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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 28 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,557 1,260 1,544
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.03% 7.65% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 8.22% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,066 728 915
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 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -10.08%

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 18,379 15,333 23,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.97% 93.03% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 13,361 9,055 17,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,672
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 31 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.02%) 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 (0.064%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.064%) Confluence
7 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 38 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.54%) 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 (0.064%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.064%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 394 (25.31%) Azure
2 197 (12.65%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (12.59%) AWS
4 175 (11.24%) Entra ID
5 95 (6.10%) SaaS
6 77 (4.95%) GCP
7 33 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.86%) Serverless
9 22 (1.41%) Power Platform
10 17 (1.09%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.03%) dbt
11 16 (1.03%) Google Workspace
12 14 (0.90%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.71%) PaaS
15 10 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
17 7 (0.45%) GitHub
17 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
18 6 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 214 (13.74%) Firewall
2 134 (8.61%) Network Security
3 71 (4.56%) VLAN
4 60 (3.85%) DNS
5 58 (3.73%) VPN
6 54 (3.47%) Broadband
7 49 (3.15%) WAN
8 46 (2.95%) DHCP
9 37 (2.38%) TCP/IP
10 36 (2.31%) LAN
11 33 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (1.67%) VoIP
13 23 (1.48%) Unified Communications
14 19 (1.22%) SSL
15 18 (1.16%) BGP
16 17 (1.09%) HTTP
16 17 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (1.03%) SD-WAN
18 15 (0.96%) 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 (0.064%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.064%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.064%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.064%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.064%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.064%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.064%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.064%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.73%) Snyk
2 19 (1.22%) JIRA
3 8 (0.51%) Git
3 8 (0.51%) 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 (0.064%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.064%) GDB
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.064%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.064%) WinDbg
General
1 496 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 170 (10.92%) Finance
3 151 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 128 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (7.96%) Public Sector
6 111 (7.13%) Marketing
7 107 (6.87%) Legal
8 87 (5.59%) Retail
9 76 (4.88%) Law
10 50 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.95%) Telecoms
12 42 (2.70%) Banking
13 41 (2.63%) Games
14 30 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.80%) Advertising
16 23 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.41%) Aerospace
17 22 (1.41%) Aviation
18 19 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (0.90%) Police
Job Titles
1 329 (21.13%) Senior
2 196 (12.59%) Analyst
3 161 (10.34%) Architect
4 145 (9.31%) Consultant
5 118 (7.58%) Security Manager
6 101 (6.49%) Security Analyst
7 100 (6.42%) Security Consultant
8 98 (6.29%) Security Architect
9 95 (6.10%) Senior Manager
10 93 (5.97%) Lead
10 93 (5.97%) Security Engineer
11 90 (5.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 82 (5.27%) IT Manager
13 73 (4.69%) IT Support
13 73 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
14 72 (4.62%) Support Engineer
15 64 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 54 (3.47%) IT Engineer
17 51 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 51 (3.28%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.25%) OAuth
2 34 (2.18%) SAML
3 27 (1.73%) LDAP
4 24 (1.54%) OpenID
4 24 (1.54%) REST
5 15 (0.96%) SOAP
6 14 (0.90%) GraphQL
7 10 (0.64%) XMPP
8 9 (0.58%) .NET
9 8 (0.51%) LangChain
10 7 (0.45%) Kafka
10 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.45%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.39%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.39%) RESTful
12 5 (0.32%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.32%) LangGraph
12 5 (0.32%) ModSecurity
12 5 (0.32%) React
13 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.22%) Cyber Threat
2 117 (7.51%) Security Posture
3 96 (6.17%) Management Information System
4 77 (4.95%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (3.60%) Driving Licence
7 46 (2.95%) Cyberattack
8 43 (2.76%) Cyber Defence
9 41 (2.63%) Cloud Native
9 41 (2.63%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.06%) PKI
11 27 (1.73%) Blog
12 26 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
13 24 (1.54%) Operational Technology
14 21 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 21 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
15 18 (1.16%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
16 17 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 162 (10.40%) Windows
2 68 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 54 (3.47%) Linux
4 24 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 10 (0.64%) Android
6 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.064%) AIX
9 1 (0.064%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.064%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
2 285 (18.30%) Information Security
3 256 (16.44%) AI
4 239 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
5 217 (13.94%) Mentoring
6 211 (13.55%) Risk Management
7 206 (13.23%) Incident Response
8 196 (12.59%) Decision-Making
9 193 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 172 (11.05%) Vulnerability Management
11 163 (10.47%) Cloud Security
12 150 (9.63%) Agile
13 147 (9.44%) ITIL
14 144 (9.25%) Identity Access Management
15 141 (9.06%) SIEM
16 140 (8.99%) Security Operations
17 127 (8.16%) Roadmaps
18 126 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
19 117 (7.51%) Business Continuity
20 116 (7.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.32%) Python
2 79 (5.07%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.93%) SQL
4 24 (1.54%) Bash
4 24 (1.54%) Java
5 18 (1.16%) JavaScript
6 13 (0.83%) C++
7 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
7 12 (0.77%) T-SQL
8 11 (0.71%) Rust
9 9 (0.58%) C#
10 7 (0.45%) 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 (0.064%) Bicep
15 1 (0.064%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 249 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 228 (14.64%) CISSP
3 193 (12.40%) SC Cleared
4 183 (11.75%) CISM
5 152 (9.76%) Degree
6 69 (4.43%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.79%) A+ Certification
8 58 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
9 41 (2.63%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.57%) CISA
11 38 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (2.44%) CRISC
12 36 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 34 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 31 (1.99%) Azure Certification
15 30 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
16 27 (1.73%) CREST Certified
17 26 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 26 (1.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 23 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (19.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 229 (14.71%) NIST
3 163 (10.47%) GDPR
4 122 (7.84%) GRC
5 109 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.39%) PCI DSS
7 68 (4.37%) NCSC
8 49 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (1.73%) SLA
10 26 (1.67%) QA
10 26 (1.67%) SOC 2
11 25 (1.61%) Accessibility
12 23 (1.48%) COBIT
13 21 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 16 (1.03%) JSP 440
15 15 (0.96%) ISO 22301
16 14 (0.90%) NIST 800
17 12 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 11 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 9 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 189 (12.14%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.50%) Hyper-V
3 28 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.03%) Docker
6 13 (0.83%) Firmware
7 11 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.64%) 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 (0.064%) KVM
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 131 (8.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.73%) Terraform
3 20 (1.28%) Ansible
3 20 (1.28%) Grafana
4 16 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.90%) CASB
6 11 (0.71%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.45%) QRadar
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
9 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.19%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.19%) FTK
10 3 (0.19%) SCCM
11 2 (0.13%) Graylog
11 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 467 (29.99%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.01%) Palo Alto
3 69 (4.43%) Cisco
4 61 (3.92%) CyberArk
5 48 (3.08%) VMware
6 44 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (2.12%) Fortinet
8 33 (2.12%) Tenable
9 32 (2.06%) Apple
9 32 (2.06%) Google
10 31 (1.99%) Adobe
10 31 (1.99%) Splunk
11 24 (1.54%) Qualys
12 22 (1.41%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.16%) Aruba
14 15 (0.96%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.83%) SAP
16 10 (0.64%) Okta
16 10 (0.64%) Veeam