SANS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SANS Institute
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 551 588
Rank change year-on-year +145 +37 +195
Permanent jobs citing SANS 26 32 74
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.095% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.34% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11 30 50
10th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,750 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £92,188
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £113,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -22.67% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,573 9,494 10,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.97% 28.04% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,100 5,921 6,582
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

SANS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SANS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SANS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing SANS over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

SANS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 5 (19.23%) AWS
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (57.69%) Firewall
2 10 (38.46%) SAN
3 5 (19.23%) Network Security
4 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
5 2 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Retail
3 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) CISSP Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 9 (34.62%) Incident Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Junior
1 9 (34.62%) Junior Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Junior Operations Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Junior Security Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Operations Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Security Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Security Engineer
1 9 (34.62%) Security Incident Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Security Operations Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) SIEM Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Senior
2 3 (11.54%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) AWS Security Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Information Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Hedge funds
1 9 (34.62%) Podcast
2 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (61.54%) SIEM
3 15 (57.69%) Incident Response
4 10 (38.46%) Information Security
5 9 (34.62%) Security Operations
6 7 (26.92%) ITIL
6 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
7 6 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (19.23%) Agile
8 5 (19.23%) Application Security
8 5 (19.23%) Data Protection
8 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (15.38%) Compliance Management
9 4 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (15.38%) Incident Management
9 4 (15.38%) OWASP
9 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
9 4 (15.38%) Risk Register
10 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 3 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 9 (34.62%) Python
3 2 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) CISSP
2 16 (61.54%) Degree
3 14 (53.85%) CEH
3 14 (53.85%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (46.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (46.15%) GCIA
5 11 (42.31%) CISM
5 11 (42.31%) GCIH
6 10 (38.46%) OSCP
7 9 (34.62%) GIAC
8 6 (23.08%) CISA
8 6 (23.08%) ISACA
9 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
9 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
10 4 (15.38%) CCNA
10 4 (15.38%) CCNP
10 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (7.69%) GISF
11 2 (7.69%) ISSAP
11 2 (7.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (19.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (15.38%) COBIT
3 4 (15.38%) GRC
3 4 (15.38%) JSP 440
3 4 (15.38%) NCSC
3 4 (15.38%) NIST
4 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (7.69%) GDPR
4 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 2 (7.69%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Nessus
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Tenable
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.85%) HP
4 1 (3.85%) VMware