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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 43
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,340 1,188 1,894
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.73% 7.75% 5.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.22% 8.19% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 904 666 1,228
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,275
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 £85,000 £72,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,541 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -10.00%

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 16,294 14,504 30,743
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 94.61% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,745 8,418 23,751
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 16 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 43 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.37%) WordPress
4 3 (0.22%) CMS
4 3 (0.22%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 60 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.79%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.37%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 342 (25.52%) Azure
2 181 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
3 167 (12.46%) AWS
3 167 (12.46%) Entra ID
4 73 (5.45%) GCP
5 72 (5.37%) SaaS
6 52 (3.88%) Google Workspace
7 32 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 28 (2.09%) Serverless
9 24 (1.79%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.19%) Mimecast
11 14 (1.04%) OneDrive
12 13 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.67%) PaaS
15 8 (0.60%) Nutanix
16 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (0.45%) Datadog
17 6 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 166 (12.39%) Firewall
2 93 (6.94%) Broadband
3 90 (6.72%) Network Security
4 48 (3.58%) DNS
4 48 (3.58%) VPN
5 39 (2.91%) WAN
6 36 (2.69%) DHCP
7 33 (2.46%) VLAN
8 29 (2.16%) LAN
9 23 (1.72%) Unified Communications
10 22 (1.64%) TCP/IP
11 20 (1.49%) VoIP
12 19 (1.42%) CHAP
12 19 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
13 18 (1.34%) SSL
14 17 (1.27%) BGP
14 17 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
15 14 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (0.97%) Internet
17 12 (0.90%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.67%) Power BI
2 5 (0.37%) Tableau
3 4 (0.30%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.22%) Big Data
4 3 (0.22%) MySQL
4 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.075%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.075%) Metadata
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.075%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.075%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.075%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.87%) Snyk
2 8 (0.60%) GitLab
3 7 (0.52%) Git
4 6 (0.45%) JIRA
5 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 5 (0.37%) JMeter
5 5 (0.37%) Locust
5 5 (0.37%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.15%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.075%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.075%) GDB
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.075%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.075%) WinDbg
General
1 372 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 164 (12.24%) Finance
3 117 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 116 (8.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
6 108 (8.06%) Marketing
7 81 (6.04%) Retail
8 73 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
9 56 (4.18%) Banking
9 56 (4.18%) Games
10 47 (3.51%) Law
11 42 (3.13%) Legal
12 41 (3.06%) Telecoms
13 38 (2.84%) Back Office
14 28 (2.09%) Aviation
15 20 (1.49%) Advertising
15 20 (1.49%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.49%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (17.24%) Senior
2 173 (12.91%) Analyst
3 152 (11.34%) Architect
4 117 (8.73%) Security Architect
5 110 (8.21%) Security Manager
6 104 (7.76%) Consultant
7 95 (7.09%) Security Analyst
8 89 (6.64%) Lead
9 88 (6.57%) Support Engineer
10 83 (6.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 76 (5.67%) Security Consultant
12 66 (4.93%) IT Support
13 63 (4.70%) IT Manager
14 60 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 60 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 55 (4.10%) Senior Analyst
16 51 (3.81%) Senior Architect
17 50 (3.73%) Developer
17 50 (3.73%) IT Engineer
17 50 (3.73%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.78%) SAML
2 63 (4.70%) LDAP
2 63 (4.70%) OAuth
3 57 (4.25%) REST
4 56 (4.18%) OpenID
5 50 (3.73%) SOAP
6 49 (3.66%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.67%) XMPP
8 7 (0.52%) Kafka
8 7 (0.52%) LangChain
8 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.45%) .NET
9 6 (0.45%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.45%) RESTful
10 5 (0.37%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.37%) React
11 4 (0.30%) ModSecurity
11 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.22%) Spring
12 3 (0.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 129 (9.63%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (8.58%) Security Posture
3 88 (6.57%) Cyberattack
4 81 (6.04%) Management Information System
5 63 (4.70%) Onboarding
6 48 (3.58%) Data Centre
7 42 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
8 41 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.84%) PKI
10 34 (2.54%) Driving Licence
11 33 (2.46%) Cloud Native
12 31 (2.31%) Blog
13 26 (1.94%) Cyber Security Posture
14 25 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
14 25 (1.87%) Operational Technology
15 22 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
16 20 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 17 (1.27%) Low-Code
17 17 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
18 15 (1.12%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 158 (11.79%) Windows
2 62 (4.63%) Windows Server
3 41 (3.06%) Linux
4 40 (2.99%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.04%) Android
7 13 (0.97%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.075%) AIX
10 1 (0.075%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.075%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.075%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 190 (14.18%) Information Security
2 190 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
3 185 (13.81%) Incident Response
4 180 (13.43%) Risk Management
5 168 (12.54%) Mentoring
6 155 (11.57%) Vulnerability Management
7 138 (10.30%) Cloud Security
8 137 (10.22%) Roadmaps
9 135 (10.07%) AI
10 122 (9.10%) Security Operations
11 118 (8.81%) Decision-Making
12 114 (8.51%) Agile
13 112 (8.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 111 (8.28%) SIEM
15 108 (8.06%) Identity Access Management
16 100 (7.46%) Analytics
16 100 (7.46%) ITIL
16 100 (7.46%) Threat Modelling
17 98 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 99 (7.39%) Python
3 57 (4.25%) Bash
4 49 (3.66%) T-SQL
5 41 (3.06%) SQL
6 27 (2.01%) Java
7 20 (1.49%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.97%) C++
9 12 (0.90%) C#
10 10 (0.75%) C
11 9 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.60%) Go
13 5 (0.37%) PHP
13 5 (0.37%) Rust
14 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.15%) Search Processing Language
17 1 (0.075%) Bicep
17 1 (0.075%) Perl
17 1 (0.075%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 169 (12.61%) CISSP
4 149 (11.12%) Degree
5 124 (9.25%) CISM
6 56 (4.18%) DV Cleared
7 42 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 41 (3.06%) CISA
9 37 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
10 35 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (2.46%) CTC Cleared
12 30 (2.24%) Azure Certification
13 29 (2.16%) CRISC
14 27 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
15 26 (1.94%) CREST Certified
16 25 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 24 (1.79%) SANS
18 22 (1.64%) FFIEC
19 21 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
20 19 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (20.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 240 (17.91%) NIST
3 151 (11.27%) GDPR
4 103 (7.69%) GRC
5 96 (7.16%) NCSC
6 86 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 76 (5.67%) PCI DSS
8 54 (4.03%) SLA
9 41 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 29 (2.16%) COBIT
11 23 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 21 (1.57%) QA
13 18 (1.34%) Accessibility
13 18 (1.34%) JSP 440
14 16 (1.19%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 8 (0.60%) ISO 22301
17 8 (0.60%) MISRA
17 8 (0.60%) MISRA C
System Software
1 154 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.46%) Hyper-V
3 32 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.27%) Docker
6 10 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.52%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.45%) vSphere
10 5 (0.37%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.30%) Firmware
12 1 (0.075%) KVM
12 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 68 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.01%) Terraform
4 20 (1.49%) Ansible
4 20 (1.49%) Grafana
5 16 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.75%) CASB
7 9 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.60%) Functional Safety
9 7 (0.52%) QRadar
10 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.37%) FTK
11 5 (0.37%) SCCM
12 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.22%) Nmap
13 3 (0.22%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.15%) Graylog
Vendors
1 363 (27.09%) Microsoft
2 85 (6.34%) Cisco
3 62 (4.63%) Palo Alto
4 53 (3.96%) VMware
5 39 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
6 38 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.76%) Apple
8 35 (2.61%) Adobe
9 34 (2.54%) Tenable
10 31 (2.31%) Google
11 28 (2.09%) Fortinet
12 26 (1.94%) Splunk
13 21 (1.57%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.12%) Qualys
14 15 (1.12%) SAP
15 11 (0.82%) Aruba
15 11 (0.82%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.75%) Oracle
17 9 (0.67%) Sophos
17 9 (0.67%) Veeam