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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,688 1,204 1,488
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.16% 7.43% 6.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 8.00% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 674 731
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -10.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% -5.83% -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 19,307 15,056 20,685
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 92.97% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,921 8,679 13,447
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 6 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 73 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.53%) SAS
4 8 (0.47%) IIS
5 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.30%) Apache
6 5 (0.30%) WordPress
7 1 (0.059%) CMS
7 1 (0.059%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (1.42%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.30%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.059%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.059%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.059%) Shopify
5 1 (0.059%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 394 (23.34%) Azure
2 219 (12.97%) Microsoft 365
3 204 (12.09%) AWS
4 193 (11.43%) Entra ID
5 106 (6.28%) SaaS
6 71 (4.21%) GCP
7 36 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 33 (1.95%) Serverless
9 29 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 22 (1.30%) OneDrive
11 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (0.83%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (0.77%) dbt
13 13 (0.77%) GitHub
14 12 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.47%) PaaS
17 6 (0.36%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 238 (14.10%) Firewall
2 166 (9.83%) Network Security
3 88 (5.21%) VLAN
4 69 (4.09%) DNS
5 60 (3.55%) WAN
6 59 (3.50%) VPN
7 55 (3.26%) DHCP
8 46 (2.73%) LAN
9 45 (2.67%) TCP/IP
10 39 (2.31%) Broadband
11 37 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (1.72%) VoIP
13 24 (1.42%) BGP
14 18 (1.07%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (1.07%) HTTP
14 18 (1.07%) MPLS
14 18 (1.07%) SSL
14 18 (1.07%) Unified Communications
15 16 (0.95%) SD-WAN
16 14 (0.83%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (0.77%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.65%) Power BI
3 6 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.36%) Tableau
4 5 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
5 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.24%) Big Data
6 3 (0.18%) Metadata
6 3 (0.18%) MySQL
6 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.059%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.059%) Chroma
7 1 (0.059%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.059%) GIS
7 1 (0.059%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.059%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.059%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.60%) Snyk
2 22 (1.30%) JIRA
3 7 (0.41%) Git
4 6 (0.36%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.36%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.30%) GitLab
5 5 (0.30%) Poetry
5 5 (0.30%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.12%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.12%) JMeter
6 2 (0.12%) Locust
6 2 (0.12%) Maven
6 2 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.059%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.059%) GDB
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle APEX
General
1 573 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 175 (10.37%) Finance
3 165 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (8.53%) Public Sector
5 142 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 116 (6.87%) Marketing
7 111 (6.58%) Legal
8 88 (5.21%) Retail
9 71 (4.21%) Law
10 57 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (3.20%) Telecoms
12 45 (2.67%) Banking
13 44 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (1.90%) Aerospace
15 28 (1.66%) Games
16 26 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
17 24 (1.42%) Advertising
17 24 (1.42%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.30%) Aviation
18 22 (1.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 347 (20.56%) Senior
2 198 (11.73%) Analyst
3 179 (10.60%) Consultant
4 161 (9.54%) Architect
5 121 (7.17%) Security Engineer
6 117 (6.93%) Security Manager
7 111 (6.58%) Security Consultant
8 103 (6.10%) Security Analyst
8 103 (6.10%) Security Architect
9 94 (5.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 94 (5.57%) Lead
10 85 (5.04%) IT Manager
11 79 (4.68%) Senior Manager
12 77 (4.56%) Support Engineer
13 74 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
14 72 (4.27%) IT Support
15 65 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 59 (3.50%) Senior Security Engineer
17 57 (3.38%) Business Manager
17 57 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.48%) OAuth
1 25 (1.48%) Terraform
2 22 (1.30%) SAML
3 16 (0.95%) LDAP
4 14 (0.83%) OpenID
5 13 (0.77%) REST
6 12 (0.71%) .NET
7 8 (0.47%) Kafka
7 8 (0.47%) LangChain
7 8 (0.47%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (0.41%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.41%) XMPP
9 6 (0.36%) JSON
9 6 (0.36%) React
9 6 (0.36%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.36%) RESTful
10 5 (0.30%) LangGraph
10 5 (0.30%) Node.js
10 5 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.76%) Cyber Threat
2 128 (7.58%) Security Posture
3 96 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 80 (4.74%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.32%) Driving Licence
5 56 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (3.26%) Data Centre
7 45 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 45 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
8 38 (2.25%) Operational Technology
9 33 (1.95%) PKI
9 33 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
10 32 (1.90%) Cyberattack
11 27 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 23 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 23 (1.36%) Social Media
13 21 (1.24%) AI Agents
13 21 (1.24%) Blog
14 20 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
15 19 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 172 (10.19%) Windows
2 76 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 57 (3.38%) Linux
4 21 (1.24%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.30%) Android
7 4 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.12%) Unix
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.059%) AIX
10 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 318 (18.84%) AI
3 305 (18.07%) Information Security
4 252 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
5 225 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 221 (13.09%) Decision-Making
7 212 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 209 (12.38%) Mentoring
9 202 (11.97%) Incident Response
10 184 (10.90%) Cloud Security
11 182 (10.78%) Vulnerability Management
12 162 (9.60%) Security Operations
13 158 (9.36%) SIEM
14 157 (9.30%) ITIL
15 155 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 150 (8.89%) Agile
17 149 (8.83%) Business Continuity
18 146 (8.65%) Service Delivery
19 144 (8.53%) Identity Access Management
20 125 (7.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 116 (6.87%) Python
2 71 (4.21%) PowerShell
3 35 (2.07%) SQL
4 19 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
5 18 (1.07%) Java
6 17 (1.01%) C++
7 15 (0.89%) JavaScript
8 12 (0.71%) Bash
9 9 (0.53%) C#
9 9 (0.53%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.47%) Go
10 8 (0.47%) Rust
11 6 (0.36%) C
12 4 (0.24%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.18%) 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 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 236 (13.98%) CISSP
3 214 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 193 (11.43%) CISM
5 156 (9.24%) Degree
6 92 (5.45%) DV Cleared
7 58 (3.44%) A+ Certification
8 57 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
9 48 (2.84%) AWS Certification
10 43 (2.55%) CRISC
11 42 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
12 41 (2.43%) CISA
12 41 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 38 (2.25%) Azure Certification
13 38 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
14 37 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
15 31 (1.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 28 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
17 27 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 25 (1.48%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 315 (18.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 225 (13.33%) NIST
3 157 (9.30%) GDPR
4 142 (8.41%) GRC
5 132 (7.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (4.92%) PCI DSS
7 61 (3.61%) NCSC
8 49 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 30 (1.78%) SLA
10 26 (1.54%) QA
11 24 (1.42%) Accessibility
11 24 (1.42%) SOC 2
12 23 (1.36%) COBIT
13 21 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
14 18 (1.07%) JSP 440
14 18 (1.07%) NIST 800
15 16 (0.95%) ISO 22301
16 14 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 14 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 9 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 186 (11.02%) Active Directory
2 49 (2.90%) Hyper-V
3 28 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.13%) Firmware
6 15 (0.89%) Docker
7 8 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.30%) ClearTrust
11 4 (0.24%) vSphere
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 137 (8.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 16 (0.95%) Ansible
5 15 (0.89%) CASB
6 13 (0.77%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.59%) Grafana
8 7 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.41%) QRadar
9 6 (0.36%) Nmap
10 5 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 3 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.18%) SCCM
13 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
13 2 (0.12%) Graylog
14 1 (0.059%) OpenVAS
14 1 (0.059%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 509 (30.15%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.92%) Palo Alto
3 78 (4.62%) Cisco
4 67 (3.97%) CyberArk
5 46 (2.73%) VMware
6 41 (2.43%) CrowdStrike
7 38 (2.25%) Apple
7 38 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 37 (2.19%) Adobe
9 32 (1.90%) Tenable
10 29 (1.72%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.66%) Google
11 28 (1.66%) Splunk
12 27 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 25 (1.48%) Qualys
14 18 (1.07%) Aruba
15 15 (0.89%) OpenAI
15 15 (0.89%) Veeam
16 12 (0.71%) SAP
17 9 (0.53%) Okta