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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,615 1,241 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.08% 7.47% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.59% 8.04% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 707 800
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,313 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £59,804
% change year-on-year +6.19% -5.52% -7.64%

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 18,803 15,435 21,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.40% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,575 8,949 15,283
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,549 £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 £97,500
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 17 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 62 (3.84%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.56%) SAS
4 7 (0.43%) IIS
5 5 (0.31%) WordPress
6 2 (0.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.062%) Confluence
7 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 42 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.062%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.49%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.31%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.062%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.062%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.062%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 380 (23.53%) Azure
2 201 (12.45%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (12.32%) AWS
4 166 (10.28%) Entra ID
5 98 (6.07%) SaaS
6 74 (4.58%) GCP
7 32 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (1.80%) Serverless
9 22 (1.36%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.18%) OneDrive
11 16 (0.99%) dbt
12 12 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.74%) Mimecast
13 10 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (0.62%) PaaS
14 7 (0.43%) GitHub
15 6 (0.37%) Datadog
16 5 (0.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 225 (13.93%) Firewall
2 161 (9.97%) Network Security
3 84 (5.20%) VLAN
4 59 (3.65%) DNS
5 57 (3.53%) WAN
6 54 (3.34%) VPN
7 46 (2.85%) DHCP
8 44 (2.72%) LAN
9 41 (2.54%) Broadband
10 38 (2.35%) TCP/IP
11 35 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (1.55%) VoIP
13 23 (1.42%) BGP
14 20 (1.24%) Unified Communications
15 18 (1.11%) Cisco Nexus
15 18 (1.11%) HTTP
15 18 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (1.11%) MPLS
15 18 (1.11%) SSL
16 16 (0.99%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.68%) Power BI
2 9 (0.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.37%) Tableau
5 5 (0.31%) Big Data
6 4 (0.25%) Metadata
6 4 (0.25%) MySQL
6 4 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.12%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.062%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.062%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.062%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.062%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.062%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.062%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.062%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.67%) Snyk
2 21 (1.30%) JIRA
3 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
3 5 (0.31%) Git
3 5 (0.31%) GitLab
3 5 (0.31%) JMeter
3 5 (0.31%) Locust
3 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
3 5 (0.31%) VersionOne
4 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.062%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.062%) GDB
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.062%) WinDbg
General
1 542 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 170 (10.53%) Finance
3 165 (10.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 131 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 113 (7.00%) Legal
6 113 (7.00%) Marketing
7 89 (5.51%) Retail
8 71 (4.40%) Law
9 52 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 44 (2.72%) Banking
12 40 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.92%) Games
14 29 (1.80%) Aerospace
15 25 (1.55%) Advertising
16 23 (1.42%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.36%) Aviation
17 22 (1.36%) Police
18 21 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 331 (20.50%) Senior
2 190 (11.76%) Analyst
3 170 (10.53%) Consultant
4 161 (9.97%) Architect
5 110 (6.81%) Security Consultant
5 110 (6.81%) Security Manager
6 109 (6.75%) Security Engineer
7 100 (6.19%) Security Analyst
7 100 (6.19%) Security Architect
8 98 (6.07%) Lead
9 92 (5.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 87 (5.39%) IT Manager
11 81 (5.02%) Senior Manager
12 74 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
13 70 (4.33%) Support Engineer
14 64 (3.96%) IT Support
15 61 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 54 (3.34%) Senior Security Engineer
17 53 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 52 (3.22%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.55%) OAuth
2 22 (1.36%) SAML
3 16 (0.99%) LDAP
4 14 (0.87%) OpenID
5 12 (0.74%) REST
6 10 (0.62%) .NET
7 9 (0.56%) XMPP
8 8 (0.50%) LangChain
9 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.43%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.37%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.37%) RESTful
11 5 (0.31%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.31%) JSON
11 5 (0.31%) Kafka
11 5 (0.31%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.31%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.31%) React
12 4 (0.25%) PyTorch
12 4 (0.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.86%) Cyber Threat
2 118 (7.31%) Security Posture
3 98 (6.07%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (3.16%) Driving Licence
7 49 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 45 (2.79%) Cloud Native
8 45 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
9 35 (2.17%) Cyberattack
10 34 (2.11%) Operational Technology
11 33 (2.04%) PKI
12 26 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
13 25 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
14 24 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 23 (1.42%) Blog
16 20 (1.24%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.24%) Social Media
16 20 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 163 (10.09%) Windows
2 66 (4.09%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.28%) Linux
4 23 (1.42%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.37%) Android
6 6 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.062%) AIX
9 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.062%) Solaris
9 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 297 (18.39%) Information Security
3 291 (18.02%) AI
4 245 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
5 218 (13.50%) Decision-Making
6 217 (13.44%) Risk Management
7 205 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 201 (12.45%) Incident Response
8 201 (12.45%) Mentoring
9 177 (10.96%) Vulnerability Management
10 172 (10.65%) Cloud Security
11 155 (9.60%) ITIL
12 153 (9.47%) Agile
13 147 (9.10%) SIEM
13 147 (9.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 142 (8.79%) Identity Access Management
14 142 (8.79%) Security Operations
15 141 (8.73%) Business Continuity
16 131 (8.11%) Service Delivery
17 130 (8.05%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (7.00%) Python
2 69 (4.27%) PowerShell
3 28 (1.73%) SQL
4 21 (1.30%) Java
5 17 (1.05%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.93%) C++
7 13 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (0.74%) Bash
9 8 (0.50%) Rust
9 8 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.43%) C#
11 6 (0.37%) Go
12 5 (0.31%) C
13 4 (0.25%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.19%) Ada
15 2 (0.12%) PHP
15 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.062%) Bicep
16 1 (0.062%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.062%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 276 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 231 (14.30%) CISSP
3 205 (12.69%) SC Cleared
4 185 (11.46%) CISM
5 151 (9.35%) Degree
6 84 (5.20%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.59%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.53%) Network+ Certification
9 46 (2.85%) AWS Certification
10 40 (2.48%) CRISC
11 39 (2.41%) CISA
11 39 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
12 38 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
13 36 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
14 35 (2.17%) Azure Certification
15 32 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
16 28 (1.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 27 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
18 26 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 25 (1.55%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 302 (18.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 217 (13.44%) NIST
3 160 (9.91%) GDPR
4 134 (8.30%) GRC
5 115 (7.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 80 (4.95%) PCI DSS
7 55 (3.41%) NCSC
8 49 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.86%) SLA
10 28 (1.73%) Accessibility
11 27 (1.67%) QA
12 25 (1.55%) COBIT
12 25 (1.55%) SOC 2
13 20 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
14 17 (1.05%) JSP 440
15 15 (0.93%) ISO 22301
15 15 (0.93%) NIST 800
16 13 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 9 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 179 (11.08%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.48%) Hyper-V
3 29 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.11%) Firmware
6 13 (0.80%) Docker
7 10 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.37%) vSphere
11 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 126 (7.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.36%) Terraform
4 18 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.99%) Grafana
6 15 (0.93%) Ansible
7 14 (0.87%) CASB
8 13 (0.80%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.43%) QRadar
11 5 (0.31%) Nmap
12 4 (0.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.19%) SCCM
14 2 (0.12%) Graylog
14 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
15 1 (0.062%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 478 (29.60%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.02%) Palo Alto
3 78 (4.83%) Cisco
4 62 (3.84%) CyberArk
5 46 (2.85%) VMware
6 43 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
8 35 (2.17%) Apple
9 34 (2.11%) Adobe
10 33 (2.04%) Fortinet
11 32 (1.98%) Tenable
12 31 (1.92%) Google
12 31 (1.92%) Splunk
13 26 (1.61%) Salesforce
14 24 (1.49%) Qualys
15 18 (1.11%) Aruba
16 15 (0.93%) OpenAI
17 13 (0.80%) SAP
18 11 (0.68%) Veeam
19 9 (0.56%) Okta