IT Security Analyst Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Security Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £45,000 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 392 567 632
Rank change year-on-year +175 +65 +152
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 5 25 41
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.074% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.077% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 1 25 23
10th Percentile - £42,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £76,250 £56,250
90th Percentile - £80,750 £62,250
UK median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £44,293
% change year-on-year -16.36% +24.17% -23.63%

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% -

IT Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Security Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Security Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Security Analyst 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 IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) GRC
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Advertising
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre

IT Security Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (20.00%) Data Encryption
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft