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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,775 1,122 1,399
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.13% 6.69% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 7.14% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 568 651
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,375 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -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 20,082 15,724 19,287
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.68% 93.80% 88.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,329 8,388 11,437
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,026
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 6 October 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 98 (5.52%) SharePoint
2 83 (4.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 5 (0.28%) Apache
5 5 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.28%) WordPress
6 3 (0.17%) Confluence
7 1 (0.056%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 50 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) Simulink
6 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.18%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.23%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.056%) Magento
5 1 (0.056%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.056%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.056%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 436 (24.56%) Azure
2 261 (14.70%) Microsoft 365
3 239 (13.46%) Entra ID
4 215 (12.11%) AWS
5 102 (5.75%) SaaS
6 83 (4.68%) GCP
7 45 (2.54%) Power Platform
8 39 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 38 (2.14%) Serverless
10 35 (1.97%) OneDrive
11 26 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
12 22 (1.24%) GitHub
12 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.79%) Mimecast
15 13 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 247 (13.92%) Firewall
2 153 (8.62%) Network Security
3 87 (4.90%) DNS
3 87 (4.90%) VLAN
4 74 (4.17%) DHCP
5 70 (3.94%) VPN
6 65 (3.66%) WAN
7 52 (2.93%) TCP/IP
8 49 (2.76%) LAN
9 46 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (1.80%) Broadband
11 30 (1.69%) VoIP
12 26 (1.46%) BGP
13 23 (1.30%) SSL
14 21 (1.18%) HTTP
15 19 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
15 19 (1.07%) SD-WAN
16 18 (1.01%) MPLS
17 16 (0.90%) OSPF
17 16 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.18%) SQL Server
2 17 (0.96%) Power BI
3 10 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.45%) Big Data
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%) Metadata
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 (0.056%) Chroma
9 1 (0.056%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.056%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.056%) Power Query
9 1 (0.056%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 26 (1.46%) JIRA
2 24 (1.35%) Snyk
3 10 (0.56%) Git
4 8 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 8 (0.45%) Metasploit
5 7 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.34%) GitLab
7 5 (0.28%) Poetry
8 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.23%) VersionOne
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.056%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 630 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 205 (11.55%) Finance
3 169 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 164 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 154 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (6.54%) Marketing
7 115 (6.48%) Legal
8 97 (5.46%) Retail
9 80 (4.51%) Law
10 70 (3.94%) Telecoms
11 67 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.82%) Banking
13 47 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 33 (1.86%) Police
15 29 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (1.58%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.41%) Games
18 24 (1.35%) Advertising
19 23 (1.30%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 360 (20.28%) Senior
2 210 (11.83%) Analyst
3 189 (10.65%) Consultant
4 170 (9.58%) Architect
5 137 (7.72%) Security Engineer
6 104 (5.86%) Security Manager
7 103 (5.80%) Lead
7 103 (5.80%) Security Consultant
8 100 (5.63%) Security Architect
9 98 (5.52%) Security Analyst
10 89 (5.01%) IT Support
11 87 (4.90%) Support Engineer
12 78 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 76 (4.28%) Senior Manager
14 75 (4.23%) IT Manager
15 71 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 70 (3.94%) Business Manager
16 70 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
17 68 (3.83%) IT Engineer
18 66 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.37%) Terraform
2 31 (1.75%) OAuth
3 23 (1.30%) SAML
4 22 (1.24%) REST
5 20 (1.13%) .NET
6 19 (1.07%) LDAP
7 17 (0.96%) OpenID
8 10 (0.56%) JSON
8 10 (0.56%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.39%) ModSecurity
9 7 (0.39%) SOAP
10 6 (0.34%) Kafka
10 6 (0.34%) Node.js
10 6 (0.34%) PySpark
10 6 (0.34%) React
10 6 (0.34%) RESTful
11 5 (0.28%) LangChain
11 5 (0.28%) Middleware
11 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.68%) Cyber Threat
2 145 (8.17%) Security Posture
3 103 (5.80%) Management Information System
4 95 (5.35%) Onboarding
5 73 (4.11%) Driving Licence
6 63 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
7 55 (3.10%) Data Centre
8 49 (2.76%) Operational Technology
9 46 (2.59%) Cloud Native
10 43 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 31 (1.75%) PKI
13 28 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 27 (1.52%) Cyberattack
15 25 (1.41%) Social Media
16 23 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
16 23 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
17 22 (1.24%) AI Agents
18 20 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 197 (11.10%) Windows
2 90 (5.07%) Windows Server
3 64 (3.61%) Linux
4 24 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.51%) Android
5 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.056%) AIX
10 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 351 (19.77%) AI
3 329 (18.54%) Information Security
4 298 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
5 244 (13.75%) Decision-Making
6 223 (12.56%) Risk Management
7 215 (12.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 211 (11.89%) Incident Response
9 208 (11.72%) Mentoring
10 199 (11.21%) Cloud Security
11 192 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
12 185 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
13 182 (10.25%) Security Operations
14 172 (9.69%) ITIL
15 166 (9.35%) SIEM
16 163 (9.18%) Identity Access Management
17 152 (8.56%) Service Delivery
18 148 (8.34%) Business Continuity
19 143 (8.06%) Agile
20 139 (7.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 122 (6.87%) Python
2 77 (4.34%) PowerShell
3 42 (2.37%) SQL
4 26 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
5 25 (1.41%) C++
6 18 (1.01%) Bash
6 18 (1.01%) Java
7 17 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 16 (0.90%) C#
8 16 (0.90%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.68%) Go
10 11 (0.62%) Rust
11 9 (0.51%) Bicep
12 8 (0.45%) C
13 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) Ada
14 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.11%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 303 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 236 (13.30%) CISSP
3 226 (12.73%) SC Cleared
4 191 (10.76%) CISM
5 179 (10.08%) Degree
6 90 (5.07%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.38%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.32%) Network+ Certification
9 54 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 50 (2.82%) Azure Certification
11 48 (2.70%) AWS Certification
11 48 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
12 46 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 46 (2.59%) CRISC
13 42 (2.37%) CISA
14 37 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
15 32 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
16 29 (1.63%) GIAC
16 29 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 24 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (12.73%) NIST
3 151 (8.51%) GDPR
4 143 (8.06%) GRC
5 141 (7.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.51%) PCI DSS
7 66 (3.72%) NCSC
8 53 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.80%) SLA
10 28 (1.58%) Accessibility
11 26 (1.46%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.30%) QA
13 21 (1.18%) COBIT
14 20 (1.13%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.01%) ISO 22301
16 17 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
17 16 (0.90%) JSP 440
18 15 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 12 (0.68%) Data Quality
19 12 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 203 (11.44%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.27%) Hyper-V
3 32 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.13%) Docker
6 17 (0.96%) Firmware
7 13 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.23%) vSphere
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.11%) NFS
12 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 159 (8.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 29 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.13%) Ansible
5 15 (0.85%) CASB
6 14 (0.79%) Grafana
7 13 (0.73%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.45%) Nmap
8 8 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.39%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.39%) QRadar
10 4 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 4 (0.23%) SCCM
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.11%) Graylog
12 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 575 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.51%) Cisco
3 75 (4.23%) Palo Alto
4 70 (3.94%) CyberArk
5 52 (2.93%) VMware
6 43 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (2.03%) Adobe
7 36 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.86%) Apple
9 32 (1.80%) Salesforce
10 31 (1.75%) Tenable
11 28 (1.58%) Qualys
12 27 (1.52%) Google
13 26 (1.46%) Splunk
14 24 (1.35%) Fortinet
15 19 (1.07%) Aruba
16 17 (0.96%) Veeam
17 15 (0.85%) OpenAI
18 12 (0.68%) Okta
19 11 (0.62%) WatchGuard