Hybrid/Remote SABSA Job Trends

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SABSA 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 289 436 446
Rank change year-on-year +147 +10 +206
Permanent jobs citing SABSA 81 13 33
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.076% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.082% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 26
10th Percentile £70,500 £60,500 £65,875
25th Percentile £73,750 £61,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £121,250 £62,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +94.00% -15.25% -13.24%
75th Percentile £126,875 £67,813 £97,500
90th Percentile £160,000 £81,875 -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.03% +13.79% -14.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

SABSA 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%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

SABSA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SABSA
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

SABSA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

SABSA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SABSA
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 6 (7.41%) Azure
2 5 (6.17%) AWS
3 1 (1.23%) AWS KMS
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (4.94%) Law
1 4 (4.94%) Legal
1 4 (4.94%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.70%) Finance
3 2 (2.47%) Banking
3 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.23%) Electronics
4 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.23%) Marketing
4 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (83.95%) Lead
2 8 (9.88%) Architect
2 8 (9.88%) Security Architect
3 4 (4.94%) Architecture Manager
3 4 (4.94%) Engineering Manager
3 4 (4.94%) Security Manager
3 4 (4.94%) Senior
3 4 (4.94%) Senior Manager
4 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 1 (1.23%) Coordinator
5 1 (1.23%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (1.23%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 1 (1.23%) Security Technical Architect
5 1 (1.23%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 69 (85.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 69 (85.19%) Cyber Threat
2 68 (83.95%) Operational Technology
2 68 (83.95%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.94%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (86.42%) Risk Management
1 70 (86.42%) Roadmaps
2 68 (83.95%) Business Strategy
2 68 (83.95%) Change Advisory Board
2 68 (83.95%) Coaching
2 68 (83.95%) Cyber Intelligence
2 68 (83.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 68 (83.95%) ITIL
2 68 (83.95%) Mentoring
2 68 (83.95%) Security Operations
2 68 (83.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 68 (83.95%) Technology Roadmap
2 68 (83.95%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 68 (83.95%) Threat Intelligence
2 68 (83.95%) Vulnerability Management
3 13 (16.05%) Security Architecture
4 9 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.17%) Microservices
6 5 (6.17%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) CISM
1 11 (13.58%) CISSP
2 7 (8.64%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.41%) Azure Certification
4 5 (6.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (6.17%) AWS Certification
4 5 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.17%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (4.94%) CISA
5 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.94%) Degree
5 4 (4.94%) GIAC
6 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.23%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (95.06%) NIST
2 75 (92.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (85.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 8 (9.88%) GDPR
5 5 (6.17%) NCSC
6 4 (4.94%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.23%) COBIT
7 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.23%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 1 (1.23%) SAP