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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 31 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,735 1,169 1,497
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.11% 7.21% 6.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 7.74% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 622 683
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,625 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,656 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
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 19,841 15,111 20,359
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.24% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14,226 8,561 12,491
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 91 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.58%) IIS
4 9 (0.52%) SAS
5 7 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.29%) Apache
6 5 (0.29%) WordPress
7 2 (0.12%) Confluence
8 1 (0.058%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 47 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.38%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.058%) Magento
5 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.058%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.058%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 402 (23.17%) Azure
2 245 (14.12%) Microsoft 365
3 211 (12.16%) Entra ID
4 204 (11.76%) AWS
5 104 (5.99%) SaaS
6 75 (4.32%) GCP
7 36 (2.07%) Power Platform
7 36 (2.07%) Serverless
8 35 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 31 (1.79%) OneDrive
10 22 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (0.75%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (0.69%) dbt
13 12 (0.69%) GitHub
14 9 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (0.40%) Power Automate
15 7 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 246 (14.18%) Firewall
2 157 (9.05%) Network Security
3 90 (5.19%) VLAN
4 80 (4.61%) DNS
5 66 (3.80%) DHCP
6 65 (3.75%) WAN
7 62 (3.57%) VPN
8 52 (3.00%) TCP/IP
9 49 (2.82%) LAN
10 42 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.84%) Broadband
12 31 (1.79%) VoIP
13 26 (1.50%) BGP
14 20 (1.15%) HTTP
14 20 (1.15%) SSL
15 19 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (1.04%) MPLS
16 18 (1.04%) SD-WAN
17 17 (0.98%) Unified Communications
18 16 (0.92%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.75%) Power BI
3 7 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.35%) Tableau
5 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.29%) Big Data
6 3 (0.17%) Metadata
6 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.058%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.058%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.058%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.058%) GIS
7 1 (0.058%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.058%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (1.56%) Snyk
2 25 (1.44%) JIRA
3 9 (0.52%) Git
4 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.29%) Poetry
5 5 (0.29%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.058%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.058%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.058%) JMeter
8 1 (0.058%) Locust
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.058%) Visual Studio
General
1 602 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 189 (10.89%) Finance
3 172 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 152 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 146 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (6.69%) Legal
7 115 (6.63%) Marketing
8 96 (5.53%) Retail
9 77 (4.44%) Law
10 66 (3.80%) Telecoms
11 63 (3.63%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (2.77%) Banking
13 45 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.84%) Aerospace
15 27 (1.56%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.50%) Games
16 26 (1.50%) Police
17 23 (1.33%) Advertising
18 22 (1.27%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 355 (20.46%) Senior
2 204 (11.76%) Analyst
3 185 (10.66%) Consultant
4 161 (9.28%) Architect
5 127 (7.32%) Security Engineer
6 114 (6.57%) Security Manager
7 107 (6.17%) Security Consultant
8 104 (5.99%) Security Architect
9 96 (5.53%) Lead
9 96 (5.53%) Security Analyst
10 90 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 86 (4.96%) Support Engineer
12 84 (4.84%) IT Support
13 79 (4.55%) IT Manager
14 78 (4.50%) Senior Manager
15 74 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
16 66 (3.80%) IT Engineer
17 65 (3.75%) Business Manager
17 65 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 61 (3.52%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.61%) OAuth
1 28 (1.61%) Terraform
2 22 (1.27%) SAML
3 18 (1.04%) LDAP
4 16 (0.92%) .NET
5 15 (0.86%) REST
6 14 (0.81%) OpenID
7 8 (0.46%) Kafka
7 8 (0.46%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.40%) JSON
8 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.40%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.40%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.35%) React
9 6 (0.35%) RESTful
9 6 (0.35%) SOAP
9 6 (0.35%) XMPP
10 5 (0.29%) Node.js
10 5 (0.29%) PySpark
10 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.84%) Cyber Threat
2 130 (7.49%) Security Posture
3 97 (5.59%) Management Information System
3 97 (5.59%) Onboarding
4 65 (3.75%) Driving Licence
5 59 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
6 57 (3.29%) Data Centre
7 47 (2.71%) Operational Technology
8 41 (2.36%) Cloud Native
9 40 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
10 39 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 32 (1.84%) PKI
12 29 (1.67%) Cyberattack
13 27 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 25 (1.44%) Social Media
15 22 (1.27%) AI Agents
15 22 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
16 21 (1.21%) Cyber Security Posture
16 21 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
17 19 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 182 (10.49%) Windows
2 82 (4.73%) Windows Server
3 55 (3.17%) Linux
4 21 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.46%) Android
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.058%) AIX
10 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.058%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 329 (18.96%) AI
3 318 (18.33%) Information Security
4 271 (15.62%) Problem-Solving
5 237 (13.66%) Decision-Making
6 224 (12.91%) Risk Management
7 216 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 209 (12.05%) Mentoring
9 206 (11.87%) Incident Response
10 184 (10.61%) Vulnerability Management
11 183 (10.55%) Cloud Security
12 176 (10.14%) Security Operations
13 170 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 163 (9.39%) SIEM
15 161 (9.28%) ITIL
16 149 (8.59%) Identity Access Management
17 147 (8.47%) Service Delivery
18 144 (8.30%) Business Continuity
19 138 (7.95%) Agile
20 126 (7.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 116 (6.69%) Python
2 77 (4.44%) PowerShell
3 37 (2.13%) SQL
4 24 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (1.04%) C++
6 17 (0.98%) Java
7 13 (0.75%) Bash
8 12 (0.69%) C#
8 12 (0.69%) JavaScript
9 10 (0.58%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.52%) Go
10 9 (0.52%) Rust
11 7 (0.40%) C
12 5 (0.29%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Ada
13 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 289 (16.66%) Security Cleared
2 240 (13.83%) CISSP
3 217 (12.51%) SC Cleared
4 194 (11.18%) CISM
5 172 (9.91%) Degree
6 85 (4.90%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.46%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.77%) AWS Certification
10 45 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
10 45 (2.59%) CRISC
11 44 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
13 42 (2.42%) CISA
14 39 (2.25%) Azure Certification
15 37 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
16 30 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
16 30 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 27 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 26 (1.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (18.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (13.03%) NIST
3 155 (8.93%) GDPR
4 141 (8.13%) GRC
5 135 (7.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 79 (4.55%) PCI DSS
7 64 (3.69%) NCSC
8 50 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.84%) SLA
10 29 (1.67%) Accessibility
11 26 (1.50%) SOC 2
12 24 (1.38%) QA
13 21 (1.21%) COBIT
14 20 (1.15%) NIST 800
15 19 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
16 16 (0.92%) JSP 440
17 15 (0.86%) ISO 22301
18 14 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 13 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 12 (0.69%) PMO
System Software
1 192 (11.07%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 30 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.04%) Firmware
6 14 (0.81%) Docker
7 11 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
11 3 (0.17%) vSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.058%) NFS
13 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 150 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.44%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.04%) Ansible
5 15 (0.86%) CASB
6 13 (0.75%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.46%) Grafana
8 7 (0.40%) Nmap
8 7 (0.40%) QRadar
9 6 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.17%) SCCM
12 2 (0.12%) Graylog
12 2 (0.12%) WMI
13 1 (0.058%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 542 (31.24%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.73%) Palo Alto
3 80 (4.61%) Cisco
4 68 (3.92%) CyberArk
5 48 (2.77%) VMware
6 44 (2.54%) CrowdStrike
7 38 (2.19%) Adobe
8 37 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 36 (2.07%) Apple
10 34 (1.96%) Tenable
11 30 (1.73%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.67%) Splunk
13 28 (1.61%) Fortinet
13 28 (1.61%) Qualys
14 24 (1.38%) Google
15 18 (1.04%) Aruba
16 17 (0.98%) Veeam
17 15 (0.86%) OpenAI
18 12 (0.69%) SAP
19 8 (0.46%) Juniper