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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 44
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,381 1,191 1,888
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.81% 7.66% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.31% 8.11% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 933 674 1,220
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,565
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,375 £77,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 16,624 14,681 30,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 94.41% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,056 8,558 23,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £79,719 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 46 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.36%) SAS
3 5 (0.36%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 60 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Trello
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.74%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.36%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.072%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 347 (25.13%) Azure
2 191 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
3 169 (12.24%) AWS
4 167 (12.09%) Entra ID
5 78 (5.65%) SaaS
6 73 (5.29%) GCP
7 51 (3.69%) Google Workspace
8 30 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (2.10%) Serverless
10 25 (1.81%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.16%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.01%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (0.72%) PaaS
15 8 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (0.58%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.43%) Datadog
16 6 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 174 (12.60%) Firewall
2 101 (7.31%) Network Security
3 94 (6.81%) Broadband
4 49 (3.55%) DNS
4 49 (3.55%) VPN
5 41 (2.97%) WAN
6 39 (2.82%) VLAN
7 37 (2.68%) DHCP
8 30 (2.17%) LAN
9 23 (1.67%) TCP/IP
9 23 (1.67%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (1.52%) VoIP
12 17 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
12 17 (1.23%) SSL
13 16 (1.16%) BGP
13 16 (1.16%) CHAP
14 14 (1.01%) HTTP
15 13 (0.94%) Internet
16 12 (0.87%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.65%) Power BI
2 5 (0.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.36%) Tableau
3 4 (0.29%) MySQL
4 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.22%) Big Data
4 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.072%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.072%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.072%) Metadata
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.072%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.072%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.072%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.81%) Snyk
2 9 (0.65%) JIRA
3 8 (0.58%) Git
3 8 (0.58%) GitLab
4 6 (0.43%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.43%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.36%) JMeter
5 5 (0.36%) Locust
5 5 (0.36%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.072%) GDB
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.072%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.072%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.072%) WinDbg
General
1 383 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 171 (12.38%) Finance
3 119 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 116 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 107 (7.75%) Marketing
6 83 (6.01%) Retail
7 72 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (4.13%) Games
9 53 (3.84%) Banking
10 48 (3.48%) Law
11 47 (3.40%) Legal
12 40 (2.90%) Back Office
13 39 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.03%) Aviation
15 22 (1.59%) Advertising
16 20 (1.45%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.30%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
19 15 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 237 (17.16%) Senior
2 178 (12.89%) Analyst
3 150 (10.86%) Architect
4 114 (8.25%) Security Architect
4 114 (8.25%) Security Manager
5 112 (8.11%) Consultant
6 99 (7.17%) Security Analyst
7 94 (6.81%) Lead
8 88 (6.37%) Support Engineer
9 86 (6.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 83 (6.01%) Security Consultant
11 68 (4.92%) IT Manager
12 65 (4.71%) IT Support
13 63 (4.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 59 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
15 57 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 56 (4.06%) Security Engineer
17 50 (3.62%) Developer
18 49 (3.55%) IT Engineer
19 47 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.63%) OAuth
1 64 (4.63%) SAML
2 62 (4.49%) LDAP
3 57 (4.13%) REST
4 55 (3.98%) OpenID
5 49 (3.55%) SOAP
6 48 (3.48%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.65%) XMPP
8 8 (0.58%) LangChain
9 7 (0.51%) .NET
9 7 (0.51%) Kafka
9 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (0.43%) React
10 6 (0.43%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.43%) RESTful
11 5 (0.36%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.36%) ModSecurity
12 4 (0.29%) LangGraph
13 3 (0.22%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.22%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.99%) Cyber Threat
2 120 (8.69%) Security Posture
3 89 (6.44%) Cyberattack
4 84 (6.08%) Management Information System
5 62 (4.49%) Onboarding
6 46 (3.33%) Data Centre
6 46 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (2.68%) PKI
9 35 (2.53%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.53%) Driving Licence
10 31 (2.24%) Blog
11 27 (1.96%) Operational Technology
12 26 (1.88%) Cyber Security Posture
12 26 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
13 22 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 22 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
14 17 (1.23%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.23%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 165 (11.95%) Windows
2 65 (4.71%) Windows Server
3 43 (3.11%) Linux
4 40 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.59%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.94%) Android
7 12 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.072%) AIX
11 1 (0.072%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.072%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.072%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 206 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
3 201 (14.55%) Information Security
4 191 (13.83%) Incident Response
4 191 (13.83%) Risk Management
5 178 (12.89%) Mentoring
6 163 (11.80%) Vulnerability Management
7 146 (10.57%) AI
8 145 (10.50%) Cloud Security
9 141 (10.21%) Roadmaps
10 133 (9.63%) Decision-Making
11 125 (9.05%) Security Operations
12 120 (8.69%) SIEM
13 116 (8.40%) Agile
14 112 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 107 (7.75%) Identity Access Management
16 103 (7.46%) ITIL
17 102 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
18 100 (7.24%) Threat Modelling
19 99 (7.17%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.47%) PowerShell
2 103 (7.46%) Python
3 56 (4.06%) Bash
4 48 (3.48%) T-SQL
5 42 (3.04%) SQL
6 26 (1.88%) Java
7 23 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.01%) C++
9 13 (0.94%) C#
10 9 (0.65%) C
10 9 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.51%) Go
12 5 (0.36%) PHP
12 5 (0.36%) Rust
12 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.072%) Bicep
15 1 (0.072%) Perl
15 1 (0.072%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 210 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 177 (12.82%) CISSP
3 174 (12.60%) SC Cleared
4 154 (11.15%) Degree
5 129 (9.34%) CISM
6 57 (4.13%) DV Cleared
7 44 (3.19%) CISA
8 39 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (2.75%) AWS Certification
10 36 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (2.53%) CRISC
12 34 (2.46%) CTC Cleared
13 29 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 29 (2.10%) CREST Certified
14 28 (2.03%) Azure Certification
15 24 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 22 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 21 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 21 (1.52%) SANS
18 20 (1.45%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (21.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 249 (18.03%) NIST
3 159 (11.51%) GDPR
4 107 (7.75%) GRC
5 98 (7.10%) NCSC
6 90 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 81 (5.87%) PCI DSS
8 55 (3.98%) SLA
9 41 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (2.10%) COBIT
11 24 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.67%) QA
13 19 (1.38%) JSP 440
14 18 (1.30%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.30%) SOC 2
15 11 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 10 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 9 (0.65%) ISO 22301
17 9 (0.65%) NIST 800
18 7 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 156 (11.30%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.61%) Hyper-V
3 31 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.23%) Docker
6 10 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.43%) vSphere
10 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
10 5 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.29%) Firmware
12 1 (0.072%) KVM
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 72 (5.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.96%) Terraform
4 20 (1.45%) Grafana
5 19 (1.38%) Ansible
6 15 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.72%) CASB
8 9 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.58%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.51%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.51%) QRadar
11 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.43%) SCCM
12 5 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.36%) FTK
12 5 (0.36%) Nmap
13 4 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.29%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.22%) RSA Archer
15 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 378 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.30%) Cisco
3 66 (4.78%) Palo Alto
4 53 (3.84%) VMware
5 40 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
7 35 (2.53%) Apple
8 34 (2.46%) Tenable
9 33 (2.39%) Adobe
10 31 (2.24%) Google
11 29 (2.10%) Fortinet
12 28 (2.03%) Splunk
13 21 (1.52%) Salesforce
14 20 (1.45%) Qualys
15 14 (1.01%) Aruba
15 14 (1.01%) SAP
16 10 (0.72%) Oracle
17 9 (0.65%) CheckPoint
17 9 (0.65%) Sophos
17 9 (0.65%) Veeam