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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 36 47
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,060 1,028 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.45% 7.01% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 7.37% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 635 624 1,235
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,850 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,627 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.63% +7.71% -7.69%

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 14,057 13,953 26,346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.59% 95.12% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,126 8,602 21,863
10th Percentile £30,994 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 March 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 31 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.47%) Drupal
3 5 (0.47%) nginx
3 5 (0.47%) WordPress
4 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.28%) CMS
5 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.094%) Confluence
6 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 83 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.79%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.094%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.094%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.57%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.094%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 325 (30.66%) Azure
2 165 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
3 158 (14.91%) AWS
3 158 (14.91%) Entra ID
4 59 (5.57%) Google Workspace
5 38 (3.58%) GCP
6 32 (3.02%) SaaS
7 30 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 23 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (1.32%) Nutanix
11 12 (1.13%) Mimecast
11 12 (1.13%) PaaS
12 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (0.66%) GitHub
14 5 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.47%) OCI
15 4 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 127 (11.98%) Firewall
2 73 (6.89%) Broadband
3 41 (3.87%) VPN
4 40 (3.77%) Network Security
5 29 (2.74%) DNS
6 20 (1.89%) CHAP
6 20 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
7 19 (1.79%) DHCP
7 19 (1.79%) VLAN
8 14 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.94%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.85%) DMZ
10 9 (0.85%) WAN
11 8 (0.75%) LAN
11 8 (0.75%) VoIP
12 7 (0.66%) IP Telephony
12 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.57%) Internet
13 6 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.04%) Power BI
2 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
2 5 (0.47%) Relational Database
2 5 (0.47%) Tableau
3 4 (0.38%) Metadata
3 4 (0.38%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.094%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.094%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.094%) Big Data
5 1 (0.094%) MySQL
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.094%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (1.23%) Jenkins
2 8 (0.75%) GitLab
3 7 (0.66%) Git
4 3 (0.28%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.28%) JMeter
4 3 (0.28%) Locust
4 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.19%) JIRA
5 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.094%) Snyk
6 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.094%) TeamCity
General
1 388 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 185 (17.45%) Finance
3 106 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 98 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (8.49%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (6.79%) Marketing
8 66 (6.23%) Back Office
9 62 (5.85%) Telecoms
10 58 (5.47%) Banking
11 57 (5.38%) Law
12 46 (4.34%) Legal
13 45 (4.25%) Games
14 35 (3.30%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.83%) Retail
16 28 (2.64%) Electronics
17 24 (2.26%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (1.23%) German Language
19 13 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 210 (19.81%) Senior
2 102 (9.62%) Support Engineer
3 101 (9.53%) Architect
4 92 (8.68%) Consultant
5 91 (8.58%) Analyst
6 64 (6.04%) Security Architect
7 61 (5.75%) Security Manager
8 60 (5.66%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.66%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 57 (5.38%) Security Consultant
10 56 (5.28%) Site Engineer
11 54 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 49 (4.62%) Hardware Engineer
12 49 (4.62%) Senior Hardware Engineer
13 47 (4.43%) IT Support
13 47 (4.43%) Senior Architect
14 46 (4.34%) Developer
14 46 (4.34%) IT Engineer
15 44 (4.15%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.85%) REST
2 61 (5.75%) OAuth
2 61 (5.75%) OpenID
2 61 (5.75%) SAML
2 61 (5.75%) SOAP
3 60 (5.66%) GraphQL
4 59 (5.57%) LDAP
5 25 (2.36%) SAP CAF
6 6 (0.57%) CSS
6 6 (0.57%) HTML
7 5 (0.47%) .NET
7 5 (0.47%) Kafka
8 4 (0.38%) Android NDK
8 4 (0.38%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.38%) Node.js
8 4 (0.38%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.38%) RESTful
8 4 (0.38%) SailPoint
8 4 (0.38%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.38%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.81%) Cyber Threat
2 77 (7.26%) Security Posture
3 72 (6.79%) Cyberattack
4 62 (5.85%) Management Information System
5 54 (5.09%) Onboarding
6 37 (3.49%) Blog
7 32 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 32 (3.02%) Public Cloud
8 31 (2.92%) Cloud Native
8 31 (2.92%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.92%) Driving Licence
9 27 (2.55%) Operational Technology
10 26 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (2.08%) PKI
12 21 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
13 20 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
14 16 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
14 16 (1.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 16 (1.51%) Product Ownership
15 15 (1.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 158 (14.91%) Windows
2 71 (6.70%) Windows 10
3 51 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 42 (3.96%) Linux
5 18 (1.70%) Android
6 15 (1.42%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.38%) Unix
9 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.094%) Debian
10 1 (0.094%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.094%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.094%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.094%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (18.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 145 (13.68%) Risk Management
3 143 (13.49%) Roadmaps
4 136 (12.83%) ITIL
5 130 (12.26%) Mentoring
6 129 (12.17%) Information Security
7 125 (11.79%) Incident Response
7 125 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
8 121 (11.42%) Analytics
9 118 (11.13%) AI
10 90 (8.49%) Agile
11 85 (8.02%) Cloud Security
12 84 (7.92%) Customer Service
12 84 (7.92%) Identity Access Management
13 82 (7.74%) Project Management
14 79 (7.45%) Vulnerability Management
15 77 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
16 75 (7.08%) Customer Experience
17 74 (6.98%) DevOps
18 70 (6.60%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.75%) PowerShell
2 79 (7.45%) Python
3 71 (6.70%) Bash
4 58 (5.47%) T-SQL
5 51 (4.81%) SQL
6 24 (2.26%) C++
7 21 (1.98%) C#
7 21 (1.98%) Java
8 19 (1.79%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.23%) C
10 8 (0.75%) Go
11 6 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.47%) Rust
13 4 (0.38%) Bicep
13 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.38%) PHP
13 4 (0.38%) R
14 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.094%) Perl
15 1 (0.094%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 195 (18.40%) Degree
2 181 (17.08%) Security Cleared
3 163 (15.38%) CISSP
4 153 (14.43%) SC Cleared
5 120 (11.32%) CISM
6 60 (5.66%) CTC Cleared
7 43 (4.06%) CISA
8 42 (3.96%) AWS Certification
8 42 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (3.21%) CEH
11 32 (3.02%) DV Cleared
11 32 (3.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 29 (2.74%) SANS
13 28 (2.64%) PMP
14 27 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (2.36%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 21 (1.98%) CRISC
16 21 (1.98%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (22.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 232 (21.89%) NIST
3 94 (8.87%) GDPR
4 89 (8.40%) NCSC
5 76 (7.17%) GRC
6 71 (6.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 68 (6.42%) SLA
8 40 (3.77%) PCI DSS
9 33 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 26 (2.45%) COBIT
11 17 (1.60%) JSP 440
12 14 (1.32%) ISO 22301
13 13 (1.23%) SOC 2
14 12 (1.13%) QA
15 11 (1.04%) Accessibility
15 11 (1.04%) IEC 61508
15 11 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 11 (1.04%) MISRA
15 11 (1.04%) MISRA C
16 9 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 129 (12.17%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 22 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.89%) Docker
5 13 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.38%) Firmware
8 4 (0.38%) vSphere
9 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.094%) iptables
11 1 (0.094%) KVM
11 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 56 (5.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.74%) Terraform
3 24 (2.26%) Ansible
4 22 (2.08%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.04%) Functional Safety
6 10 (0.94%) Grafana
6 10 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.85%) Nessus
8 5 (0.47%) FTK
8 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.38%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.38%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.38%) QRadar
9 4 (0.38%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.28%) Nagios
10 3 (0.28%) SCCM
11 2 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 232 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.83%) Cisco
3 52 (4.91%) VMware
4 30 (2.83%) SAP
5 29 (2.74%) Apple
6 24 (2.26%) Adobe
7 19 (1.79%) Google
7 19 (1.79%) PayPal
8 17 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.42%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (1.32%) Oracle
10 14 (1.32%) Splunk
10 14 (1.32%) Tenable
11 13 (1.23%) Commvault
11 13 (1.23%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.94%) Draytek
13 9 (0.85%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.85%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.75%) Qualys