Cybersecurity Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 52 77
Rank change year-on-year +10 +25 +34
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,915 2,245 3,316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.56% 5.66% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.15% 5.89% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 1,579 1,712
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £38,973
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,137 38,084 71,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.42% 96.09% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,468 26,396 41,605
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,871 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +4.79% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Cybersecurity salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 73 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.25%) IIS
4 18 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 5 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.26%) Luigi
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) CMS
8 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.052%) nginx
9 1 (0.052%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.31%) Trello
5 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.10%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 650 (33.94%) Azure
2 338 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 312 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
4 179 (9.35%) AWS
5 117 (6.11%) SaaS
6 78 (4.07%) GCP
7 48 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.40%) PaaS
9 43 (2.25%) Amazon S3
9 43 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
10 40 (2.09%) IaaS
11 34 (1.78%) GitHub
12 31 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 30 (1.57%) Serverless
14 21 (1.10%) Power Platform
15 19 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (0.89%) Amazon SQS
16 17 (0.89%) Slack
17 16 (0.84%) Lucidchart
17 16 (0.84%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 280 (14.62%) Firewall
2 224 (11.70%) Broadband
3 220 (11.49%) 5G
4 133 (6.95%) Network Security
5 127 (6.63%) WAN
6 76 (3.97%) SD-WAN
7 66 (3.45%) DNS
8 65 (3.39%) TCP/IP
9 64 (3.34%) LAN
10 59 (3.08%) Intrusion Detection
11 55 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
12 49 (2.56%) Wireless
13 38 (1.98%) Unified Communications
14 37 (1.93%) Internet
15 36 (1.88%) DHCP
16 32 (1.67%) VPN
17 29 (1.51%) Cisco Firepower
18 28 (1.46%) MPLS
18 28 (1.46%) Wireshark
19 17 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 36 (1.88%) Big Data
3 31 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
4 28 (1.46%) Hadoop
5 24 (1.25%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (1.15%) Redis
8 20 (1.04%) Oracle Database
9 18 (0.94%) MySQL
10 17 (0.89%) Power BI
10 17 (0.89%) Relational Database
11 16 (0.84%) NoSQL
11 16 (0.84%) Scylla
12 12 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.26%) Bigtable
14 5 (0.26%) CouchDB
14 5 (0.26%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 36 (1.88%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.67%) JIRA
3 20 (1.04%) Git
4 17 (0.89%) GitLab
4 17 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
5 16 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.42%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.26%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.21%) Rational Team Concert
10 4 (0.21%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
12 2 (0.10%) JUnit
12 2 (0.10%) Selenium
12 2 (0.10%) Subversion
12 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.052%) IntelliJ
13 1 (0.052%) Spinnaker
General
1 498 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 369 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
2 369 (19.27%) Finance
3 288 (15.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 165 (8.62%) Legal
5 101 (5.27%) Law
6 92 (4.80%) Public Sector
7 74 (3.86%) Banking
8 73 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 61 (3.19%) Marketing
10 52 (2.72%) Military
11 46 (2.40%) Aerospace
12 41 (2.14%) Retail
13 37 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.62%) Games
15 26 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
16 25 (1.31%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.04%) Aviation
17 20 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
18 16 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 491 (25.64%) Senior
2 257 (13.42%) Analyst
3 212 (11.07%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (10.97%) Technical Specialist
5 145 (7.57%) Security Engineer
6 142 (7.42%) Architect
7 134 (7.00%) Consultant
8 130 (6.79%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 129 (6.74%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.63%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.63%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 126 (6.58%) Lead
12 99 (5.17%) Software Engineer
13 92 (4.80%) Security Analyst
14 84 (4.39%) IT Manager
15 82 (4.28%) Security Consultant
16 78 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
17 77 (4.02%) Security Manager
18 72 (3.76%) Security Architect
19 65 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.98%) CSS
1 38 (1.98%) HTML
2 30 (1.57%) REST
3 28 (1.46%) JSON
4 26 (1.36%) Kafka
5 22 (1.15%) jQuery
6 19 (0.99%) Node.js
7 16 (0.84%) .NET
7 16 (0.84%) GraphQL
8 13 (0.68%) AngularJS
8 13 (0.68%) Flask
9 11 (0.57%) Django
9 11 (0.57%) OAuth
10 10 (0.52%) ARM Templates
10 10 (0.52%) Azure Blueprints
10 10 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
10 10 (0.52%) OpenID
10 10 (0.52%) React
10 10 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 229 (11.96%) Management Information System
2 214 (11.17%) Social Media
3 168 (8.77%) Data Centre
4 88 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
5 74 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 70 (3.66%) Security Posture
7 65 (3.39%) Operational Technology
8 54 (2.82%) Public Cloud
9 53 (2.77%) Onboarding
10 52 (2.72%) IoT
11 47 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
12 43 (2.25%) Cyberattack
13 40 (2.09%) Private Cloud
14 36 (1.88%) Product Ownership
15 29 (1.51%) Client/Server
16 27 (1.41%) Driving Licence
17 26 (1.36%) Data Structures
18 19 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 19 (0.99%) Virtual Team
19 18 (0.94%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 364 (19.01%) Linux
2 316 (16.50%) Windows
3 216 (11.28%) Ubuntu
4 118 (6.16%) Windows Server
5 76 (3.97%) Windows 10
6 52 (2.72%) Embedded Linux
7 49 (2.56%) Unix
8 37 (1.93%) Apple iOS
9 34 (1.78%) Android
10 22 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
12 17 (0.89%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.84%) Mac OS X
13 16 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.63%) VMS
15 6 (0.31%) Debian
16 5 (0.26%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
18 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (18.28%) Information Security
2 299 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
3 257 (13.42%) Security Operations
4 253 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
5 234 (12.22%) IT Strategy
6 232 (12.11%) Incident Response
7 227 (11.85%) CRM
8 226 (11.80%) Technology Strategy
9 213 (11.12%) SIEM
10 204 (10.65%) Agile
11 202 (10.55%) Mentoring
12 187 (9.77%) Presales
13 184 (9.61%) Risk Management
14 166 (8.67%) ITIL
15 150 (7.83%) DevOps
16 146 (7.62%) Penetration Testing
16 146 (7.62%) Roadmaps
16 146 (7.62%) Software Licensing
17 138 (7.21%) Software Engineering
18 136 (7.10%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 326 (17.02%) Bash
2 236 (12.32%) Python
3 153 (7.99%) SQL
4 140 (7.31%) PowerShell
5 62 (3.24%) C
6 57 (2.98%) Java
7 54 (2.82%) Rust
8 50 (2.61%) Embedded C
9 41 (2.14%) JavaScript
10 25 (1.31%) Go
11 22 (1.15%) C#
12 17 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 16 (0.84%) Scala
14 15 (0.78%) Perl
15 14 (0.73%) C++
16 9 (0.47%) R
16 9 (0.47%) TypeScript
17 7 (0.37%) Ruby
18 5 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
19 4 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 330 (17.23%) Degree
2 276 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 189 (9.87%) CISSP
4 119 (6.21%) CISM
5 115 (6.01%) SC Cleared
6 103 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
7 75 (3.92%) CCNA
7 75 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 65 (3.39%) CCNP
9 60 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 54 (2.82%) CEH
11 46 (2.40%) DV Cleared
12 45 (2.35%) Azure Certification
12 45 (2.35%) GIAC
13 37 (1.93%) CRISC
14 33 (1.72%) SSCP
15 32 (1.67%) CREST Certified
16 31 (1.62%) AWS Certification
16 31 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
17 30 (1.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (12.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 185 (9.66%) NIST
3 145 (7.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 89 (4.65%) NCSC
5 86 (4.49%) GDPR
6 72 (3.76%) PCI DSS
7 51 (2.66%) GRC
8 42 (2.19%) SLA
9 41 (2.14%) QA
10 40 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 39 (2.04%) JSP 440
12 23 (1.20%) NIST 800
13 21 (1.10%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.99%) COBIT
15 18 (0.94%) Data Quality
15 18 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 14 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 12 (0.63%) ISO 9001
17 12 (0.63%) RMADS
18 11 (0.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 485 (25.33%) Active Directory
2 69 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.03%) Docker
4 50 (2.61%) Hyper-V
4 50 (2.61%) RACF
5 22 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (0.94%) vSphere
7 13 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 10 (0.52%) Firmware
10 9 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
10 9 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.26%) XenApp
12 4 (0.21%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.10%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.052%) Snort
Systems Management
1 315 (16.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (10.97%) Jamf Pro
3 73 (3.81%) Terraform
4 57 (2.98%) Kubernetes
5 48 (2.51%) Ansible
6 35 (1.83%) WSUS
7 27 (1.41%) Stealthwatch
8 24 (1.25%) Puppet
9 22 (1.15%) CASB
9 22 (1.15%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.10%) Nessus
11 18 (0.94%) Nmap
12 17 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (0.78%) QRadar
13 15 (0.78%) SCCM
14 10 (0.52%) Grafana
15 9 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 9 (0.47%) HAProxy
15 9 (0.47%) Nagios
15 9 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 773 (40.37%) Microsoft
2 267 (13.94%) CyberArk
3 210 (10.97%) Tanium
4 169 (8.83%) Apple
5 147 (7.68%) Adobe
6 130 (6.79%) Cisco
7 100 (5.22%) VMware
8 78 (4.07%) Dell
9 71 (3.71%) Google
10 70 (3.66%) Meraki
11 49 (2.56%) Splunk
12 48 (2.51%) HP
13 40 (2.09%) Qualys
14 38 (1.98%) Fortinet
15 35 (1.83%) Oracle
16 34 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
17 32 (1.67%) Samsung
18 29 (1.51%) ServiceNow
19 25 (1.31%) Intel
20 21 (1.10%) Darktrace