Hybrid/Remote Cybercrime Job Trends

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in remote/hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	468	410	-
Rank change year-on-year	-58	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Cybercrime	6	6	0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options	0.023%	0.037%	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.061%	0.091%	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	3	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	£87,500	-
UK median annual salary	£72,500	£67,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+7.41%	+28.57%	-19.23%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cybercrime falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options citing generic IT skills.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	9,912	6,601	7,047
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options	38.68%	40.36%	35.21%
Number of salaries quoted	5,581	3,483	3,986
10^th Percentile	£32,575	£28,800	£36,250
25^th Percentile	£43,000	£38,750	£47,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£57,500	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.35%	-11.54%	-
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£81,250	£88,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£112,000	£122,500
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£54,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+1.85%	-10.00%	-4.00%

Cybercrime Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybercrime and offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cybercrime Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cybercrime.

Cybercrime Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, job vacancies citing Cybercrime also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cybercrime.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Customer Service	83.3%	5
2	Data Privacy	66.7%	4
2	Digital Forensics	66.7%	4
2	E-Discovery	66.7%	4
2	EDRMS	66.7%	4
2	Electronic Discovery Reference Model	66.7%	4
2	FIS	66.7%	4
2	FTK	66.7%	4
2	GDPR	66.7%	4
2	Information Governance	66.7%	4
2	Nuix	66.7%	4
2	Relativity	66.7%	4
2	Stakeholder Management	66.7%	4
14	AI	33.3%	2
14	Cyber Threat Intelligence	33.3%	2
14	Information Security	33.3%	2
14	Threat Intelligence	33.3%	2
18	Analytics	16.7%	1
18	Anomaly Detection	16.7%	1
18	Behavioural Analysis	16.7%	1
18	Cluster Analysis	16.7%	1
18	Coaching	16.7%	1
18	Cyber Intelligence	16.7%	1
18	Cybersecurity	16.7%	1
18	Data Analysis	16.7%	1
18	Data Analytics	16.7%	1
18	Data Matching	16.7%	1
18	Data Mining	16.7%	1
18	Data Science	16.7%	1
18	Degree	16.7%	1

Cybercrime Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Clustering	16.7%	1
1	Cyber Threat	16.7%	1
1	Security Posture	16.7%	1