Security Operations Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Operations (SecOps)
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 Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 357 402
Rank change year-on-year +41 +45 -77
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 316 351 556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 0.83% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.86% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 225 273 438
10th Percentile £41,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £79,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Operations 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 30,949 40,734 65,929
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.59% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,494 28,287 41,473
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,617
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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Security Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Operations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 Operations.

Security Operations salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Security Operations salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 22 (6.96%) SAS
2 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 107 (33.86%) Azure
2 74 (23.42%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.18%) SaaS
4 27 (8.54%) AWS
5 22 (6.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (3.48%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.85%) Azure AKS
11 8 (2.53%) GCP
12 4 (1.27%) IaaS
12 4 (1.27%) PaaS
13 2 (0.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudTrail
13 2 (0.63%) AWS Control Tower
13 2 (0.63%) OCI
13 2 (0.63%) Pendo
14 1 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 78 (24.68%) Firewall
2 45 (14.24%) Network Security
3 29 (9.18%) TCP/IP
4 20 (6.33%) Wireshark
5 19 (6.01%) Intrusion Detection
6 15 (4.75%) LAN
6 15 (4.75%) WAN
7 8 (2.53%) DNS
8 7 (2.22%) Internet
9 4 (1.27%) DHCP
10 3 (0.95%) Broadband
11 2 (0.63%) HTTP
11 2 (0.63%) SMTP
11 2 (0.63%) VPN
12 1 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.32%) OSPF
12 1 (0.32%) SSL
12 1 (0.32%) tcpdump
12 1 (0.32%) Wireless
12 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.58%) BigQuery
1 5 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.58%) Hadoop
1 5 (1.58%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Git
2 1 (0.32%) GitLab
2 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
General
1 88 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.15%) Finance
3 30 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.59%) Law
4 24 (7.59%) Legal
5 19 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (4.75%) Military
7 11 (3.48%) Retail
8 10 (3.16%) Banking
9 7 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.95%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.95%) Turkish Language
12 2 (0.63%) Back Office
12 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.63%) Marketing
12 2 (0.63%) Publishing
12 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 106 (33.54%) Analyst
2 73 (23.10%) Security Engineer
3 56 (17.72%) Security Analyst
4 46 (14.56%) Senior
5 34 (10.76%) SOC Analyst
6 31 (9.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 30 (9.49%) Lead
8 28 (8.86%) Consultant
9 26 (8.23%) Security Consultant
9 26 (8.23%) Security Manager
10 24 (7.59%) Developer
10 24 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
10 24 (7.59%) Senior Security Engineer
10 24 (7.59%) ServiceNow Developer
11 23 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 21 (6.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 21 (6.65%) IT Engineer
12 21 (6.65%) IT Security Engineer
13 20 (6.33%) IT Analyst
14 19 (6.01%) IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.96%) AngularJS
1 22 (6.96%) CSS
1 22 (6.96%) HTML
1 22 (6.96%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 22 (6.96%) Web Services
2 3 (0.95%) ADO
3 2 (0.63%) Kafka
3 2 (0.63%) Middleware
3 2 (0.63%) OAuth
3 2 (0.63%) OpenID
3 2 (0.63%) REST
3 2 (0.63%) SAML
3 2 (0.63%) SOAP
4 1 (0.32%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.32%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 67 (21.20%) Management Information System
2 63 (19.94%) Security Operations Centre
3 48 (15.19%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (10.76%) Cyberattack
5 28 (8.86%) Security Posture
6 27 (8.54%) CMDB
7 22 (6.96%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 11 (3.48%) Product Ownership
10 9 (2.85%) Algorithms
10 9 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.85%) Client/Server
10 9 (2.85%) Data Structures
11 7 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (2.22%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.90%) Cybercrime
12 6 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.90%) IoT
13 5 (1.58%) Blog
14 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 74 (23.42%) Windows
2 27 (8.54%) Linux
3 18 (5.70%) Unix
4 16 (5.06%) Mac OS X
5 13 (4.11%) Android
5 13 (4.11%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.22%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.63%) AIX
7 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (68.35%) Cybersecurity
2 153 (48.42%) Incident Response
3 136 (43.04%) SIEM
4 95 (30.06%) Information Security
5 81 (25.63%) Incident Management
6 58 (18.35%) Risk Management
7 57 (18.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 50 (15.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 50 (15.82%) Threat Intelligence
9 48 (15.19%) ITIL
10 47 (14.87%) DevOps
11 43 (13.61%) Actionable Insight
12 39 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (11.39%) Mentoring
13 36 (11.39%) Roadmaps
14 35 (11.08%) Security Management
15 34 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (10.44%) Agile
17 31 (9.81%) Cloud Security
17 31 (9.81%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (12.34%) PowerShell
2 23 (7.28%) Python
3 12 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (1.90%) Java
4 6 (1.90%) SQL
5 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.63%) Scala
6 1 (0.32%) Bash
6 1 (0.32%) C
6 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 72 (22.78%) CISSP
2 54 (17.09%) Degree
3 31 (9.81%) CISM
4 28 (8.86%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (7.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 24 (7.59%) CCSP
7 22 (6.96%) Security Cleared
8 21 (6.65%) CEH
9 20 (6.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 17 (5.38%) GCIA
11 16 (5.06%) GCIH
11 16 (5.06%) SANS
12 15 (4.75%) SC Cleared
12 15 (4.75%) SSCP
13 14 (4.43%) GREM
14 13 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (4.11%) GIAC
15 10 (3.16%) CISA
15 10 (3.16%) Numerate Degree
16 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (24.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (18.04%) NIST
3 33 (10.44%) PCI DSS
4 29 (9.18%) GRC
5 25 (7.91%) GDPR
6 23 (7.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (6.96%) JSP 440
8 18 (5.70%) NCSC
9 13 (4.11%) SOC 2
10 7 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.58%) Data Quality
11 5 (1.58%) QA
12 4 (1.27%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.95%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.63%) COBIT
14 2 (0.63%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.32%) GxP
15 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 33 (10.44%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.95%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.63%) Docker
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.32%) Snort
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (4.11%) Nmap
1 13 (4.11%) QRadar
2 11 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.16%) Terraform
4 8 (2.53%) CSIRT
5 6 (1.90%) CASB
6 5 (1.58%) logstash
6 5 (1.58%) Nessus
7 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.95%) SCCM
8 2 (0.63%) DatAdvantage
8 2 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.32%) Grafana
9 1 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.32%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 95 (30.06%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.39%) Qualys
3 35 (11.08%) Splunk
4 31 (9.81%) ServiceNow
5 19 (6.01%) CrowdStrike
6 14 (4.43%) Dell
6 14 (4.43%) Rapid7
7 13 (4.11%) Thycotic
8 12 (3.80%) IBM
9 9 (2.85%) Cisco
10 5 (1.58%) Google
10 5 (1.58%) LogRhythm
11 4 (1.27%) Darktrace
11 4 (1.27%) Sun
11 4 (1.27%) Varonis
12 3 (0.95%) Forcepoint
12 3 (0.95%) Symantec
12 3 (0.95%) Tripwire
12 3 (0.95%) VMware
13 2 (0.63%) Cadence