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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 26 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,647 1,245 1,458
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.09% 7.52% 5.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 8.09% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 714 787
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,125 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% -4.58% -6.98%

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 19,083 15,382 21,719
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.10% 92.95% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,785 8,957 14,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
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 27 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 66 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.55%) SAS
4 8 (0.49%) IIS
5 5 (0.30%) WordPress
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.061%) Apache
8 1 (0.061%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.46%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.30%) 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
1 378 (22.95%) Azure
2 204 (12.39%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (11.90%) AWS
4 175 (10.63%) Entra ID
5 103 (6.25%) SaaS
6 71 (4.31%) GCP
7 34 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
8 31 (1.88%) Serverless
9 25 (1.52%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.15%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.97%) dbt
12 14 (0.85%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
14 12 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (0.61%) PaaS
17 8 (0.49%) GitHub
18 6 (0.36%) Datadog
19 5 (0.30%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 231 (14.03%) Firewall
2 166 (10.08%) Network Security
3 86 (5.22%) VLAN
4 65 (3.95%) DNS
5 57 (3.46%) WAN
6 54 (3.28%) VPN
7 51 (3.10%) DHCP
8 44 (2.67%) LAN
9 42 (2.55%) TCP/IP
10 39 (2.37%) Broadband
11 35 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (1.64%) VoIP
13 24 (1.46%) BGP
14 19 (1.15%) Unified Communications
15 18 (1.09%) Cisco Nexus
15 18 (1.09%) HTTP
15 18 (1.09%) MPLS
15 18 (1.09%) SSL
16 16 (0.97%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.67%) Power BI
2 10 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.36%) Tableau
4 4 (0.24%) Big Data
5 3 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.18%) Metadata
5 3 (0.18%) MySQL
5 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.061%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.061%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.061%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.061%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.061%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.061%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.64%) Snyk
2 22 (1.34%) JIRA
3 6 (0.36%) Git
4 5 (0.30%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.30%) JMeter
4 5 (0.30%) Locust
4 5 (0.30%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.30%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.24%) GitLab
6 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.12%) Maven
6 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.061%) GDB
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.061%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.061%) WinDbg
General
1 556 (33.76%) Social Skills
2 171 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 170 (10.32%) Finance
4 143 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 137 (8.32%) Public Sector
6 117 (7.10%) Marketing
7 111 (6.74%) Legal
8 91 (5.53%) Retail
9 70 (4.25%) Law
10 55 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.91%) Telecoms
12 46 (2.79%) Banking
13 42 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.94%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.64%) Games
16 25 (1.52%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.46%) Advertising
18 22 (1.34%) Aviation
18 22 (1.34%) Police
18 22 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (20.16%) Senior
2 196 (11.90%) Analyst
3 174 (10.56%) Consultant
4 163 (9.90%) Architect
5 115 (6.98%) Security Engineer
6 114 (6.92%) Security Manager
7 111 (6.74%) Security Consultant
8 103 (6.25%) Security Analyst
8 103 (6.25%) Security Architect
9 96 (5.83%) Lead
10 92 (5.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 88 (5.34%) IT Manager
12 78 (4.74%) Senior Manager
13 74 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
14 72 (4.37%) Support Engineer
15 64 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 64 (3.89%) IT Support
16 56 (3.40%) Senior Security Engineer
17 54 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 53 (3.22%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.58%) OAuth
2 23 (1.40%) SAML
3 22 (1.34%) Terraform
4 17 (1.03%) LDAP
5 15 (0.91%) OpenID
5 15 (0.91%) REST
6 11 (0.67%) .NET
7 8 (0.49%) LangChain
7 8 (0.49%) XMPP
8 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.43%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.36%) React
9 6 (0.36%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.36%) RESTful
9 6 (0.36%) SOAP
10 5 (0.30%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.30%) JSON
10 5 (0.30%) LangGraph
11 4 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
2 122 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 94 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 77 (4.68%) Onboarding
5 54 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 54 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 46 (2.79%) Cloud Native
7 46 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
8 36 (2.19%) Operational Technology
8 36 (2.19%) PKI
9 32 (1.94%) Cyberattack
10 31 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
11 27 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 24 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
13 22 (1.34%) Blog
13 22 (1.34%) Social Media
14 21 (1.28%) AI Agents
15 20 (1.21%) Web Conferencing
16 19 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 163 (9.90%) Windows
2 69 (4.19%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.22%) Linux
4 22 (1.34%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.36%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.24%) 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
10 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 303 (18.40%) AI
3 302 (18.34%) Information Security
4 244 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 222 (13.48%) Decision-Making
6 220 (13.36%) Risk Management
7 209 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 204 (12.39%) Mentoring
9 202 (12.26%) Incident Response
10 181 (10.99%) Vulnerability Management
11 176 (10.69%) Cloud Security
12 157 (9.53%) Security Operations
13 154 (9.35%) SIEM
14 151 (9.17%) ITIL
15 150 (9.11%) Agile
16 147 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 145 (8.80%) Business Continuity
18 143 (8.68%) Identity Access Management
19 135 (8.20%) Service Delivery
20 126 (7.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (6.86%) Python
2 72 (4.37%) PowerShell
3 31 (1.88%) SQL
4 22 (1.34%) Java
5 16 (0.97%) C++
6 15 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.73%) Bash
9 9 (0.55%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.49%) C#
11 7 (0.43%) Go
11 7 (0.43%) Rust
12 6 (0.36%) C
13 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.18%) Ada
15 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 280 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 228 (13.84%) CISSP
3 207 (12.57%) SC Cleared
4 184 (11.17%) CISM
5 153 (9.29%) Degree
6 90 (5.46%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.52%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.46%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.91%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.43%) CRISC
11 38 (2.31%) CISA
11 38 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
12 37 (2.25%) Azure Certification
13 35 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 33 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
15 30 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 28 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
17 27 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 25 (1.52%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (18.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 221 (13.42%) NIST
3 155 (9.41%) GDPR
4 142 (8.62%) GRC
5 123 (7.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 79 (4.80%) PCI DSS
7 59 (3.58%) NCSC
8 49 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.82%) SLA
10 28 (1.70%) Accessibility
11 27 (1.64%) QA
12 24 (1.46%) SOC 2
13 23 (1.40%) COBIT
14 22 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
15 17 (1.03%) JSP 440
15 17 (1.03%) NIST 800
16 15 (0.91%) ISO 22301
17 14 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 13 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 9 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 183 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 29 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.15%) Firmware
6 14 (0.85%) Docker
7 9 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.30%) ClearTrust
11 5 (0.30%) vSphere
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 127 (7.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (0.91%) Ansible
4 15 (0.91%) CASB
5 14 (0.85%) Grafana
6 13 (0.79%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.43%) QRadar
9 5 (0.30%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.18%) SCCM
12 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
12 2 (0.12%) Graylog
13 1 (0.061%) OpenVAS
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 490 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.98%) Palo Alto
3 78 (4.74%) Cisco
4 65 (3.95%) CyberArk
5 44 (2.67%) VMware
6 39 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
6 39 (2.37%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.31%) Apple
8 37 (2.25%) Adobe
9 33 (2.00%) Tenable
10 32 (1.94%) Splunk
11 31 (1.88%) Fortinet
12 28 (1.70%) Salesforce
13 27 (1.64%) Google
14 26 (1.58%) Qualys
15 18 (1.09%) Aruba
16 15 (0.91%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.79%) SAP
17 13 (0.79%) Veeam
18 8 (0.49%) Juniper