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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 27 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,636 1,237 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.13% 7.46% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.65% 8.02% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 706 794
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £46,366
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 £78,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -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 18,916 15,419 21,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.38% 93.04% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,655 8,896 15,104
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 £98,750
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 21 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 65 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.55%) SAS
4 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 5 (0.31%) WordPress
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.12%) CMS
8 1 (0.061%) Apache
8 1 (0.061%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (0.79%) 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
1 376 (22.98%) Azure
2 202 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (11.92%) AWS
4 170 (10.39%) Entra ID
5 101 (6.17%) SaaS
6 72 (4.40%) GCP
7 32 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
8 31 (1.89%) Serverless
9 22 (1.34%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.98%) dbt
12 12 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (0.67%) Mimecast
14 10 (0.61%) PaaS
15 8 (0.49%) GitHub
16 6 (0.37%) Datadog
17 5 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 228 (13.94%) Firewall
2 165 (10.09%) Network Security
3 87 (5.32%) VLAN
4 65 (3.97%) DNS
5 58 (3.55%) WAN
6 52 (3.18%) VPN
7 51 (3.12%) DHCP
8 45 (2.75%) LAN
9 42 (2.57%) Broadband
9 42 (2.57%) TCP/IP
10 35 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.65%) VoIP
12 24 (1.47%) BGP
13 20 (1.22%) Unified Communications
14 18 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (1.10%) HTTP
14 18 (1.10%) MPLS
14 18 (1.10%) SSL
15 16 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.67%) Power BI
1 11 (0.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (0.37%) Tableau
3 4 (0.24%) Big Data
3 4 (0.24%) Metadata
4 3 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.18%) MySQL
4 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.061%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.061%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.061%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.061%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.061%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.061%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.061%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.65%) Snyk
2 22 (1.34%) JIRA
3 6 (0.37%) Git
4 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
4 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.31%) GitLab
4 5 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.31%) JMeter
4 5 (0.31%) Locust
4 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.31%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.12%) Maven
5 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.061%) GDB
6 1 (0.061%) Poetry
6 1 (0.061%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.061%) WinDbg
General
1 549 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 171 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 170 (10.39%) Finance
4 139 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 117 (7.15%) Marketing
7 112 (6.85%) Legal
8 92 (5.62%) Retail
9 70 (4.28%) Law
10 54 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.93%) Banking
11 48 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.89%) Aerospace
14 30 (1.83%) Games
15 25 (1.53%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.47%) Advertising
17 22 (1.34%) Aviation
17 22 (1.34%) Police
18 20 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 335 (20.48%) Senior
2 192 (11.74%) Analyst
3 170 (10.39%) Consultant
4 162 (9.90%) Architect
5 114 (6.97%) Security Manager
6 111 (6.78%) Security Engineer
7 110 (6.72%) Security Consultant
8 102 (6.23%) Security Architect
9 101 (6.17%) Security Analyst
10 96 (5.87%) Lead
11 93 (5.68%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 87 (5.32%) IT Manager
13 79 (4.83%) Senior Manager
14 74 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
15 71 (4.34%) Support Engineer
16 64 (3.91%) IT Support
17 62 (3.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 56 (3.42%) Senior Security Engineer
19 52 (3.18%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 52 (3.18%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.59%) OAuth
2 24 (1.47%) Terraform
3 23 (1.41%) SAML
4 17 (1.04%) LDAP
5 15 (0.92%) OpenID
6 14 (0.86%) REST
7 10 (0.61%) .NET
8 9 (0.55%) XMPP
9 8 (0.49%) LangChain
10 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.37%) ModSecurity
11 6 (0.37%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.37%) RESTful
11 6 (0.37%) SOAP
12 5 (0.31%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.31%) JSON
12 5 (0.31%) Kafka
12 5 (0.31%) LangGraph
12 5 (0.31%) React
Miscellaneous
1 132 (8.07%) Cyber Threat
2 120 (7.33%) Security Posture
3 95 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 78 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
6 54 (3.30%) Data Centre
7 50 (3.06%) Driving Licence
8 45 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
9 44 (2.69%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.14%) Cyberattack
11 34 (2.08%) Operational Technology
11 34 (2.08%) PKI
12 30 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
13 26 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 26 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
14 22 (1.34%) Blog
14 22 (1.34%) Social Media
15 21 (1.28%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
17 19 (1.16%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 164 (10.02%) Windows
2 69 (4.22%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.24%) Linux
4 22 (1.34%) 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 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 302 (18.46%) Information Security
3 297 (18.15%) AI
4 246 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
5 219 (13.39%) Decision-Making
5 219 (13.39%) Risk Management
6 208 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 206 (12.59%) Mentoring
8 202 (12.35%) Incident Response
9 181 (11.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 175 (10.70%) Cloud Security
11 154 (9.41%) ITIL
12 153 (9.35%) Agile
13 150 (9.17%) Security Operations
13 150 (9.17%) SIEM
14 146 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 143 (8.74%) Business Continuity
16 142 (8.68%) Identity Access Management
17 134 (8.19%) Service Delivery
18 128 (7.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 115 (7.03%) Python
2 71 (4.34%) PowerShell
3 29 (1.77%) SQL
4 22 (1.34%) Java
5 17 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.92%) C++
7 13 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.73%) 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 (0.24%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.18%) Ada
14 2 (0.12%) PHP
14 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.061%) Bicep
15 1 (0.061%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (16.93%) Security Cleared
2 229 (14.00%) CISSP
3 206 (12.59%) SC Cleared
4 186 (11.37%) CISM
5 153 (9.35%) Degree
6 86 (5.26%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.55%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.48%) Network+ Certification
9 47 (2.87%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.44%) CRISC
11 39 (2.38%) CISA
12 38 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
12 38 (2.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 36 (2.20%) Azure Certification
14 35 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
15 32 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
16 29 (1.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 28 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
18 26 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 25 (1.53%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (18.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 222 (13.57%) NIST
3 158 (9.66%) GDPR
4 138 (8.44%) GRC
5 119 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 78 (4.77%) PCI DSS
7 56 (3.42%) NCSC
8 49 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.83%) SLA
10 28 (1.71%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.71%) QA
11 25 (1.53%) COBIT
12 24 (1.47%) SOC 2
13 21 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
14 17 (1.04%) JSP 440
15 16 (0.98%) ISO 22301
15 16 (0.98%) NIST 800
16 13 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 9 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 182 (11.12%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.51%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.16%) Firmware
6 15 (0.92%) Docker
7 10 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.37%) vSphere
11 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 125 (7.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 19 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (1.04%) Ansible
5 16 (0.98%) Grafana
6 14 (0.86%) CASB
7 13 (0.79%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.43%) QRadar
10 5 (0.31%) Nmap
11 4 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
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%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.061%) OpenVAS
14 1 (0.061%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 486 (29.71%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.95%) Palo Alto
3 78 (4.77%) Cisco
4 64 (3.91%) CyberArk
5 45 (2.75%) VMware
6 42 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.32%) CrowdStrike
8 37 (2.26%) Apple
9 36 (2.20%) Adobe
10 32 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 32 (1.96%) Splunk
10 32 (1.96%) Tenable
11 28 (1.71%) Google
12 26 (1.59%) Qualys
12 26 (1.59%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.10%) Aruba
14 15 (0.92%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.79%) SAP
15 13 (0.79%) Veeam
16 8 (0.49%) Juniper