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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 31 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,482 1,235 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.94% 7.47% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.39% 8.00% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,004 714 1,114
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,963 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.93% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% -9.38%

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 17,655 15,436 28,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.70% 93.33% 88.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12,911 9,153 21,561
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 July 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 54 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.61%) SAS
4 5 (0.34%) IIS
4 5 (0.34%) WordPress
5 3 (0.20%) CMS
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.067%) Confluence
7 1 (0.067%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (4.25%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.62%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.34%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.067%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 377 (25.44%) Azure
2 217 (14.64%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (12.82%) AWS
4 184 (12.42%) Entra ID
5 88 (5.94%) SaaS
6 80 (5.40%) GCP
7 34 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (2.02%) Google Workspace
9 29 (1.96%) Serverless
10 22 (1.48%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.08%) dbt
11 16 (1.08%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.01%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.67%) PaaS
16 9 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
17 7 (0.47%) Nutanix
18 6 (0.40%) Datadog
18 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 201 (13.56%) Firewall
2 118 (7.96%) Network Security
3 73 (4.93%) Broadband
4 59 (3.98%) VLAN
4 59 (3.98%) VPN
5 57 (3.85%) DNS
6 47 (3.17%) WAN
7 46 (3.10%) DHCP
8 35 (2.36%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.29%) LAN
10 31 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (1.82%) VoIP
12 22 (1.48%) Unified Communications
13 20 (1.35%) BGP
14 19 (1.28%) SSL
15 16 (1.08%) HTTP
15 16 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (1.08%) MPLS
15 16 (1.08%) SD-WAN
16 14 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.61%) Power BI
2 8 (0.54%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.34%) Tableau
4 4 (0.27%) MySQL
4 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.067%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.067%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.067%) Metadata
7 1 (0.067%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.067%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.067%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.067%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.69%) Snyk
2 14 (0.94%) JIRA
3 9 (0.61%) Git
4 7 (0.47%) GitLab
5 6 (0.40%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) JMeter
6 5 (0.34%) Locust
6 5 (0.34%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.067%) GDB
8 1 (0.067%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.067%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.067%) WinDbg
General
1 468 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 171 (11.54%) Finance
3 139 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.42%) Marketing
7 89 (6.01%) Retail
8 80 (5.40%) Law
9 75 (5.06%) Legal
10 52 (3.51%) Banking
10 52 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (3.10%) Games
12 43 (2.90%) Back Office
12 43 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.82%) Advertising
14 24 (1.62%) Aviation
15 20 (1.35%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 278 (18.76%) Senior
2 182 (12.28%) Analyst
3 165 (11.13%) Architect
4 119 (8.03%) Consultant
5 114 (7.69%) Security Manager
6 105 (7.09%) Support Engineer
7 101 (6.82%) Security Architect
8 99 (6.68%) Security Analyst
9 91 (6.14%) Lead
10 86 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 83 (5.60%) Security Consultant
12 77 (5.20%) IT Support
13 76 (5.13%) IT Manager
14 73 (4.93%) Security Engineer
15 67 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
16 65 (4.39%) Senior Manager
17 62 (4.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 59 (3.98%) IT Engineer
19 56 (3.78%) IT Support Engineer
20 47 (3.17%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.17%) OAuth
1 47 (3.17%) SAML
2 40 (2.70%) LDAP
3 36 (2.43%) OpenID
4 35 (2.36%) REST
5 27 (1.82%) SOAP
6 26 (1.75%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.61%) XMPP
8 8 (0.54%) Kafka
8 8 (0.54%) LangChain
9 7 (0.47%) .NET
9 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.47%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.40%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.40%) RESTful
11 5 (0.34%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.34%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.34%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.34%) React
12 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.24%) Cyber Threat
2 129 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 90 (6.07%) Management Information System
4 70 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 67 (4.52%) Cyberattack
6 53 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
7 50 (3.37%) Driving Licence
8 47 (3.17%) Data Centre
9 42 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
10 38 (2.56%) Cloud Native
11 33 (2.23%) PKI
12 30 (2.02%) Blog
13 27 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
14 24 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
14 24 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
15 23 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 19 (1.28%) Operational Technology
16 19 (1.28%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.21%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 190 (12.82%) Windows
2 70 (4.72%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.58%) Linux
4 42 (2.83%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.62%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.88%) Android
7 12 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.067%) AIX
11 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.067%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 253 (17.07%) Information Security
3 228 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (14.04%) Risk Management
5 206 (13.90%) Incident Response
6 195 (13.16%) AI
7 192 (12.96%) Mentoring
8 170 (11.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 161 (10.86%) Decision-Making
10 160 (10.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 153 (10.32%) Cloud Security
12 142 (9.58%) Agile
13 137 (9.24%) SIEM
14 136 (9.18%) ITIL
14 136 (9.18%) Roadmaps
15 133 (8.97%) Security Operations
16 122 (8.23%) Identity Access Management
17 111 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
18 105 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
19 99 (6.68%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.69%) Python
2 92 (6.21%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.36%) SQL
4 34 (2.29%) Bash
5 27 (1.82%) Java
6 26 (1.75%) T-SQL
7 20 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 14 (0.94%) C++
9 12 (0.81%) Rust
10 10 (0.67%) C#
10 10 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (0.54%) C
11 8 (0.54%) Go
12 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.34%) PHP
14 3 (0.20%) Ada
14 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.067%) Bicep
16 1 (0.067%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 253 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 210 (14.17%) CISSP
3 209 (14.10%) SC Cleared
4 174 (11.74%) Degree
5 158 (10.66%) CISM
6 63 (4.25%) DV Cleared
7 46 (3.10%) CISA
8 38 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 38 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (2.56%) CRISC
9 37 (2.50%) CTC Cleared
10 35 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 34 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
12 33 (2.23%) A+ Certification
13 29 (1.96%) CREST Certified
14 28 (1.89%) Azure Certification
15 26 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 22 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
17 21 (1.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (20.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 231 (15.59%) NIST
3 169 (11.40%) GDPR
4 113 (7.62%) GRC
5 102 (6.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 81 (5.47%) PCI DSS
7 73 (4.93%) NCSC
8 57 (3.85%) SLA
9 45 (3.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 25 (1.69%) COBIT
10 25 (1.69%) QA
11 24 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
12 23 (1.55%) SOC 2
13 18 (1.21%) Accessibility
14 17 (1.15%) JSP 440
15 14 (0.94%) ISO 22301
16 13 (0.88%) NIST 800
17 11 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 7 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 174 (11.74%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.50%) Hyper-V
3 28 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.01%) Docker
6 10 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.47%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.40%) vSphere
10 5 (0.34%) ClearTrust
11 3 (0.20%) Firmware
12 1 (0.067%) KVM
12 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 106 (7.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.62%) Terraform
4 20 (1.35%) Grafana
5 19 (1.28%) Ansible
6 16 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.88%) CASB
8 10 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.54%) QRadar
11 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Nmap
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) SCCM
14 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.20%) RSA Archer
15 2 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 442 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.34%) Cisco
3 73 (4.93%) Palo Alto
4 51 (3.44%) VMware
5 41 (2.77%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (2.29%) Tenable
8 32 (2.16%) CyberArk
8 32 (2.16%) Google
9 29 (1.96%) Adobe
9 29 (1.96%) Apple
9 29 (1.96%) Fortinet
9 29 (1.96%) Splunk
10 23 (1.55%) Qualys
11 21 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 16 (1.08%) Aruba
13 15 (1.01%) OpenAI
14 13 (0.88%) SAP
15 11 (0.74%) Veeam
16 10 (0.67%) CheckPoint