Security Officer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Officer salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 615 734
Rank change year-on-year +48 +119 -208
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 22 46 108
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17 25 87
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £43,250
25th Percentile - £42,798 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £111,250 £64,375
90th Percentile £69,250 £118,000 £78,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% -2.08% +14.29%

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 32,404 39,812 66,667
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,887 28,282 41,688
10th Percentile £33,127 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £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 Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Officer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Officer
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 Officer.

Security Officer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Officer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Officer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Security Officer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Security Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 20 (90.91%) Information Security
2 17 (77.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (77.27%) CISM
3 13 (59.09%) CISA
3 13 (59.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (54.55%) CISSP
5 10 (45.45%) Data Protection
6 9 (40.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (31.82%) GDPR
7 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (27.27%) Data Governance
8 6 (27.27%) ModSecurity
8 6 (27.27%) NCSC
8 6 (27.27%) NIST
8 6 (27.27%) Cisco IPT
8 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
8 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
8 6 (27.27%) Military
9 5 (22.73%) GRC
10 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
10 4 (18.18%) Risk Register
10 4 (18.18%) Incident Response
10 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
11 3 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (13.64%) CEH
11 3 (13.64%) Internal Audit
11 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (9.09%) WhatsApp
12 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
12 2 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+

Security Officer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) WhatsApp
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Big Data
General
1 6 (27.27%) Military
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Law
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) ModSecurity
2 2 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Information Security
2 10 (45.45%) Data Protection
3 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (27.27%) Data Governance
5 4 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (18.18%) Risk Register
6 3 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (13.64%) Internal Audit
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Business Continuity
7 2 (9.09%) Contingency Planning
7 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
7 2 (9.09%) IT Audit
7 2 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
7 2 (9.09%) Service Management
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) CISM
2 13 (59.09%) CISA
3 12 (54.55%) CISSP
4 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) CEH
6 2 (9.09%) CASP
6 2 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (9.09%) Degree
7 1 (4.55%) CRISC
7 1 (4.55%) GIAC
7 1 (4.55%) OSCP
7 1 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (77.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (59.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (40.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (31.82%) GDPR
5 6 (27.27%) NCSC
5 6 (27.27%) NIST
6 5 (22.73%) GRC
7 2 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
7 2 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune