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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 30 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,464 1,233 1,786
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.91% 7.52% 5.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 8.03% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 988 710 1,143
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £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 17,569 15,347 29,009
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.87% 93.54% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12,813 9,109 22,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,250
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 9 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 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.55%) SAS
4 5 (0.34%) WordPress
5 3 (0.20%) CMS
5 3 (0.20%) IIS
6 2 (0.14%) Apache
6 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.068%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.068%) Confluence
7 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 63 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.64%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.34%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.20%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 1 (0.068%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 379 (25.89%) Azure
2 214 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
3 189 (12.91%) Entra ID
4 180 (12.30%) AWS
5 87 (5.94%) SaaS
6 78 (5.33%) GCP
7 39 (2.66%) Google Workspace
8 33 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (1.98%) Serverless
10 24 (1.64%) Power Platform
11 16 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.02%) Mimecast
13 14 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (0.75%) dbt
15 10 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.68%) PaaS
16 7 (0.48%) Nutanix
17 6 (0.41%) Datadog
17 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 193 (13.18%) Firewall
2 111 (7.58%) Network Security
3 83 (5.67%) Broadband
4 56 (3.83%) DNS
4 56 (3.83%) VPN
5 51 (3.48%) VLAN
6 47 (3.21%) WAN
7 44 (3.01%) DHCP
8 34 (2.32%) LAN
9 32 (2.19%) TCP/IP
10 30 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (1.78%) VoIP
12 23 (1.57%) Unified Communications
13 20 (1.37%) BGP
14 19 (1.30%) SSL
15 16 (1.09%) HTTP
15 16 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
15 16 (1.09%) MPLS
15 16 (1.09%) SD-WAN
16 14 (0.96%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.61%) Power BI
2 8 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.34%) Tableau
4 4 (0.27%) MySQL
4 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.20%) Big Data
6 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.14%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.068%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.068%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.068%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.068%) Metadata
7 1 (0.068%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.068%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.068%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.068%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 25 (1.71%) Snyk
2 14 (0.96%) JIRA
3 9 (0.61%) Git
4 7 (0.48%) GitLab
5 6 (0.41%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.41%) Metasploit
6 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.34%) JMeter
6 5 (0.34%) Locust
6 5 (0.34%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.068%) GDB
8 1 (0.068%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.068%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.068%) WinDbg
General
1 449 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 172 (11.75%) Finance
3 129 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 125 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (7.79%) Public Sector
6 110 (7.51%) Marketing
7 88 (6.01%) Retail
8 79 (5.40%) Law
9 75 (5.12%) Legal
10 62 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
11 53 (3.62%) Banking
12 51 (3.48%) Games
13 43 (2.94%) Back Office
13 43 (2.94%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.78%) Advertising
14 26 (1.78%) Aviation
15 20 (1.37%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (1.09%) Financial Institution
18 15 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 269 (18.37%) Senior
2 181 (12.36%) Analyst
3 155 (10.59%) Architect
4 117 (7.99%) Consultant
5 116 (7.92%) Security Manager
6 104 (7.10%) Security Architect
7 100 (6.83%) Security Analyst
7 100 (6.83%) Support Engineer
8 91 (6.22%) Lead
9 87 (5.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 84 (5.74%) Security Consultant
11 75 (5.12%) IT Manager
12 74 (5.05%) IT Support
13 65 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
14 64 (4.37%) Senior Manager
15 63 (4.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 63 (4.30%) Security Engineer
16 56 (3.83%) IT Engineer
17 53 (3.62%) IT Support Engineer
18 48 (3.28%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.83%) OAuth
1 56 (3.83%) SAML
2 50 (3.42%) LDAP
3 45 (3.07%) OpenID
3 45 (3.07%) REST
4 37 (2.53%) SOAP
5 36 (2.46%) GraphQL
6 9 (0.61%) XMPP
7 8 (0.55%) Kafka
7 8 (0.55%) LangChain
8 7 (0.48%) .NET
8 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
9 6 (0.41%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.41%) RESTful
10 5 (0.34%) Gherkin
10 5 (0.34%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.34%) ModSecurity
10 5 (0.34%) React
10 5 (0.34%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.49%) Cyber Threat
2 129 (8.81%) Security Posture
3 91 (6.22%) Management Information System
4 77 (5.26%) Cyberattack
5 68 (4.64%) Onboarding
6 53 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.14%) Data Centre
7 46 (3.14%) Driving Licence
8 43 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
9 38 (2.60%) Cloud Native
10 34 (2.32%) PKI
11 31 (2.12%) Blog
12 27 (1.84%) Cyber Security Posture
13 25 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
14 24 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 24 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
15 21 (1.43%) Operational Technology
16 19 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
17 18 (1.23%) AI Agents
18 17 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 187 (12.77%) Windows
2 71 (4.85%) Windows Server
3 51 (3.48%) Linux
4 42 (2.87%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.89%) Android
7 12 (0.82%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.068%) AIX
11 1 (0.068%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.068%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.068%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 248 (16.94%) Information Security
3 225 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (14.14%) Risk Management
5 205 (14.00%) Incident Response
6 203 (13.87%) Mentoring
7 184 (12.57%) AI
8 172 (11.75%) Vulnerability Management
9 154 (10.52%) Decision-Making
10 152 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 150 (10.25%) Cloud Security
12 140 (9.56%) Roadmaps
13 134 (9.15%) ITIL
14 133 (9.08%) Agile
14 133 (9.08%) SIEM
15 130 (8.88%) Security Operations
16 129 (8.81%) Identity Access Management
17 111 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
18 104 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
19 99 (6.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 112 (7.65%) Python
2 104 (7.10%) PowerShell
3 44 (3.01%) Bash
4 38 (2.60%) SQL
5 36 (2.46%) T-SQL
6 26 (1.78%) Java
7 22 (1.50%) JavaScript
8 12 (0.82%) C#
8 12 (0.82%) C++
9 10 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.61%) C
10 9 (0.61%) Rust
11 7 (0.48%) Go
12 5 (0.34%) PHP
12 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.20%) Ada
13 3 (0.20%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.14%) Search Processing Language
15 1 (0.068%) Bicep
15 1 (0.068%) Perl
Qualifications
1 240 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 208 (14.21%) CISSP
3 197 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 167 (11.41%) Degree
5 158 (10.79%) CISM
6 63 (4.30%) DV Cleared
7 46 (3.14%) CISA
8 39 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
9 37 (2.53%) CRISC
9 37 (2.53%) CTC Cleared
10 35 (2.39%) AWS Certification
11 34 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 34 (2.32%) Network+ Certification
12 33 (2.25%) A+ Certification
13 32 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
14 29 (1.98%) CREST Certified
15 27 (1.84%) Azure Certification
16 24 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 22 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 21 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (21.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 241 (16.46%) NIST
3 171 (11.68%) GDPR
4 110 (7.51%) GRC
5 99 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 84 (5.74%) NCSC
7 82 (5.60%) PCI DSS
8 57 (3.89%) SLA
9 45 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 26 (1.78%) COBIT
11 25 (1.71%) QA
12 24 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
13 20 (1.37%) SOC 2
14 18 (1.23%) Accessibility
14 18 (1.23%) JSP 440
15 13 (0.89%) ISO 22301
16 12 (0.82%) NIST 800
17 11 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 11 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 7 (0.48%) SOC 1
System Software
1 182 (12.43%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.60%) Hyper-V
3 30 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.02%) Docker
6 10 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.48%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.41%) vSphere
10 5 (0.34%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.27%) Firmware
12 1 (0.068%) KVM
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 106 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.71%) Terraform
4 20 (1.37%) Ansible
4 20 (1.37%) Grafana
5 15 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.82%) CASB
7 10 (0.68%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.55%) QRadar
10 6 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 5 (0.34%) FTK
11 5 (0.34%) Nmap
11 5 (0.34%) SCCM
12 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.27%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.20%) Functional Safety
13 3 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 432 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 94 (6.42%) Cisco
3 73 (4.99%) Palo Alto
4 53 (3.62%) VMware
5 41 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 40 (2.73%) CrowdStrike
7 34 (2.32%) Tenable
8 32 (2.19%) Google
9 31 (2.12%) CyberArk
10 30 (2.05%) Apple
10 30 (2.05%) Fortinet
11 29 (1.98%) Adobe
11 29 (1.98%) Splunk
12 23 (1.57%) Qualys
13 21 (1.43%) Salesforce
14 16 (1.09%) Aruba
15 13 (0.89%) SAP
16 10 (0.68%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.68%) Oracle
16 10 (0.68%) Veeam