Cyber Threat Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cyber Threats
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 440 464 577
Rank change year-on-year +24 +113 -83
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 145 215 276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.43% 0.51% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 1.31% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 123 141 176
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £39,510
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,526 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -14.96% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,550 £100,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £78,750 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,023 16,373 31,446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.53% 38.51% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 9,244 11,839 16,899
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Threat
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Threat trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Threat salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Cyber Threat salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.69%) IIS
3 1 (0.69%) nginx
3 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 40 (27.59%) Azure
2 34 (23.45%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (13.10%) AWS
4 8 (5.52%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.83%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.38%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.38%) Google Docs
6 2 (1.38%) Serverless
7 1 (0.69%) GCP
7 1 (0.69%) IaaS
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.69%) PaaS
7 1 (0.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (28.97%) Firewall
2 20 (13.79%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (8.28%) Network Security
4 11 (7.59%) TCP/IP
5 8 (5.52%) LAN
6 7 (4.83%) DNS
7 6 (4.14%) Internet
7 6 (4.14%) Wireshark
8 4 (2.76%) OSPF
8 4 (2.76%) VPN
8 4 (2.76%) WAN
9 3 (2.07%) BGP
9 3 (2.07%) Broadband
9 3 (2.07%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (2.07%) DHCP
9 3 (2.07%) EIGRP
9 3 (2.07%) MPLS
9 3 (2.07%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Bitbucket
1 2 (1.38%) GitLab
1 2 (1.38%) JIRA
General
1 47 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 46 (31.72%) Finance
3 36 (24.83%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.48%) Banking
5 16 (11.03%) Legal
6 11 (7.59%) Law
7 8 (5.52%) Financial Institution
8 6 (4.14%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.07%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.07%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.69%) Marketing
12 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (37.24%) Analyst
2 35 (24.14%) Security Analyst
3 20 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 14 (9.66%) Lead
4 14 (9.66%) Security Manager
5 13 (8.97%) Information Analyst
5 13 (8.97%) Information Security Analyst
5 13 (8.97%) Senior
6 12 (8.28%) IT Manager
6 12 (8.28%) IT Security Manager
7 10 (6.90%) Data Manager
7 10 (6.90%) Security Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Architect
9 8 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 8 (5.52%) Resilience Manager
9 8 (5.52%) Technical Leader
10 7 (4.83%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.83%) IT Security Analyst
10 7 (4.83%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (4.14%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (15.17%) Middleware
2 8 (5.52%) Kafka
3 2 (1.38%) .NET
3 2 (1.38%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.38%) Flask
3 2 (1.38%) React
3 2 (1.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.38%) Management Information System
2 24 (16.55%) Cyberattack
3 15 (10.34%) Security Posture
4 13 (8.97%) Operational Technology
5 8 (5.52%) Client/Server
5 8 (5.52%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (5.52%) Data Fabric
5 8 (5.52%) Replication
6 7 (4.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (3.45%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.07%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.38%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 36 (24.83%) Windows
2 15 (10.34%) Linux
3 11 (7.59%) Unix
4 8 (5.52%) CentOS
4 8 (5.52%) Solaris
4 8 (5.52%) Ubuntu
4 8 (5.52%) zOS
5 4 (2.76%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (65.52%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (48.28%) Incident Response
3 48 (33.10%) Security Operations
4 35 (24.14%) SIEM
5 32 (22.07%) Information Security
6 31 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (20.69%) Risk Management
8 27 (18.62%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 27 (18.62%) Threat Intelligence
9 23 (15.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 21 (14.48%) Cyber Intelligence
11 19 (13.10%) Data Protection
12 17 (11.72%) Data Security
12 17 (11.72%) Line Management
13 16 (11.03%) Data Encryption
13 16 (11.03%) Decision-Making
13 16 (11.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 15 (10.34%) Mentoring
14 15 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
15 14 (9.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.59%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.83%) Python
3 3 (2.07%) Bash
3 3 (2.07%) SQL
4 2 (1.38%) C#
4 2 (1.38%) Go
4 2 (1.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (22.76%) CISSP
2 31 (21.38%) Degree
3 23 (15.86%) Security Cleared
4 17 (11.72%) CISM
5 13 (8.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (7.59%) SC Cleared
7 10 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 10 (6.90%) CCSP
7 10 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (5.52%) CISA
9 7 (4.83%) CRISC
9 7 (4.83%) GIAC
10 6 (4.14%) Master's Degree
11 5 (3.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (3.45%) CREST Certified
11 5 (3.45%) DV Cleared
11 5 (3.45%) MBCS
11 5 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (22.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (19.31%) GRC
3 25 (17.24%) NIST
4 15 (10.34%) PCI DSS
5 14 (9.66%) NCSC
6 11 (7.59%) GDPR
7 7 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (3.45%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.76%) Data Quality
10 3 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (2.07%) ISO 31000
10 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (2.07%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.69%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 13 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (4.14%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.69%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.34%) Qualys
3 9 (6.21%) Cisco
4 8 (5.52%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (5.52%) IBM
4 8 (5.52%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.83%) Fortinet
6 6 (4.14%) Sage
6 6 (4.14%) Workday
7 3 (2.07%) Darktrace
7 3 (2.07%) Juniper
7 3 (2.07%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.07%) Rapid7
7 3 (2.07%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.38%) Google
8 2 (1.38%) Oracle
8 2 (1.38%) VMware
9 1 (0.69%) Citrix
9 1 (0.69%) Splunk
9 1 (0.69%) Tripwire