Hybrid/Remote Security Engineer Job Trends

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £69,384 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 267 250
Rank change year-on-year -5 -17 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 101 226 257
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 1.12% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.16% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 79 185 223
10th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £38,317
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,713 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.64% -0.83% +1.64%
75th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £81,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -1.33%

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 14,331 19,479 20,593
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 96.55% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,156 12,285 16,842
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Security Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Security Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Engineer job vacancies

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

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

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (59.41%) Azure
2 46 (45.54%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (39.60%) Cloud Security
3 40 (39.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (38.61%) SIEM
5 36 (35.64%) Firewall
5 36 (35.64%) Security Operations
6 34 (33.66%) AWS
6 34 (33.66%) CISSP
6 34 (33.66%) Incident Response
7 33 (32.67%) Information Security
7 33 (32.67%) Network Security
8 32 (31.68%) Microsoft
9 26 (25.74%) NIST
10 21 (20.79%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (18.81%) Degree
11 19 (18.81%) Security Architecture
11 19 (18.81%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (17.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (17.82%) PowerShell
13 17 (16.83%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (16.83%) GCP
14 16 (15.84%) Cyber Essentials
14 16 (15.84%) GDPR
14 16 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (14.85%) CI/CD
15 15 (14.85%) OWASP
15 15 (14.85%) Python
16 14 (13.86%) CISM
16 14 (13.86%) DevOps

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.99%) Apache
1 1 (0.99%) Apache Pulsar
1 1 (0.99%) Confluence
1 1 (0.99%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 60 (59.41%) Azure
2 34 (33.66%) AWS
3 17 (16.83%) Azure Sentinel
3 17 (16.83%) GCP
4 16 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (11.88%) Entra ID
6 11 (10.89%) SaaS
7 5 (4.95%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (4.95%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (4.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (4.95%) GitHub
7 5 (4.95%) PaaS
8 4 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (3.96%) Cloudflare
8 4 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.96%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.98%) Azure API Management
10 2 (1.98%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 36 (35.64%) Firewall
2 33 (32.67%) Network Security
3 14 (13.86%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (13.86%) VPN
4 12 (11.88%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.95%) HTTP
6 4 (3.96%) DNS
7 1 (0.99%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.99%) Modbus
7 1 (0.99%) NAS
7 1 (0.99%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.99%) SAN
7 1 (0.99%) SSH
7 1 (0.99%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (2.97%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.97%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.97%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.97%) Snyk
3 1 (0.99%) GitLab
3 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 21 (20.79%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Finance
3 13 (12.87%) Telecoms
4 8 (7.92%) Legal
5 7 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.93%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.94%) Law
7 5 (4.95%) Banking
7 5 (4.95%) Financial Institution
7 5 (4.95%) Retail
8 4 (3.96%) Back Office
8 4 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.93%) OAuth
2 6 (5.94%) React
2 6 (5.94%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.96%) Kafka
3 4 (3.96%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.97%) JWT
4 3 (2.97%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (2.97%) SAML
5 2 (1.98%) .NET
5 2 (1.98%) Django
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.98%) OpenID
5 2 (1.98%) REST
5 2 (1.98%) RESTful
6 1 (0.99%) Android NDK
6 1 (0.99%) gRPC
6 1 (0.99%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.99%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.81%) Security Posture
2 13 (12.87%) Cloud Native
3 12 (11.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (10.89%) Cloud Security Posture
4 11 (10.89%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (4.95%) Blog
6 4 (3.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.97%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.98%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.99%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.99%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.86%) Windows
2 11 (10.89%) Linux
3 2 (1.98%) VMS
4 1 (0.99%) Android
4 1 (0.99%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.99%) Unix
4 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (45.54%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (39.60%) Cloud Security
3 39 (38.61%) SIEM
4 36 (35.64%) Security Operations
5 34 (33.66%) Incident Response
6 33 (32.67%) Information Security
7 19 (18.81%) Security Architecture
7 19 (18.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (17.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (14.85%) CI/CD
9 15 (14.85%) OWASP
10 14 (13.86%) DevOps
10 14 (13.86%) DevSecOps
11 13 (12.87%) Application Security
11 13 (12.87%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (12.87%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (12.87%) Zero Trust
12 12 (11.88%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (11.88%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 12 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.82%) PowerShell
2 15 (14.85%) Python
3 11 (10.89%) Go
4 9 (8.91%) Bash
5 7 (6.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (5.94%) Java
7 4 (3.96%) SQL
8 3 (2.97%) C++
9 2 (1.98%) Bicep
9 2 (1.98%) Groovy
10 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 34 (33.66%) CISSP
2 21 (20.79%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (18.81%) Degree
4 14 (13.86%) CISM
5 13 (12.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (12.87%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (8.91%) AWS Certification
6 9 (8.91%) Security Cleared
7 8 (7.92%) CCNA
7 8 (7.92%) CCNP
7 8 (7.92%) GCIA
7 8 (7.92%) SANS
8 7 (6.93%) CEH
9 6 (5.94%) Azure Certification
9 6 (5.94%) CCSP
10 5 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.96%) GSEC
12 3 (2.97%) GCIH
12 3 (2.97%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (39.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (25.74%) NIST
3 16 (15.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (15.84%) GDPR
4 10 (9.90%) GRC
4 10 (9.90%) NCSC
4 10 (9.90%) SOC 2
5 6 (5.94%) PCI DSS
6 5 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.99%) COBIT
8 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.99%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.90%) Kubernetes
1 10 (9.90%) Terraform
2 5 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.96%) Cilium
3 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.97%) Ansible
4 3 (2.97%) Grafana
4 3 (2.97%) Nmap
4 3 (2.97%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.99%) Nessus
Vendors
1 32 (31.68%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.94%) Rapid7
3 5 (4.95%) Qualys
4 4 (3.96%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.96%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.97%) Checkmarx
5 3 (2.97%) iManage
5 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.97%) Tenable
6 2 (1.98%) Cisco
6 2 (1.98%) Exabeam
6 2 (1.98%) Meraki
6 2 (1.98%) Splunk
6 2 (1.98%) VMware
7 1 (0.99%) Aruba
7 1 (0.99%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.99%) Imperva
7 1 (0.99%) Mavenir
7 1 (0.99%) Tanium
7 1 (0.99%) Zscaler