Security Posture Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 478 639
Rank change year-on-year +4 +161 -149
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 115 190 204
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.46% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 1.19% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 90 90 79
10th Percentile £37,375 £42,350 £42,250
25th Percentile £45,313 £53,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £79,688 £100,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £86,375 £108,133 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £66,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.85% -5.71% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,041 15,972 31,942
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.66% 38.51% 46.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,258 11,612 16,786
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £84,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 Posture.

Security Posture salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.87%) IIS
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (26.09%) Azure
2 20 (17.39%) AWS
3 17 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.22%) SaaS
5 4 (3.48%) GCP
5 4 (3.48%) PaaS
6 3 (2.61%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.61%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (2.61%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.74%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.74%) IaaS
7 2 (1.74%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.74%) Serverless
8 1 (0.87%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 27 (23.48%) Firewall
2 15 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (12.17%) Network Security
4 8 (6.96%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.09%) Wireless
6 6 (5.22%) LAN
7 5 (4.35%) DNS
7 5 (4.35%) WAN
8 4 (3.48%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.61%) DHCP
10 2 (1.74%) Internet
10 2 (1.74%) Wireless Security
11 1 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.87%) OSPF
11 1 (0.87%) SSL
11 1 (0.87%) VPN
11 1 (0.87%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.74%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.74%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 33 (28.70%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (20.00%) Legal
4 22 (19.13%) Finance
5 14 (12.17%) Law
6 12 (10.43%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.48%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.61%) Retail
10 2 (1.74%) Games
11 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.87%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (17.39%) Lead
2 14 (12.17%) Penetration Tester
2 14 (12.17%) Tester
3 13 (11.30%) Analyst
4 12 (10.43%) Senior
5 11 (9.57%) Architect
6 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.83%) IT Manager
6 9 (7.83%) Security Architect
7 8 (6.96%) IT Security Manager
7 8 (6.96%) Security Analyst
7 8 (6.96%) Security Manager
8 7 (6.09%) Network Engineer
9 6 (5.22%) Consultant
9 6 (5.22%) Information Analyst
9 6 (5.22%) Information Security Analyst
10 5 (4.35%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.48%) Graduate
11 4 (3.48%) Security Engineer
11 4 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) OAuth
2 2 (1.74%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.74%) Flask
2 2 (1.74%) JWT
2 2 (1.74%) OpenID
2 2 (1.74%) React
2 2 (1.74%) SAML
3 1 (0.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 33 (28.70%) Management Information System
2 15 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (7.83%) Cyber Security Posture
4 7 (6.09%) Public Cloud
4 7 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.48%) PMI
7 3 (2.61%) PKI
8 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.74%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.74%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.87%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.65%) Windows
2 7 (6.09%) Android
3 6 (5.22%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.61%) Linux
5 3 (2.61%) Unix
5 3 (2.61%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.74%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (65.22%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (53.91%) Information Security
3 30 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (23.48%) Security Operations
5 26 (22.61%) Security Architecture
6 25 (21.74%) Incident Response
6 25 (21.74%) Risk Management
7 22 (19.13%) Data Privacy
8 20 (17.39%) Business Continuity
9 19 (16.52%) Penetration Testing
9 19 (16.52%) SIEM
10 18 (15.65%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (13.91%) Cloud Security
11 16 (13.91%) Kalman Filter
11 16 (13.91%) Risk Assessment
12 12 (10.43%) Computer Science
12 12 (10.43%) Web Filtering
13 11 (9.57%) Internal Audit
13 11 (9.57%) ITIL
13 11 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.09%) Python
2 5 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.48%) C#
4 2 (1.74%) Bash
4 2 (1.74%) Go
4 2 (1.74%) Java
4 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.74%) Lua
4 2 (1.74%) Ruby
4 2 (1.74%) Rust
4 2 (1.74%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.87%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (39.13%) CISSP
2 28 (24.35%) Degree
3 21 (18.26%) CISM
4 15 (13.04%) GIAC
5 14 (12.17%) GSEC
5 14 (12.17%) SSCP
6 12 (10.43%) CISA
6 12 (10.43%) OSCP
7 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (7.83%) CRISC
8 5 (4.35%) CEH
8 5 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (4.35%) PMI Certification
9 4 (3.48%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (3.48%) Security Cleared
10 3 (2.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.61%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (37.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (21.74%) GRC
3 16 (13.91%) GDPR
4 15 (13.04%) NIST
5 11 (9.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (6.96%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (6.09%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.61%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.74%) COBIT
9 2 (1.74%) QA
10 1 (0.87%) GxP
10 1 (0.87%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (7.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.74%) Docker
3 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (3.48%) FortiGate
1 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.61%) WSUS
3 2 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.74%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.74%) Nmap
3 2 (1.74%) QRadar
3 2 (1.74%) SCCM
3 2 (1.74%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.87%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.87%) Terraform
4 1 (0.87%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.70%) VMware
3 7 (6.09%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.35%) Darktrace
5 4 (3.48%) Splunk
6 3 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.61%) Qualys
6 3 (2.61%) Veeam
7 2 (1.74%) arcserve
7 2 (1.74%) Cisco
7 2 (1.74%) Symantec
7 2 (1.74%) Varonis
8 1 (0.87%) Apple
8 1 (0.87%) Citrix
8 1 (0.87%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.87%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.87%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.87%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.87%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.87%) Tripwire