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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 29 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,721 1,206 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 7.43% 6.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 7.99% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,161 670 708
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,564 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,959 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -6.98%

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 19,614 15,094 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.92% 93.04% 87.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14,115 8,698 12,932
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,252
25th Percentile £44,784 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 10 September 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 79 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 64 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.52%) SAS
4 8 (0.46%) IIS
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.29%) Apache
6 5 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.058%) CMS
7 1 (0.058%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.39%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.29%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.058%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.058%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.058%) Shopify
5 1 (0.058%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 404 (23.47%) Azure
2 231 (13.42%) Microsoft 365
3 207 (12.03%) AWS
4 201 (11.68%) Entra ID
5 107 (6.22%) SaaS
6 73 (4.24%) GCP
7 36 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 35 (2.03%) Serverless
9 31 (1.80%) Power Platform
10 23 (1.34%) OneDrive
11 19 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (0.76%) dbt
14 13 (0.76%) GitHub
15 12 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
17 8 (0.46%) PaaS
18 7 (0.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 248 (14.41%) Firewall
2 164 (9.53%) Network Security
3 92 (5.35%) VLAN
4 74 (4.30%) DNS
5 64 (3.72%) WAN
6 61 (3.54%) VPN
7 60 (3.49%) DHCP
8 51 (2.96%) TCP/IP
9 48 (2.79%) LAN
10 39 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
11 35 (2.03%) Broadband
12 31 (1.80%) VoIP
13 26 (1.51%) BGP
14 20 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
15 18 (1.05%) HTTP
15 18 (1.05%) MPLS
15 18 (1.05%) SD-WAN
15 18 (1.05%) SSL
15 18 (1.05%) Unified Communications
16 16 (0.93%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (0.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.64%) Power BI
3 6 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.35%) Tableau
4 5 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
4 5 (0.29%) Big Data
5 4 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.17%) Metadata
6 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.058%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.058%) Chroma
7 1 (0.058%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.058%) GIS
7 1 (0.058%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.058%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.058%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.058%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.57%) Snyk
2 22 (1.28%) JIRA
3 9 (0.52%) Git
4 6 (0.35%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.35%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.29%) Poetry
5 5 (0.29%) VersionOne
6 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.12%) JMeter
7 2 (0.12%) Locust
7 2 (0.12%) Maven
7 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.058%) GDB
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.058%) WinDbg
General
1 591 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 183 (10.63%) Finance
3 170 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 146 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
6 120 (6.97%) Marketing
7 114 (6.62%) Legal
8 94 (5.46%) Retail
9 73 (4.24%) Law
10 62 (3.60%) Telecoms
11 59 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (2.73%) Banking
13 46 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 29 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
16 26 (1.51%) Games
17 24 (1.39%) Advertising
17 24 (1.39%) Aviation
18 23 (1.34%) Manufacturing
19 22 (1.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 354 (20.57%) Senior
2 198 (11.50%) Analyst
3 185 (10.75%) Consultant
4 164 (9.53%) Architect
5 123 (7.15%) Security Engineer
6 117 (6.80%) Security Manager
7 113 (6.57%) Security Consultant
8 105 (6.10%) Security Architect
9 101 (5.87%) Security Analyst
10 94 (5.46%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 94 (5.46%) Lead
11 86 (5.00%) IT Manager
12 82 (4.76%) Senior Manager
13 80 (4.65%) Support Engineer
14 77 (4.47%) IT Support
15 74 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
16 65 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 62 (3.60%) IT Engineer
18 60 (3.49%) Business Manager
19 59 (3.43%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.57%) Terraform
2 25 (1.45%) OAuth
3 22 (1.28%) SAML
4 16 (0.93%) LDAP
5 14 (0.81%) OpenID
6 13 (0.76%) .NET
6 13 (0.76%) REST
7 8 (0.46%) Kafka
7 8 (0.46%) LangChain
7 8 (0.46%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.41%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.41%) XMPP
9 6 (0.35%) JSON
9 6 (0.35%) React
9 6 (0.35%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.35%) RESTful
10 5 (0.29%) Node.js
10 5 (0.29%) SOAP
10 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.61%) Security Posture
2 129 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
3 97 (5.64%) Management Information System
4 88 (5.11%) Onboarding
5 62 (3.60%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 57 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 46 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
8 41 (2.38%) Operational Technology
9 34 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 33 (1.92%) PKI
11 28 (1.63%) Cyberattack
12 27 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 25 (1.45%) Social Media
14 23 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
15 22 (1.28%) AI Agents
16 20 (1.16%) Blog
16 20 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
17 19 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (10.46%) Windows
2 80 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 59 (3.43%) Linux
4 22 (1.28%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.46%) Android
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.12%) Unix
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.058%) AIX
9 1 (0.058%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.058%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (19.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 322 (18.71%) AI
3 308 (17.90%) Information Security
4 256 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
5 234 (13.60%) Decision-Making
6 231 (13.42%) Risk Management
7 215 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 209 (12.14%) Mentoring
9 204 (11.85%) Incident Response
10 186 (10.81%) Cloud Security
11 183 (10.63%) Vulnerability Management
12 167 (9.70%) Security Operations
13 163 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 160 (9.30%) SIEM
15 156 (9.06%) ITIL
16 151 (8.77%) Business Continuity
16 151 (8.77%) Service Delivery
17 148 (8.60%) Agile
18 146 (8.48%) Identity Access Management
19 127 (7.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 119 (6.91%) Python
2 72 (4.18%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.03%) SQL
4 19 (1.10%) Java
4 19 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
5 17 (0.99%) C++
6 13 (0.76%) Bash
7 11 (0.64%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.58%) C#
9 9 (0.52%) Go
9 9 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.46%) Rust
11 6 (0.35%) C
12 4 (0.23%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.17%) Ada
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.12%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.12%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 287 (16.68%) Security Cleared
2 240 (13.95%) CISSP
3 214 (12.43%) SC Cleared
4 195 (11.33%) CISM
5 160 (9.30%) Degree
6 92 (5.35%) DV Cleared
7 60 (3.49%) A+ Certification
8 59 (3.43%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.79%) AWS Certification
10 45 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
10 45 (2.61%) CRISC
11 43 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 42 (2.44%) CISA
13 38 (2.21%) Azure Certification
13 38 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
14 37 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
15 31 (1.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 28 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
17 27 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 25 (1.45%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (18.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 231 (13.42%) NIST
3 156 (9.06%) GDPR
4 143 (8.31%) GRC
5 137 (7.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (4.88%) PCI DSS
7 62 (3.60%) NCSC
8 50 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.74%) SLA
10 29 (1.69%) Accessibility
11 26 (1.51%) QA
12 25 (1.45%) SOC 2
13 23 (1.34%) COBIT
14 21 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 19 (1.10%) NIST 800
16 18 (1.05%) JSP 440
17 16 (0.93%) ISO 22301
18 14 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 14 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 11 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 191 (11.10%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 29 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.10%) Firmware
6 15 (0.87%) Docker
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.23%) vSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 143 (8.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.05%) Ansible
5 15 (0.87%) CASB
6 13 (0.76%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.58%) Grafana
8 7 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.41%) QRadar
9 6 (0.35%) Nmap
10 5 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.17%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
14 1 (0.058%) OpenVAS
14 1 (0.058%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 525 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 84 (4.88%) Palo Alto
3 83 (4.82%) Cisco
4 67 (3.89%) CyberArk
5 48 (2.79%) VMware
6 43 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (2.32%) Apple
8 37 (2.15%) Adobe
9 34 (1.98%) ServiceNow
10 32 (1.86%) Tenable
11 31 (1.80%) Fortinet
12 29 (1.69%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.69%) Splunk
13 28 (1.63%) Google
14 25 (1.45%) Qualys
15 18 (1.05%) Aruba
16 17 (0.99%) Veeam
17 15 (0.87%) OpenAI
18 12 (0.70%) SAP
19 9 (0.52%) Okta