OSINT Jobs with Work from Home Options

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
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 OSINT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OSINT over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 620 822
Rank change year-on-year +51 +202 -250
Permanent jobs citing OSINT 14 42 22
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.099% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.10% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 11 42 7
10th Percentile - £39,294 £57,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £73,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -3.57% +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

OSINT 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 31,014 40,730 66,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 23,557 28,305 41,490
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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%

OSINT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

OSINT trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSINT.

OSINT salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

OSINT
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

OSINT salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

OSINT
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) DNS
1 4 (28.57%) Wireshark
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Internet
2 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Charles Proxy
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Security Consultant
3 5 (35.71%) Penetration Test Consultant
4 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (21.43%) Senior
5 3 (21.43%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (21.43%) Senior Testing Consultant
5 3 (21.43%) Testing Consultant
6 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 1 (7.14%) Lead
7 1 (7.14%) Operations Team Leader
7 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Client/Server
2 3 (21.43%) Cyberattack
3 2 (14.29%) Social Media
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (42.86%) Open Source
3 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) Information Security
5 3 (21.43%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 3 (21.43%) Purple Team
5 3 (21.43%) Red Team
5 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
5 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Business Forecasting
6 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.14%) Malware Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) SOAR
6 1 (7.14%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CREST Certified
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) Cyber Scheme
3 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) CEH
4 3 (21.43%) CISSP
4 3 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (21.43%) GPEN
5 1 (7.14%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (7.14%) IBM
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Qualys