Cloud Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cloud Security
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 Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 166 295
Rank change year-on-year -132 +129 -66
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 343 899 865
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 2.17% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 2.26% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 306 632 519
10th Percentile £40,250 £42,874 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,219 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,675 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.10% +7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £80,938 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £109,865 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Security 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 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cloud Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cloud Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Cloud Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
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 13 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.87%) Confluence
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 2 (0.58%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 226 (65.89%) Azure
2 96 (27.99%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (25.66%) AWS
4 50 (14.58%) GCP
5 46 (13.41%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (12.24%) PaaS
7 36 (10.50%) Entra ID
8 27 (7.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (7.87%) SaaS
9 24 (7.00%) IaaS
10 23 (6.71%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (6.71%) GitHub
11 18 (5.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (4.08%) Serverless
13 10 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.04%) Azure Functions
14 7 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 82 (23.91%) Firewall
2 56 (16.33%) Network Security
3 37 (10.79%) Internet
4 36 (10.50%) WAN
5 35 (10.20%) LAN
6 30 (8.75%) DNS
7 26 (7.58%) Wireless
8 24 (7.00%) DKIM
8 24 (7.00%) DMARC
9 17 (4.96%) TCP/IP
10 15 (4.37%) SD-WAN
10 15 (4.37%) WLAN
11 13 (3.79%) Wireshark
12 12 (3.50%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (2.92%) VPN
14 9 (2.62%) BGP
15 8 (2.33%) Broadband
16 7 (2.04%) NGFW
17 4 (1.17%) MPLS
17 4 (1.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.29%) Big Data
4 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (10.20%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.50%) Git
3 5 (1.46%) Maven
3 5 (1.46%) Selenium
3 5 (1.46%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.87%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.87%) JIRA
4 3 (0.87%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.58%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) Gatling
6 1 (0.29%) JUnit
6 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 90 (26.24%) Finance
3 37 (10.79%) Banking
4 23 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.12%) Law
6 20 (5.83%) Retail
7 12 (3.50%) Marketing
8 11 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.62%) Legal
9 9 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.33%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.58%) French Language
13 2 (0.58%) German Language
13 2 (0.58%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (20.41%) Security Engineer
2 69 (20.12%) Analyst
3 68 (19.83%) Security Analyst
4 67 (19.53%) Senior
5 44 (12.83%) Cloud Engineer
6 42 (12.24%) Lead
7 40 (11.66%) Architect
7 40 (11.66%) Information Analyst
7 40 (11.66%) Information Security Analyst
8 39 (11.37%) Senior Security Engineer
9 29 (8.45%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 29 (8.45%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 27 (7.87%) Security Architect
11 24 (7.00%) Consultant
12 21 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 20 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (5.25%) Network Engineer
15 15 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (4.37%) Security Consultant
15 15 (4.37%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.75%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.17%) .NET
2 4 (1.17%) AWS CDK
2 4 (1.17%) Kafka
3 3 (0.87%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.87%) CSS
4 2 (0.58%) JWT
4 2 (0.58%) Lambda Expressions
4 2 (0.58%) OAuth
4 2 (0.58%) REST
4 2 (0.58%) YAML
5 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.29%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.29%) HTML
5 1 (0.29%) Node.js
5 1 (0.29%) React
5 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.79%) Public Cloud
2 34 (9.91%) Cloud Native
3 28 (8.16%) Cyberattack
4 26 (7.58%) Management Information System
5 24 (7.00%) Data Centre
6 19 (5.54%) Private Cloud
7 18 (5.25%) Product Ownership
8 17 (4.96%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (4.66%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.92%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (2.33%) Driving Licence
13 7 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (2.04%) IoT
14 6 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.75%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 5 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.46%) Virtual Team
16 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (16.33%) Windows
2 24 (7.00%) Linux
3 21 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.79%) Android
4 13 (3.79%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.92%) Unix
6 5 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.17%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.87%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.29%) VMS
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (41.11%) Cybersecurity
2 117 (34.11%) Information Security
3 91 (26.53%) DevOps
4 77 (22.45%) Agile
5 69 (20.12%) SIEM
6 57 (16.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (14.29%) CI/CD
8 45 (13.12%) Roadmaps
9 40 (11.66%) Security Architecture
10 37 (10.79%) Identity Access Management
11 36 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 35 (10.20%) Vulnerability Management
13 34 (9.91%) Incident Response
14 31 (9.04%) Mentoring
14 31 (9.04%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 30 (8.75%) Security Operations
16 29 (8.45%) Zero Trust
17 28 (8.16%) Presales
18 26 (7.58%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 67 (19.53%) Python
2 31 (9.04%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.96%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.08%) Java
5 12 (3.50%) Bash
6 10 (2.92%) Go
7 7 (2.04%) C#
7 7 (2.04%) SQL
8 4 (1.17%) Bicep
8 4 (1.17%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.87%) AWK
9 3 (0.87%) C++
9 3 (0.87%) Scala
9 3 (0.87%) sed
10 2 (0.58%) Lua
10 2 (0.58%) Ruby
10 2 (0.58%) Rust
11 1 (0.29%) Groovy
11 1 (0.29%) Julia
11 1 (0.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 75 (21.87%) CISSP
2 34 (9.91%) CEH
3 29 (8.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 29 (8.45%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (7.87%) CISM
5 26 (7.58%) CCSP
6 25 (7.29%) Degree
7 22 (6.41%) Azure Certification
8 18 (5.25%) SC Cleared
8 18 (5.25%) Security Cleared
9 15 (4.37%) AWS Certification
9 15 (4.37%) OSCP
10 14 (4.08%) SANS
11 13 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (3.79%) SSCP
12 11 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (2.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.62%) CREST Certified
15 6 (1.75%) CHECK Team Leader
15 6 (1.75%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (19.53%) NIST
2 64 (18.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (12.54%) PCI DSS
4 15 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.50%) GRC
5 12 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 11 (3.21%) GDPR
7 6 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.17%) COBIT
8 4 (1.17%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.87%) NCSC
9 3 (0.87%) QA
9 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (11.08%) Docker
2 32 (9.33%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) vCloud
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (15.16%) Terraform
2 44 (12.83%) Kubernetes
3 27 (7.87%) CASB
4 22 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.54%) Ansible
6 16 (4.66%) Nmap
7 9 (2.62%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.04%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.04%) Puppet
8 7 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.46%) Argo
10 4 (1.17%) Nagios
11 3 (0.87%) Istio
11 3 (0.87%) Nessus
11 3 (0.87%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.87%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.87%) WSUS
12 2 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.62%) Google
3 26 (7.58%) Cisco
4 19 (5.54%) Splunk
5 18 (5.25%) Palo Alto
6 16 (4.66%) Qualys
6 16 (4.66%) Rapid7
7 13 (3.79%) Thycotic
8 12 (3.50%) Fortinet
9 10 (2.92%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.62%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.62%) Juniper
11 8 (2.33%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.33%) Draytek
12 7 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (1.75%) Blue Coat
13 6 (1.75%) Netskope
13 6 (1.75%) Symantec
13 6 (1.75%) VMware
14 4 (1.17%) Intel