Security Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 449 523
Rank change year-on-year +65 +74 -134
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 203 228 342
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.60% 0.55% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.57% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 189 176 290
10th Percentile £39,950 £37,468 £35,140
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.66% +11.58%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,250 £70,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +9.38%

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 32,440 39,720 66,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,895 28,262 41,717
10th Percentile £33,005 £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%

Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Security Analyst.

Security Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Security Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 115 (56.65%) Information Security
2 99 (48.77%) Cybersecurity
3 91 (44.83%) SIEM
4 89 (43.84%) Azure
5 87 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 68 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
7 67 (33.00%) Cloud Security
8 61 (30.05%) Incident Response
9 56 (27.59%) Security Operations
10 52 (25.62%) Cyberattack
11 49 (24.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 49 (24.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 47 (23.15%) Firewall
13 46 (22.66%) NIST
14 42 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
14 42 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
15 40 (19.70%) Microsoft
15 40 (19.70%) CISSP
16 39 (19.21%) Cyber Essentials
17 37 (18.23%) Social Skills
18 35 (17.24%) Cyber Threat
19 34 (16.75%) Windows
20 33 (16.26%) GRC
21 31 (15.27%) AWS
21 31 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
22 30 (14.78%) Management Information System
23 29 (14.29%) Incident Management
24 28 (13.79%) SOAR
25 27 (13.30%) Risk Management
26 26 (12.81%) CISM

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 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 89 (43.84%) Azure
2 68 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (15.27%) AWS
4 4 (1.97%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.97%) SaaS
5 2 (0.99%) GCP
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.49%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.49%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.49%) IaaS
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (23.15%) Firewall
2 26 (12.81%) DNS
3 24 (11.82%) DKIM
3 24 (11.82%) DMARC
3 24 (11.82%) Internet
4 9 (4.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (4.43%) Network Security
5 7 (3.45%) LAN
5 7 (3.45%) WAN
6 6 (2.96%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.48%) Broadband
7 3 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.48%) Wireless
8 2 (0.99%) VLAN
9 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 8 (3.94%) Burp Suite
1 8 (3.94%) Metasploit
General
1 42 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (18.23%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.33%) Finance
4 22 (10.84%) Law
5 9 (4.43%) Legal
6 8 (3.94%) Retail
7 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.48%) Banking
8 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.99%) Publishing
10 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 52 (25.62%) Cyberattack
2 35 (17.24%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (14.78%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 8 (3.94%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.96%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.96%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (2.46%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.97%) IoT
9 3 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.99%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.49%) CCTV
11 1 (0.49%) PKI
11 1 (0.49%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (16.75%) Windows
2 11 (5.42%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.96%) Linux
4 4 (1.97%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (56.65%) Information Security
2 99 (48.77%) Cybersecurity
3 91 (44.83%) SIEM
4 67 (33.00%) Cloud Security
5 61 (30.05%) Incident Response
6 56 (27.59%) Security Operations
7 49 (24.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 49 (24.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 42 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
9 31 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (14.29%) Incident Management
11 28 (13.79%) SOAR
12 27 (13.30%) Risk Management
13 23 (11.33%) Security Monitoring
14 22 (10.84%) Risk Assessment
15 18 (8.87%) ISMS
16 17 (8.37%) Data Protection
16 17 (8.37%) Security Management
16 17 (8.37%) Threat Intelligence
17 16 (7.88%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.93%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.97%) C++
2 4 (1.97%) Python
2 4 (1.97%) R
3 2 (0.99%) C#
3 2 (0.99%) Java
4 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (19.70%) CISSP
2 26 (12.81%) CISM
3 20 (9.85%) CISA
4 16 (7.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (6.90%) Degree
6 10 (4.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 7 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.96%) CCSK
8 6 (2.96%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (2.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (2.46%) CCSP
9 5 (2.46%) CEH
9 5 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.46%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.46%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.46%) SSCP
10 4 (1.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.97%) CRISC
10 4 (1.97%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (22.66%) NIST
3 39 (19.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 33 (16.26%) GRC
5 24 (11.82%) PCI DSS
6 22 (10.84%) GDPR
7 15 (7.39%) NCSC
8 11 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (5.42%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.97%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.48%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.99%) COBIT
11 2 (0.99%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.49%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 21 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (11.82%) CASB
2 8 (3.94%) Nmap
3 6 (2.96%) CSIRT
4 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.46%) Nessus
5 4 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.99%) QRadar
Vendors
1 40 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.43%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (3.94%) Qualys
4 7 (3.45%) Splunk
5 5 (2.46%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.97%) Intel
7 2 (0.99%) Darktrace
7 2 (0.99%) Facebook
7 2 (0.99%) IBM
7 2 (0.99%) Sun
8 1 (0.49%) Google
8 1 (0.49%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.49%) Meraki
8 1 (0.49%) Rapid7