IT Security Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

IT Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Analyst salary in Work from Home is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 615 801
Rank change year-on-year +53 +186 -280
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 26 39 70
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.077% 0.097% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 26 27 66
10th Percentile £42,000 £34,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £39,750 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £76,250 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £67,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £44,293 £58,000
% change year-on-year +24.17% -23.63% +28.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,493 38,719 69,510
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 95.92% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 24,836 27,518 42,305
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Security Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Security Analyst over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

IT Security Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, IT Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (84.62%) Incident Response
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (80.77%) Azure
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
3 19 (73.08%) Security Operations
4 15 (57.69%) Windows
5 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
5 12 (46.15%) Cyberattack
5 12 (46.15%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 10 (38.46%) Management Information System
7 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
7 9 (34.62%) Offensive Security
7 9 (34.62%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (34.62%) Task Automation
8 7 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (26.92%) Firewall
8 7 (26.92%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (26.92%) Qualys
8 7 (26.92%) SIEM
9 6 (23.08%) Data Protection
9 6 (23.08%) PCI DSS
9 6 (23.08%) Wireshark
9 6 (23.08%) Problem Management
9 6 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
9 6 (23.08%) Patch Management
9 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 6 (23.08%) Ticket Management
9 6 (23.08%) Data Security

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
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 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (80.77%) Azure
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 6 (23.08%) Wireshark
3 3 (11.54%) LAN
3 3 (11.54%) WAN
3 3 (11.54%) Wireless
4 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Law
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Cyberattack
2 10 (38.46%) Management Information System
3 7 (26.92%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (57.69%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (84.62%) Incident Response
2 19 (73.08%) Security Operations
3 12 (46.15%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 9 (34.62%) Offensive Security
4 9 (34.62%) Task Automation
4 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (26.92%) SIEM
6 6 (23.08%) Data Protection
6 6 (23.08%) Data Security
6 6 (23.08%) Information Security
6 6 (23.08%) ITIL
6 6 (23.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 6 (23.08%) Patch Management
6 6 (23.08%) Problem Management
6 6 (23.08%) Project Planning
6 6 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
6 6 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 6 (23.08%) Ticket Management
6 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CISSP
1 4 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (11.54%) AWS Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
2 3 (11.54%) CISM
2 3 (11.54%) MCP
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (23.08%) GDPR
2 6 (23.08%) GRC
2 6 (23.08%) NCSC
2 6 (23.08%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (26.92%) Qualys