Cyber Threat Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cyber Threats
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 446 455
Rank change year-on-year +77 +9 +116
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 76 144 215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.43% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 1.20% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 54 123 144
10th Percentile £46,544 £37,500 £41,380
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,367 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% +9.20% -14.96%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -14.96%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,498 12,045 16,007
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.10% 35.67% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,864 9,260 11,613
10th Percentile £33,400 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Threat trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cyber Threat.

Cyber Threat salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Cyber Threat salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.53%) Azure
2 17 (22.37%) AWS
3 9 (11.84%) GCP
4 6 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.26%) Datadog
6 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.95%) IBM Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (34.21%) Firewall
2 9 (11.84%) Intrusion Detection
2 9 (11.84%) VPN
3 6 (7.89%) LAN
3 6 (7.89%) Network Security
3 6 (7.89%) WAN
4 4 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.63%) BGP
5 2 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (2.63%) EIGRP
5 2 (2.63%) MPLS
5 2 (2.63%) OSPF
5 2 (2.63%) SD-WAN
5 2 (2.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.63%) VLAN
5 2 (2.63%) WLAN
6 1 (1.32%) DHCP
6 1 (1.32%) DNS
6 1 (1.32%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.32%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (38.16%) Finance
2 23 (30.26%) Social Skills
3 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (14.47%) Banking
5 4 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.26%) Legal
6 3 (3.95%) Public Speaking
7 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.32%) Advertising
8 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.32%) Law
8 1 (1.32%) Marketing
8 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (27.63%) Analyst
2 12 (15.79%) Security Engineer
3 11 (14.47%) Senior
4 10 (13.16%) Security Manager
5 9 (11.84%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 8 (10.53%) Security Analyst
7 7 (9.21%) Lead
8 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (7.89%) Data Manager
8 6 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (7.89%) IT Manager
8 6 (7.89%) Resilience Manager
9 5 (6.58%) Incident Manager
9 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 4 (5.26%) Information Manager
10 4 (5.26%) Information Security Manager
10 4 (5.26%) Network Manager
10 4 (5.26%) Senior Security Engineer
10 4 (5.26%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) Middleware
2 4 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.53%) Cyber Defence
2 8 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 7 (9.21%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.58%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (5.26%) Clustering
5 4 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (5.26%) Replication
5 4 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.95%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.63%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.63%) SCADA
8 1 (1.32%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
8 1 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.32%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.74%) Windows
2 12 (15.79%) Linux
3 3 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (46.05%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (31.58%) Incident Response
3 22 (28.95%) SIEM
4 19 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (22.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 17 (22.37%) Threat Intelligence
6 16 (21.05%) Risk Management
7 15 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (18.42%) Security Operations
8 14 (18.42%) Strategic Thinking
9 13 (17.11%) Cloud Security
9 13 (17.11%) Information Security
9 13 (17.11%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (15.79%) Data Security
11 11 (14.47%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (13.16%) Analytics
12 10 (13.16%) Data Loss Prevention
12 10 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 9 (11.84%) Data Encryption
13 9 (11.84%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) Bash
2 4 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.26%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (21.05%) CISSP
1 16 (21.05%) Degree
2 8 (10.53%) CISM
3 6 (7.89%) OSCP
4 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (6.58%) OSCE
4 5 (6.58%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.95%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.95%) SSCP
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.63%) CEH
6 2 (2.63%) CISA
6 2 (2.63%) CRISC
6 2 (2.63%) GIAC
6 2 (2.63%) ISSAP
6 2 (2.63%) SANS
6 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.32%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (18.42%) NIST
3 13 (17.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (14.47%) PCI DSS
5 8 (10.53%) GDPR
6 7 (9.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (5.26%) NCSC
8 3 (3.95%) SOC 2
9 2 (2.63%) COBIT
9 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
9 2 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (1.32%) GRC
10 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.26%) Docker
4 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.89%) Terraform
2 4 (5.26%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.26%) Nessus
2 4 (5.26%) Prometheus
3 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.63%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.63%) Puppet
5 1 (1.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.16%) VMware
3 9 (11.84%) Splunk
4 6 (7.89%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.26%) Cisco
6 3 (3.95%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.95%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.95%) Google
6 3 (3.95%) IBM
6 3 (3.95%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.63%) Aruba
7 2 (2.63%) Juniper
7 2 (2.63%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.63%) Sun
7 2 (2.63%) Tenable
8 1 (1.32%) Dell
8 1 (1.32%) EqualLogic
8 1 (1.32%) Qualys
8 1 (1.32%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.32%) Red Hat