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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 35 47
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,057 1,043 1,531
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.43% 6.95% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.49% 7.31% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 633 629 1,217
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,300 £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 14,107 14,261 25,694
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.79% 95.09% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,144 8,729 21,335
10th Percentile £30,991 £36,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,750
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 £102,550 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £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 27 February 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 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.47%) Drupal
3 5 (0.47%) nginx
3 5 (0.47%) WordPress
4 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.19%) Apache
5 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.19%) CMS
6 1 (0.095%) Confluence
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.80%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.095%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.095%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.095%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.47%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.095%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.095%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 325 (30.75%) Azure
2 165 (15.61%) Microsoft 365
3 160 (15.14%) Entra ID
4 155 (14.66%) AWS
5 59 (5.58%) Google Workspace
6 37 (3.50%) GCP
7 31 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (2.84%) Power Platform
9 27 (2.55%) SaaS
10 22 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.32%) Nutanix
13 12 (1.14%) Mimecast
14 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.85%) PaaS
16 8 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (0.66%) GitHub
18 5 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
18 5 (0.47%) OCI
19 4 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 128 (12.11%) Firewall
2 73 (6.91%) Broadband
3 41 (3.88%) Network Security
3 41 (3.88%) VPN
4 29 (2.74%) DNS
5 21 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (1.89%) CHAP
7 19 (1.80%) DHCP
7 19 (1.80%) VLAN
8 16 (1.51%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.95%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.85%) DMZ
10 9 (0.85%) LAN
10 9 (0.85%) VoIP
10 9 (0.85%) WAN
11 7 (0.66%) IP Telephony
11 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.57%) Internet
12 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%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.47%) Tableau
3 4 (0.38%) Metadata
4 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.095%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.095%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.095%) Big Data
5 1 (0.095%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.095%) MS Access
5 1 (0.095%) MySQL
5 1 (0.095%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.095%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 8 (0.76%) GitLab
3 7 (0.66%) Git
4 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.19%) JIRA
5 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.095%) Snyk
6 1 (0.095%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.095%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.095%) Toad
General
1 387 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 187 (17.69%) Finance
3 107 (10.12%) Public Sector
4 92 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
7 71 (6.72%) Marketing
8 66 (6.24%) Back Office
9 63 (5.96%) Telecoms
10 58 (5.49%) Banking
11 57 (5.39%) Law
12 45 (4.26%) Games
12 45 (4.26%) Legal
13 36 (3.41%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.84%) Retail
15 29 (2.74%) Electronics
16 23 (2.18%) Financial Institution
17 16 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.32%) German Language
18 14 (1.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 212 (20.06%) Senior
2 103 (9.74%) Support Engineer
3 101 (9.56%) Architect
4 92 (8.70%) Consultant
5 91 (8.61%) Analyst
6 65 (6.15%) Security Architect
7 61 (5.77%) Security Manager
8 60 (5.68%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.68%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 57 (5.39%) Security Consultant
10 56 (5.30%) Site Engineer
11 54 (5.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 49 (4.64%) Hardware Engineer
12 49 (4.64%) Senior Hardware Engineer
13 47 (4.45%) IT Support
14 46 (4.35%) Developer
14 46 (4.35%) IT Engineer
14 46 (4.35%) Senior Architect
15 44 (4.16%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.87%) OAuth
1 62 (5.87%) OpenID
1 62 (5.87%) SAML
2 61 (5.77%) REST
3 60 (5.68%) GraphQL
3 60 (5.68%) SOAP
4 59 (5.58%) LDAP
5 26 (2.46%) SAP CAF
6 5 (0.47%) .NET
6 5 (0.47%) CSS
6 5 (0.47%) HTML
6 5 (0.47%) Kafka
7 4 (0.38%) Android NDK
7 4 (0.38%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.38%) Node.js
7 4 (0.38%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.38%) RESTful
7 4 (0.38%) TensorFlow
7 4 (0.38%) WebSockets
8 3 (0.28%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.93%) Cyber Threat
2 76 (7.19%) Security Posture
3 72 (6.81%) Cyberattack
4 62 (5.87%) Management Information System
5 54 (5.11%) Onboarding
6 36 (3.41%) Blog
7 33 (3.12%) Data Centre
7 33 (3.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 33 (3.12%) Public Cloud
8 31 (2.93%) Driving Licence
9 30 (2.84%) Cloud Native
10 27 (2.55%) Operational Technology
11 26 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
12 22 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
13 21 (1.99%) Cyber Security Posture
13 21 (1.99%) PKI
14 17 (1.61%) Product Ownership
15 16 (1.51%) Cyber Defence
15 16 (1.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 15 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 158 (14.95%) Windows
2 71 (6.72%) Windows 10
3 51 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 41 (3.88%) Linux
5 18 (1.70%) Android
6 14 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.32%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.47%) Unix
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.095%) Debian
9 1 (0.095%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.095%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.095%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.095%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (18.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 145 (13.72%) Risk Management
3 144 (13.62%) Roadmaps
4 139 (13.15%) ITIL
5 130 (12.30%) Information Security
5 130 (12.30%) Mentoring
6 124 (11.73%) Incident Response
6 124 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (11.54%) Analytics
8 119 (11.26%) AI
9 88 (8.33%) Agile
10 85 (8.04%) Cloud Security
11 84 (7.95%) Customer Service
12 83 (7.85%) Identity Access Management
12 83 (7.85%) Project Management
13 78 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 77 (7.28%) Vulnerability Management
15 75 (7.10%) Customer Experience
16 72 (6.81%) DevOps
17 70 (6.62%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.79%) PowerShell
2 76 (7.19%) Python
3 72 (6.81%) Bash
4 58 (5.49%) T-SQL
5 51 (4.82%) SQL
6 24 (2.27%) C++
7 21 (1.99%) C#
8 19 (1.80%) JavaScript
9 17 (1.61%) Java
10 13 (1.23%) C
11 8 (0.76%) Go
12 6 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.47%) Rust
14 4 (0.38%) Bicep
14 4 (0.38%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.38%) PHP
14 4 (0.38%) R
15 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
16 1 (0.095%) Perl
16 1 (0.095%) VB
Qualifications
1 196 (18.54%) Degree
2 182 (17.22%) Security Cleared
3 165 (15.61%) CISSP
4 154 (14.57%) SC Cleared
5 121 (11.45%) CISM
6 60 (5.68%) CTC Cleared
7 43 (4.07%) CISA
7 43 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
8 42 (3.97%) AWS Certification
9 40 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (3.22%) CEH
11 33 (3.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 32 (3.03%) DV Cleared
13 30 (2.84%) SANS
14 28 (2.65%) PMP
15 27 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
16 25 (2.37%) Azure Certification
17 21 (1.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 21 (1.99%) FFIEC
17 21 (1.99%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (22.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 231 (21.85%) NIST
3 93 (8.80%) GDPR
4 89 (8.42%) NCSC
5 76 (7.19%) GRC
6 72 (6.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 68 (6.43%) SLA
8 40 (3.78%) PCI DSS
9 33 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 26 (2.46%) COBIT
11 17 (1.61%) JSP 440
12 14 (1.32%) ISO 22301
13 13 (1.23%) SOC 2
14 11 (1.04%) IEC 61508
14 11 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 11 (1.04%) MISRA
14 11 (1.04%) MISRA C
15 9 (0.85%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.85%) QA
16 8 (0.76%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 129 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 22 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.61%) Docker
5 14 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.04%) 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 (0.095%) iptables
11 1 (0.095%) KVM
11 1 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 57 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (2.55%) Terraform
3 25 (2.37%) Ansible
4 19 (1.80%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.04%) Functional Safety
5 11 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.85%) Nessus
7 7 (0.66%) Grafana
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
1 229 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.95%) Cisco
3 52 (4.92%) VMware
4 32 (3.03%) SAP
5 29 (2.74%) Apple
6 24 (2.27%) Adobe
7 19 (1.80%) Google
7 19 (1.80%) PayPal
8 16 (1.51%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.42%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (1.32%) Oracle
10 14 (1.32%) Tenable
11 13 (1.23%) Commvault
12 12 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.14%) Splunk
13 10 (0.95%) Draytek
14 9 (0.85%) CheckPoint
14 9 (0.85%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.76%) Qualys