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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 28 39
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,503 1,239 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.94% 7.52% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.38% 8.06% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 716 1,001
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.56% -8.11%

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 17,944 15,366 25,740
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 93.22% 88.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,066 9,085 19,242
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,789 £34,089
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 July 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 59 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.60%) SAS
4 5 (0.33%) IIS
4 5 (0.33%) WordPress
5 3 (0.20%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.067%) Confluence
7 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 34 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.60%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.33%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 401 (26.68%) Azure
2 195 (12.97%) AWS
3 194 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
4 175 (11.64%) Entra ID
5 91 (6.05%) SaaS
6 80 (5.32%) GCP
7 35 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.93%) Serverless
9 24 (1.60%) Google Workspace
10 23 (1.53%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.13%) OneDrive
12 16 (1.06%) dbt
13 15 (1.00%) Mimecast
14 12 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (0.73%) PaaS
16 8 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.40%) Datadog
17 6 (0.40%) GitHub
17 6 (0.40%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 206 (13.71%) Firewall
2 124 (8.25%) Network Security
3 67 (4.46%) Broadband
4 64 (4.26%) VLAN
5 59 (3.93%) DNS
6 58 (3.86%) VPN
7 46 (3.06%) DHCP
7 46 (3.06%) WAN
8 37 (2.46%) TCP/IP
9 33 (2.20%) LAN
10 31 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.80%) VoIP
12 23 (1.53%) Unified Communications
13 19 (1.26%) SSL
14 17 (1.13%) BGP
15 16 (1.06%) HTTP
15 16 (1.06%) SD-WAN
16 15 (1.00%) Cisco Nexus
16 15 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
16 15 (1.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.67%) Power BI
2 8 (0.53%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.40%) Tableau
4 4 (0.27%) MySQL
4 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) Metadata
6 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.067%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.067%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.067%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.067%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.067%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.067%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.66%) Snyk
2 15 (1.00%) JIRA
3 9 (0.60%) Git
4 8 (0.53%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.33%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) Locust
6 5 (0.33%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) GDB
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) WinDbg
General
1 477 (31.74%) Social Skills
2 159 (10.58%) Finance
3 140 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 122 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
5 113 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 109 (7.25%) Marketing
7 102 (6.79%) Legal
8 84 (5.59%) Retail
9 77 (5.12%) Law
10 47 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.93%) Banking
12 42 (2.79%) Games
12 42 (2.79%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.80%) Advertising
14 22 (1.46%) Aviation
14 22 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.46%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (0.93%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.80%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 314 (20.89%) Senior
2 186 (12.38%) Analyst
3 163 (10.84%) Architect
4 137 (9.12%) Consultant
5 116 (7.72%) Security Manager
6 99 (6.59%) Security Architect
7 98 (6.52%) Security Analyst
8 95 (6.32%) Senior Manager
9 94 (6.25%) Security Consultant
10 88 (5.85%) Lead
11 86 (5.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 83 (5.52%) Security Engineer
13 82 (5.46%) IT Manager
14 75 (4.99%) IT Support
15 72 (4.79%) Support Engineer
16 70 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
17 62 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 57 (3.79%) IT Engineer
19 54 (3.59%) IT Support Engineer
20 48 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.73%) OAuth
1 41 (2.73%) SAML
2 34 (2.26%) LDAP
3 30 (2.00%) OpenID
4 29 (1.93%) REST
5 21 (1.40%) SOAP
6 20 (1.33%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.60%) XMPP
8 8 (0.53%) Kafka
8 8 (0.53%) LangChain
9 7 (0.47%) .NET
9 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.47%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.40%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.40%) RESTful
11 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.33%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.33%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.33%) React
12 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.12%) Cyber Threat
2 116 (7.72%) Security Posture
3 89 (5.92%) Management Information System
4 72 (4.79%) Onboarding
5 61 (4.06%) Cyberattack
6 56 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (3.53%) Driving Licence
8 43 (2.86%) Data Centre
9 41 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (2.53%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.06%) PKI
12 29 (1.93%) Blog
13 26 (1.73%) Security Operations Centre
14 25 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
15 22 (1.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 22 (1.46%) Web Conferencing
16 20 (1.33%) Operational Technology
17 18 (1.20%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
18 17 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 160 (10.65%) Windows
2 68 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 54 (3.59%) Linux
4 24 (1.60%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.80%) Android
6 11 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.067%) AIX
11 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.067%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 275 (18.30%) Information Security
3 231 (15.37%) AI
3 231 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
4 214 (14.24%) Mentoring
5 206 (13.71%) Incident Response
6 204 (13.57%) Risk Management
7 188 (12.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 177 (11.78%) Decision-Making
9 170 (11.31%) Vulnerability Management
10 160 (10.65%) Cloud Security
11 148 (9.85%) Identity Access Management
12 141 (9.38%) Agile
13 139 (9.25%) SIEM
14 138 (9.18%) Security Operations
15 136 (9.05%) ITIL
16 135 (8.98%) Roadmaps
17 115 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
19 105 (6.99%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.65%) Python
2 85 (5.66%) PowerShell
3 33 (2.20%) SQL
4 30 (2.00%) Bash
5 25 (1.66%) Java
6 20 (1.33%) T-SQL
7 18 (1.20%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.00%) C++
9 12 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (0.80%) Rust
10 8 (0.53%) C#
10 8 (0.53%) Go
11 7 (0.47%) C
11 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) Ada
13 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.067%) Bicep
15 1 (0.067%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 222 (14.77%) CISSP
2 219 (14.57%) Security Cleared
3 181 (12.04%) CISM
4 179 (11.91%) SC Cleared
5 141 (9.38%) Degree
6 60 (3.99%) A+ Certification
6 60 (3.99%) Network+ Certification
7 54 (3.59%) DV Cleared
8 41 (2.73%) CISA
9 38 (2.53%) AWS Certification
10 37 (2.46%) CRISC
11 36 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
12 33 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (1.93%) Azure Certification
14 27 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
14 27 (1.80%) CREST Certified
15 26 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 24 (1.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 21 (1.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (19.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 222 (14.77%) NIST
3 165 (10.98%) GDPR
4 118 (7.85%) GRC
5 107 (7.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (5.52%) PCI DSS
7 70 (4.66%) NCSC
8 48 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 26 (1.73%) QA
9 26 (1.73%) SLA
10 25 (1.66%) SOC 2
11 23 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
11 23 (1.53%) COBIT
12 21 (1.40%) Accessibility
13 16 (1.06%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.93%) ISO 22301
15 12 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 12 (0.80%) NIST 800
16 11 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 194 (12.91%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.40%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.00%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.47%) Firmware
8 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.40%) vSphere
10 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.067%) KVM
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 132 (8.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.60%) Terraform
4 20 (1.33%) Grafana
5 19 (1.26%) Ansible
6 15 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.93%) CASB
8 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.53%) QRadar
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.33%) Nmap
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) FTK
14 3 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.20%) SCCM
15 2 (0.13%) Graylog
15 2 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 453 (30.14%) Microsoft
2 74 (4.92%) Palo Alto
3 63 (4.19%) Cisco
4 59 (3.93%) CyberArk
5 47 (3.13%) VMware
6 41 (2.73%) ServiceNow
7 40 (2.66%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.26%) Tenable
9 31 (2.06%) Fortinet
9 31 (2.06%) Google
10 30 (2.00%) Splunk
11 29 (1.93%) Adobe
11 29 (1.93%) Apple
12 24 (1.60%) Qualys
13 20 (1.33%) Salesforce
14 17 (1.13%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.93%) SAP
17 10 (0.67%) Okta
17 10 (0.67%) Veeam