Security Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 381 552
Rank change year-on-year -15 +171 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 140 210 395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.50% 0.64% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.67% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 117 179 323
10th Percentile £40,250 £38,425 £35,155
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,500 £40,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 26,891 31,453 76,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.84% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19,582 23,849 44,441
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,749 £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 £75,728 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Security Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 84 (60.00%) Information Security
2 63 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (43.57%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (28.57%) Incident Response
5 38 (27.14%) Azure
6 35 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 35 (25.00%) CISSP
6 35 (25.00%) NIST
7 34 (24.29%) Security Operations
8 32 (22.86%) GRC
9 31 (22.14%) SIEM
9 31 (22.14%) Incident Management
10 30 (21.43%) Social Skills
11 29 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
12 27 (19.29%) Cloud Security
12 27 (19.29%) CISM
12 27 (19.29%) Microsoft 365
13 25 (17.86%) Cyber Essentials
13 25 (17.86%) Risk Management
14 24 (17.14%) Firewall
14 24 (17.14%) Risk Assessment
14 24 (17.14%) AWS
14 24 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
14 24 (17.14%) Cyber Threat
15 23 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
16 22 (15.71%) Finance
16 22 (15.71%) Windows
17 19 (13.57%) Law
17 19 (13.57%) CISA
18 18 (12.86%) Active Directory

Security Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.14%) Azure
2 27 (19.29%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (17.14%) AWS
4 6 (4.29%) SaaS
5 4 (2.86%) GCP
6 3 (2.14%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.71%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.71%) IaaS
7 1 (0.71%) PaaS
7 1 (0.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.14%) Firewall
2 9 (6.43%) Network Security
3 8 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (2.86%) LAN
4 4 (2.86%) WAN
5 3 (2.14%) Broadband
5 3 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.14%) Wireless
6 2 (1.43%) VLAN
7 1 (0.71%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Burp Suite
1 8 (5.71%) Metasploit
General
1 30 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 29 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (15.71%) Finance
4 19 (13.57%) Law
5 10 (7.14%) Legal
6 7 (5.00%) Banking
6 7 (5.00%) Retail
7 2 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.71%) Retail Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.71%) REST
2 1 (0.71%) LDAP
2 1 (0.71%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.14%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (12.86%) Cyberattack
3 16 (11.43%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (4.29%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (2.14%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.14%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.71%) IoT
9 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.71%) Windows
2 10 (7.14%) Linux
3 6 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (60.00%) Information Security
2 61 (43.57%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 34 (24.29%) Security Operations
5 31 (22.14%) Incident Management
5 31 (22.14%) SIEM
6 27 (19.29%) Cloud Security
7 25 (17.86%) Risk Management
8 24 (17.14%) Risk Assessment
8 24 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (12.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 17 (12.14%) ISMS
12 16 (11.43%) Security Monitoring
13 13 (9.29%) Security Architecture
14 12 (8.57%) Application Security
14 12 (8.57%) Regulatory Compliance
15 10 (7.14%) DevSecOps
15 10 (7.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 9 (6.43%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.29%) C#
1 6 (4.29%) Java
2 5 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.86%) C++
3 4 (2.86%) Python
3 4 (2.86%) R
4 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (25.00%) CISSP
2 27 (19.29%) CISM
3 19 (13.57%) CISA
4 16 (11.43%) Degree
5 9 (6.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (6.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 9 (6.43%) Master's Degree
6 5 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.86%) CCSK
7 4 (2.86%) CRISC
8 3 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.14%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.14%) MCP
8 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.14%) SSCP
9 2 (1.43%) CEH
9 2 (1.43%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.71%) GIAC
10 1 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (45.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (25.00%) NIST
3 32 (22.86%) GRC
4 25 (17.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (10.00%) PCI DSS
6 12 (8.57%) GDPR
7 7 (5.00%) SOC 2
8 5 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.14%) NCSC
10 2 (1.43%) COBIT
10 2 (1.43%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.71%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 18 (12.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.71%) Nmap
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (2.14%) Darktrace
3 3 (2.14%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.43%) IBM
4 2 (1.43%) Meraki
4 2 (1.43%) Qualys
4 2 (1.43%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.71%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (0.71%) Cisco
5 1 (0.71%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.71%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) Okta
5 1 (0.71%) Thycotic