Offensive Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Offensive Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 585 821
Rank change year-on-year +27 +236 -262
Permanent jobs citing Offensive Security 26 78 24
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.077% 0.18% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.19% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 26 23 21
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +42.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,063 £93,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -23.53% +9.68% +19.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Offensive Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,939 40,754 65,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,489 28,301 41,422
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Offensive Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Offensive Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Offensive 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 Offensive Security.

Offensive Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Offensive Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Offensive Security over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Offensive Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Offensive 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (53.85%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) GCP
4 2 (7.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) IT Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) IT Security Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Security Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) Penetration Tester
2 8 (30.77%) Tester
3 6 (23.08%) Head of Testing
3 6 (23.08%) IT Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) IT Operations Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) IT Security Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Operations Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Security Operations Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior IT Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Senior IT Security Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Security Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Cyberattack
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Team
3 2 (7.69%) Client/Server
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (57.69%) Penetration Testing
3 12 (46.15%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 9 (34.62%) Incident Response
4 9 (34.62%) Security Operations
4 9 (34.62%) Task Automation
5 8 (30.77%) Ethical Hacking
6 6 (23.08%) Presales
7 5 (19.23%) Information Security
7 5 (19.23%) Red Team
8 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (11.54%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
9 2 (7.69%) Agile
9 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
9 2 (7.69%) E-Commerce
9 2 (7.69%) Mathematics
9 2 (7.69%) Physics
9 2 (7.69%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) Bash
2 3 (11.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) OSCP
2 8 (30.77%) CEH
3 6 (23.08%) GIAC
3 6 (23.08%) GPEN
4 5 (19.23%) CISSP
5 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.69%) CISM
6 2 (7.69%) CREST Certified
6 2 (7.69%) Degree
6 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (7.69%) OSCE
6 2 (7.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) GDPR
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) NIST
2 2 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 9 (34.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.85%) Qualys