Hybrid/Remote Ethical Hacking Job Trends

Ethical Hacking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 443 459
Rank change year-on-year +87 +16 +242
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 14 6 20
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.092% 0.035% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.038% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 20
10th Percentile - - £55,550
25th Percentile £48,165 £50,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £62,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -9.09% -0.65%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £74,688
90th Percentile £86,000 £86,250 £81,500
UK median annual salary £30,500 £59,498 £62,500
% change year-on-year -48.74% -4.80% -9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Ethical Hacking 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 13,453 15,904 19,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.47% 92.97% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,559 9,534 15,518
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Ethical Hacking salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Ethical Hacking
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) AWS
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Burp Suite
1 5 (35.71%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (64.29%) Retail
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Banking
5 4 (28.57%) Financial Institution
5 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (28.57%) Law
6 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Specialist
1 5 (35.71%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Threat Hunter
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Insider Threat
2 8 (57.14%) Security Posture
3 5 (35.71%) Cyberattack
4 4 (28.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (21.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
1 7 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Threat Intelligence
2 10 (71.43%) Red Team
3 9 (64.29%) Actionable Insight
3 9 (64.29%) Offensive Security
4 8 (57.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
5 7 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (35.71%) AI
6 5 (35.71%) Anomaly Detection
6 5 (35.71%) Cyber Resilience
6 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
6 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
6 5 (35.71%) Information Security
6 5 (35.71%) Open Source
6 5 (35.71%) Purple Team
7 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
7 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Java
1 4 (28.57%) Kotlin
2 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) OSCP
2 9 (64.29%) CREST Certified
3 8 (57.14%) CEH
3 8 (57.14%) GIAC
4 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
5 5 (35.71%) CCNA
5 5 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (35.71%) CISMP
5 5 (35.71%) CISSP
5 5 (35.71%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (35.71%) Degree
5 5 (35.71%) GPEN
5 5 (35.71%) MCP
5 5 (35.71%) MCSE
5 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
6 4 (28.57%) OSCE
7 3 (21.43%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (28.57%) EU AI Act
2 4 (28.57%) GDPR
2 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Nmap
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 3 (21.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (21.43%) Splunk