Senior Security Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Security Engineer salary in Work from Home is £63,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 594 729
Rank change year-on-year +91 +135 -186
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 82 65 105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 80 59 81
10th Percentile £56,219 £54,400 £56,250
25th Percentile £57,180 £59,732 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £68,515 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -8.65% +36.36%
75th Percentile £80,313 £100,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £88,500 - £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +25.00%

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 32,433 40,693 66,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,885 28,909 42,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,626 £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 £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Senior Security Engineer.

Senior Security Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Security Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Senior Security Engineer 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 62 (75.61%) Azure
2 54 (65.85%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (47.56%) Cloud Security
4 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
5 34 (41.46%) DevOps
6 31 (37.80%) Public Cloud
7 28 (34.15%) Python
8 26 (31.71%) Finance
8 26 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (29.27%) Security Operations
9 24 (29.27%) Active Directory
10 23 (28.05%) Agile
11 22 (26.83%) AWS
11 22 (26.83%) Terraform
12 21 (25.61%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (25.61%) Jenkins
12 21 (25.61%) Incident Response
12 21 (25.61%) Roadmaps
13 20 (24.39%) CI/CD
14 19 (23.17%) CyberArk
14 19 (23.17%) GCP
15 18 (21.95%) Secrets Management
15 18 (21.95%) Infrastructure as Code
15 18 (21.95%) Banking
16 17 (20.73%) Google
16 17 (20.73%) Use Case
16 17 (20.73%) PaaS
16 17 (20.73%) Product Ownership
16 17 (20.73%) Kubernetes
16 17 (20.73%) Docker

Senior Security Engineer 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.66%) AutoCAD
1 3 (3.66%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 62 (75.61%) Azure
2 26 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (26.83%) AWS
4 21 (25.61%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (23.17%) GCP
6 17 (20.73%) GitHub
6 17 (20.73%) PaaS
7 12 (14.63%) AWS KMS
7 12 (14.63%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (14.63%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (4.88%) SaaS
9 1 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.85%) Firewall
2 12 (14.63%) DNS
3 10 (12.20%) Network Security
4 6 (7.32%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.10%) WAN
6 4 (4.88%) LAN
6 4 (4.88%) Wireshark
7 2 (2.44%) Internet
7 2 (2.44%) VSAN
8 1 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.22%) VPN
8 1 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) InfluxDB
1 2 (2.44%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (25.61%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.44%) JMeter
2 2 (2.44%) Postman
2 2 (2.44%) SoapUI
General
1 26 (31.71%) Finance
2 18 (21.95%) Banking
3 14 (17.07%) Public Sector
4 9 (10.98%) Social Skills
5 8 (9.76%) Law
6 7 (8.54%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Retail
7 2 (2.44%) Welsh Language
8 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) OAuth
2 2 (2.44%) JWT
2 2 (2.44%) OAuth2
2 2 (2.44%) SOAP
2 2 (2.44%) XML
3 1 (1.22%) CSS
3 1 (1.22%) Django
3 1 (1.22%) Flask
3 1 (1.22%) HTML
3 1 (1.22%) Jinja
3 1 (1.22%) Pyramid
Miscellaneous
1 31 (37.80%) Public Cloud
2 17 (20.73%) Product Ownership
3 15 (18.29%) PKI
4 12 (14.63%) Cyberattack
4 12 (14.63%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (14.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (12.20%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (8.54%) Management Information System
7 6 (7.32%) Cybercrime
8 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
8 4 (4.88%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
10 1 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.51%) Windows
2 6 (7.32%) Unix
3 4 (4.88%) Android
3 4 (4.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (65.85%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (47.56%) Cloud Security
3 34 (41.46%) DevOps
4 24 (29.27%) Security Operations
5 23 (28.05%) Agile
6 21 (25.61%) Incident Response
6 21 (25.61%) Roadmaps
7 20 (24.39%) CI/CD
8 18 (21.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (21.95%) Secrets Management
9 17 (20.73%) Use Case
10 16 (19.51%) Key Management
11 15 (18.29%) Information Security
12 14 (17.07%) Coaching
12 14 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (17.07%) Mentoring
12 14 (17.07%) SIEM
13 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (14.63%) Privileged Identity Management
14 12 (14.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 28 (34.15%) Python
2 10 (12.20%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.10%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (3.66%) C#
4 3 (3.66%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.44%) Go
5 2 (2.44%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) Lua
5 2 (2.44%) Ruby
5 2 (2.44%) Rust
5 2 (2.44%) SQL
6 1 (1.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) CISSP
2 12 (14.63%) CEH
3 6 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (7.32%) SANS
4 5 (6.10%) Degree
5 4 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (4.88%) CCSP
5 4 (4.88%) SSCP
6 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.66%) RIBA
7 2 (2.44%) CCNA
7 2 (2.44%) CCNP
7 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.44%) GCIA
7 2 (2.44%) GIAC
7 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 6 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.88%) NIST
3 4 (4.88%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 24 (29.27%) Active Directory
2 17 (20.73%) Docker
3 4 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (26.83%) Terraform
2 17 (20.73%) Kubernetes
3 15 (18.29%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (14.63%) CA Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (4.88%) Nmap
6 2 (2.44%) CASB
6 2 (2.44%) Grafana
Vendors
1 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (23.17%) CyberArk
3 17 (20.73%) Google
4 12 (14.63%) CA
4 12 (14.63%) ServiceNow
5 6 (7.32%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (4.88%) Qualys
6 4 (4.88%) Rapid7
6 4 (4.88%) Splunk
6 4 (4.88%) Thycotic
7 2 (2.44%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.44%) Cisco
7 2 (2.44%) HP
7 2 (2.44%) Oracle
7 2 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.44%) VMware
8 1 (1.22%) Fortinet