Security Monitoring Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Monitoring
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 Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 604 648
Rank change year-on-year +92 +44 -140
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 65 59 193
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 57 40 141
10th Percentile £32,050 £38,913 £34,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +7.76% -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Monitoring 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 30,887 39,758 66,711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.37% 96.08% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,659 41,086
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Monitoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Monitoring trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Monitoring.

Security Monitoring salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Monitoring salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 9 (13.85%) IIS
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (12.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (18.46%) Azure
3 11 (16.92%) AWS
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.15%) Firewall
2 14 (21.54%) Network Security
3 6 (9.23%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (6.15%) LAN
5 4 (6.15%) VPN
6 1 (1.54%) Internet
6 1 (1.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Bitbucket
1 3 (4.62%) Git
1 3 (4.62%) Subversion
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 28 (43.08%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (43.08%) Finance
3 7 (10.77%) Legal
4 6 (9.23%) Aerospace
4 6 (9.23%) Law
4 6 (9.23%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (6.15%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.15%) Retail
6 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (61.54%) Analyst
2 23 (35.38%) Security Analyst
3 11 (16.92%) SOC Analyst
4 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 10 (15.38%) Information Analyst
4 10 (15.38%) Information Security Analyst
4 10 (15.38%) Senior
5 7 (10.77%) IT Analyst
5 7 (10.77%) SIEM Analyst
6 6 (9.23%) Principal Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Help Desk Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Security Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Security Monitoring Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.62%) Management Information System
2 11 (16.92%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (9.23%) Client/Server
3 6 (9.23%) IoT
3 6 (9.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
5 4 (6.15%) PMI
6 3 (4.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (3.08%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.54%) CCTV
8 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.77%) Windows
2 9 (13.85%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.23%) Linux
4 4 (6.15%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (66.15%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (44.62%) SIEM
3 27 (41.54%) Incident Response
4 26 (40.00%) Information Security
5 22 (33.85%) Security Operations
6 17 (26.15%) Incident Management
6 17 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (23.08%) Cloud Security
8 12 (18.46%) Security Management
8 12 (18.46%) Time Management
9 11 (16.92%) Security Architecture
10 10 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
11 9 (13.85%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 9 (13.85%) Internal Audit
11 9 (13.85%) Risk Management
11 9 (13.85%) Threat Detection
12 8 (12.31%) Identity Access Management
12 8 (12.31%) Risk Assessment
13 6 (9.23%) Information Management
13 6 (9.23%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) C++
2 3 (4.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (24.62%) CISSP
2 8 (12.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 8 (12.31%) CCSP
2 8 (12.31%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (10.77%) CompTIA Security+
3 7 (10.77%) Security Cleared
4 6 (9.23%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.69%) CISM
6 4 (6.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (6.15%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (6.15%) CRISC
6 4 (6.15%) GIAC
6 4 (6.15%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (6.15%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CISA
7 1 (1.54%) Degree
7 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (23.08%) NIST
3 5 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 4 (6.15%) SOC 2
5 3 (4.62%) ISO 9001
5 3 (4.62%) SLA
6 1 (1.54%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.31%) Hyper-V
3 7 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (9.23%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (9.23%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (4.62%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (16.92%) QRadar
2 6 (9.23%) SCOM
2 6 (9.23%) WSUS
3 1 (1.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.54%) Nessus
3 1 (1.54%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (33.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.46%) Splunk
3 11 (16.92%) IBM
4 9 (13.85%) VMware
5 4 (6.15%) Cisco
6 3 (4.62%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.62%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.54%) Citrix