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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,281 1,172 1,873
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.82% 7.76% 5.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.24% 8.17% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 813 702 1,261
10th Percentile £37,100 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year - +0.84% -8.46%

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 15,547 14,351 29,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 95.06% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,029 8,676 23,362
10th Percentile £34,460 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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 38 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.47%) WordPress
4 4 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.16%) Apache
5 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.16%) Drupal
5 2 (0.16%) nginx
5 2 (0.16%) SAS
6 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.078%) IIS
6 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 77 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (1.87%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.078%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 332 (25.92%) Azure
2 169 (13.19%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (13.11%) AWS
4 161 (12.57%) Entra ID
5 67 (5.23%) GCP
6 54 (4.22%) Google Workspace
7 52 (4.06%) SaaS
8 31 (2.42%) Power Platform
9 30 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 28 (2.19%) Serverless
11 21 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.25%) Mimecast
13 15 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.86%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.78%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.78%) PaaS
16 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.47%) Datadog
17 6 (0.47%) GitHub
18 5 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 142 (11.09%) Firewall
2 90 (7.03%) Broadband
3 70 (5.46%) Network Security
4 37 (2.89%) DNS
5 36 (2.81%) VPN
6 25 (1.95%) VLAN
7 24 (1.87%) Unified Communications
7 24 (1.87%) WAN
8 22 (1.72%) DHCP
9 20 (1.56%) CHAP
10 19 (1.48%) LAN
11 18 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
12 15 (1.17%) SSL
13 14 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (1.01%) TCP/IP
14 13 (1.01%) VoIP
15 10 (0.78%) BGP
16 9 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
16 9 (0.70%) WebEx
17 8 (0.62%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.78%) Power BI
2 6 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.39%) Tableau
4 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.23%) Big Data
4 3 (0.23%) MySQL
4 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.16%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.16%) Metadata
5 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.16%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.16%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.078%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.078%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.95%) Snyk
2 8 (0.62%) GitLab
3 6 (0.47%) Git
4 5 (0.39%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.39%) JMeter
4 5 (0.39%) Locust
4 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.16%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.16%) JIRA
6 2 (0.16%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.078%) GDB
7 1 (0.078%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.078%) WinDbg
General
1 357 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 166 (12.96%) Finance
3 136 (10.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 106 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 97 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
6 96 (7.49%) Marketing
7 75 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
8 69 (5.39%) Retail
9 59 (4.61%) Banking
10 53 (4.14%) Back Office
11 51 (3.98%) Games
12 48 (3.75%) Law
13 37 (2.89%) Telecoms
14 35 (2.73%) Legal
15 28 (2.19%) Aviation
16 21 (1.64%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.64%) Manufacturing
17 15 (1.17%) Advertising
18 12 (0.94%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 263 (20.53%) Senior
2 161 (12.57%) Analyst
3 154 (12.02%) Architect
4 116 (9.06%) Security Architect
5 101 (7.88%) Security Manager
6 93 (7.26%) Consultant
7 89 (6.95%) Support Engineer
8 77 (6.01%) Security Analyst
9 76 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 73 (5.70%) Senior Architect
11 68 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 66 (5.15%) Security Consultant
13 65 (5.07%) Lead
14 54 (4.22%) Developer
15 53 (4.14%) Senior Security Architect
16 49 (3.83%) IT Manager
16 49 (3.83%) IT Support
16 49 (3.83%) Security Engineer
17 48 (3.75%) Desktop Support
17 48 (3.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (4.84%) LDAP
2 61 (4.76%) SAML
3 60 (4.68%) OAuth
3 60 (4.68%) REST
4 59 (4.61%) OpenID
5 54 (4.22%) SOAP
6 53 (4.14%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.70%) XMPP
8 7 (0.55%) Kafka
8 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.55%) RESTful
9 6 (0.47%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.47%) SAP CAF
10 5 (0.39%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.39%) React
11 4 (0.31%) LangChain
11 4 (0.31%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.23%) Semantic Kernel
12 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
12 3 (0.23%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 120 (9.37%) Cyber Threat
2 98 (7.65%) Security Posture
3 84 (6.56%) Cyberattack
4 79 (6.17%) Onboarding
5 76 (5.93%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.75%) Data Centre
7 45 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
8 35 (2.73%) Driving Licence
9 33 (2.58%) Blog
9 33 (2.58%) PKI
9 33 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.42%) Cloud Native
11 29 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 29 (2.26%) Operational Technology
12 26 (2.03%) Cyber Security Posture
13 22 (1.72%) Low-Code
13 22 (1.72%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 15 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
15 13 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 149 (11.63%) Windows
2 55 (4.29%) Windows 10
3 52 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 41 (3.20%) Linux
5 18 (1.41%) Android
6 16 (1.25%) Mac OS
7 15 (1.17%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.078%) AIX
9 1 (0.078%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.078%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.078%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.078%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (16.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 166 (12.96%) Mentoring
3 159 (12.41%) Incident Response
4 158 (12.33%) Risk Management
5 154 (12.02%) Information Security
6 148 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
7 139 (10.85%) AI
8 135 (10.54%) Roadmaps
9 134 (10.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 117 (9.13%) Cloud Security
11 112 (8.74%) ITIL
12 106 (8.27%) Agile
13 104 (8.12%) Analytics
14 97 (7.57%) Security Operations
15 93 (7.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 92 (7.18%) Identity Access Management
17 91 (7.10%) Security Architecture
18 90 (7.03%) Threat Modelling
19 86 (6.71%) Project Management
19 86 (6.71%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 115 (8.98%) PowerShell
2 97 (7.57%) Python
3 59 (4.61%) Bash
4 52 (4.06%) T-SQL
5 40 (3.12%) SQL
6 27 (2.11%) Java
7 22 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 20 (1.56%) C++
9 17 (1.33%) C#
10 13 (1.01%) C
11 9 (0.70%) Go
12 5 (0.39%) PHP
12 5 (0.39%) Rust
13 3 (0.23%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 1 (0.078%) Bicep
15 1 (0.078%) Perl
15 1 (0.078%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 194 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 161 (12.57%) SC Cleared
3 159 (12.41%) Degree
4 147 (11.48%) CISSP
5 113 (8.82%) CISM
6 55 (4.29%) AWS Certification
7 48 (3.75%) CTC Cleared
8 43 (3.36%) DV Cleared
9 39 (3.04%) CISA
10 32 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 28 (2.19%) SANS
12 26 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 25 (1.95%) CREST Certified
14 24 (1.87%) CEH
15 22 (1.72%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.64%) FFIEC
17 20 (1.56%) CGEIT
18 18 (1.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (18.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (17.64%) NIST
3 122 (9.52%) GDPR
4 96 (7.49%) GRC
5 86 (6.71%) NCSC
6 82 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 63 (4.92%) SLA
8 59 (4.61%) PCI DSS
9 39 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (2.19%) COBIT
11 21 (1.64%) QA
12 19 (1.48%) Accessibility
13 17 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
13 17 (1.33%) SOC 2
14 14 (1.09%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.86%) IEC 61508
15 11 (0.86%) ISO 22301
15 11 (0.86%) MISRA
15 11 (0.86%) MISRA C
16 7 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 141 (11.01%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
2 27 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.41%) Docker
5 10 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.47%) Firmware
8 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.47%) vSphere
9 1 (0.078%) KVM
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (4.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.11%) Terraform
4 21 (1.64%) Ansible
5 20 (1.56%) Grafana
6 11 (0.86%) Functional Safety
6 11 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.39%) FTK
9 5 (0.39%) QRadar
9 5 (0.39%) SCCM
10 4 (0.31%) CASB
10 4 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.31%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.23%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.16%) Graylog
12 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 316 (24.67%) Microsoft
2 83 (6.48%) Cisco
3 55 (4.29%) Apple
4 51 (3.98%) Adobe
5 47 (3.67%) VMware
6 44 (3.43%) Palo Alto
7 38 (2.97%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.81%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.81%) Tenable
9 28 (2.19%) Google
10 27 (2.11%) Fortinet
11 21 (1.64%) Splunk
12 18 (1.41%) Salesforce
13 17 (1.33%) SAP
14 10 (0.78%) CheckPoint
14 10 (0.78%) Commvault
15 9 (0.70%) Qualys
15 9 (0.70%) Sophos
16 8 (0.62%) Oracle
17 6 (0.47%) NetApp