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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,532 1,256 1,561
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.01% 7.61% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.46% 8.17% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 724 932
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -10.24%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £94,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -9.65%

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 15,366 23,899
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.93% 93.09% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,146 9,081 17,628
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 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
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 27 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 58 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.94%) 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 32 (2.09%) 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 (1.57%) 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
1 398 (25.98%) Azure
2 195 (12.73%) AWS
2 195 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
3 174 (11.36%) Entra ID
4 94 (6.14%) SaaS
5 79 (5.16%) GCP
6 33 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 29 (1.89%) Serverless
8 22 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 18 (1.17%) Google Workspace
10 16 (1.04%) dbt
10 16 (1.04%) OneDrive
11 15 (0.98%) Mimecast
12 12 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 11 (0.72%) PaaS
14 7 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.39%) Datadog
15 6 (0.39%) GitHub
15 6 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 208 (13.58%) Firewall
2 126 (8.22%) Network Security
3 63 (4.11%) VLAN
4 62 (4.05%) Broadband
5 58 (3.79%) DNS
5 58 (3.79%) VPN
6 48 (3.13%) WAN
7 45 (2.94%) DHCP
8 37 (2.42%) TCP/IP
9 35 (2.28%) LAN
10 33 (2.15%) 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 (1.70%) 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
1 484 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 163 (10.64%) Finance
3 144 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 118 (7.70%) Public Sector
6 108 (7.05%) Marketing
7 107 (6.98%) Legal
8 84 (5.48%) Retail
9 76 (4.96%) Law
10 45 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 44 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (2.81%) Banking
13 41 (2.68%) Games
14 28 (1.83%) Advertising
14 28 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.50%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.44%) Aviation
17 19 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.17%) Aerospace
19 13 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 318 (20.76%) Senior
2 191 (12.47%) Analyst
3 162 (10.57%) Architect
4 147 (9.60%) Consultant
5 115 (7.51%) Security Manager
6 99 (6.46%) Security Analyst
6 99 (6.46%) Security Consultant
7 98 (6.40%) Security Architect
8 94 (6.14%) Senior Manager
9 91 (5.94%) Lead
10 86 (5.61%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 86 (5.61%) Security Engineer
11 82 (5.35%) IT Manager
12 74 (4.83%) IT Support
13 72 (4.70%) Support Engineer
14 71 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
15 63 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 55 (3.59%) IT Engineer
17 52 (3.39%) IT Support Engineer
18 51 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.42%) OAuth
2 36 (2.35%) SAML
3 29 (1.89%) LDAP
4 26 (1.70%) OpenID
4 26 (1.70%) REST
5 17 (1.11%) SOAP
6 16 (1.04%) 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
1 134 (8.75%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (7.51%) Security Posture
3 93 (6.07%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.96%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (3.59%) Cyberattack
6 55 (3.59%) Driving Licence
7 42 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
7 42 (2.74%) Data Centre
8 40 (2.61%) Cloud Native
9 32 (2.09%) PKI
10 28 (1.83%) Blog
11 26 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 26 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
12 22 (1.44%) Operational Technology
13 21 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 21 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
14 18 (1.17%) AI Agents
15 17 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
15 17 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 161 (10.51%) Windows
2 66 (4.31%) Windows Server
3 53 (3.46%) Linux
4 24 (1.57%) 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
1 295 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 284 (18.54%) Information Security
3 245 (15.99%) AI
4 233 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
5 216 (14.10%) Mentoring
6 210 (13.71%) Risk Management
7 207 (13.51%) Incident Response
8 191 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 182 (11.88%) Decision-Making
10 173 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
11 162 (10.57%) Cloud Security
12 147 (9.60%) Agile
13 145 (9.46%) Identity Access Management
14 142 (9.27%) ITIL
15 140 (9.14%) Security Operations
15 140 (9.14%) SIEM
16 131 (8.55%) Roadmaps
17 113 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 108 (7.05%) Project Delivery
19 107 (6.98%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 114 (7.44%) Python
2 81 (5.29%) PowerShell
3 30 (1.96%) SQL
4 26 (1.70%) Bash
5 24 (1.57%) Java
6 18 (1.17%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.04%) C++
8 14 (0.91%) 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 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 226 (14.75%) CISSP
3 190 (12.40%) SC Cleared
4 182 (11.88%) CISM
5 147 (9.60%) Degree
6 60 (3.92%) DV Cleared
7 59 (3.85%) A+ Certification
8 58 (3.79%) Network+ Certification
9 41 (2.68%) CISA
10 40 (2.61%) AWS Certification
11 37 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
11 37 (2.42%) CRISC
12 35 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 33 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 30 (1.96%) Azure Certification
14 30 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
15 28 (1.83%) CREST Certified
16 26 (1.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 26 (1.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 23 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (19.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 225 (14.69%) NIST
3 164 (10.70%) GDPR
4 121 (7.90%) GRC
5 109 (7.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 83 (5.42%) PCI DSS
7 68 (4.44%) NCSC
8 49 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 27 (1.76%) QA
9 27 (1.76%) SLA
10 26 (1.70%) SOC 2
11 24 (1.57%) COBIT
12 23 (1.50%) Accessibility
13 22 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
14 16 (1.04%) JSP 440
15 14 (0.91%) ISO 22301
16 13 (0.85%) NIST 800
17 12 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 11 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 9 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 191 (12.47%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.42%) Hyper-V
3 27 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.70%) 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 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.39%) vSphere
10 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
11 1 (0.065%) KVM
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 130 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.63%) Terraform
4 20 (1.31%) 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 (29.77%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.96%) 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