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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 589 791
Rank change year-on-year +35 +202 -267
Permanent jobs citing SANS 32 74 61
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.095% 0.18% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.70% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30 50 55
10th Percentile £38,750 £55,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £62,813 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £73,750 £92,188 £106,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £113,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -22.67% -9.09% +17.86%

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 9,436 10,556 15,670
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.05% 25.39% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,875 6,449 8,575
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,450
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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

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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 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 7 May 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (65.63%) Azure
2 15 (46.88%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (40.63%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (40.63%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (40.63%) Cloud Computing
3 13 (40.63%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Service Fabric
4 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 6 (18.75%) IaaS
4 6 (18.75%) PaaS
4 6 (18.75%) SaaS
5 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.13%) AWS
6 1 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (62.50%) Firewall
2 16 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 15 (46.88%) Network Security
4 13 (40.63%) LAN
4 13 (40.63%) WAN
4 13 (40.63%) Wireshark
5 2 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.25%) Power BI
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Legal
4 2 (6.25%) Law
4 2 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Security Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) Information Security Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Lead
3 9 (28.13%) Team Leader
4 6 (18.75%) Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Information Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Information Security Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Security Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Senior
4 6 (18.75%) Senior Security Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Information Security Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Information Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) Information Security Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) IT Consultant
8 1 (3.13%) IT Security Consultant
8 1 (3.13%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.75%) REST
1 6 (18.75%) SOAP
1 6 (18.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (56.25%) Management Information System
2 13 (40.63%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (18.75%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.25%) NHS
5 1 (3.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) PKI
5 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) Windows
2 13 (40.63%) Android
2 13 (40.63%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (78.13%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (75.00%) Information Security
3 20 (62.50%) Information Security Management
3 20 (62.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 20 (62.50%) Security Management
4 17 (53.13%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 16 (50.00%) SIEM
6 15 (46.88%) Data Loss Prevention
7 14 (43.75%) Agile
7 14 (43.75%) Cloud Security
7 14 (43.75%) Process Improvement
7 14 (43.75%) Validation
8 13 (40.63%) Cryptography
8 13 (40.63%) DevOps
8 13 (40.63%) Ethical Hacking
8 13 (40.63%) Identity Access Management
8 13 (40.63%) Key Management
8 13 (40.63%) Secrets Management
8 13 (40.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (46.88%) PowerShell
1 15 (46.88%) Python
2 6 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (90.63%) CISSP
2 16 (50.00%) CEH
2 16 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (43.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 14 (43.75%) CCSP
4 13 (40.63%) GIAC
4 13 (40.63%) SSCP
5 11 (34.38%) CISM
6 10 (31.25%) Degree
7 8 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
9 4 (12.50%) CISA
9 4 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (9.38%) GCIA
11 2 (6.25%) CCNA
11 2 (6.25%) CCNP
11 2 (6.25%) CRISC
11 2 (6.25%) FFIEC
11 2 (6.25%) OSCP
12 1 (3.13%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (68.75%) NIST
2 17 (53.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (50.00%) PCI DSS
4 8 (25.00%) COBIT
5 6 (18.75%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 3 (9.38%) GRC
6 3 (9.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (6.25%) GLBA
8 1 (3.13%) GDPR
8 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (40.63%) Nmap
2 6 (18.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 13 (40.63%) Qualys
2 13 (40.63%) Rapid7
2 13 (40.63%) Splunk
2 13 (40.63%) Thycotic
3 2 (6.25%) Sophos