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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,383 1,189 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.80% 7.64% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.29% 8.09% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 935 673 1,214
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 £72,000 £77,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -10.77%

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 16,683 14,689 30,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.00% 94.40% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,100 8,561 23,682
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 £79,625 £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% -9.41%

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 23 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 61 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.65%) 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
1 345 (24.95%) Azure
2 193 (13.96%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (12.15%) AWS
4 167 (12.08%) Entra ID
5 81 (5.86%) SaaS
6 75 (5.42%) 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
16 7 (0.51%) Nutanix
17 6 (0.43%) Datadog
17 6 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 174 (12.58%) Firewall
2 100 (7.23%) Network Security
3 94 (6.80%) Broadband
4 49 (3.54%) DNS
4 49 (3.54%) VPN
5 42 (3.04%) WAN
6 39 (2.82%) VLAN
7 37 (2.68%) DHCP
8 31 (2.24%) LAN
9 23 (1.66%) TCP/IP
9 23 (1.66%) Unified Communications
9 23 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (1.52%) VoIP
11 17 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
11 17 (1.23%) SSL
12 16 (1.16%) BGP
12 16 (1.16%) CHAP
13 14 (1.01%) HTTP
14 13 (0.94%) Internet
15 12 (0.87%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.65%) Power BI
2 7 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.36%) Tableau
4 4 (0.29%) MySQL
5 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.22%) Big Data
5 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.072%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.072%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.072%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.072%) Metadata
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.072%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.072%) RDBMS
7 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
1 384 (27.77%) Social Skills
2 172 (12.44%) Finance
3 120 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (8.32%) Public Sector
5 107 (7.74%) Marketing
6 84 (6.07%) Retail
7 72 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
8 57 (4.12%) Games
9 54 (3.90%) Banking
10 48 (3.47%) Legal
11 47 (3.40%) Law
12 42 (3.04%) Back Office
13 39 (2.82%) Telecoms
14 28 (2.02%) 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 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 238 (17.21%) Senior
2 177 (12.80%) Analyst
3 150 (10.85%) Architect
4 115 (8.32%) Security Manager
5 114 (8.24%) Security Architect
6 111 (8.03%) Consultant
7 100 (7.23%) Security Analyst
8 94 (6.80%) Lead
9 89 (6.44%) Support Engineer
10 87 (6.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 83 (6.00%) Security Consultant
12 68 (4.92%) IT Manager
13 65 (4.70%) IT Support
14 64 (4.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 60 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
16 57 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 56 (4.05%) Security Engineer
18 51 (3.69%) Developer
19 49 (3.54%) IT Engineer
20 47 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.63%) OAuth
1 64 (4.63%) SAML
2 62 (4.48%) LDAP
3 57 (4.12%) REST
4 55 (3.98%) OpenID
5 49 (3.54%) SOAP
6 48 (3.47%) 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 (9.98%) Cyber Threat
2 120 (8.68%) Security Posture
3 89 (6.44%) Cyberattack
4 85 (6.15%) Management Information System
5 60 (4.34%) Onboarding
6 47 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.33%) Data Centre
8 42 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
9 36 (2.60%) PKI
10 35 (2.53%) Cloud Native
10 35 (2.53%) Driving Licence
11 30 (2.17%) Blog
12 27 (1.95%) Operational Technology
13 26 (1.88%) Cyber Security Posture
14 25 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
16 21 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 17 (1.23%) AI Agents
17 17 (1.23%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.23%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 166 (12.00%) Windows
2 65 (4.70%) Windows Server
3 43 (3.11%) Linux
4 41 (2.96%) 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
1 242 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 208 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
3 203 (14.68%) Information Security
4 194 (14.03%) Incident Response
5 192 (13.88%) Risk Management
6 178 (12.87%) Mentoring
7 163 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
8 145 (10.48%) Cloud Security
9 143 (10.34%) AI
10 141 (10.20%) Roadmaps
11 133 (9.62%) Decision-Making
12 127 (9.18%) Security Operations
13 123 (8.89%) SIEM
14 117 (8.46%) Agile
15 112 (8.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 108 (7.81%) Identity Access Management
17 104 (7.52%) ITIL
18 103 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
19 100 (7.23%) Analytics
20 99 (7.16%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 116 (8.39%) PowerShell
2 104 (7.52%) Python
3 56 (4.05%) Bash
4 48 (3.47%) T-SQL
5 44 (3.18%) SQL
6 26 (1.88%) Java
7 23 (1.66%) 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%) Ada
15 1 (0.072%) Bicep
15 1 (0.072%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 210 (15.18%) Security Cleared
2 179 (12.94%) CISSP
3 175 (12.65%) SC Cleared
4 155 (11.21%) Degree
5 131 (9.47%) CISM
6 56 (4.05%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.25%) CISA
8 39 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
9 36 (2.60%) AWS Certification
9 36 (2.60%) CRISC
9 36 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (2.53%) CTC Cleared
11 29 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 29 (2.10%) CREST Certified
12 28 (2.02%) Azure Certification
13 24 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 22 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 21 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 21 (1.52%) SANS
16 20 (1.45%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (21.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 248 (17.93%) NIST
3 160 (11.57%) GDPR
4 106 (7.66%) GRC
5 97 (7.01%) NCSC
6 91 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 81 (5.86%) PCI DSS
8 56 (4.05%) SLA
9 41 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 30 (2.17%) COBIT
11 24 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.66%) QA
13 19 (1.37%) SOC 2
14 18 (1.30%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.30%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 9 (0.65%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.58%) ISO 22301
18 7 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 156 (11.28%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.60%) 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 (1.95%) Terraform
4 20 (1.45%) Grafana
5 19 (1.37%) Ansible
6 15 (1.08%) 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
1 377 (27.26%) Microsoft
2 88 (6.36%) Cisco
3 67 (4.84%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.76%) VMware
5 40 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (2.46%) Tenable
8 33 (2.39%) Apple
9 31 (2.24%) Adobe
9 31 (2.24%) Google
10 29 (2.10%) Fortinet
11 28 (2.02%) Splunk
12 21 (1.52%) Qualys
12 21 (1.52%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.01%) Aruba
13 14 (1.01%) SAP
14 10 (0.72%) Oracle
15 9 (0.65%) CheckPoint
15 9 (0.65%) Sophos
15 9 (0.65%) Veeam