41% of cybersecurity job postings are remote: by specialty, country and pay (Nov 2026)
Remote security work is not rare. Of the 3,033 open cybersecurity roles at 696 employers that we read on 15 November 2026, 1,240 (41%) are remote, posted by 532 different employers. That is a lot of choice, but it is not spread evenly: some specialties are close to half remote, others closer to a third, and most remote roles are still tied to one country. Remote share by specialty Specialty…
A report released on 15 November 2026 reveals that 41% of cybersecurity job postings are remote, with 1,240 out of 3,033 open roles listed by 532 employers. However, the distribution of remote roles varies by specialty, with security architecture and consulting leading at 49%, followed by security operations and incident response at 47%.
The smallest share of remote roles is found in security engineering, at 33%. Most remote roles are tied to a specific country, with 35% of remote roles being within the United States, 12% in Europe, 7% in the UK, and 6% in Canada. Remote roles are often tied to a company's location, with only about 14% explicitly stating "Remote" or "Anywhere."
The highest concentration of remote security roles is currently found at Palo Alto Networks, GuidePoint Security, CrowdStrike, Sophos, AHEAD, Zscaler, Huntress, Chainguard, Workstreet, Dragos, Coinbase, and JustMarkets. Remote roles tend to pay slightly less than on-site or hybrid roles, with a median salary of $195k compared to $207k for on-site and hybrid roles.
The salary gap varies by specialty, ranging from $167k for governance, risk, and compliance roles to $246k for leadership positions. The data comes from CyberJobs.cc, which tracks security roles posted by vendors, cloud and AI companies, banks, defense contractors, and software firms, and updates the remote cybersecurity jobs page hourly.
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