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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 37 48
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,009 1,116 1,395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.49% 6.81% 5.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.47% 7.24% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 619 624 1,087
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,309 £35,920
25th Percentile £44,598 £49,769 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +4.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,951 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.02% +8.25% -7.69%

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 13,505 15,416 22,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.89% 94.03% 93.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,586 9,080 18,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 23 January 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 31 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.59%) IIS
3 14 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.50%) Drupal
4 5 (0.50%) nginx
4 5 (0.50%) WordPress
5 4 (0.40%) Confluence
5 4 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.099%) CMS
Applications
1 75 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (1.88%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.50%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.099%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.099%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 7 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.50%) Shopify
3 4 (0.40%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.099%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 288 (28.54%) Azure
2 163 (16.15%) Microsoft 365
3 138 (13.68%) AWS
4 136 (13.48%) Entra ID
5 41 (4.06%) Google Workspace
6 36 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 32 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.58%) SaaS
9 22 (2.18%) GCP
10 21 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (0.99%) Nutanix
13 9 (0.89%) GitHub
13 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (0.79%) Mimecast
14 8 (0.79%) PaaS
15 7 (0.69%) OneDrive
16 6 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 109 (10.80%) Firewall
2 48 (4.76%) VPN
3 44 (4.36%) Broadband
4 41 (4.06%) Network Security
5 22 (2.18%) DNS
6 20 (1.98%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.88%) LAN
8 16 (1.59%) CHAP
8 16 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (1.59%) VLAN
8 16 (1.59%) WAN
9 15 (1.49%) DHCP
9 15 (1.49%) Wireshark
10 14 (1.39%) VoIP
11 13 (1.29%) SD-WAN
11 13 (1.29%) Unified Communications
12 12 (1.19%) DMZ
13 9 (0.89%) Modbus
13 9 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.68%) Power BI
2 15 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.09%) Tableau
4 6 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.50%) MariaDB
6 4 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.40%) MS Access
6 4 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
7 3 (0.30%) Metadata
7 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (1.39%) Jenkins
2 7 (0.69%) JIRA
3 4 (0.40%) Toad
4 3 (0.30%) GitLab
4 3 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.30%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.20%) Git
5 2 (0.20%) Snyk
6 1 (0.099%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.099%) Metasploit
General
1 389 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 180 (17.84%) Finance
3 113 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 94 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 80 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
7 68 (6.74%) Marketing
8 66 (6.54%) Back Office
9 59 (5.85%) Telecoms
10 55 (5.45%) Banking
11 48 (4.76%) Law
12 41 (4.06%) Legal
13 34 (3.37%) Manufacturing
14 33 (3.27%) Electronics
15 30 (2.97%) Retail
16 29 (2.87%) Games
17 21 (2.08%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.68%) Local Government
19 16 (1.59%) German Language
19 16 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (19.43%) Senior
2 111 (11.00%) Support Engineer
3 103 (10.21%) Consultant
4 96 (9.51%) Architect
5 89 (8.82%) Analyst
6 73 (7.23%) Security Consultant
7 63 (6.24%) Security Architect
8 61 (6.05%) Desktop Engineer
8 61 (6.05%) Desktop Support
8 61 (6.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (5.55%) Site Engineer
10 50 (4.96%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 49 (4.86%) Hardware Engineer
11 49 (4.86%) Senior Hardware Engineer
12 46 (4.56%) IT Manager
13 45 (4.46%) Security Manager
14 44 (4.36%) Security Analyst
15 41 (4.06%) IT Engineer
16 40 (3.96%) Senior Architect
17 39 (3.87%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.26%) OAuth
1 43 (4.26%) OpenID
1 43 (4.26%) SAML
2 42 (4.16%) GraphQL
2 42 (4.16%) REST
2 42 (4.16%) SOAP
3 40 (3.96%) LDAP
4 26 (2.58%) SAP CAF
5 7 (0.69%) Web Services
6 6 (0.59%) CSS
6 6 (0.59%) HTML
6 6 (0.59%) Node.js
7 5 (0.50%) .NET
7 5 (0.50%) PyTorch
7 5 (0.50%) TensorFlow
8 4 (0.40%) Android NDK
8 4 (0.40%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.40%) RESTful
8 4 (0.40%) WebSockets
8 4 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (7.83%) Cyber Threat
2 77 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 69 (6.84%) Security Posture
4 45 (4.46%) Cyberattack
4 45 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 39 (3.87%) Data Centre
6 32 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 31 (3.07%) Public Cloud
8 30 (2.97%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.87%) Blog
10 28 (2.78%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.78%) Operational Technology
11 26 (2.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 25 (2.48%) Cyber Security Posture
13 24 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
14 21 (2.08%) PKI
14 21 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
15 18 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.78%) Product Ownership
16 16 (1.59%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 163 (16.15%) Windows
2 70 (6.94%) Windows 10
3 49 (4.86%) Linux
4 46 (4.56%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.59%) Unix
6 15 (1.49%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.99%) Android
9 4 (0.40%) Debian
10 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.099%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 154 (15.26%) Risk Management
3 149 (14.77%) ITIL
4 138 (13.68%) Information Security
5 132 (13.08%) Analytics
6 130 (12.88%) Roadmaps
7 128 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
8 127 (12.59%) Incident Response
9 125 (12.39%) AI
10 101 (10.01%) Mentoring
11 87 (8.62%) Agile
12 82 (8.13%) DevOps
13 79 (7.83%) SIEM
14 77 (7.63%) Project Management
15 76 (7.53%) Cloud Security
15 76 (7.53%) Customer Experience
15 76 (7.53%) Customer Service
16 72 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
17 71 (7.04%) Security Operations
18 69 (6.84%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (9.02%) PowerShell
2 58 (5.75%) Python
3 53 (5.25%) Bash
3 53 (5.25%) SQL
4 41 (4.06%) T-SQL
5 21 (2.08%) C++
6 14 (1.39%) C#
7 12 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.99%) C
9 9 (0.89%) Java
9 9 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.59%) R
11 4 (0.40%) Bicep
11 4 (0.40%) Go
11 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.40%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.40%) VB
12 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 215 (21.31%) Degree
2 177 (17.54%) CISSP
3 174 (17.24%) Security Cleared
4 140 (13.88%) CISM
4 140 (13.88%) SC Cleared
5 60 (5.95%) CTC Cleared
6 52 (5.15%) CISA
7 45 (4.46%) AWS Certification
8 44 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
9 41 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (3.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 34 (3.37%) DV Cleared
12 33 (3.27%) PMP
13 32 (3.17%) CEH
14 30 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
15 29 (2.87%) Azure Certification
16 27 (2.68%) SANS
17 24 (2.38%) CISMP
17 24 (2.38%) CRISC
18 23 (2.28%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (23.79%) NIST
2 230 (22.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 84 (8.33%) GDPR
3 84 (8.33%) NCSC
4 82 (8.13%) GRC
5 74 (7.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 67 (6.64%) SLA
7 33 (3.27%) PCI DSS
8 31 (3.07%) JSP 440
9 30 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 28 (2.78%) COBIT
11 27 (2.68%) NIST 800
12 17 (1.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (1.59%) RMADS
14 11 (1.09%) ISO 9001
14 11 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 11 (1.09%) SOC 2
15 10 (0.99%) IEC 61508
15 10 (0.99%) MISRA
15 10 (0.99%) MISRA C
System Software
1 105 (10.41%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (1.59%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (1.19%) Docker
7 6 (0.59%) Firmware
8 4 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.40%) vSphere
9 3 (0.30%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.099%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.099%) iptables
10 1 (0.099%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (2.08%) Terraform
3 17 (1.68%) Ansible
4 10 (0.99%) Functional Safety
4 10 (0.99%) Kubernetes
4 10 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.79%) Nessus
5 8 (0.79%) QRadar
6 7 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 5 (0.50%) RSA Archer
8 3 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.30%) Nagios
8 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.30%) SCCM
9 2 (0.20%) Nmap
9 2 (0.20%) Suricata
9 2 (0.20%) WSUS
10 1 (0.099%) CASB
Vendors
1 231 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.62%) Cisco
3 49 (4.86%) VMware
4 41 (4.06%) Apple
5 35 (3.47%) SAP
6 33 (3.27%) Adobe
7 19 (1.88%) PayPal
7 19 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.68%) Oracle
9 14 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
9 14 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 13 (1.29%) Google
11 12 (1.19%) Splunk
11 12 (1.19%) Tenable
12 11 (1.09%) Fortinet
13 10 (0.99%) Commvault
14 9 (0.89%) Draytek
15 7 (0.69%) Mitel
15 7 (0.69%) Qualys
15 7 (0.69%) WatchGuard