Cloud Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cloud Security
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 Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 167 290
Rank change year-on-year -121 +123 -62
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 356 939 868
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.06% 2.18% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 2.26% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 311 672 557
10th Percentile £40,250 £41,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,219 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £109,865 £105,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £71,750
% change year-on-year -10.34% +1.05% +2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Security 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 30,928 41,467 64,681
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.65% 96.10% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 23,495 28,748 41,173
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
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 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cloud Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cloud Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Cloud Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
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 13 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.53%) Apache
4 8 (2.25%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.28%) Drupal
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 231 (64.89%) Azure
2 98 (27.53%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (26.40%) AWS
4 59 (16.57%) GCP
5 43 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (12.08%) PaaS
6 37 (10.39%) Entra ID
7 32 (8.99%) GitHub
8 29 (8.15%) SaaS
9 28 (7.87%) Microsoft Purview
10 25 (7.02%) IaaS
11 22 (6.18%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (5.90%) Azure Sentinel
13 15 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (3.93%) Serverless
15 10 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (2.81%) Power Platform
16 8 (2.25%) Vertex AI
17 7 (1.97%) Amazon S3
18 6 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 85 (23.88%) Firewall
2 55 (15.45%) Network Security
3 37 (10.39%) Internet
4 36 (10.11%) WAN
5 35 (9.83%) LAN
6 31 (8.71%) DNS
7 26 (7.30%) Wireless
8 24 (6.74%) DKIM
8 24 (6.74%) DMARC
9 18 (5.06%) TCP/IP
10 15 (4.21%) SD-WAN
10 15 (4.21%) WLAN
11 13 (3.65%) Wireshark
12 12 (3.37%) Software-Defined Networking
13 10 (2.81%) VPN
14 9 (2.53%) BGP
15 8 (2.25%) Broadband
16 7 (1.97%) NGFW
17 5 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
18 4 (1.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.53%) Big Data
2 9 (2.53%) Power BI
3 8 (2.25%) BigQuery
3 8 (2.25%) Bigtable
3 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
3 8 (2.25%) Looker
3 8 (2.25%) MySQL
3 8 (2.25%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.25%) Tableau
4 6 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.12%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 43 (12.08%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.09%) Git
3 5 (1.40%) Maven
3 5 (1.40%) Selenium
3 5 (1.40%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.84%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.84%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.56%) GitLab
5 2 (0.56%) JIRA
6 1 (0.28%) Gatling
6 1 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (27.53%) Finance
2 91 (25.56%) Social Skills
3 46 (12.92%) Banking
4 28 (7.87%) Retail
5 27 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.46%) Law
7 12 (3.37%) Marketing
8 11 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.81%) Legal
10 9 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.25%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.25%) Tech for Good
12 7 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.56%) French Language
14 2 (0.56%) German Language
14 2 (0.56%) Italian Language
14 2 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (19.94%) Security Engineer
2 68 (19.10%) Analyst
3 67 (18.82%) Security Analyst
3 67 (18.82%) Senior
4 46 (12.92%) Lead
5 45 (12.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 42 (11.80%) Architect
7 39 (10.96%) Information Analyst
7 39 (10.96%) Information Security Analyst
8 38 (10.67%) Senior Security Engineer
9 29 (8.15%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 29 (8.15%) Security Architect
10 28 (7.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 23 (6.46%) Consultant
12 20 (5.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 20 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (5.06%) Network Engineer
14 16 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (4.21%) Team Leader
16 14 (3.93%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.09%) Kafka
2 6 (1.69%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.12%) .NET
3 4 (1.12%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.84%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.84%) CSS
5 2 (0.56%) JWT
5 2 (0.56%) Lambda Expressions
5 2 (0.56%) OAuth
5 2 (0.56%) REST
6 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.28%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.28%) HTML
6 1 (0.28%) Node.js
6 1 (0.28%) React
6 1 (0.28%) XML
6 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.39%) Public Cloud
2 35 (9.83%) Cloud Native
3 28 (7.87%) Cyberattack
3 28 (7.87%) Management Information System
4 24 (6.74%) Data Centre
5 19 (5.34%) Private Cloud
5 19 (5.34%) Security Operations Centre
6 18 (5.06%) Product Ownership
7 17 (4.78%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (2.81%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.25%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.97%) IoT
11 6 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.69%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.01%) Windows
2 25 (7.02%) Linux
3 22 (6.18%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.65%) Android
4 13 (3.65%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.81%) Unix
6 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.84%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (40.17%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (33.71%) Information Security
3 90 (25.28%) DevOps
4 86 (24.16%) Agile
5 72 (20.22%) SIEM
6 63 (17.70%) Infrastructure as Code
7 58 (16.29%) CI/CD
7 58 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (12.92%) Roadmaps
9 38 (10.67%) Security Architecture
9 38 (10.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 37 (10.39%) Identity Access Management
10 37 (10.39%) Incident Response
11 35 (9.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 33 (9.27%) Security Operations
13 32 (8.99%) Mentoring
13 32 (8.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 29 (8.15%) Zero Trust
15 28 (7.87%) Data Loss Prevention
15 28 (7.87%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 69 (19.38%) Python
2 33 (9.27%) PowerShell
3 17 (4.78%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.93%) Java
5 12 (3.37%) Bash
6 10 (2.81%) Go
7 6 (1.69%) C#
7 6 (1.69%) SQL
8 4 (1.12%) Bicep
8 4 (1.12%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.84%) AWK
9 3 (0.84%) C++
9 3 (0.84%) Scala
9 3 (0.84%) sed
10 2 (0.56%) Lua
10 2 (0.56%) Ruby
10 2 (0.56%) Rust
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) Perl
11 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (21.35%) CISSP
2 34 (9.55%) CEH
3 29 (8.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 29 (8.15%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (7.58%) CISM
5 26 (7.30%) CCSP
6 25 (7.02%) Degree
7 24 (6.74%) Azure Certification
8 21 (5.90%) Security Cleared
9 18 (5.06%) SC Cleared
10 16 (4.49%) AWS Certification
11 15 (4.21%) OSCP
12 14 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (3.93%) SANS
13 13 (3.65%) SSCP
14 11 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (2.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (2.53%) CREST Certified
17 6 (1.69%) CHECK Team Leader
17 6 (1.69%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (19.10%) NIST
2 66 (18.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (12.08%) PCI DSS
4 15 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.37%) GDPR
5 12 (3.37%) GRC
5 12 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.69%) NCSC
7 4 (1.12%) COBIT
7 4 (1.12%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.12%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.84%) QA
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (10.96%) Docker
2 33 (9.27%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.25%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) vCloud
7 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (16.57%) Terraform
2 42 (11.80%) Kubernetes
3 28 (7.87%) CASB
4 22 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (5.06%) Ansible
6 16 (4.49%) Nmap
7 9 (2.53%) FortiGate
8 7 (1.97%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.97%) Puppet
8 7 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.40%) Argo
10 4 (1.12%) Nagios
11 3 (0.84%) Nessus
11 3 (0.84%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.84%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.84%) WSUS
12 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.56%) Grafana
12 2 (0.56%) Istio
12 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 101 (28.37%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.80%) Google
3 26 (7.30%) Cisco
4 20 (5.62%) Splunk
5 18 (5.06%) Palo Alto
6 16 (4.49%) Qualys
6 16 (4.49%) Rapid7
7 13 (3.65%) Thycotic
8 12 (3.37%) Fortinet
9 10 (2.81%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.53%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (2.53%) Juniper
11 8 (2.25%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.25%) Draytek
12 7 (1.97%) VMware
13 6 (1.69%) Blue Coat
13 6 (1.69%) Netskope
13 6 (1.69%) Symantec
14 4 (1.12%) Intel