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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,326 1,145 1,901
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.92% 7.82% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.36% 8.25% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 864 658 1,267
10th Percentile £36,325 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,087 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,333 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -1.68% -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 15,852 13,879 29,852
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 94.80% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,330 8,122 23,480
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,025 £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 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%

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 29 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 45 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.30%) WordPress
4 3 (0.23%) CMS
4 3 (0.23%) SAS
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.075%) IIS
6 1 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 80 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.81%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.38%) SAP Business One
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.075%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 346 (26.09%) Azure
2 185 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
3 172 (12.97%) AWS
4 166 (12.52%) Entra ID
5 73 (5.51%) GCP
6 56 (4.22%) SaaS
7 54 (4.07%) Google Workspace
8 32 (2.41%) Power Platform
9 31 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
10 28 (2.11%) Serverless
11 21 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (1.21%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.98%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.75%) Nutanix
15 10 (0.75%) PaaS
16 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.45%) Datadog
17 6 (0.45%) GitHub
18 5 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (11.24%) Firewall
2 90 (6.79%) Broadband
3 81 (6.11%) Network Security
4 42 (3.17%) DNS
5 40 (3.02%) VPN
6 28 (2.11%) VLAN
6 28 (2.11%) WAN
7 27 (2.04%) DHCP
8 24 (1.81%) Unified Communications
9 21 (1.58%) LAN
10 20 (1.51%) CHAP
11 18 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 16 (1.21%) SSL
13 15 (1.13%) TCP/IP
13 15 (1.13%) VoIP
14 14 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.90%) BGP
16 11 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (0.75%) Internet
18 9 (0.68%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.75%) Power BI
2 6 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.38%) 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 (0.15%) Metadata
5 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
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%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.075%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.89%) Snyk
2 8 (0.60%) GitLab
3 6 (0.45%) Git
4 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.38%) JMeter
4 5 (0.38%) Locust
4 5 (0.38%) VersionOne
5 4 (0.30%) JIRA
6 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.15%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.15%) Metasploit
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
1 375 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 164 (12.37%) Finance
3 134 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 113 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 104 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 93 (7.01%) Marketing
7 76 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (5.58%) Retail
9 56 (4.22%) Banking
10 53 (4.00%) Back Office
11 52 (3.92%) Games
12 48 (3.62%) Law
13 37 (2.79%) Legal
14 34 (2.56%) Telecoms
15 28 (2.11%) Aviation
16 22 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (1.58%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.36%) Advertising
19 17 (1.28%) Manufacturing
20 14 (1.06%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 256 (19.31%) Senior
2 167 (12.59%) Analyst
3 165 (12.44%) Architect
4 124 (9.35%) Security Architect
5 105 (7.92%) Security Manager
6 101 (7.62%) Consultant
7 96 (7.24%) Support Engineer
8 86 (6.49%) Security Analyst
9 82 (6.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 74 (5.58%) Lead
10 74 (5.58%) Senior Architect
11 73 (5.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 73 (5.51%) Security Consultant
12 57 (4.30%) IT Support
13 55 (4.15%) Developer
14 54 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 53 (4.00%) IT Manager
15 53 (4.00%) Senior Security Architect
16 49 (3.70%) Security Engineer
17 48 (3.62%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.75%) SAML
2 62 (4.68%) LDAP
2 62 (4.68%) OAuth
3 60 (4.52%) REST
4 59 (4.45%) OpenID
5 54 (4.07%) SOAP
6 53 (4.00%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.68%) XMPP
8 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.53%) Kafka
9 7 (0.53%) RESTful
10 6 (0.45%) Regular Expression
11 5 (0.38%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.38%) React
12 4 (0.30%) LangChain
12 4 (0.30%) SailPoint
13 3 (0.23%) .NET
13 3 (0.23%) Semantic Kernel
13 3 (0.23%) Spring
13 3 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.28%) Cyber Threat
2 104 (7.84%) Security Posture
3 84 (6.33%) Cyberattack
4 81 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 81 (6.11%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.62%) Data Centre
6 46 (3.47%) Cyber Defence
7 37 (2.79%) Driving Licence
8 36 (2.71%) PKI
8 36 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.41%) Cloud Native
10 31 (2.34%) Blog
11 30 (2.26%) Operational Technology
12 28 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
14 22 (1.66%) Low-Code
15 21 (1.58%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 18 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
17 15 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 161 (12.14%) Windows
2 59 (4.45%) Windows Server
3 55 (4.15%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.17%) Linux
5 19 (1.43%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.28%) Android
7 15 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.23%) 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
1 228 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 174 (13.12%) Incident Response
3 169 (12.75%) Mentoring
4 166 (12.52%) Risk Management
5 164 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (12.14%) Information Security
7 142 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 140 (10.56%) AI
9 136 (10.26%) Roadmaps
10 127 (9.58%) Cloud Security
11 114 (8.60%) ITIL
12 111 (8.37%) Security Operations
13 110 (8.30%) Analytics
14 106 (7.99%) Agile
15 103 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 97 (7.32%) Identity Access Management
17 95 (7.16%) SIEM
18 93 (7.01%) Threat Modelling
19 92 (6.94%) Security Architecture
20 88 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 119 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 100 (7.54%) Python
3 60 (4.52%) Bash
4 52 (3.92%) T-SQL
5 42 (3.17%) SQL
6 28 (2.11%) Java
7 22 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 18 (1.36%) C++
9 17 (1.28%) C#
10 13 (0.98%) C
11 9 (0.68%) Go
12 7 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.38%) PHP
13 5 (0.38%) Rust
14 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.075%) Perl
16 1 (0.075%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.075%) Ruby
16 1 (0.075%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 203 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 170 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 158 (11.92%) Degree
4 156 (11.76%) CISSP
5 113 (8.52%) CISM
6 53 (4.00%) AWS Certification
7 52 (3.92%) DV Cleared
8 48 (3.62%) CTC Cleared
9 41 (3.09%) CISA
10 36 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
12 29 (2.19%) SANS
13 28 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 28 (2.11%) CREST Certified
14 26 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 26 (1.96%) Azure Certification
15 23 (1.73%) CEH
16 21 (1.58%) FFIEC
17 20 (1.51%) CGEIT
17 20 (1.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (18.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 236 (17.80%) NIST
3 131 (9.88%) GDPR
4 100 (7.54%) GRC
5 93 (7.01%) NCSC
6 84 (6.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 66 (4.98%) SLA
8 65 (4.90%) PCI DSS
9 37 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (2.11%) COBIT
11 21 (1.58%) QA
12 20 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 19 (1.43%) Accessibility
14 17 (1.28%) SOC 2
15 16 (1.21%) JSP 440
16 11 (0.83%) IEC 61508
16 11 (0.83%) MISRA
16 11 (0.83%) MISRA C
17 10 (0.75%) ISO 22301
18 8 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 149 (11.24%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (1.28%) Docker
6 10 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.45%) Firmware
8 6 (0.45%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 2 (0.15%) ClearTrust
10 1 (0.075%) KVM
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 66 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.41%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.04%) Terraform
4 20 (1.51%) Ansible
4 20 (1.51%) Grafana
5 15 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.83%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.45%) CASB
8 6 (0.45%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.38%) FTK
9 5 (0.38%) QRadar
9 5 (0.38%) SCCM
10 4 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 4 (0.30%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.23%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.15%) Graylog
12 2 (0.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 345 (26.02%) Microsoft
2 89 (6.71%) Cisco
3 54 (4.07%) Apple
4 51 (3.85%) Adobe
5 49 (3.70%) VMware
6 48 (3.62%) Palo Alto
7 37 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (2.71%) ServiceNow
9 35 (2.64%) Tenable
10 29 (2.19%) Google
11 28 (2.11%) Fortinet
12 23 (1.73%) Splunk
13 19 (1.43%) Salesforce
14 15 (1.13%) SAP
15 11 (0.83%) Qualys
16 10 (0.75%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.75%) Oracle
17 9 (0.68%) Commvault
17 9 (0.68%) Sophos
18 7 (0.53%) Veeam