Hybrid/Remote Information Security Job Trends

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 178 105
Rank change year-on-year +94 -73 -15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 721 300 705
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.16% 1.81% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 1.95% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 356 231 473
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,683 £67,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +8.87% -4.62%
75th Percentile £94,750 £85,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,350 £92,250
UK median annual salary £71,850 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.54% +4.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Security 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 18,835 15,419 21,621
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.48% 92.96% 87.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13,574 8,935 15,360
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,584 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Information Security job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Information Security
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Information Security over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

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

Information Security
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 17 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.97%) SAS
4 4 (0.55%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.14%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Elementor
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Carpe Diem
1 3 (0.42%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 269 (37.31%) Azure
2 130 (18.03%) AWS
3 96 (13.31%) SaaS
4 89 (12.34%) Microsoft 365
5 77 (10.68%) Entra ID
6 67 (9.29%) Cloud Computing
7 54 (7.49%) Power Platform
8 32 (4.44%) GCP
9 17 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
11 13 (1.80%) Google Workspace
12 12 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.66%) Zapier
13 9 (1.25%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.25%) GitHub
13 9 (1.25%) OneDrive
14 8 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.97%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.60%) WAN
2 61 (8.46%) LAN
3 44 (6.10%) Firewall
4 33 (4.58%) Network Security
5 12 (1.66%) Broadband
5 12 (1.66%) VPN
6 11 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 10 (1.39%) DNS
8 8 (1.11%) CHAP
9 7 (0.97%) VLAN
10 6 (0.83%) BGP
10 6 (0.83%) OSPF
10 6 (0.83%) VXLAN
11 4 (0.55%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.55%) Wireless
12 3 (0.42%) HTTP
13 2 (0.28%) DHCP
14 1 (0.14%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.08%) Power BI
2 4 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.14%) MySQL
5 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.14%) Power Query
5 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.11%) Git
1 8 (1.11%) JIRA
2 6 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (0.55%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.55%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.28%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 313 (43.41%) Social Skills
2 180 (24.97%) Legal
3 177 (24.55%) Finance
4 160 (22.19%) Law
5 103 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
7 56 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (5.96%) Retail
9 39 (5.41%) Public Sector
10 36 (4.99%) Legal Technology
11 34 (4.72%) Banking
12 24 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (3.19%) Telecoms
14 21 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (2.77%) Financial Institution
16 15 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.66%) Aerospace
17 12 (1.66%) Games
18 11 (1.53%) Back Office
19 9 (1.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 186 (25.80%) Senior
2 86 (11.93%) Analyst
3 81 (11.23%) Architect
4 68 (9.43%) IT Manager
4 68 (9.43%) Senior Manager
5 67 (9.29%) Security Manager
6 58 (8.04%) Systems Architect
7 57 (7.91%) Developer
8 56 (7.77%) Senior Developer
9 53 (7.35%) Security Analyst
10 50 (6.93%) Consultant
10 50 (6.93%) Service Manager
11 49 (6.80%) IT Services Manager
11 49 (6.80%) Resilience Manager
12 46 (6.38%) Lead
13 44 (6.10%) Information Manager
13 44 (6.10%) Information Security Manager
14 37 (5.13%) Security Consultant
15 35 (4.85%) Security Specialist
16 22 (3.05%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (8.46%) .NET
2 52 (7.21%) Middleware
3 8 (1.11%) React
4 7 (0.97%) CSS
4 7 (0.97%) HTML
5 6 (0.83%) REST
6 3 (0.42%) JSON
6 3 (0.42%) SOAP
7 2 (0.28%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.28%) RESTful
7 2 (0.28%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.14%) Kafka
8 1 (0.14%) Node.js
8 1 (0.14%) Play Framework
8 1 (0.14%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (17.06%) Management Information System
2 107 (14.84%) Cyber Threat
3 80 (11.10%) Security Posture
4 45 (6.24%) Onboarding
5 32 (4.44%) Cloud Native
6 25 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.22%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.80%) Cyberattack
9 13 (1.80%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.66%) Operational Technology
11 11 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (1.39%) Blog
12 10 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (1.25%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.97%) Culture of Ownership
14 7 (0.97%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (0.97%) Freedom of Information Act
14 7 (0.97%) Podcast
14 7 (0.97%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.83%) Windows
2 20 (2.77%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.50%) Linux
4 9 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.11%) Android
6 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (41.19%) Cybersecurity
2 248 (34.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 214 (29.68%) Risk Management
4 172 (23.86%) Agile
5 163 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
6 154 (21.36%) Enterprise Architecture
7 145 (20.11%) Roadmaps
8 140 (19.42%) Incident Response
8 140 (19.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 139 (19.28%) AI
10 127 (17.61%) ITIL
11 115 (15.95%) Business Continuity
12 113 (15.67%) Strategic Planning
13 105 (14.56%) Disaster Recovery
14 104 (14.42%) Project Delivery
15 100 (13.87%) Business Strategy
15 100 (13.87%) Mentoring
16 95 (13.18%) Identity Access Management
17 94 (13.04%) CI/CD
18 92 (12.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (9.99%) C#
2 41 (5.69%) Python
3 32 (4.44%) PowerShell
4 18 (2.50%) Java
5 12 (1.66%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.39%) Go
6 10 (1.39%) SQL
7 7 (0.97%) Bash
8 6 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (0.83%) Objective-C
9 5 (0.69%) Ruby
10 4 (0.55%) Rust
11 3 (0.42%) C
11 3 (0.42%) C++
11 3 (0.42%) Perl
12 2 (0.28%) Scala
12 2 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) PHP
13 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 240 (33.29%) CISSP
2 211 (29.26%) CISM
3 80 (11.10%) Degree
4 63 (8.74%) Security Cleared
5 55 (7.63%) A+ Certification
6 54 (7.49%) Network+ Certification
7 50 (6.93%) SC Cleared
8 49 (6.80%) ITIL Certification
9 44 (6.10%) CISA
10 42 (5.83%) CRISC
11 29 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (3.47%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (2.08%) OSCP
14 14 (1.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 13 (1.80%) Azure Certification
15 13 (1.80%) DV Cleared
15 13 (1.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 12 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (1.66%) CREST Certified
16 12 (1.66%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (29.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 189 (26.21%) NIST
3 168 (23.30%) GRC
4 120 (16.64%) GDPR
5 65 (9.02%) QA
6 56 (7.77%) PCI DSS
7 54 (7.49%) ISO 22301
8 48 (6.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 28 (3.88%) Accessibility
10 27 (3.74%) COBIT
11 26 (3.61%) SOC 2
12 20 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 18 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (2.36%) NCSC
15 11 (1.53%) ISO 9001
15 11 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 11 (1.53%) NIST 800
16 9 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (1.25%) Data Quality
17 8 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 76 (10.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.11%) Firmware
2 8 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) Docker
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (3.05%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.22%) Terraform
4 9 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.97%) Ansible
5 7 (0.97%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.83%) Packer
7 4 (0.55%) Autotask
7 4 (0.55%) Nmap
8 3 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.42%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.28%) CASB
9 2 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Grafana
10 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.14%) Nessus
10 1 (0.14%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 213 (29.54%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.91%) CyberArk
3 27 (3.74%) Google
4 18 (2.50%) iManage
4 18 (2.50%) OpenAI
5 14 (1.94%) Palo Alto
6 11 (1.53%) Splunk
7 10 (1.39%) Cisco
8 9 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.11%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.11%) VMware
10 7 (0.97%) Fortinet
10 7 (0.97%) Qualys
11 6 (0.83%) EMC
11 6 (0.83%) F5
11 6 (0.83%) Zscaler
12 5 (0.69%) Aderant
12 5 (0.69%) Intapp
12 5 (0.69%) Tenable
13 4 (0.55%) HubSpot