 163 (12.39%) Information Security
6 161 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
7 141 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 137 (10.41%) AI
9 134 (10.18%) Roadmaps
10 128 (9.73%) Cloud Security
11 111 (8.43%) Analytics
11 111 (8.43%) ITIL
12 110 (8.36%) Security Operations
13 106 (8.05%) Agile
14 104 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 98 (7.45%) Identity Access Management
16 95 (7.22%) SIEM
17 92 (6.99%) Threat Modelling
18 90 (6.84%) Security Architecture
19 86 (6.53%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 119 (9.04%) PowerShell
2 101 (7.67%) Python
3 60 (4.56%) Bash
4 52 (3.95%) T-SQL
5 42 (3.19%) SQL
6 28 (2.13%) Java
7 22 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 17 (1.29%) C#
8 17 (1.29%) C++
9 13 (0.99%) C
10 9 (0.68%) Go
11 7 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
12 5 (0.38%) Rust
13 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.076%) Ada
14 1 (0.076%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.076%) Perl
14 1 (0.076%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.076%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 206 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 173 (13.15%) SC Cleared
3 158 (12.01%) Degree
4 157 (11.93%) CISSP
5 113 (8.59%) CISM
6 53 (4.03%) AWS Certification
6 53 (4.03%) DV Cleared
7 48 (3.65%) CTC Cleared
8 39 (2.96%) CISA
9 36 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 31 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (2.13%) CREST Certified
11 28 (2.13%) SANS
12 27 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
13 26 (1.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (1.98%) Azure Certification
14 23 (1.75%) CEH
15 21 (1.60%) FFIEC
16 20 (1.52%) CGEIT
17 19 (1.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (19.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 237 (18.01%) NIST
3 131 (9.95%) GDPR
4 101 (7.67%) GRC
5 94 (7.14%) NCSC
6 84 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 66 (5.02%) SLA
8 65 (4.94%) PCI DSS
9 37 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 27 (2.05%) COBIT
11 21 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 20 (1.52%) QA
13 19 (1.44%) Accessibility
14 17 (1.29%) SOC 2
15 16 (1.22%) JSP 440
16 11 (0.84%) IEC 61508
16 11 (0.84%) MISRA
16 11 (0.84%) MISRA C
17 10 (0.76%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 149 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (2.05%) Hyper-V
3 27 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.29%) Docker
5 10 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.46%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) ClearTrust
9 1 (0.076%) KVM
9 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 65 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.43%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.05%) Terraform
4 20 (1.52%) Ansible
4 20 (1.52%) Grafana
5 15 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.84%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.53%) CASB
8 7 (0.53%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.46%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 5 (0.38%) FTK
10 5 (0.38%) QRadar
10 5 (0.38%) SCCM
11 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.23%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.15%) Graylog
13 2 (0.15%) Nmap
Vendors
1 347 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.84%) Cisco
3 54 (4.10%) Apple
4 51 (3.88%) Adobe
5 49 (3.72%) Palo Alto
5 49 (3.72%) VMware
6 37 (2.81%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 34 (2.58%) Tenable
9 29 (2.20%) Google
10 28 (2.13%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.75%) Splunk
12 20 (1.52%) Salesforce
13 15 (1.14%) SAP
14 10 (0.76%) CheckPoint
14 10 (0.76%) Oracle
14 10 (0.76%) Qualys
15 9 (0.68%) Commvault
15 9 (0.68%) Sophos
16 7 (0.53%) Veeam