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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 24 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +9
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,281 1,194 1,890
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.07% 8.87% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.55% 9.36% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 793 721 1,289
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,565
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,478 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 14,989 12,756 29,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.75% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,524 8,871 23,569
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,930
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%

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 30 April 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 30 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.70%) WordPress
4 5 (0.39%) Drupal
4 5 (0.39%) nginx
5 4 (0.31%) CMS
6 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Apache
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.078%) IIS
8 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 84 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (0.86%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (1.25%) Cloudability
2 7 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 3 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.078%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 344 (26.85%) Azure
2 174 (13.58%) AWS
3 170 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
4 160 (12.49%) Entra ID
5 60 (4.68%) GCP
6 57 (4.45%) Google Workspace
7 53 (4.14%) SaaS
8 32 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
9 30 (2.34%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.48%) Serverless
12 15 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (1.17%) Mimecast
13 13 (1.01%) Nutanix
14 10 (0.78%) PaaS
15 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.47%) OneDrive
17 5 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
17 5 (0.39%) Datadog
17 5 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 143 (11.16%) Firewall
2 81 (6.32%) Broadband
3 61 (4.76%) Network Security
4 36 (2.81%) VPN
5 35 (2.73%) DNS
6 26 (2.03%) CHAP
7 25 (1.95%) VLAN
8 21 (1.64%) WAN
9 20 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
9 20 (1.56%) Unified Communications
10 19 (1.48%) DHCP
11 17 (1.33%) LAN
12 14 (1.09%) SSL
13 13 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.94%) VoIP
15 10 (0.78%) TCP/IP
16 9 (0.70%) BGP
17 8 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
17 8 (0.62%) DMZ
17 8 (0.62%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (0.94%) Power BI
2 6 (0.47%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.39%) MariaDB
3 5 (0.39%) Tableau
4 4 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.23%) Metadata
5 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.23%) MySQL
5 3 (0.23%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.16%) Big Data
6 2 (0.16%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.078%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.078%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.078%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (1.25%) Snyk
2 8 (0.62%) GitLab
3 7 (0.55%) Git
3 7 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.39%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.39%) JMeter
4 5 (0.39%) Locust
4 5 (0.39%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.16%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.16%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.078%) GDB
6 1 (0.078%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.078%) WinDbg
General
1 399 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 175 (13.66%) Finance
3 131 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 92 (7.18%) Marketing
6 89 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
7 83 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
8 68 (5.31%) Banking
8 68 (5.31%) Retail
9 64 (5.00%) Back Office
10 59 (4.61%) Law
11 47 (3.67%) Games
11 47 (3.67%) Telecoms
12 45 (3.51%) Legal
13 28 (2.19%) Aviation
14 27 (2.11%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.87%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.09%) Local Government
18 13 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 268 (20.92%) Senior
2 145 (11.32%) Analyst
3 127 (9.91%) Architect
4 100 (7.81%) Security Manager
5 98 (7.65%) Support Engineer
6 96 (7.49%) Consultant
7 91 (7.10%) Security Architect
8 76 (5.93%) Security Analyst
9 72 (5.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 66 (5.15%) Security Consultant
11 60 (4.68%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (4.68%) Desktop Support
11 60 (4.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 59 (4.61%) Senior Architect
13 58 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 56 (4.37%) Site Engineer
15 55 (4.29%) Developer
16 49 (3.83%) Hardware Engineer
16 49 (3.83%) Senior Hardware Engineer
17 48 (3.75%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (5.00%) LDAP
2 63 (4.92%) REST
2 63 (4.92%) SAML
3 62 (4.84%) OAuth
3 62 (4.84%) OpenID
4 58 (4.53%) SOAP
5 57 (4.45%) GraphQL
6 12 (0.94%) SAP CAF
7 8 (0.62%) RESTful
7 8 (0.62%) XMPP
8 7 (0.55%) Kafka
9 6 (0.47%) React
9 6 (0.47%) Regular Expression
10 5 (0.39%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.39%) LangChain
11 4 (0.31%) Android NDK
11 4 (0.31%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.31%) Spring
11 4 (0.31%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.31%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 114 (8.90%) Cyber Threat
2 100 (7.81%) Security Posture
3 85 (6.64%) Management Information System
4 81 (6.32%) Cyberattack
5 72 (5.62%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
6 45 (3.51%) Data Centre
7 44 (3.43%) Blog
8 39 (3.04%) Driving Licence
9 33 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 33 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (2.42%) Operational Technology
10 31 (2.42%) PKI
11 30 (2.34%) Cloud Native
12 25 (1.95%) Cyber Security Posture
12 25 (1.95%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.72%) Low-Code
14 18 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
16 13 (1.01%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 161 (12.57%) Windows
2 69 (5.39%) Windows 10
3 51 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 49 (3.83%) Linux
5 18 (1.41%) Android
6 16 (1.25%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.078%) AIX
9 1 (0.078%) Debian
9 1 (0.078%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.078%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.078%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.078%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.078%) Solaris
9 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 167 (13.04%) Risk Management
3 163 (12.72%) Mentoring
4 155 (12.10%) Information Security
5 152 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (11.71%) Incident Response
7 143 (11.16%) Roadmaps
8 136 (10.62%) AI
9 127 (9.91%) ITIL
10 118 (9.21%) Vulnerability Management
11 113 (8.82%) Analytics
12 112 (8.74%) Cloud Security
13 109 (8.51%) Agile
14 102 (7.96%) Project Management
15 95 (7.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 91 (7.10%) Security Operations
17 89 (6.95%) Customer Service
17 89 (6.95%) Identity Access Management
18 80 (6.25%) Security Architecture
18 80 (6.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 111 (8.67%) PowerShell
2 94 (7.34%) Python
3 64 (5.00%) Bash
4 56 (4.37%) T-SQL
5 41 (3.20%) SQL
6 26 (2.03%) Java
7 23 (1.80%) JavaScript
8 22 (1.72%) C++
9 18 (1.41%) C#
10 13 (1.01%) C
11 8 (0.62%) Go
12 5 (0.39%) PHP
12 5 (0.39%) Rust
13 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.23%) Bicep
15 1 (0.078%) Perl
15 1 (0.078%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 206 (16.08%) Security Cleared
2 183 (14.29%) Degree
3 173 (13.51%) SC Cleared
4 164 (12.80%) CISSP
5 124 (9.68%) CISM
6 60 (4.68%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (3.98%) AWS Certification
8 47 (3.67%) CISA
9 41 (3.20%) DV Cleared
10 37 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (2.65%) SANS
12 32 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (2.26%) CEH
14 27 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (2.11%) FFIEC
15 26 (2.03%) CGEIT
16 24 (1.87%) CREST Certified
17 20 (1.56%) OSCP
18 19 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 19 (1.48%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (18.74%) NIST
2 237 (18.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 126 (9.84%) GDPR
4 87 (6.79%) GRC
4 87 (6.79%) NCSC
5 85 (6.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 73 (5.70%) SLA
7 57 (4.45%) PCI DSS
8 46 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 33 (2.58%) COBIT
10 22 (1.72%) QA
11 20 (1.56%) Accessibility
12 19 (1.48%) SOC 2
13 14 (1.09%) JSP 440
14 13 (1.01%) ISO 22301
15 12 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.86%) IEC 61508
16 11 (0.86%) MISRA
16 11 (0.86%) MISRA C
17 7 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 132 (10.30%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.64%) Docker
5 18 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.47%) Firmware
7 6 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.47%) vSphere
8 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.078%) iptables
9 1 (0.078%) KVM
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.078%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 48 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.19%) Terraform
3 23 (1.80%) Ansible
4 18 (1.41%) Grafana
5 12 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.86%) Functional Safety
7 8 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.39%) FTK
8 5 (0.39%) Nessus
8 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 4 (0.31%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.31%) QRadar
9 4 (0.31%) SCCM
10 3 (0.23%) CASB
10 3 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 287 (22.40%) Microsoft
2 95 (7.42%) Cisco
3 51 (3.98%) VMware
4 49 (3.83%) Apple
5 44 (3.43%) Adobe
6 37 (2.89%) Palo Alto
7 30 (2.34%) Google
8 29 (2.26%) Tenable
9 28 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
9 28 (2.19%) ServiceNow
10 27 (2.11%) Fortinet
11 20 (1.56%) SAP
11 20 (1.56%) Splunk
12 15 (1.17%) Salesforce
13 12 (0.94%) Commvault
14 11 (0.86%) PayPal
15 10 (0.78%) CheckPoint
16 9 (0.70%) Sophos
17 8 (0.62%) Qualys
18 7 (0.55%) Oracle