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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 440 530
Rank change year-on-year +49 +90 -140
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 203 221 359
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.56% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.58% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 188 173 297
10th Percentile £40,250 £38,200 £35,155
25th Percentile £46,813 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 33,036 38,142 71,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 95.90% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 25,238 27,095 42,472
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%

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 28 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 28 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.

1 119 (58.62%) Information Security
2 93 (45.81%) Cybersecurity
3 88 (43.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 87 (42.86%) Azure
4 87 (42.86%) SIEM
5 68 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (32.51%) Cloud Security
7 60 (29.56%) Incident Response
8 53 (26.11%) Security Operations
9 52 (25.62%) Cyberattack
10 50 (24.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 48 (23.65%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 46 (22.66%) Firewall
13 45 (22.17%) NIST
14 42 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
15 41 (20.20%) Vulnerability Management
16 40 (19.70%) Microsoft
16 40 (19.70%) CISSP
17 39 (19.21%) Cyber Essentials
18 35 (17.24%) GRC
18 35 (17.24%) Social Skills
19 33 (16.26%) Cyber Threat
19 33 (16.26%) Windows
20 32 (15.76%) Incident Management
21 30 (14.78%) Management Information System
21 30 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
22 29 (14.29%) AWS
23 28 (13.79%) CISM
24 27 (13.30%) Risk Management
24 27 (13.30%) SOAR

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 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 87 (42.86%) Azure
2 68 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (14.29%) AWS
4 4 (1.97%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.48%) GCP
5 3 (1.48%) SaaS
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 46 (22.66%) Firewall
2 25 (12.32%) DNS
3 24 (11.82%) DKIM
3 24 (11.82%) DMARC
3 24 (11.82%) Internet
4 9 (4.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (3.94%) Network Security
6 6 (2.96%) LAN
6 6 (2.96%) WAN
6 6 (2.96%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.48%) Broadband
7 3 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.48%) Wireless
8 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
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 35 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.84%) Finance
3 22 (10.84%) Law
4 9 (4.43%) Legal
5 8 (3.94%) Retail
6 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.48%) Banking
7 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.99%) Publishing
9 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 52 (25.62%) Cyberattack
2 33 (16.26%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (14.78%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 7 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.96%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (2.46%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.97%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.48%) IoT
10 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.49%) CCTV
11 1 (0.49%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.49%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.26%) Windows
2 11 (5.42%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.46%) Linux
4 4 (1.97%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (58.62%) Information Security
2 93 (45.81%) Cybersecurity
3 87 (42.86%) SIEM
4 66 (32.51%) Cloud Security
5 60 (29.56%) Incident Response
6 53 (26.11%) Security Operations
7 50 (24.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 48 (23.65%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 41 (20.20%) Vulnerability Management
10 32 (15.76%) Incident Management
11 30 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (13.30%) Risk Management
12 27 (13.30%) SOAR
13 23 (11.33%) Risk Assessment
14 22 (10.84%) Security Monitoring
15 19 (9.36%) ISMS
16 17 (8.37%) Data Protection
16 17 (8.37%) Threat Intelligence
17 16 (7.88%) Application Security
17 16 (7.88%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.93%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.46%) C#
2 5 (2.46%) Java
3 4 (1.97%) C++
3 4 (1.97%) Python
3 4 (1.97%) R
4 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (19.70%) CISSP
2 28 (13.79%) CISM
3 22 (10.84%) CISA
4 14 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 14 (6.90%) Degree
5 12 (5.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 7 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.96%) CCSK
8 5 (2.46%) CEH
8 5 (2.46%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.46%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.46%) SSCP
9 4 (1.97%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (1.97%) CRISC
9 4 (1.97%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.48%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.48%) GCIH
10 3 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (43.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (22.17%) NIST
3 39 (19.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 35 (17.24%) GRC
5 24 (11.82%) PCI DSS
6 21 (10.34%) GDPR
7 15 (7.39%) NCSC
8 11 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (4.43%) SOC 2
10 4 (1.97%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.48%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.99%) COBIT
12 2 (0.99%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.49%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 20 (9.85%) 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%) Nessus
5 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
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 5 (2.46%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.46%) Splunk
5 4 (1.97%) Intel
6 2 (0.99%) Darktrace
6 2 (0.99%) Facebook
6 2 (0.99%) IBM
6 2 (0.99%) Sun
7 1 (0.49%) Google
7 1 (0.49%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.49%) Meraki
7 1 (0.49%) Rapid7