Threat Detection Jobs with Work from Home Options

Threat Detection
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 Threat Detection skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Detection over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 591 702
Rank change year-on-year +39 +111 -155
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 37 70 140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 24 50 116
10th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £48,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,823 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.45% -1.68% +21.74%
75th Percentile £67,125 £73,324 £82,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £77,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £68,823 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.08% +19.69% -8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Threat Detection 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 30,857 39,858 66,375
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.38% 96.10% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,686 41,025
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Threat Detection
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Threat Detection trend for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Detection
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Threat Detection.

Threat Detection salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Threat Detection salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Detection
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 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (32.43%) SaaS
2 7 (18.92%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) AWS
3 4 (10.81%) IaaS
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.81%) PaaS
4 2 (5.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (5.41%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (5.41%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
2 7 (18.92%) Network Security
3 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
4 4 (10.81%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (5.41%) DHCP
5 2 (5.41%) DNS
5 2 (5.41%) Internet
5 2 (5.41%) SSL
6 1 (2.70%) HTTPS
6 1 (2.70%) IMAP
6 1 (2.70%) LAN
6 1 (2.70%) NAS
6 1 (2.70%) SAN
6 1 (2.70%) SMTP
6 1 (2.70%) SSH
6 1 (2.70%) VLAN
6 1 (2.70%) VoIP
6 1 (2.70%) VPN
6 1 (2.70%) WAN
6 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Legal
5 4 (10.81%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Senior
2 9 (24.32%) Principal Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Principal Software Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Senior Software Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Senior Windows Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Software Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Windows Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Analyst
4 7 (18.92%) SOC Analyst
5 6 (16.22%) Operations Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) Security Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 4 (10.81%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 4 (10.81%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 3 (8.11%) IT Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) IT Security Specialist
8 2 (5.41%) Security Operations Specialist
8 2 (5.41%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) OAuth
1 2 (5.41%) OpenID
1 2 (5.41%) SAML
2 1 (2.70%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.70%) LDAP
2 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Cloud Native
1 9 (24.32%) Virtual Team
2 7 (18.92%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (18.92%) Management Information System
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (13.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (10.81%) Security Posture
6 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (5.41%) Cyberattack
7 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Windows
2 10 (27.03%) Mac OS
3 9 (24.32%) Linux
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (59.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 22 (59.46%) SIEM
2 22 (59.46%) Threat Intelligence
3 20 (54.05%) Security Operations
4 19 (51.35%) Incident Response
5 13 (35.14%) Analytics
5 13 (35.14%) Kalman Filter
6 11 (29.73%) Reverse Engineering
7 9 (24.32%) Agile
7 9 (24.32%) Component Testing
7 9 (24.32%) Computer Security
7 9 (24.32%) ITIL
7 9 (24.32%) Multithreading
7 9 (24.32%) Performance Optimisation
7 9 (24.32%) Security Monitoring
7 9 (24.32%) Software Engineering
7 9 (24.32%) TDD
7 9 (24.32%) Test Automation
7 9 (24.32%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.70%) Bicep
2 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) CISSP
2 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (10.81%) CCSP
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (10.81%) CRISC
3 4 (10.81%) GIAC
4 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.41%) Degree
5 2 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (35.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (27.03%) NIST
3 6 (16.22%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.41%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.70%) GDPR
5 1 (2.70%) GxP
5 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.70%) NFS
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (16.22%) QRadar
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.70%) DatAdvantage
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
3 1 (2.70%) Stealthwatch
3 1 (2.70%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (2.70%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Dell
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) IBM
2 5 (13.51%) Splunk
3 4 (10.81%) LogRhythm
4 3 (8.11%) Qualys
4 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (8.11%) Varonis
4 3 (8.11%) VMware
5 2 (5.41%) Forcepoint
5 2 (5.41%) McAfee
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco
6 1 (2.70%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.70%) Symantec
6 1 (2.70%) Tripwire