Information Security Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 116 93
Rank change year-on-year -16 -23 +60
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 381 879 1,440
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.51% 2.60% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.84% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 266 725 1,083
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,788 £37,397
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.25% +2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,813
90th Percentile £101,250 £91,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Information Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Security over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Information Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information 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 26 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (5.25%) IIS
3 8 (2.10%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.84%) Apache
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Drupal
6 1 (0.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (9.19%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.36%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (21.78%) Azure
2 67 (17.59%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (16.01%) AWS
4 39 (10.24%) SaaS
5 16 (4.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (3.94%) Entra ID
6 15 (3.94%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.36%) Google Workspace
8 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.57%) PaaS
9 5 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.31%) IaaS
10 4 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.05%) GitHub
11 3 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.79%) GCP
11 3 (0.79%) Serverless
12 2 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 63 (16.54%) Firewall
2 27 (7.09%) Network Security
3 20 (5.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 17 (4.46%) VPN
5 11 (2.89%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.62%) Intranet
7 8 (2.10%) DNS
8 5 (1.31%) Wireless
9 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.52%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.52%) DHCP
11 1 (0.26%) DMARC
11 1 (0.26%) Internet
11 1 (0.26%) IPv4
11 1 (0.26%) IPv6
11 1 (0.26%) SSH
11 1 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.41%) Power BI
3 7 (1.84%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.31%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (4.20%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.31%) Git
3 4 (1.05%) GitLab
4 3 (0.79%) JIRA
5 2 (0.52%) ERwin
General
1 145 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.95%) Finance
3 60 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (12.86%) Legal
5 38 (9.97%) Retail
6 24 (6.30%) German Language
6 24 (6.30%) Law
6 24 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (6.04%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.46%) Banking
10 16 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.89%) Marketing
12 8 (2.10%) Local Government
13 7 (1.84%) Back Office
13 7 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.79%) Advertising
15 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 67 (17.59%) Analyst
2 57 (14.96%) Security Manager
3 51 (13.39%) Senior
4 40 (10.50%) Information Manager
5 39 (10.24%) Lead
6 38 (9.97%) Security Analyst
7 35 (9.19%) Information Security Manager
8 33 (8.66%) Security Engineer
9 27 (7.09%) Architect
9 27 (7.09%) Security Specialist
10 23 (6.04%) Information Security Specialist
10 23 (6.04%) Information Specialist
11 16 (4.20%) Information Analyst
12 15 (3.94%) IT Manager
13 14 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 14 (3.67%) Information Security Analyst
14 12 (3.15%) Security Architect
15 11 (2.89%) IT Security Manager
16 10 (2.62%) IT Security Engineer
16 10 (2.62%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.71%) SailPoint
2 18 (4.72%) .NET
3 4 (1.05%) HTML
3 4 (1.05%) Leaflet
3 4 (1.05%) MACH
3 4 (1.05%) OAuth
3 4 (1.05%) REST
4 3 (0.79%) .NET Core
4 3 (0.79%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.79%) CSS
4 3 (0.79%) Laravel
4 3 (0.79%) Node.js
4 3 (0.79%) React
5 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.52%) LDAP
5 2 (0.52%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.52%) OpenID
5 2 (0.52%) Vue
5 2 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 118 (30.97%) Management Information System
2 43 (11.29%) Security Posture
3 24 (6.30%) Virtual Team
4 22 (5.77%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (4.99%) Client/Server
6 14 (3.67%) Private Cloud
7 13 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (3.15%) e-Learning
8 12 (3.15%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (2.36%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.36%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 8 (2.10%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.84%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.57%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.57%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.57%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.19%) Windows
2 14 (3.67%) Linux
3 10 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.31%) Android
4 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.52%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.26%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (38.58%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (32.02%) Risk Management
3 70 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (16.01%) SIEM
5 60 (15.75%) Incident Response
6 56 (14.70%) Mentoring
7 53 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (13.39%) Risk Assessment
8 51 (13.39%) Security Management
9 49 (12.86%) Security Operations
10 46 (12.07%) Information Security Management
11 44 (11.55%) Data Protection
12 43 (11.29%) ITIL
13 42 (11.02%) Identity Access Management
14 36 (9.45%) Cloud Security
14 36 (9.45%) ISMS
15 35 (9.19%) Collaborative Working
16 31 (8.14%) Computer Science
16 31 (8.14%) Project Delivery
17 30 (7.87%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.02%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.41%) SQL
3 12 (3.15%) Python
4 6 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.05%) C#
5 4 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.79%) Go
6 3 (0.79%) Java
6 3 (0.79%) Ruby
7 2 (0.52%) Bicep
7 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.52%) PHP
7 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (23.10%) Degree
2 84 (22.05%) CISSP
3 64 (16.80%) CISM
4 39 (10.24%) Security Cleared
5 25 (6.56%) SC Cleared
6 23 (6.04%) CRISC
7 21 (5.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 19 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.67%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (3.15%) CISA
11 10 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (2.62%) Master's Degree
11 10 (2.62%) SANS
12 9 (2.36%) CISMP
13 8 (2.10%) OSCP
14 7 (1.84%) CEH
14 7 (1.84%) DV Cleared
15 6 (1.57%) ISEB
16 5 (1.31%) CCNA
16 5 (1.31%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (38.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (18.90%) NIST
3 71 (18.64%) GDPR
4 64 (16.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 46 (12.07%) PCI DSS
6 36 (9.45%) GRC
7 22 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (3.67%) SLA
9 10 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (2.62%) SOC 2
10 9 (2.36%) COBIT
10 9 (2.36%) PERC
11 8 (2.10%) NCSC
11 8 (2.10%) QA
12 7 (1.84%) NIST 800
13 4 (1.05%) Def Stans
13 4 (1.05%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.79%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 46 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.89%) Ansible
3 9 (2.36%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.10%) Terraform
5 5 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.31%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.52%) Grafana
6 2 (0.52%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.52%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 97 (25.46%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.40%) Salesforce
3 22 (5.77%) Okta
4 20 (5.25%) Oracle
5 17 (4.46%) VMware
6 13 (3.41%) OneTrust
6 13 (3.41%) Tenable
7 10 (2.62%) Google
8 9 (2.36%) Adobe
9 4 (1.05%) Cisco
9 4 (1.05%) SAP
10 3 (0.79%) Databricks
10 3 (0.79%) Splunk
11 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.52%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.52%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.52%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (0.52%) Netskope
11 2 (0.52%) New Relic