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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,546 1,259 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.02% 7.65% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 8.22% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 726 918
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -9.65%

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 18,280 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.99% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,282 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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 60 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 46 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.58%) SAS
4 6 (0.39%) IIS
5 5 (0.32%) WordPress
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.065%) Confluence
7 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 34 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.55%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.32%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.065%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.065%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 394 (25.49%) Azure
2 197 (12.74%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (12.68%) AWS
4 173 (11.19%) Entra ID
5 95 (6.14%) SaaS
6 78 (5.05%) GCP
7 33 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.88%) Serverless
9 23 (1.49%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.10%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.03%) dbt
11 16 (1.03%) Google Workspace
12 14 (0.91%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.71%) PaaS
15 7 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.45%) GitHub
15 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
16 6 (0.39%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 213 (13.78%) Firewall
2 134 (8.67%) Network Security
3 71 (4.59%) VLAN
4 59 (3.82%) DNS
5 58 (3.75%) VPN
6 54 (3.49%) Broadband
7 49 (3.17%) WAN
8 45 (2.91%) DHCP
9 37 (2.39%) TCP/IP
10 36 (2.33%) LAN
11 33 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (1.75%) VoIP
13 23 (1.49%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.23%) SSL
15 18 (1.16%) BGP
16 17 (1.10%) HTTP
17 16 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (1.03%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.97%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.71%) Power BI
2 9 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.39%) Tableau
4 4 (0.26%) Big Data
4 4 (0.26%) MySQL
5 3 (0.19%) Metadata
5 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.065%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.065%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.065%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.065%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.065%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.065%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.065%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 26 (1.68%) Snyk
2 18 (1.16%) JIRA
3 9 (0.58%) Git
3 9 (0.58%) GitLab
4 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.32%) JMeter
4 5 (0.32%) Locust
4 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.32%) VersionOne
5 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.065%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.065%) GDB
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.065%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.065%) WinDbg
General
1 489 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 169 (10.93%) Finance
3 147 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 126 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 109 (7.05%) Marketing
7 107 (6.92%) Legal
8 86 (5.56%) Retail
9 76 (4.92%) Law
10 48 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
11 45 (2.91%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.78%) Banking
13 40 (2.59%) Games
14 29 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.81%) Advertising
16 23 (1.49%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.42%) Aviation
18 19 (1.23%) Aerospace
18 19 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.91%) Police
Job Titles
1 326 (21.09%) Senior
2 194 (12.55%) Analyst
3 160 (10.35%) Architect
4 144 (9.31%) Consultant
5 116 (7.50%) Security Manager
6 100 (6.47%) Security Analyst
7 99 (6.40%) Security Consultant
8 98 (6.34%) Security Architect
9 95 (6.14%) Senior Manager
10 93 (6.02%) Lead
11 92 (5.95%) Security Engineer
12 88 (5.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 82 (5.30%) IT Manager
14 73 (4.72%) IT Support
15 72 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
16 71 (4.59%) Support Engineer
17 63 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 54 (3.49%) IT Engineer
19 51 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 51 (3.30%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.26%) OAuth
2 34 (2.20%) SAML
3 27 (1.75%) LDAP
4 24 (1.55%) OpenID
4 24 (1.55%) REST
5 15 (0.97%) SOAP
6 14 (0.91%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.65%) XMPP
8 8 (0.52%) .NET
8 8 (0.52%) Kafka
8 8 (0.52%) LangChain
9 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.45%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.39%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.39%) RESTful
11 5 (0.32%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.32%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.32%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.32%) React
12 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.21%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (7.44%) Security Posture
3 94 (6.08%) Management Information System
4 77 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (3.62%) Driving Licence
7 46 (2.98%) Cyberattack
8 43 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
9 41 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 40 (2.59%) Cloud Native
11 32 (2.07%) PKI
12 27 (1.75%) Blog
13 26 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
14 23 (1.49%) Operational Technology
15 21 (1.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 20 (1.29%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.16%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
18 17 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 162 (10.48%) Windows
2 68 (4.40%) Windows Server
3 54 (3.49%) Linux
4 24 (1.55%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.65%) Android
6 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.065%) AIX
9 1 (0.065%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.065%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.065%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (19.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 282 (18.24%) Information Security
3 253 (16.36%) AI
4 238 (15.39%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (13.91%) Mentoring
6 210 (13.58%) Risk Management
7 205 (13.26%) Incident Response
8 194 (12.55%) Decision-Making
9 192 (12.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 173 (11.19%) Vulnerability Management
11 161 (10.41%) Cloud Security
12 149 (9.64%) Agile
13 145 (9.38%) ITIL
14 143 (9.25%) Identity Access Management
15 141 (9.12%) SIEM
16 140 (9.06%) Security Operations
17 126 (8.15%) Roadmaps
18 123 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
19 117 (7.57%) Business Continuity
20 116 (7.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.44%) Python
2 79 (5.11%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.94%) SQL
4 24 (1.55%) Bash
5 23 (1.49%) Java
6 18 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.84%) C++
8 12 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.78%) Rust
8 12 (0.78%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.52%) C#
9 8 (0.52%) Go
10 7 (0.45%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.32%) PHP
12 4 (0.26%) C
13 3 (0.19%) Ada
13 3 (0.19%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.065%) Bicep
15 1 (0.065%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 248 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 226 (14.62%) CISSP
3 193 (12.48%) SC Cleared
4 183 (11.84%) CISM
5 149 (9.64%) Degree
6 67 (4.33%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.82%) A+ Certification
8 58 (3.75%) Network+ Certification
9 40 (2.59%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.59%) CISA
10 38 (2.46%) CRISC
11 37 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 33 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (1.94%) Azure Certification
14 30 (1.94%) CompTIA Security+
15 27 (1.75%) CREST Certified
16 26 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 26 (1.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 23 (1.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 306 (19.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (14.62%) NIST
3 163 (10.54%) GDPR
4 121 (7.83%) GRC
5 109 (7.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.43%) PCI DSS
7 66 (4.27%) NCSC
8 49 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (1.75%) QA
9 27 (1.75%) SLA
10 26 (1.68%) SOC 2
11 24 (1.55%) Accessibility
12 23 (1.49%) COBIT
13 21 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
14 16 (1.03%) JSP 440
15 15 (0.97%) ISO 22301
16 13 (0.84%) NIST 800
17 12 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 11 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 9 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 189 (12.23%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.46%) Hyper-V
3 27 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.03%) Docker
6 12 (0.78%) Firmware
7 11 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.45%) vSphere
10 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.32%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.065%) KVM
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 131 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.75%) Terraform
4 21 (1.36%) Ansible
4 21 (1.36%) Grafana
5 16 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (0.91%) CASB
7 11 (0.71%) FortiGate
8 10 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.45%) QRadar
10 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.32%) Nmap
12 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.19%) FTK
12 3 (0.19%) SCCM
13 2 (0.13%) Graylog
13 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 462 (29.88%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.05%) Palo Alto
3 69 (4.46%) Cisco
4 61 (3.95%) CyberArk
5 47 (3.04%) VMware
6 42 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.39%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (2.13%) Fortinet
8 33 (2.13%) Tenable
9 31 (2.01%) Google
9 31 (2.01%) Splunk
10 30 (1.94%) Apple
11 29 (1.88%) Adobe
12 24 (1.55%) Qualys
13 22 (1.42%) Salesforce
14 18 (1.16%) Aruba
15 15 (0.97%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.84%) SAP
17 10 (0.65%) Okta
17 10 (0.65%) Veeam