Hybrid/Remote Security Engineer Job Trends

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 333 351
Rank change year-on-year +44 +18 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 128 92 260
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 0.61% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.67% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 109 82 246
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,624 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,625 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £88,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -12.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 18,261 13,808 32,739
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 91.96% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13,314 8,557 25,758
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,443
Median % change year-on-year - +8.22% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 8 June 2026.

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 8 June 2026, 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 48 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (31.25%) Security Operations
3 37 (28.91%) Microsoft
4 36 (28.13%) Cloud Security
5 35 (27.34%) Azure
6 29 (22.66%) Incident Response
7 26 (20.31%) Firewall
8 24 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 24 (18.75%) Security Cleared
9 22 (17.19%) SIEM
10 20 (15.63%) AWS
10 20 (15.63%) Information Security
10 20 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (14.84%) Degree
11 19 (14.84%) Entra ID
11 19 (14.84%) PowerShell
11 19 (14.84%) Threat Detection
12 18 (14.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (13.28%) Python
14 15 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (11.72%) Network Security
15 14 (10.94%) AI
16 13 (10.16%) GCP
16 13 (10.16%) Risk Management
16 13 (10.16%) SC Cleared
17 12 (9.38%) CISSP
17 12 (9.38%) NIST
17 12 (9.38%) SaaS
17 12 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
18 11 (8.59%) Computer Science

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 (0.78%) Apache
1 1 (0.78%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (27.34%) Azure
2 20 (15.63%) AWS
2 20 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (14.84%) Entra ID
4 18 (14.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (10.16%) GCP
6 12 (9.38%) SaaS
7 9 (7.03%) Mimecast
8 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (3.13%) IaaS
9 4 (3.13%) PaaS
10 2 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.56%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (1.56%) GitHub
10 2 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.78%) Amazon Cognito
11 1 (0.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Priva
11 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.31%) Firewall
2 15 (11.72%) Network Security
3 6 (4.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (3.91%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (2.34%) BGP
5 3 (2.34%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.34%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (2.34%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (2.34%) EIGRP
5 3 (2.34%) IPv4
5 3 (2.34%) MPLS
5 3 (2.34%) Multicast
5 3 (2.34%) NGFW
5 3 (2.34%) NX-OS
5 3 (2.34%) OSPF
5 3 (2.34%) VLAN
5 3 (2.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.78%) Broadband
6 1 (0.78%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.56%) GitLab
1 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.78%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.78%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 17 (13.28%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.16%) Law
3 10 (7.81%) Finance
3 10 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (7.03%) Retail
5 7 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.69%) Police
7 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.56%) Banking
8 2 (1.56%) Legal
8 2 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.78%) Games
9 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) Regular Expression
1 6 (4.69%) RESTful
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.34%) OAuth
4 2 (1.56%) JSON
4 2 (1.56%) Kafka
4 2 (1.56%) Middleware
4 2 (1.56%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.56%) REST
5 1 (0.78%) Android NDK
5 1 (0.78%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.78%) Django
5 1 (0.78%) gRPC
5 1 (0.78%) OpenID
5 1 (0.78%) React
5 1 (0.78%) Spring
5 1 (0.78%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.78%) Vue
5 1 (0.78%) Web Services
5 1 (0.78%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 10 (7.81%) Driving Licence
2 10 (7.81%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.47%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (4.69%) CCTV
5 6 (4.69%) Cyberattack
5 6 (4.69%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.91%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.34%) PKI
9 2 (1.56%) Blog
9 2 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.69%) Windows
2 4 (3.13%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.34%) Android
4 2 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.78%) Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (31.25%) Security Operations
3 36 (28.13%) Cloud Security
4 29 (22.66%) Incident Response
5 22 (17.19%) SIEM
6 20 (15.63%) Information Security
7 19 (14.84%) Threat Detection
8 15 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (10.94%) AI
10 13 (10.16%) Risk Management
11 12 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (8.59%) Computer Science
12 11 (8.59%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (8.59%) Project Delivery
12 11 (8.59%) Software Engineering
12 11 (8.59%) Zero Trust
13 10 (7.81%) Application Security
13 10 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (7.03%) Identity Access Management
14 9 (7.03%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.84%) PowerShell
2 17 (13.28%) Python
3 4 (3.13%) Bash
3 4 (3.13%) C++
3 4 (3.13%) Go
4 3 (2.34%) SQL
4 3 (2.34%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.56%) Java
5 2 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.56%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.78%) Bicep
6 1 (0.78%) C#
6 1 (0.78%) Groovy
6 1 (0.78%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 19 (14.84%) Degree
3 13 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 12 (9.38%) CISSP
5 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.91%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.91%) CEH
7 5 (3.91%) CISM
8 4 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.56%) CASP
10 2 (1.56%) CCSP
10 2 (1.56%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.78%) GSEC
11 1 (0.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (9.38%) NIST
3 9 (7.03%) GDPR
4 7 (5.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (3.91%) QA
7 4 (3.13%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.34%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.78%) GRC
9 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (4.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.56%) Docker
2 2 (1.56%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (7.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.25%) Terraform
3 7 (5.47%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.56%) CASB
6 1 (0.78%) Ansible
6 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (28.91%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.47%) Cisco
2 7 (5.47%) Palo Alto
2 7 (5.47%) Tenable
3 6 (4.69%) Qualys
4 5 (3.91%) iManage
5 4 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.13%) Siemens
6 3 (2.34%) Apple
6 3 (2.34%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.34%) F5
6 3 (2.34%) Meraki
7 2 (1.56%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.56%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.56%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.56%) Splunk
8 1 (0.78%) Mavenir
8 1 (0.78%) Okta
8 1 (0.78%) Sophos
8 1 (0.78%) VMware