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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 37 48
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,067 1,071 1,529
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.50% 6.91% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.56% 7.28% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 641 632 1,214
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,800 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,950 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

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 14,111 14,711 25,659
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.01% 94.87% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,178 8,824 21,297
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,904
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,675 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 February 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 33 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.47%) Drupal
3 5 (0.47%) nginx
3 5 (0.47%) WordPress
4 4 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.19%) CMS
7 1 (0.094%) Apache
7 1 (0.094%) Confluence
7 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.78%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.094%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.47%) Shopify
3 4 (0.37%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.094%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 324 (30.37%) Azure
2 168 (15.75%) Microsoft 365
3 163 (15.28%) Entra ID
4 152 (14.25%) AWS
5 59 (5.53%) Google Workspace
6 35 (3.28%) GCP
7 32 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.91%) Power Platform
9 28 (2.62%) SaaS
10 22 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (1.22%) Nutanix
13 12 (1.12%) Mimecast
14 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (0.84%) PaaS
16 8 (0.75%) GitHub
17 5 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
17 5 (0.47%) OCI
17 5 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 126 (11.81%) Firewall
2 71 (6.65%) Broadband
3 43 (4.03%) VPN
4 41 (3.84%) Network Security
5 29 (2.72%) DNS
6 21 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
7 19 (1.78%) DHCP
8 18 (1.69%) CHAP
8 18 (1.69%) TCP/IP
8 18 (1.69%) VLAN
9 11 (1.03%) Unified Communications
10 10 (0.94%) VoIP
11 9 (0.84%) DMZ
11 9 (0.84%) LAN
11 9 (0.84%) WAN
12 8 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.66%) IP Telephony
13 7 (0.66%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.66%) Wireshark
14 6 (0.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.12%) Power BI
2 9 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.56%) Tableau
4 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
4 5 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (0.37%) MS Access
5 4 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.28%) Metadata
6 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.28%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.094%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.094%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.094%) Big Data
7 1 (0.094%) MySQL
7 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.31%) Jenkins
2 7 (0.66%) GitLab
3 6 (0.56%) Git
4 4 (0.37%) Toad
5 3 (0.28%) JIRA
5 3 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.19%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.19%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.19%) Snyk
6 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
General
1 397 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 188 (17.62%) Finance
3 109 (10.22%) Public Sector
4 99 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 92 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
7 72 (6.75%) Marketing
8 66 (6.19%) Back Office
9 65 (6.09%) Telecoms
10 57 (5.34%) Banking
11 56 (5.25%) Law
12 46 (4.31%) Legal
13 42 (3.94%) Games
14 36 (3.37%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.81%) Electronics
15 30 (2.81%) Retail
16 21 (1.97%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.59%) German Language
17 17 (1.59%) Local Government
18 16 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 216 (20.24%) Senior
2 107 (10.03%) Support Engineer
3 100 (9.37%) Architect
4 93 (8.72%) Analyst
4 93 (8.72%) Consultant
5 64 (6.00%) Security Architect
6 60 (5.62%) Desktop Engineer
6 60 (5.62%) Desktop Support
6 60 (5.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 60 (5.62%) Security Manager
7 56 (5.25%) Security Consultant
7 56 (5.25%) Site Engineer
8 53 (4.97%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 49 (4.59%) Hardware Engineer
9 49 (4.59%) Senior Hardware Engineer
10 47 (4.40%) IT Engineer
10 47 (4.40%) IT Support
11 46 (4.31%) Developer
11 46 (4.31%) Security Analyst
11 46 (4.31%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (5.81%) OAuth
1 62 (5.81%) OpenID
1 62 (5.81%) SAML
2 61 (5.72%) REST
3 60 (5.62%) GraphQL
3 60 (5.62%) SOAP
4 59 (5.53%) LDAP
5 26 (2.44%) SAP CAF
6 6 (0.56%) .NET
6 6 (0.56%) CSS
6 6 (0.56%) HTML
7 5 (0.47%) Node.js
8 4 (0.37%) Android NDK
8 4 (0.37%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.37%) Kafka
8 4 (0.37%) PyTorch
8 4 (0.37%) RESTful
8 4 (0.37%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.37%) WebSockets
9 3 (0.28%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 103 (9.65%) Cyber Threat
2 74 (6.94%) Security Posture
3 70 (6.56%) Cyberattack
4 63 (5.90%) Management Information System
5 53 (4.97%) Onboarding
6 36 (3.37%) Blog
7 34 (3.19%) Data Centre
8 32 (3.00%) Public Cloud
9 31 (2.91%) Cloud Native
9 31 (2.91%) Driving Licence
9 31 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 28 (2.62%) Operational Technology
11 25 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
13 22 (2.06%) Cyber Security Posture
14 21 (1.97%) PKI
15 18 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 17 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (1.59%) Product Ownership
17 16 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 158 (14.81%) Windows
2 70 (6.56%) Windows 10
3 54 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 40 (3.75%) Linux
5 17 (1.59%) Android
6 13 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.84%) Unix
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.094%) Debian
9 1 (0.094%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.094%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.094%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.094%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 146 (13.68%) Roadmaps
3 141 (13.21%) Risk Management
4 140 (13.12%) ITIL
5 133 (12.46%) Information Security
6 132 (12.37%) Mentoring
7 126 (11.81%) Analytics
8 124 (11.62%) Incident Response
8 124 (11.62%) Problem-Solving
9 120 (11.25%) AI
10 93 (8.72%) Agile
11 83 (7.78%) Cloud Security
11 83 (7.78%) Project Management
12 82 (7.69%) Customer Service
13 79 (7.40%) Identity Access Management
13 79 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 75 (7.03%) Customer Experience
14 75 (7.03%) Vulnerability Management
15 74 (6.94%) DevOps
16 73 (6.84%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 117 (10.97%) PowerShell
2 73 (6.84%) Python
3 72 (6.75%) Bash
4 58 (5.44%) T-SQL
5 53 (4.97%) SQL
6 24 (2.25%) C++
7 21 (1.97%) C#
8 17 (1.59%) Java
8 17 (1.59%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.22%) C
10 8 (0.75%) Go
11 6 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.37%) Bicep
12 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.37%) R
12 4 (0.37%) Rust
12 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.37%) VB
13 3 (0.28%) PHP
14 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 205 (19.21%) Degree
2 181 (16.96%) Security Cleared
3 163 (15.28%) CISSP
4 152 (14.25%) SC Cleared
5 119 (11.15%) CISM
6 60 (5.62%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (4.31%) CISA
8 44 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
9 42 (3.94%) AWS Certification
9 42 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (3.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 32 (3.00%) CEH
11 32 (3.00%) DV Cleared
12 30 (2.81%) PMP
13 29 (2.72%) SANS
14 28 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (2.34%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.97%) CRISC
17 20 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 20 (1.87%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (22.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 230 (21.56%) NIST
3 92 (8.62%) GDPR
4 88 (8.25%) NCSC
5 79 (7.40%) GRC
6 72 (6.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 68 (6.37%) SLA
8 37 (3.47%) PCI DSS
9 33 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 25 (2.34%) COBIT
11 16 (1.50%) JSP 440
12 13 (1.22%) ISO 22301
12 13 (1.22%) SOC 2
13 11 (1.03%) IEC 61508
13 11 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 11 (1.03%) MISRA
13 11 (1.03%) MISRA C
14 10 (0.94%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.84%) QA
16 8 (0.75%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 129 (12.09%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.06%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.50%) Docker
5 15 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.47%) Firmware
7 5 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.37%) vSphere
9 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.094%) iptables
10 1 (0.094%) KVM
10 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (2.44%) Terraform
3 23 (2.16%) Ansible
4 17 (1.59%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.03%) Functional Safety
5 11 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.84%) Nessus
7 5 (0.47%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 5 (0.47%) FTK
7 5 (0.47%) Grafana
7 5 (0.47%) QRadar
8 4 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 4 (0.37%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.28%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.28%) Nagios
9 3 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 229 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.87%) Cisco
3 52 (4.87%) VMware
4 35 (3.28%) SAP
5 29 (2.72%) Apple
6 25 (2.34%) Adobe
7 19 (1.78%) PayPal
8 18 (1.69%) Google
9 17 (1.59%) Oracle
9 17 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 15 (1.41%) Tenable
11 14 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
11 14 (1.31%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.12%) Commvault
12 12 (1.12%) Splunk
13 10 (0.94%) Draytek
14 9 (0.84%) CheckPoint
14 9 (0.84%) Qualys
15 8 (0.75%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.75%) ServiceNow