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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 39 43
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,152 903 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.77% 7.00% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.11% 7.39% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 715 725 1,298
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -10.20%
75th Percentile £88,750 £74,144 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £92,104
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 14,197 12,222 28,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.45% 94.81% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,911 8,883 23,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 27 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.43%) Drupal
3 5 (0.43%) nginx
3 5 (0.43%) WordPress
4 4 (0.35%) CMS
5 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.17%) Apache
6 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.087%) Confluence
7 1 (0.087%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.56%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.087%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.52%) Shopify
3 5 (0.43%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.26%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.087%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.087%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 332 (28.82%) Azure
2 167 (14.50%) Microsoft 365
3 165 (14.32%) AWS
4 156 (13.54%) Entra ID
5 58 (5.03%) Google Workspace
6 47 (4.08%) SaaS
7 44 (3.82%) GCP
8 28 (2.43%) Power Platform
9 24 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 19 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (1.30%) Mimecast
11 15 (1.30%) Nutanix
12 9 (0.78%) Serverless
13 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.61%) PaaS
15 5 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.43%) Datadog
15 5 (0.43%) dbt
15 5 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 134 (11.63%) Firewall
2 78 (6.77%) Broadband
3 57 (4.95%) Network Security
4 35 (3.04%) VPN
5 29 (2.52%) DNS
6 23 (2.00%) CHAP
6 23 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 23 (2.00%) VLAN
7 15 (1.30%) DHCP
8 13 (1.13%) WAN
9 12 (1.04%) LAN
9 12 (1.04%) Unified Communications
10 11 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (0.69%) DMZ
12 7 (0.61%) IP Telephony
12 7 (0.61%) SSL
12 7 (0.61%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.61%) VoIP
13 6 (0.52%) BGP
13 6 (0.52%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.87%) Power BI
2 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
3 4 (0.35%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.35%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.26%) Metadata
4 3 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.26%) MySQL
4 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.26%) Tableau
5 1 (0.087%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.087%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.087%) Big Data
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.087%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Jenkins
2 7 (0.61%) Git
2 7 (0.61%) GitLab
3 6 (0.52%) Snyk
4 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.43%) JMeter
4 5 (0.43%) Locust
5 2 (0.17%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.17%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.087%) GDB
6 1 (0.087%) JIRA
6 1 (0.087%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.087%) VersionOne
6 1 (0.087%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.087%) WinDbg
General
1 391 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 171 (14.84%) Finance
3 107 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 85 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
6 81 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (6.77%) Marketing
8 64 (5.56%) Back Office
9 61 (5.30%) Banking
9 61 (5.30%) Law
10 55 (4.77%) Telecoms
11 51 (4.43%) Legal
12 48 (4.17%) Games
12 48 (4.17%) Retail
13 26 (2.26%) Manufacturing
14 25 (2.17%) Financial Institution
15 18 (1.56%) Electronics
15 18 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.22%) Aviation
16 14 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 226 (19.62%) Senior
2 115 (9.98%) Architect
3 110 (9.55%) Analyst
4 104 (9.03%) Support Engineer
5 90 (7.81%) Consultant
6 79 (6.86%) Security Architect
7 77 (6.68%) Security Manager
8 63 (5.47%) Security Consultant
9 60 (5.21%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (5.21%) Desktop Support
9 60 (5.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 58 (5.03%) Security Analyst
11 56 (4.86%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 56 (4.86%) Site Engineer
12 51 (4.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 51 (4.43%) IT Manager
13 49 (4.25%) Developer
13 49 (4.25%) Hardware Engineer
13 49 (4.25%) IT Support
13 49 (4.25%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.38%) REST
2 60 (5.21%) LDAP
2 60 (5.21%) OAuth
2 60 (5.21%) OpenID
2 60 (5.21%) SAML
3 59 (5.12%) SOAP
4 58 (5.03%) GraphQL
5 16 (1.39%) SAP CAF
6 7 (0.61%) Kafka
7 6 (0.52%) XMPP
8 5 (0.43%) CSS
8 5 (0.43%) Gherkin
8 5 (0.43%) HTML
8 5 (0.43%) LangChain
8 5 (0.43%) React
8 5 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.35%) Android NDK
9 4 (0.35%) Node.js
9 4 (0.35%) Regular Expression
9 4 (0.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.03%) Cyber Threat
2 86 (7.47%) Security Posture
3 77 (6.68%) Cyberattack
4 70 (6.08%) Management Information System
5 60 (5.21%) Onboarding
6 50 (4.34%) Blog
7 36 (3.13%) Driving Licence
8 33 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 32 (2.78%) Data Centre
10 30 (2.60%) Cloud Native
11 28 (2.43%) Operational Technology
11 28 (2.43%) Public Cloud
12 25 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
13 24 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.82%) PKI
15 20 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
15 20 (1.74%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
17 15 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 14 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 165 (14.32%) Windows
2 70 (6.08%) Windows 10
3 55 (4.77%) Linux
4 51 (4.43%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.48%) Android
7 13 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.26%) Unix
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.087%) Debian
10 1 (0.087%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.087%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.087%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.087%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 150 (13.02%) Risk Management
3 143 (12.41%) Mentoring
4 139 (12.07%) Roadmaps
5 133 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
6 132 (11.46%) Incident Response
7 129 (11.20%) ITIL
8 127 (11.02%) Information Security
9 122 (10.59%) AI
10 111 (9.64%) Analytics
11 97 (8.42%) Vulnerability Management
12 95 (8.25%) Cloud Security
13 94 (8.16%) Agile
14 88 (7.64%) Customer Service
14 88 (7.64%) Project Management
15 82 (7.12%) Identity Access Management
15 82 (7.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 78 (6.77%) Customer Experience
17 77 (6.68%) Security Architecture
18 75 (6.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 115 (9.98%) PowerShell
2 82 (7.12%) Python
3 64 (5.56%) Bash
4 56 (4.86%) T-SQL
5 45 (3.91%) SQL
6 24 (2.08%) Java
7 23 (2.00%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.91%) C++
9 20 (1.74%) C#
10 13 (1.13%) C
11 7 (0.61%) Go
12 5 (0.43%) PHP
12 5 (0.43%) Rust
13 4 (0.35%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.26%) Bicep
14 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.26%) R
15 1 (0.087%) Perl
15 1 (0.087%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 183 (15.89%) Degree
2 181 (15.71%) Security Cleared
3 153 (13.28%) CISSP
4 152 (13.19%) SC Cleared
5 111 (9.64%) CISM
6 60 (5.21%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (3.65%) CISA
8 39 (3.39%) AWS Certification
8 39 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (3.30%) DV Cleared
10 37 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
11 35 (3.04%) CEH
12 29 (2.52%) SANS
13 26 (2.26%) CREST Certified
14 24 (2.08%) FFIEC
15 23 (2.00%) CGEIT
15 23 (2.00%) PMP
16 21 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
16 21 (1.82%) OSCP
17 19 (1.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (20.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 230 (19.97%) NIST
3 111 (9.64%) GDPR
4 85 (7.38%) NCSC
5 81 (7.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 77 (6.68%) GRC
7 67 (5.82%) SLA
8 51 (4.43%) PCI DSS
9 39 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (2.52%) COBIT
11 20 (1.74%) Accessibility
12 16 (1.39%) QA
12 16 (1.39%) SOC 2
13 15 (1.30%) ISO 22301
14 13 (1.13%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.95%) IEC 61508
15 11 (0.95%) MISRA
15 11 (0.95%) MISRA C
16 9 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 128 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.34%) Hyper-V
3 22 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.82%) Docker
5 10 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.52%) Firmware
7 6 (0.52%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.52%) vSphere
8 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.087%) iptables
9 1 (0.087%) KVM
9 1 (0.087%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.43%) Terraform
3 25 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 24 (2.08%) Ansible
5 16 (1.39%) Grafana
6 11 (0.95%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.43%) FTK
9 5 (0.43%) Nessus
9 5 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.43%) QRadar
10 4 (0.35%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.35%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.35%) RSA Archer
10 4 (0.35%) SCCM
11 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.17%) CASB
12 2 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 252 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 88 (7.64%) Cisco
3 52 (4.51%) VMware
4 38 (3.30%) Apple
5 29 (2.52%) Adobe
6 26 (2.26%) Google
7 25 (2.17%) Fortinet
8 21 (1.82%) Palo Alto
8 21 (1.82%) SAP
9 20 (1.74%) Tenable
10 19 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 19 (1.65%) Splunk
11 18 (1.56%) PayPal
12 17 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
13 15 (1.30%) Salesforce
14 14 (1.22%) Commvault
15 10 (0.87%) CheckPoint
15 10 (0.87%) Draytek
16 9 (0.78%) Qualys
16 9 (0.78%) Sophos