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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 28 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,534 1,253 1,579
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.03% 7.60% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.47% 8.16% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 721 945
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -9.95%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -9.30%

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 18,117 15,347 24,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.98% 93.11% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,143 9,074 17,866
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 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 59 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.59%) SAS
4 6 (0.39%) IIS
5 5 (0.33%) WordPress
6 2 (0.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.065%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.065%) Confluence
7 1 (0.065%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 33 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.56%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.33%) 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 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.065%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.065%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 400 (26.08%) Azure
2 195 (12.71%) AWS
2 195 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
3 175 (11.41%) Entra ID
4 94 (6.13%) SaaS
5 79 (5.15%) GCP
6 33 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 29 (1.89%) Serverless
8 22 (1.43%) Power Platform
9 19 (1.24%) Google Workspace
10 17 (1.11%) OneDrive
11 16 (1.04%) dbt
12 15 (0.98%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.72%) PaaS
15 7 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.39%) Datadog
16 6 (0.39%) GitHub
16 6 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 210 (13.69%) Firewall
2 126 (8.21%) Network Security
3 63 (4.11%) Broadband
3 63 (4.11%) VLAN
4 59 (3.85%) DNS
5 58 (3.78%) VPN
6 48 (3.13%) WAN
7 46 (3.00%) DHCP
8 37 (2.41%) TCP/IP
9 35 (2.28%) LAN
10 34 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
11 28 (1.83%) VoIP
12 23 (1.50%) Unified Communications
13 19 (1.24%) SSL
14 18 (1.17%) BGP
15 17 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (1.04%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (1.04%) HTTP
16 16 (1.04%) SD-WAN
17 15 (0.98%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.65%) Power BI
2 8 (0.52%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.39%) Tableau
4 5 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.26%) MySQL
6 3 (0.20%) Big Data
7 2 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.13%) Metadata
7 2 (0.13%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.065%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.065%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.065%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.065%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.065%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.065%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.065%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.065%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 26 (1.69%) Snyk
2 17 (1.11%) JIRA
3 9 (0.59%) Git
4 8 (0.52%) GitLab
5 6 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.39%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.33%) JMeter
6 5 (0.33%) Locust
6 5 (0.33%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.13%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.065%) GDB
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.065%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.065%) WinDbg
General
1 485 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 163 (10.63%) Finance
3 144 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 118 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 108 (7.04%) Marketing
7 107 (6.98%) Legal
8 84 (5.48%) Retail
9 76 (4.95%) Law
10 45 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
10 45 (2.93%) Telecoms
11 43 (2.80%) Banking
12 42 (2.74%) Games
13 28 (1.83%) Advertising
13 28 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.43%) Aviation
14 22 (1.43%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.17%) Aerospace
17 13 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 320 (20.86%) Senior
2 190 (12.39%) Analyst
3 161 (10.50%) Architect
4 147 (9.58%) Consultant
5 116 (7.56%) Security Manager
6 99 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 99 (6.45%) Security Consultant
7 98 (6.39%) Security Architect
8 95 (6.19%) Senior Manager
9 91 (5.93%) Lead
10 87 (5.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 86 (5.61%) Security Engineer
12 82 (5.35%) IT Manager
13 74 (4.82%) IT Support
14 72 (4.69%) Support Engineer
15 71 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
16 63 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 56 (3.65%) IT Engineer
18 52 (3.39%) IT Support Engineer
19 51 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.48%) OAuth
2 37 (2.41%) SAML
3 30 (1.96%) LDAP
4 27 (1.76%) OpenID
4 27 (1.76%) REST
5 18 (1.17%) SOAP
6 17 (1.11%) GraphQL
7 9 (0.59%) XMPP
8 8 (0.52%) .NET
8 8 (0.52%) Kafka
8 8 (0.52%) LangChain
9 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (0.46%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.39%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.39%) RESTful
11 5 (0.33%) Gherkin
11 5 (0.33%) LangGraph
11 5 (0.33%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.33%) React
12 4 (0.26%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 136 (8.87%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 93 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.95%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (3.65%) Cyberattack
7 54 (3.52%) Driving Licence
8 42 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
8 42 (2.74%) Data Centre
9 39 (2.54%) Cloud Native
10 32 (2.09%) PKI
11 29 (1.89%) Blog
12 26 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 26 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
13 22 (1.43%) Operational Technology
13 22 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
14 21 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 18 (1.17%) AI Agents
16 17 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
16 17 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 161 (10.50%) Windows
2 67 (4.37%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.46%) Linux
4 24 (1.56%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.72%) Android
6 10 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.065%) AIX
11 1 (0.065%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.065%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
2 284 (18.51%) Information Security
3 246 (16.04%) AI
4 233 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
5 217 (14.15%) Mentoring
6 210 (13.69%) Risk Management
7 208 (13.56%) Incident Response
8 191 (12.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 182 (11.86%) Decision-Making
10 173 (11.28%) Vulnerability Management
11 162 (10.56%) Cloud Security
12 147 (9.58%) Agile
13 146 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
14 142 (9.26%) ITIL
15 140 (9.13%) Security Operations
15 140 (9.13%) SIEM
16 132 (8.60%) Roadmaps
17 113 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
18 108 (7.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.43%) Python
2 82 (5.35%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.96%) SQL
4 27 (1.76%) Bash
5 24 (1.56%) Java
6 18 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.04%) C++
8 15 (0.98%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 12 (0.78%) Rust
10 9 (0.59%) C#
11 7 (0.46%) C
11 7 (0.46%) Go
11 7 (0.46%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) Ada
13 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.13%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.065%) Bicep
15 1 (0.065%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 237 (15.45%) Security Cleared
2 226 (14.73%) CISSP
3 190 (12.39%) SC Cleared
4 182 (11.86%) CISM
5 148 (9.65%) Degree
6 60 (3.91%) A+ Certification
6 60 (3.91%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
8 41 (2.67%) CISA
9 40 (2.61%) AWS Certification
10 37 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (2.41%) CRISC
11 35 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 34 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
13 30 (1.96%) Azure Certification
13 30 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
14 28 (1.83%) CREST Certified
15 26 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 26 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 23 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (19.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 227 (14.80%) NIST
3 165 (10.76%) GDPR
4 121 (7.89%) GRC
5 110 (7.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (5.41%) PCI DSS
7 70 (4.56%) NCSC
8 50 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (1.76%) QA
9 27 (1.76%) SLA
10 26 (1.69%) SOC 2
11 24 (1.56%) COBIT
12 23 (1.50%) Accessibility
12 23 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 16 (1.04%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.91%) ISO 22301
15 13 (0.85%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 9 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 193 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.41%) Hyper-V
3 27 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.04%) Docker
6 11 (0.72%) Firmware
7 10 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 7 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.39%) vSphere
11 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
12 1 (0.065%) KVM
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 131 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.63%) Terraform
4 20 (1.30%) Grafana
5 19 (1.24%) Ansible
6 16 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.91%) CASB
8 11 (0.72%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.46%) QRadar
11 6 (0.39%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.33%) Nmap
13 3 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.20%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.20%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.20%) FTK
13 3 (0.20%) SCCM
14 2 (0.13%) Graylog
14 2 (0.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 456 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.95%) Palo Alto
3 67 (4.37%) Cisco
4 61 (3.98%) CyberArk
5 48 (3.13%) VMware
6 42 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.48%) CrowdStrike
8 34 (2.22%) Tenable
9 31 (2.02%) Fortinet
9 31 (2.02%) Google
10 29 (1.89%) Adobe
10 29 (1.89%) Apple
10 29 (1.89%) Splunk
11 25 (1.63%) Qualys
12 21 (1.37%) Salesforce
13 18 (1.17%) Aruba
14 15 (0.98%) OpenAI
15 14 (0.91%) SAP
16 10 (0.65%) Okta
17 9 (0.59%) Oracle