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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 32 43
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,431 1,217 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.84% 7.51% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.30% 8.02% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 968 696 1,153
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,462 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -5.17% -10.77%
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% -10.08%

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 17,250 15,174 29,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.39% 93.66% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 12,607 8,984 22,543
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% -8.72%

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 5 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 52 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.49%) SAS
4 5 (0.35%) WordPress
5 3 (0.21%) CMS
5 3 (0.21%) IIS
6 2 (0.14%) Apache
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.070%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.070%) Confluence
7 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.68%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.35%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.21%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 358 (25.02%) Azure
2 210 (14.68%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (12.30%) Entra ID
4 174 (12.16%) AWS
5 86 (6.01%) SaaS
6 78 (5.45%) GCP
7 39 (2.73%) Google Workspace
8 32 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (2.03%) Serverless
10 24 (1.68%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.12%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.05%) Mimecast
13 14 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.70%) PaaS
16 9 (0.63%) dbt
17 7 (0.49%) Nutanix
18 6 (0.42%) Datadog
18 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 190 (13.28%) Firewall
2 109 (7.62%) Network Security
3 83 (5.80%) Broadband
4 55 (3.84%) DNS
5 52 (3.63%) VPN
6 50 (3.49%) VLAN
7 45 (3.14%) WAN
8 43 (3.00%) DHCP
9 33 (2.31%) LAN
10 31 (2.17%) TCP/IP
11 27 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (1.82%) VoIP
13 23 (1.61%) Unified Communications
14 18 (1.26%) BGP
14 18 (1.26%) SSL
15 16 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
16 15 (1.05%) HTTP
17 14 (0.98%) CHAP
17 14 (0.98%) MPLS
17 14 (0.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.63%) Power BI
2 8 (0.56%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.35%) Tableau
4 4 (0.28%) MySQL
4 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.21%) Big Data
6 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.070%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.070%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.070%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.070%) Metadata
7 1 (0.070%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.070%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.070%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.070%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.75%) Snyk
2 14 (0.98%) JIRA
3 9 (0.63%) Git
4 7 (0.49%) GitLab
5 6 (0.42%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.42%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.35%) JMeter
6 5 (0.35%) Locust
6 5 (0.35%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.070%) GDB
8 1 (0.070%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.070%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.070%) WinDbg
General
1 425 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 172 (12.02%) Finance
3 123 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (7.90%) Public Sector
6 111 (7.76%) Marketing
7 87 (6.08%) Retail
8 67 (4.68%) Law
9 63 (4.40%) Legal
10 62 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
11 52 (3.63%) Banking
12 51 (3.56%) Games
13 43 (3.00%) Back Office
13 43 (3.00%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.82%) Aviation
15 24 (1.68%) Advertising
16 21 (1.47%) Manufacturing
17 19 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
18 16 (1.12%) Financial Institution
19 15 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 253 (17.68%) Senior
2 179 (12.51%) Analyst
3 150 (10.48%) Architect
4 117 (8.18%) Consultant
5 115 (8.04%) Security Manager
6 107 (7.48%) Security Architect
7 100 (6.99%) Security Analyst
8 97 (6.78%) Support Engineer
9 91 (6.36%) Lead
10 85 (5.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 85 (5.94%) Security Consultant
11 72 (5.03%) IT Support
12 71 (4.96%) IT Manager
13 64 (4.47%) Security Engineer
14 63 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
15 62 (4.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 54 (3.77%) IT Engineer
17 51 (3.56%) IT Support Engineer
18 50 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Architect
18 50 (3.49%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.84%) OAuth
1 55 (3.84%) SAML
2 50 (3.49%) LDAP
3 45 (3.14%) OpenID
3 45 (3.14%) REST
4 37 (2.59%) SOAP
5 36 (2.52%) GraphQL
6 9 (0.63%) XMPP
7 8 (0.56%) Kafka
7 8 (0.56%) LangChain
8 7 (0.49%) .NET
8 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.42%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.42%) RESTful
10 5 (0.35%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.35%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.35%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.35%) React
10 5 (0.35%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.28%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.64%) Cyber Threat
2 127 (8.87%) Security Posture
3 90 (6.29%) Management Information System
4 77 (5.38%) Cyberattack
5 64 (4.47%) Onboarding
6 52 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.21%) Data Centre
8 41 (2.87%) Cyber Defence
8 41 (2.87%) Driving Licence
9 36 (2.52%) Cloud Native
10 34 (2.38%) PKI
11 31 (2.17%) Blog
12 27 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
13 25 (1.75%) Operational Technology
14 24 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
15 23 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 23 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
16 19 (1.33%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.26%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 184 (12.86%) Windows
2 71 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 51 (3.56%) Linux
4 42 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.91%) Android
7 12 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.070%) AIX
11 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.070%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 230 (16.07%) Information Security
3 222 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (14.12%) Risk Management
5 200 (13.98%) Incident Response
6 188 (13.14%) Mentoring
7 169 (11.81%) AI
8 168 (11.74%) Vulnerability Management
9 150 (10.48%) Cloud Security
10 148 (10.34%) Decision-Making
11 138 (9.64%) Roadmaps
12 134 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 131 (9.15%) SIEM
14 128 (8.94%) Security Operations
15 125 (8.74%) Agile
16 121 (8.46%) ITIL
17 117 (8.18%) Identity Access Management
18 106 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
19 103 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
20 98 (6.85%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 110 (7.69%) Python
2 104 (7.27%) PowerShell
3 44 (3.07%) Bash
4 38 (2.66%) SQL
5 36 (2.52%) T-SQL
6 26 (1.82%) Java
7 22 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 13 (0.91%) C++
9 12 (0.84%) C#
10 10 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (0.63%) C
11 9 (0.63%) Rust
12 7 (0.49%) Go
13 5 (0.35%) PHP
13 5 (0.35%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.21%) Ada
14 3 (0.21%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.070%) Bicep
16 1 (0.070%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 230 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.70%) CISSP
3 188 (13.14%) SC Cleared
4 162 (11.32%) Degree
5 146 (10.20%) CISM
6 61 (4.26%) DV Cleared
7 45 (3.14%) CISA
8 38 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (2.59%) CRISC
9 37 (2.59%) CTC Cleared
10 35 (2.45%) AWS Certification
10 35 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 29 (2.03%) CREST Certified
13 27 (1.89%) Azure Certification
14 24 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 22 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 22 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
16 21 (1.47%) A+ Certification
16 21 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (21.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 237 (16.56%) NIST
3 168 (11.74%) GDPR
4 107 (7.48%) GRC
5 97 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.87%) NCSC
7 82 (5.73%) PCI DSS
8 57 (3.98%) SLA
9 45 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 26 (1.82%) COBIT
11 25 (1.75%) QA
12 24 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 20 (1.40%) SOC 2
14 18 (1.26%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.26%) JSP 440
15 12 (0.84%) ISO 22301
16 11 (0.77%) NIST 800
17 10 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 10 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 7 (0.49%) SOC 1
System Software
1 169 (11.81%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.66%) Hyper-V
3 30 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.05%) Docker
6 10 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.42%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.42%) vSphere
10 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.28%) Firmware
12 1 (0.070%) KVM
12 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 93 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.75%) Terraform
4 20 (1.40%) Grafana
5 19 (1.33%) Ansible
6 15 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.77%) CASB
8 9 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (0.63%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.56%) QRadar
10 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.35%) FTK
11 5 (0.35%) Nmap
11 5 (0.35%) SCCM
12 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.28%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.21%) Functional Safety
13 3 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 411 (28.72%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.36%) Cisco
3 70 (4.89%) Palo Alto
4 52 (3.63%) VMware
5 41 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (2.38%) Tenable
8 32 (2.24%) Google
9 31 (2.17%) Apple
10 29 (2.03%) Adobe
10 29 (2.03%) Fortinet
10 29 (2.03%) Splunk
11 22 (1.54%) Qualys
12 21 (1.47%) Salesforce
13 19 (1.33%) CyberArk
14 15 (1.05%) Aruba
15 14 (0.98%) SAP
16 11 (0.77%) Veeam
17 10 (0.70%) Oracle
18 9 (0.63%) CheckPoint