SANS Jobs with Work from Home Options

SANS Institute
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 597 775
Rank change year-on-year +51 +178 -266
Permanent jobs citing SANS 30 83 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.089% 0.19% 0.090%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.74% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 28 58 54
10th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £54,625 £56,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% -1.72% +3.57%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,813 £105,938
90th Percentile £83,750 £100,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -22.67% -6.25% +14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,446 11,223 15,221
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 25.72% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,939 6,757 8,574
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,988 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £59,866
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.22% +8.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% +5.11% -

SANS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SANS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SANS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SANS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SANS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SANS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

SANS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SANS
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 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (66.67%) Azure
2 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (43.33%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (43.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (43.33%) Cloud Computing
3 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (20.00%) Azure Service Fabric
4 6 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (20.00%) IaaS
4 6 (20.00%) PaaS
4 6 (20.00%) SaaS
5 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (63.33%) Firewall
2 15 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 14 (46.67%) Network Security
4 13 (43.33%) LAN
4 13 (43.33%) WAN
4 13 (43.33%) Wireshark
5 2 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Security Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Information Security Engineer
3 9 (30.00%) Lead
3 9 (30.00%) Team Leader
4 6 (20.00%) Architect
4 6 (20.00%) Information Architect
4 6 (20.00%) Information Security Architect
4 6 (20.00%) Security Architect
5 5 (16.67%) Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Senior
5 5 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Information Security Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Information Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Information Security Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) IT Security Consultant
8 1 (3.33%) IT Security Officer
8 1 (3.33%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.00%) REST
1 6 (20.00%) SOAP
1 6 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) Management Information System
2 13 (43.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.67%) NHS
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.33%) PKI
5 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (46.67%) Windows
2 13 (43.33%) Android
2 13 (43.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
3 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (73.33%) Information Security
3 20 (66.67%) Information Security Management
3 20 (66.67%) Security Management
4 19 (63.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 16 (53.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 15 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 15 (50.00%) Security Operations
6 15 (50.00%) SIEM
7 14 (46.67%) Cloud Security
7 14 (46.67%) Process Improvement
8 13 (43.33%) Agile
8 13 (43.33%) Cryptography
8 13 (43.33%) DevOps
8 13 (43.33%) Ethical Hacking
8 13 (43.33%) Identity Access Management
8 13 (43.33%) Key Management
8 13 (43.33%) Privileged Access Management
8 13 (43.33%) Roadmaps
8 13 (43.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 15 (50.00%) Python
2 6 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (93.33%) CISSP
2 16 (53.33%) CEH
3 15 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (46.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (46.67%) CCSP
5 13 (43.33%) SSCP
6 12 (40.00%) GIAC
7 11 (36.67%) CISM
8 8 (26.67%) Degree
9 7 (23.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (20.00%) Master's Degree
11 4 (13.33%) CISA
12 3 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (6.67%) CRISC
13 2 (6.67%) FFIEC
13 2 (6.67%) GCIA
13 2 (6.67%) OSCP
14 1 (3.33%) CCNP
14 1 (3.33%) GCIH
14 1 (3.33%) GCWN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (73.33%) NIST
2 16 (53.33%) PCI DSS
3 15 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (26.67%) COBIT
5 6 (20.00%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 2 (6.67%) GLBA
6 2 (6.67%) GRC
6 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (3.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (43.33%) Nmap
2 6 (20.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (43.33%) Qualys
2 13 (43.33%) Rapid7
2 13 (43.33%) Splunk
2 13 (43.33%) Thycotic
3 2 (6.67%) Sophos