Information Security Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 95 163
Rank change year-on-year -13 +68 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 753 1,059 2,016
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.70% 3.23% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 3.37% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 542 821 1,480
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,438 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,188 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,202 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.38% - +8.33%

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 24,720 31,469 76,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.48% 95.89% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,624 23,346 43,834
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Information Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information 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 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 a work from home option citing Information Security over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.93%) nginx
4 5 (0.66%) IIS
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) WordPress
6 2 (0.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.13%) Camunda
7 1 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Windchill
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.27%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) Relativity
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 183 (24.30%) Azure
2 108 (14.34%) AWS
3 96 (12.75%) Entra ID
4 90 (11.95%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (6.37%) SaaS
6 26 (3.45%) IaaS
6 26 (3.45%) PaaS
7 25 (3.32%) Power Platform
8 20 (2.66%) GCP
9 16 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.86%) WhatsApp
11 12 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.46%) Serverless
13 9 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (1.06%) Snowflake
15 7 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (0.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 100 (13.28%) Firewall
2 55 (7.30%) Network Security
3 47 (6.24%) WAN
4 30 (3.98%) Intrusion Detection
5 27 (3.59%) DNS
6 26 (3.45%) SD-WAN
7 19 (2.52%) LAN
8 16 (2.12%) TCP/IP
9 15 (1.99%) Wireless
10 13 (1.73%) VPN
11 10 (1.33%) HTTP
12 8 (1.06%) SAN
13 7 (0.93%) Cisco IPT
13 7 (0.93%) DHCP
13 7 (0.93%) OSPF
13 7 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.80%) Internet
15 5 (0.66%) NGFW
15 5 (0.66%) VLAN
15 5 (0.66%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.52%) Power BI
2 18 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.33%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.06%) MySQL
6 8 (1.06%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.80%) Metadata
7 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.66%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.53%) Big Data
10 3 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.27%) DTS
11 2 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.13%) EDRMS
12 1 (0.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (2.12%) JIRA
2 11 (1.46%) Burp Suite
2 11 (1.46%) Git
2 11 (1.46%) Metasploit
3 5 (0.66%) Cucumber
3 5 (0.66%) Selenium
3 5 (0.66%) SpecFlow
3 5 (0.66%) webpack
4 4 (0.53%) Artifactory
4 4 (0.53%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.13%) GDB
6 1 (0.13%) GitLab
6 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.13%) WebDriver
General
1 210 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 168 (22.31%) Finance
3 150 (19.92%) Legal
4 119 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (9.56%) Banking
6 66 (8.76%) Law
7 45 (5.98%) Retail
8 34 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (3.32%) Marketing
10 24 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (3.19%) Public Sector
11 20 (2.66%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.86%) Military
14 13 (1.73%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (1.20%) Advertising
17 8 (1.06%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
18 3 (0.40%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 171 (22.71%) Analyst
2 126 (16.73%) Senior
3 95 (12.62%) Lead
4 84 (11.16%) Security Analyst
5 72 (9.56%) Senior Analyst
6 63 (8.37%) Security Manager
7 57 (7.57%) Information Analyst
7 57 (7.57%) Information Security Analyst
8 50 (6.64%) Governance Analyst
9 48 (6.37%) Architect
9 48 (6.37%) Security Engineer
10 40 (5.31%) Information Security Manager
11 38 (5.05%) Information Manager
11 38 (5.05%) Security Architect
12 34 (4.52%) Consultant
13 32 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 31 (4.12%) Security Officer
15 27 (3.59%) IT Manager
16 26 (3.45%) Developer
17 25 (3.32%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.33%) REST
1 10 (1.33%) Web Services
2 9 (1.20%) .NET
3 7 (0.93%) CSS
3 7 (0.93%) HTML
4 6 (0.80%) Laravel
4 6 (0.80%) ModSecurity
4 6 (0.80%) React
5 5 (0.66%) HTML5
5 5 (0.66%) jQuery
5 5 (0.66%) LAMP
5 5 (0.66%) LEMP Stack
5 5 (0.66%) LESS
5 5 (0.66%) RESTful
5 5 (0.66%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.66%) Sass
5 5 (0.66%) Vue
6 4 (0.53%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.53%) Middleware
7 2 (0.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 205 (27.22%) Management Information System
2 56 (7.44%) Data Centre
3 51 (6.77%) Security Posture
4 32 (4.25%) Cyber Threat
5 30 (3.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 20 (2.66%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 13 (1.73%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.73%) Operational Technology
10 11 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
10 11 (1.46%) Mainframe
11 10 (1.33%) IBM Mainframe
12 9 (1.20%) Clustering
12 9 (1.20%) Driving Licence
13 8 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 83 (11.02%) Windows
2 51 (6.77%) Linux
3 43 (5.71%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.59%) Android
6 11 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.46%) Unix
7 10 (1.33%) zOS
8 7 (0.93%) Mac OS X
9 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.40%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.40%) Solaris
12 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.13%) NetWare
13 1 (0.13%) SUSE
13 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (34.93%) Cybersecurity
2 152 (20.19%) Risk Management
3 126 (16.73%) Agile
4 121 (16.07%) Security Operations
5 119 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (15.41%) Data Protection
7 101 (13.41%) Coaching
8 88 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (11.69%) Incident Response
9 80 (10.62%) Identity Access Management
10 79 (10.49%) Roadmaps
11 73 (9.69%) DevOps
12 71 (9.43%) Security Management
13 70 (9.30%) Security Architecture
14 69 (9.16%) Business Continuity
14 69 (9.16%) SIEM
15 68 (9.03%) Project Management
16 67 (8.90%) Incident Management
16 67 (8.90%) Mentoring
17 64 (8.50%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 95 (12.62%) PowerShell
2 86 (11.42%) SQL
3 47 (6.24%) Python
4 17 (2.26%) Java
5 15 (1.99%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.46%) Bash
7 10 (1.33%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.06%) PHP
9 7 (0.93%) C#
10 4 (0.53%) Go
11 3 (0.40%) Perl
11 3 (0.40%) Ruby
12 2 (0.27%) Korn
12 2 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.13%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.13%) C++
13 1 (0.13%) Rust
13 1 (0.13%) VC++
Qualifications
1 181 (24.04%) CISSP
2 164 (21.78%) CISM
3 134 (17.80%) Degree
4 94 (12.48%) Security Cleared
5 76 (10.09%) CISA
6 65 (8.63%) SC Cleared
7 38 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
8 34 (4.52%) Azure Certification
9 31 (4.12%) AWS Certification
10 28 (3.72%) CCSK
11 27 (3.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 27 (3.59%) CRISC
12 26 (3.45%) CCSP
12 26 (3.45%) Master's Degree
13 25 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
14 20 (2.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (2.52%) DV Cleared
16 18 (2.39%) CEH
16 18 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (1.86%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 245 (32.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (17.66%) NIST
3 112 (14.87%) GDPR
4 108 (14.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 98 (13.01%) GRC
6 45 (5.98%) PCI DSS
7 38 (5.05%) NCSC
8 33 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 21 (2.79%) QA
9 21 (2.79%) SOC 2
10 17 (2.26%) COBIT
11 16 (2.12%) ISO 9001
11 16 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 13 (1.73%) ISO 22301
13 11 (1.46%) ISO 14001
14 10 (1.33%) NIST 800
14 10 (1.33%) SLA
15 9 (1.20%) RMADS
16 8 (1.06%) Data Quality
16 8 (1.06%) JSP 440
System Software
1 108 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.64%) RACF
3 28 (3.72%) Docker
4 16 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.40%) Firmware
8 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.27%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.27%) vSphere
10 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.13%) Lustre
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Snort
10 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.26%) Terraform
5 11 (1.46%) Nmap
6 10 (1.33%) Ansible
6 10 (1.33%) vCenter Server
7 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
7 9 (1.20%) Nessus
7 9 (1.20%) Puppet
8 6 (0.80%) WSUS
9 5 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (0.66%) logstash
9 5 (0.66%) QRadar
9 5 (0.66%) SCCM
10 3 (0.40%) Nagios
10 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.27%) DatAdvantage
11 2 (0.27%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 181 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.70%) CyberArk
3 30 (3.98%) VMware
4 26 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.05%) Cisco
6 18 (2.39%) Oracle
7 17 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.99%) IBM
9 14 (1.86%) CheckPoint
10 12 (1.59%) Blue Coat
10 12 (1.59%) Google
10 12 (1.59%) Infoblox
10 12 (1.59%) Juniper
10 12 (1.59%) Riverbed
10 12 (1.59%) Sun
11 11 (1.46%) Commvault
11 11 (1.46%) Databricks
12 10 (1.33%) Qualys
13 9 (1.20%) SAP
14 8 (1.06%) Splunk