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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 34 35
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,766 1,124 1,429
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.11% 6.69% 6.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.81% 7.13% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 570 656
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,625 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,509 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

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 20,042 15,769 19,580
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.69% 93.82% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14,290 8,427 11,609
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%

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 5 October 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 97 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 82 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.62%) IIS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 5 (0.28%) Apache
5 5 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.28%) WordPress
6 3 (0.17%) Confluence
7 1 (0.057%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 50 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) Simulink
6 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.19%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.28%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.057%) Magento
6 1 (0.057%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.057%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.057%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 427 (24.18%) Azure
2 261 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (13.42%) Entra ID
4 215 (12.17%) AWS
5 101 (5.72%) SaaS
6 82 (4.64%) GCP
7 42 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 36 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 36 (2.04%) Serverless
9 35 (1.98%) OneDrive
10 26 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (1.13%) GitHub
13 14 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (0.74%) Mimecast
15 12 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (0.62%) dbt
16 11 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 246 (13.93%) Firewall
2 152 (8.61%) Network Security
3 87 (4.93%) VLAN
4 86 (4.87%) DNS
5 74 (4.19%) DHCP
6 69 (3.91%) VPN
7 64 (3.62%) WAN
8 52 (2.94%) TCP/IP
9 49 (2.77%) LAN
10 46 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (1.81%) Broadband
12 31 (1.76%) VoIP
13 26 (1.47%) BGP
14 23 (1.30%) SSL
15 21 (1.19%) HTTP
16 19 (1.08%) Cisco Nexus
17 18 (1.02%) MPLS
17 18 (1.02%) SD-WAN
18 16 (0.91%) OSPF
18 16 (0.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 15 (0.85%) Power BI
3 10 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.45%) Big Data
5 7 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.34%) Tableau
7 5 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (0.28%) Apache Iceberg
7 5 (0.28%) Metadata
8 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.11%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.057%) Chroma
10 1 (0.057%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.057%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.057%) Power Query
10 1 (0.057%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 26 (1.47%) JIRA
2 24 (1.36%) Snyk
3 10 (0.57%) Git
4 8 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 8 (0.45%) Metasploit
5 7 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.34%) GitLab
7 5 (0.28%) Poetry
7 5 (0.28%) VersionOne
8 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.11%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.057%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio
General
1 626 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 199 (11.27%) Finance
3 169 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 154 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
6 117 (6.63%) Marketing
7 114 (6.46%) Legal
8 97 (5.49%) Retail
9 80 (4.53%) Law
10 70 (3.96%) Telecoms
11 67 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.83%) Banking
13 46 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (1.87%) Aerospace
15 31 (1.76%) Police
16 28 (1.59%) Manufacturing
16 28 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.42%) Games
18 24 (1.36%) Advertising
19 23 (1.30%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 356 (20.16%) Senior
2 209 (11.83%) Analyst
3 188 (10.65%) Consultant
4 167 (9.46%) Architect
5 135 (7.64%) Security Engineer
6 103 (5.83%) Security Consultant
6 103 (5.83%) Security Manager
7 101 (5.72%) Lead
8 100 (5.66%) Security Architect
9 98 (5.55%) Security Analyst
10 90 (5.10%) IT Support
11 86 (4.87%) Support Engineer
12 79 (4.47%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 75 (4.25%) IT Manager
14 74 (4.19%) Senior Manager
15 71 (4.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 70 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
17 69 (3.91%) Business Manager
18 68 (3.85%) IT Engineer
19 63 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.21%) Terraform
2 30 (1.70%) OAuth
3 23 (1.30%) SAML
4 21 (1.19%) REST
5 19 (1.08%) .NET
5 19 (1.08%) LDAP
6 16 (0.91%) OpenID
7 10 (0.57%) SailPoint
8 9 (0.51%) JSON
9 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.40%) ModSecurity
9 7 (0.40%) SOAP
10 6 (0.34%) Kafka
10 6 (0.34%) PySpark
10 6 (0.34%) RESTful
11 5 (0.28%) LangChain
11 5 (0.28%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.28%) Node.js
11 5 (0.28%) React
11 5 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 150 (8.49%) Cyber Threat
2 143 (8.10%) Security Posture
3 100 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 95 (5.38%) Onboarding
5 73 (4.13%) Driving Licence
6 63 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 54 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 49 (2.77%) Operational Technology
9 45 (2.55%) Cloud Native
10 41 (2.32%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.10%) Security Operations Centre
12 31 (1.76%) PKI
13 28 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 27 (1.53%) Cyberattack
15 25 (1.42%) Social Media
16 23 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
16 23 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
17 22 (1.25%) AI Agents
18 20 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 197 (11.16%) Windows
2 90 (5.10%) Windows Server
3 64 (3.62%) Linux
4 24 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.51%) Android
5 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Unix
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.057%) AIX
10 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.057%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (20.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 349 (19.76%) AI
3 327 (18.52%) Information Security
4 298 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
5 243 (13.76%) Decision-Making
6 220 (12.46%) Risk Management
7 212 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 210 (11.89%) Incident Response
9 208 (11.78%) Mentoring
10 196 (11.10%) Cloud Security
11 191 (10.82%) Vulnerability Management
12 182 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 181 (10.25%) Security Operations
14 172 (9.74%) ITIL
15 164 (9.29%) SIEM
16 162 (9.17%) Identity Access Management
17 153 (8.66%) Service Delivery
18 146 (8.27%) Business Continuity
19 140 (7.93%) Agile
20 135 (7.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 122 (6.91%) Python
2 77 (4.36%) PowerShell
3 40 (2.27%) SQL
4 26 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 25 (1.42%) C++
6 18 (1.02%) Bash
6 18 (1.02%) Java
7 16 (0.91%) JavaScript
8 15 (0.85%) C#
8 15 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 12 (0.68%) Go
10 11 (0.62%) Rust
11 8 (0.45%) C
12 7 (0.40%) Bicep
13 5 (0.28%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.17%) Ada
14 3 (0.17%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.11%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 301 (17.04%) Security Cleared
2 235 (13.31%) CISSP
3 224 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 190 (10.76%) CISM
5 178 (10.08%) Degree
6 90 (5.10%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.40%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
9 53 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 48 (2.72%) AWS Certification
10 48 (2.72%) Azure Certification
10 48 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
11 46 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 45 (2.55%) CRISC
13 42 (2.38%) CISA
14 37 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
15 32 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
16 29 (1.64%) GIAC
16 29 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 24 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (18.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (12.80%) NIST
3 150 (8.49%) GDPR
4 142 (8.04%) GRC
5 140 (7.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.53%) PCI DSS
7 66 (3.74%) NCSC
8 52 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 32 (1.81%) SLA
10 28 (1.59%) Accessibility
11 25 (1.42%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.30%) QA
13 21 (1.19%) COBIT
14 20 (1.13%) NIST 800
15 18 (1.02%) ISO 22301
16 17 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
17 16 (0.91%) JSP 440
18 15 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 12 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
20 11 (0.62%) Data Quality
System Software
1 203 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.28%) Hyper-V
3 32 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.02%) Docker
6 17 (0.96%) Firmware
7 13 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.23%) vSphere
12 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.11%) NFS
12 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 158 (8.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 29 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (1.13%) Ansible
5 15 (0.85%) CASB
6 13 (0.74%) FortiGate
7 12 (0.68%) Grafana
8 8 (0.45%) Nmap
8 8 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.40%) QRadar
10 6 (0.34%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 4 (0.23%) SCCM
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.11%) Graylog
13 2 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.11%) WMI
Vendors
1 568 (32.16%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.53%) Cisco
3 75 (4.25%) Palo Alto
4 70 (3.96%) CyberArk
5 52 (2.94%) VMware
6 43 (2.43%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (2.04%) Adobe
7 36 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.87%) Apple
9 32 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 30 (1.70%) Tenable
11 28 (1.59%) Qualys
12 26 (1.47%) Google
12 26 (1.47%) Splunk
13 24 (1.36%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.08%) Aruba
15 17 (0.96%) Veeam
16 15 (0.85%) OpenAI
17 12 (0.68%) SAP
18 11 (0.62%) WatchGuard