Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £37,935 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 555 659
Rank change year-on-year +174 +104 +166
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 16 37 14
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.11% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 16 37 14
10th Percentile - - £50,250
25th Percentile £37,716 £35,920 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,935 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% -28.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £56,875 £67,968 £71,813
90th Percentile £73,125 - £100,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Security Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Infrastructure Security Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Infrastructure Security Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Infrastructure Security Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Infrastructure Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (68.75%) DevOps
3 11 (68.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (68.75%) Security Posture
4 10 (62.50%) NIST
4 10 (62.50%) Mentoring
4 10 (62.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (56.25%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
5 9 (56.25%) Coaching
5 9 (56.25%) Continuous Delivery
5 9 (56.25%) Software Delivery
5 9 (56.25%) Legal
5 9 (56.25%) SDLC
5 9 (56.25%) GDPR
5 9 (56.25%) CI/CD
5 9 (56.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (56.25%) Cyber Security Posture
6 6 (37.50%) Firewall
7 5 (31.25%) Azure
8 4 (25.00%) AWS
8 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
9 3 (18.75%) Nessus
9 3 (18.75%) Network Design
9 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) AWS
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (12.50%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
5 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) DHCP
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (56.25%) Legal
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Law
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Security Posture
2 9 (56.25%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (68.75%) DevOps
4 10 (62.50%) Mentoring
4 10 (62.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (56.25%) CI/CD
5 9 (56.25%) Coaching
5 9 (56.25%) Continuous Delivery
5 9 (56.25%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (56.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (56.25%) SDLC
5 9 (56.25%) Software Delivery
5 9 (56.25%) Test Automation
6 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (18.75%) Network Design
7 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
8 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
8 2 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (6.25%) CCNA
2 1 (6.25%) CCSP
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (68.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (62.50%) NIST
3 9 (56.25%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Nessus
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 2 (12.50%) IBM
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (6.25%) Dell
3 1 (6.25%) EqualLogic
3 1 (6.25%) iManage
3 1 (6.25%) Tenable