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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,630 1,234 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.12% 7.48% 5.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.64% 8.05% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,096 703 800
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £46,713
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 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,750 £59,608
% change year-on-year +5.73% -4.79% -7.58%

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 18,869 15,328 21,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.42% 92.95% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,610 8,889 15,263
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 19 August 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 63 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.55%) SAS
4 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 5 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.061%) Confluence
7 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 41 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.061%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.47%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.061%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.061%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 380 (23.31%) Azure
2 203 (12.45%) Microsoft 365
3 201 (12.33%) AWS
4 168 (10.31%) Entra ID
5 99 (6.07%) SaaS
6 75 (4.60%) GCP
7 32 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (1.84%) Serverless
9 22 (1.35%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.17%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.98%) dbt
12 12 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.74%) Mimecast
13 11 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (0.61%) PaaS
15 7 (0.43%) GitHub
16 6 (0.37%) Datadog
17 5 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 227 (13.93%) Firewall
2 166 (10.18%) Network Security
3 85 (5.21%) VLAN
4 61 (3.74%) DNS
5 57 (3.50%) WAN
6 53 (3.25%) VPN
7 48 (2.94%) DHCP
8 44 (2.70%) LAN
9 41 (2.52%) Broadband
10 40 (2.45%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (1.60%) VoIP
13 23 (1.41%) BGP
14 20 (1.23%) Unified Communications
15 18 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
15 18 (1.10%) HTTP
15 18 (1.10%) MPLS
15 18 (1.10%) SSL
16 17 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
17 16 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.67%) Power BI
2 10 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.37%) Tableau
5 5 (0.31%) Big Data
6 4 (0.25%) Metadata
6 4 (0.25%) MySQL
6 4 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.061%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.061%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.061%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.061%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.061%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.061%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (1.66%) Snyk
2 22 (1.35%) JIRA
3 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
3 5 (0.31%) Git
3 5 (0.31%) GitLab
3 5 (0.31%) JMeter
3 5 (0.31%) Locust
3 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
3 5 (0.31%) VersionOne
4 3 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.061%) GDB
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.061%) WinDbg
General
1 546 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 170 (10.43%) Finance
3 168 (10.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 113 (6.93%) Legal
6 113 (6.93%) Marketing
7 91 (5.58%) Retail
8 72 (4.42%) Law
9 52 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 45 (2.76%) Banking
12 40 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.90%) Aerospace
13 31 (1.90%) Games
14 25 (1.53%) Advertising
14 25 (1.53%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.35%) Aviation
15 22 (1.35%) Police
16 21 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 331 (20.31%) Senior
2 191 (11.72%) Analyst
3 171 (10.49%) Consultant
4 163 (10.00%) Architect
5 111 (6.81%) Security Manager
6 110 (6.75%) Security Consultant
7 109 (6.69%) Security Engineer
8 102 (6.26%) Security Architect
9 101 (6.20%) Security Analyst
10 98 (6.01%) Lead
11 92 (5.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 87 (5.34%) IT Manager
13 80 (4.91%) Senior Manager
14 74 (4.54%) Senior Analyst
15 70 (4.29%) Support Engineer
16 63 (3.87%) IT Support
17 62 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 54 (3.31%) Senior Security Engineer
19 53 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 51 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.53%) OAuth
2 22 (1.35%) SAML
3 16 (0.98%) LDAP
4 14 (0.86%) OpenID
5 12 (0.74%) REST
6 10 (0.61%) .NET
7 9 (0.55%) XMPP
8 8 (0.49%) LangChain
9 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.37%) ModSecurity
10 6 (0.37%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.37%) RESTful
11 5 (0.31%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.31%) JSON
11 5 (0.31%) Kafka
11 5 (0.31%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.31%) React
12 4 (0.25%) SOAP
12 4 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 131 (8.04%) Cyber Threat
2 117 (7.18%) Security Posture
3 97 (5.95%) Management Information System
4 77 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (3.25%) Data Centre
7 51 (3.13%) Driving Licence
8 46 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
9 45 (2.76%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.15%) Cyberattack
11 34 (2.09%) Operational Technology
11 34 (2.09%) PKI
12 26 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 26 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
13 22 (1.35%) Blog
14 21 (1.29%) AI Agents
15 20 (1.23%) Social Media
15 20 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
16 18 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 166 (10.18%) Windows
2 68 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 55 (3.37%) Linux
4 23 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.43%) Android
7 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.061%) AIX
10 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.061%) Solaris
10 1 (0.061%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 298 (18.28%) Information Security
3 296 (18.16%) AI
4 247 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 219 (13.44%) Decision-Making
6 218 (13.37%) Risk Management
7 208 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 205 (12.58%) Mentoring
9 201 (12.33%) Incident Response
10 179 (10.98%) Vulnerability Management
11 173 (10.61%) Cloud Security
12 156 (9.57%) ITIL
13 155 (9.51%) Agile
14 150 (9.20%) SIEM
15 147 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
16 146 (8.96%) Security Operations
17 143 (8.77%) Identity Access Management
18 142 (8.71%) Business Continuity
19 133 (8.16%) Service Delivery
20 130 (7.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.06%) Python
2 70 (4.29%) PowerShell
3 28 (1.72%) SQL
4 22 (1.35%) Java
5 17 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.92%) C++
7 13 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.74%) Bash
9 8 (0.49%) Rust
9 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) C#
10 7 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.31%) C
12 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.18%) Ada
14 2 (0.12%) PHP
14 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.061%) Bicep
15 1 (0.061%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.061%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (16.99%) Security Cleared
2 231 (14.17%) CISSP
3 205 (12.58%) SC Cleared
4 185 (11.35%) CISM
5 150 (9.20%) Degree
6 85 (5.21%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.56%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.50%) Network+ Certification
9 47 (2.88%) AWS Certification
10 39 (2.39%) CISA
10 39 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
10 39 (2.39%) CRISC
11 38 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 36 (2.21%) Azure Certification
13 35 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
14 32 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 28 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
15 28 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 26 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 26 (1.60%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (18.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 219 (13.44%) NIST
3 160 (9.82%) GDPR
4 135 (8.28%) GRC
5 118 (7.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 79 (4.85%) PCI DSS
7 55 (3.37%) NCSC
8 49 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.84%) SLA
10 29 (1.78%) Accessibility
11 27 (1.66%) QA
12 25 (1.53%) COBIT
13 24 (1.47%) SOC 2
14 20 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
15 16 (0.98%) JSP 440
15 16 (0.98%) NIST 800
16 15 (0.92%) ISO 22301
17 13 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 9 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 181 (11.10%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.52%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.17%) Firmware
6 14 (0.86%) Docker
7 10 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.37%) vSphere
11 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 125 (7.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.84%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.35%) Terraform
4 19 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.98%) Ansible
5 16 (0.98%) Grafana
6 14 (0.86%) CASB
7 13 (0.80%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.43%) QRadar
10 5 (0.31%) Nmap
11 4 (0.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.18%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
13 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.061%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 482 (29.57%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.97%) Palo Alto
3 78 (4.79%) Cisco
4 63 (3.87%) CyberArk
5 46 (2.82%) VMware
6 43 (2.64%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.15%) Apple
9 34 (2.09%) Adobe
10 33 (2.02%) Fortinet
11 32 (1.96%) Splunk
11 32 (1.96%) Tenable
12 30 (1.84%) Google
13 26 (1.60%) Salesforce
14 25 (1.53%) Qualys
15 18 (1.10%) Aruba
16 15 (0.92%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.80%) SAP
18 12 (0.74%) Veeam
19 9 (0.55%) Okta