Hybrid/Remote Information Security Engineer Job Trends

Information Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 431 448
Rank change year-on-year +64 +17 +266
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 8 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.017% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.018% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 15
10th Percentile £61,875 - £55,750
25th Percentile £78,125 £57,000 £63,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £59,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.02% -18.62% +31.82%
75th Percentile - £61,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £102,500 - -
UK median annual salary £95,000 £64,500 £78,750
% change year-on-year +47.29% -18.10% +21.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,309 16,657 18,861
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.23% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,275 10,333 15,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,408 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +0.68% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Information Security Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Information Security Engineer job vacancies

Information Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Security Engineer over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Information Security Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Information Security Engineer job roles required 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 hybrid/remote work options featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (87.50%) CISSP
2 7 (87.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (75.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (50.00%) CEH
4 4 (50.00%) DNS
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (50.00%) Rapid7
4 4 (50.00%) Zero Trust
5 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (37.50%) AWS
5 3 (37.50%) Bash
5 3 (37.50%) Blue Team
5 3 (37.50%) Burp Suite
5 3 (37.50%) CCSP
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Cloudflare
5 3 (37.50%) GCIH
5 3 (37.50%) GDPR
5 3 (37.50%) iManage
5 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (37.50%) Linux
5 3 (37.50%) Metasploit
5 3 (37.50%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (37.50%) Nmap
5 3 (37.50%) PowerShell

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
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 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) AWS
3 3 (37.50%) Cloudflare
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) SSH
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Burp Suite
1 3 (37.50%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (50.00%) Law
2 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Information Security
2 7 (87.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (75.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (50.00%) Zero Trust
5 3 (37.50%) Blue Team
5 3 (37.50%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (37.50%) Red Team
5 3 (37.50%) SIEM
5 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 1 (12.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Bash
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) CEH
3 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (37.50%) CCSP
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (37.50%) GCIH
4 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) GSEC
4 1 (12.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) GDPR
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Nmap
2 1 (12.50%) Nessus
2 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Rapid7
2 3 (37.50%) iManage
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) Qualys
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