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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,756 1,162 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.13% 7.10% 6.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 7.61% 7.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 615 666
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,437 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £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 24 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 91 (5.18%) SharePoint
2 77 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.57%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 7 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.28%) Apache
6 5 (0.28%) WordPress
7 2 (0.11%) Confluence
8 1 (0.057%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 48 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.37%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 1 (0.057%) Magento
6 1 (0.057%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.057%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.057%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.057%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.057%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 419 (23.86%) Azure
2 250 (14.24%) Microsoft 365
3 224 (12.76%) Entra ID
4 215 (12.24%) AWS
5 109 (6.21%) SaaS
6 82 (4.67%) GCP
7 41 (2.33%) Serverless
8 39 (2.22%) Power Platform
9 35 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 31 (1.77%) OneDrive
11 22 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (1.14%) GitHub
13 19 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (0.74%) Mimecast
16 12 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (0.68%) dbt
17 10 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
17 10 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 248 (14.12%) Firewall
2 158 (9.00%) Network Security
3 90 (5.13%) VLAN
4 83 (4.73%) DNS
5 69 (3.93%) DHCP
6 66 (3.76%) VPN
6 66 (3.76%) WAN
7 52 (2.96%) TCP/IP
8 50 (2.85%) LAN
9 43 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (1.82%) Broadband
11 31 (1.77%) VoIP
12 26 (1.48%) BGP
13 21 (1.20%) SSL
14 20 (1.14%) HTTP
15 19 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
15 19 (1.08%) SD-WAN
16 18 (1.03%) MPLS
17 17 (0.97%) Unified Communications
18 16 (0.91%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 14 (0.80%) Power BI
3 10 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.34%) Tableau
6 5 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
6 5 (0.28%) Big Data
6 5 (0.28%) Metadata
7 3 (0.17%) MySQL
7 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.057%) Chroma
9 1 (0.057%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.057%) Power Query
9 1 (0.057%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.54%) Snyk
2 25 (1.42%) JIRA
3 10 (0.57%) Git
4 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.34%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.28%) GitLab
6 5 (0.28%) Poetry
6 5 (0.28%) VersionOne
7 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.17%) Maven
8 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.057%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.057%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.057%) JMeter
10 1 (0.057%) Locust
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio
General
1 620 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 196 (11.16%) Finance
3 176 (10.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 162 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 148 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 117 (6.66%) Marketing
7 115 (6.55%) Legal
8 99 (5.64%) Retail
9 81 (4.61%) Law
10 67 (3.82%) Telecoms
11 64 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.90%) Banking
13 46 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.88%) Police
15 32 (1.82%) Aerospace
16 28 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.54%) Manufacturing
18 26 (1.48%) Games
19 23 (1.31%) Advertising
20 21 (1.20%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 364 (20.73%) Senior
2 209 (11.90%) Analyst
3 188 (10.71%) Consultant
4 171 (9.74%) Architect
5 130 (7.40%) Security Engineer
6 109 (6.21%) Security Manager
7 106 (6.04%) Security Consultant
8 105 (5.98%) Security Architect
9 99 (5.64%) Security Analyst
10 98 (5.58%) Lead
11 86 (4.90%) Support Engineer
12 85 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 85 (4.84%) IT Support
13 77 (4.38%) Senior Manager
14 76 (4.33%) IT Manager
15 74 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
16 67 (3.82%) Business Manager
16 67 (3.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 66 (3.76%) IT Engineer
18 62 (3.53%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.99%) Terraform
2 30 (1.71%) OAuth
3 23 (1.31%) SAML
4 20 (1.14%) REST
5 19 (1.08%) LDAP
6 18 (1.03%) .NET
7 16 (0.91%) OpenID
8 9 (0.51%) SailPoint
9 8 (0.46%) JSON
9 8 (0.46%) Kafka
10 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.40%) ModSecurity
10 7 (0.40%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.34%) PySpark
11 6 (0.34%) React
11 6 (0.34%) RESTful
11 6 (0.34%) SOAP
11 6 (0.34%) XMPP
12 5 (0.28%) Node.js
12 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (7.86%) Cyber Threat
2 135 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 104 (5.92%) Management Information System
4 97 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 66 (3.76%) Driving Licence
6 61 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 58 (3.30%) Data Centre
8 47 (2.68%) Operational Technology
9 46 (2.62%) Cloud Native
10 40 (2.28%) Security Operations Centre
11 38 (2.16%) Cyber Defence
12 33 (1.88%) PKI
13 30 (1.71%) Cyberattack
14 28 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 26 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
16 25 (1.42%) Social Media
17 24 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
18 22 (1.25%) AI Agents
19 21 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
20 19 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 186 (10.59%) Windows
2 84 (4.78%) Windows Server
3 57 (3.25%) Linux
4 22 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.51%) Android
6 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.057%) AIX
9 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.057%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
2 336 (19.13%) AI
3 324 (18.45%) Information Security
4 277 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
5 239 (13.61%) Decision-Making
6 223 (12.70%) Risk Management
7 215 (12.24%) Mentoring
7 215 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 208 (11.85%) Incident Response
9 194 (11.05%) Cloud Security
10 187 (10.65%) Vulnerability Management
11 180 (10.25%) Security Operations
12 179 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 164 (9.34%) SIEM
14 163 (9.28%) ITIL
15 156 (8.88%) Identity Access Management
16 147 (8.37%) Service Delivery
17 141 (8.03%) Business Continuity
18 140 (7.97%) Agile
19 132 (7.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 123 (7.00%) Python
2 79 (4.50%) PowerShell
3 41 (2.33%) SQL
4 24 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
5 21 (1.20%) C++
6 20 (1.14%) Java
7 14 (0.80%) Bash
7 14 (0.80%) C#
8 13 (0.74%) JavaScript
9 12 (0.68%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.63%) Go
10 11 (0.63%) Rust
11 8 (0.46%) C
12 7 (0.40%) Bicep
13 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) Ada
14 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.11%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.11%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 299 (17.03%) Security Cleared
2 239 (13.61%) CISSP
3 226 (12.87%) SC Cleared
4 192 (10.93%) CISM
5 179 (10.19%) Degree
6 86 (4.90%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.42%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
9 50 (2.85%) AWS Certification
10 48 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (2.62%) Azure Certification
11 46 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
12 45 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 44 (2.51%) CRISC
14 42 (2.39%) CISA
15 37 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
16 31 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
17 29 (1.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 27 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 27 (1.54%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (18.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 227 (12.93%) NIST
3 155 (8.83%) GDPR
4 142 (8.09%) GRC
5 137 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.56%) PCI DSS
7 65 (3.70%) NCSC
8 51 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.82%) SLA
10 30 (1.71%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.42%) QA
11 25 (1.42%) SOC 2
12 21 (1.20%) COBIT
13 20 (1.14%) NIST 800
14 18 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (0.91%) JSP 440
16 15 (0.85%) ISO 22301
16 15 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 12 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 11 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 196 (11.16%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.25%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.03%) Firmware
6 15 (0.85%) Docker
7 12 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
11 3 (0.17%) vSphere
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.057%) NFS
13 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 155 (8.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (1.03%) Ansible
4 15 (0.85%) CASB
4 15 (0.85%) Grafana
5 13 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 7 (0.40%) Nmap
6 7 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.40%) QRadar
7 6 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.17%) SCCM
10 2 (0.11%) Graylog
10 2 (0.11%) WMI
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 557 (31.72%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.67%) Cisco
2 82 (4.67%) Palo Alto
3 69 (3.93%) CyberArk
4 49 (2.79%) VMware
5 44 (2.51%) CrowdStrike
6 39 (2.22%) Adobe
7 38 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.05%) Apple
9 34 (1.94%) Tenable
10 30 (1.71%) Salesforce
11 29 (1.65%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.65%) Splunk
12 28 (1.59%) Qualys
13 24 (1.37%) Google
14 19 (1.08%) Aruba
15 17 (0.97%) Veeam
16 15 (0.85%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.68%) SAP
18 9 (0.51%) Juniper