Security Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 354 327
Rank change year-on-year -21 -27 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 100 232 316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.48% 0.70% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.73% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 91 214 290
10th Percentile £46,250 £32,750 £40,450
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.00% +2.88%
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £102,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% +7.69%

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 19,266 31,694 33,619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 96.16% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,684 23,670 25,250
10th Percentile £25,267 £32,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,528 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Engineer.

Security Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Security Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, Security Engineer 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (52.00%) Azure
2 47 (47.00%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (42.00%) Cloud Security
4 36 (36.00%) AWS
5 34 (34.00%) Finance
6 32 (32.00%) Information Security
7 31 (31.00%) Microsoft
8 30 (30.00%) Security Posture
9 29 (29.00%) Firewall
10 28 (28.00%) NIST
10 28 (28.00%) Social Skills
11 27 (27.00%) SIEM
12 25 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 25 (25.00%) DevSecOps
13 23 (23.00%) PowerShell
13 23 (23.00%) DevOps
14 21 (21.00%) Python
15 20 (20.00%) Security Operations
15 20 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 19 (19.00%) Vulnerability Management
16 19 (19.00%) Linux
16 19 (19.00%) Degree
17 18 (18.00%) Banking
17 18 (18.00%) CI/CD
17 18 (18.00%) Incident Response
18 17 (17.00%) Management Information System
19 16 (16.00%) CISSP
19 16 (16.00%) Terraform
19 16 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Security Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.00%) Apache
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.00%) nginx
1 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 52 (52.00%) Azure
2 36 (36.00%) AWS
3 12 (12.00%) SaaS
4 11 (11.00%) Entra ID
4 11 (11.00%) PaaS
5 9 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (6.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (5.00%) IaaS
8 3 (3.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (3.00%) GitHub
8 3 (3.00%) IBM Cloud
9 2 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.00%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.00%) Azure API Management
9 2 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.00%) Azure Stack
9 2 (2.00%) GCP
9 2 (2.00%) Snowflake
10 1 (1.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (29.00%) Firewall
2 13 (13.00%) Network Security
3 8 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (7.00%) DHCP
4 7 (7.00%) DNS
4 7 (7.00%) TCP/IP
5 5 (5.00%) VPN
6 4 (4.00%) VLAN
7 2 (2.00%) HTTP
8 1 (1.00%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.00%) HTTPS
8 1 (1.00%) Modbus
8 1 (1.00%) NGFW
8 1 (1.00%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (1.00%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.00%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (1.00%) SSL
8 1 (1.00%) TACACS
8 1 (1.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Git
1 3 (3.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.00%) GitLab
2 1 (1.00%) Snyk
General
1 34 (34.00%) Finance
2 28 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.00%) Banking
4 11 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.00%) Law
6 4 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.00%) Retail
8 2 (2.00%) Games
8 2 (2.00%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.00%) Advertising
9 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) GraphQL
1 5 (5.00%) REST
2 4 (4.00%) YAML
3 3 (3.00%) Middleware
4 1 (1.00%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.00%) HTML
4 1 (1.00%) JSON
4 1 (1.00%) OAuth
4 1 (1.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 17 (17.00%) Management Information System
3 14 (14.00%) Cloud Native
4 13 (13.00%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
5 10 (10.00%) Public Cloud
6 7 (7.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (7.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (7.00%) Product Ownership
7 4 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.00%) Blockchain
9 2 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.00%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.00%) NHS
10 1 (1.00%) Online Games
10 1 (1.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (19.00%) Linux
2 15 (15.00%) Windows
3 10 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.00%) VMS
6 1 (1.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (47.00%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (42.00%) Cloud Security
3 32 (32.00%) Information Security
4 27 (27.00%) SIEM
5 25 (25.00%) DevSecOps
6 23 (23.00%) DevOps
7 20 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (20.00%) Security Operations
8 19 (19.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (18.00%) CI/CD
9 18 (18.00%) Incident Response
10 16 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (14.00%) Risk Management
13 13 (13.00%) Identity Access Management
14 11 (11.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 10 (10.00%) Security Architecture
16 9 (9.00%) Patch Management
16 9 (9.00%) Penetration Testing
16 9 (9.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.00%) PowerShell
2 21 (21.00%) Python
3 6 (6.00%) Go
4 5 (5.00%) Bash
5 4 (4.00%) C
5 4 (4.00%) C++
5 4 (4.00%) Perl
5 4 (4.00%) Rust
5 4 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (3.00%) SQL
7 2 (2.00%) Bicep
7 2 (2.00%) Groovy
7 2 (2.00%) Java
7 2 (2.00%) Solidity
8 1 (1.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (19.00%) Degree
2 16 (16.00%) CISSP
3 12 (12.00%) CISM
4 10 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (9.00%) Security Cleared
6 8 (8.00%) AWS Certification
6 8 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (8.00%) SC Cleared
7 7 (7.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (5.00%) PhD
9 4 (4.00%) Azure Certification
9 4 (4.00%) SANS
10 3 (3.00%) CISA
10 3 (3.00%) GIAC
10 3 (3.00%) ISACA
11 2 (2.00%) CCSP
11 2 (2.00%) CEH
11 2 (2.00%) GCIH
11 2 (2.00%) GISF
11 2 (2.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (28.00%) NIST
2 25 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (11.00%) GDPR
4 6 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (6.00%) NCSC
5 5 (5.00%) SOC 2
6 4 (4.00%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.00%) GRC
8 2 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (2.00%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.00%) COBIT
9 1 (1.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (9.00%) Docker
2 8 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (7.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.00%) Firmware
6 1 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (16.00%) Terraform
2 8 (8.00%) Ansible
2 8 (8.00%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.00%) Nessus
4 2 (2.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.00%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.00%) SCCM
5 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (31.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.00%) VMware
3 5 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.00%) Okta
5 3 (3.00%) Cisco
5 3 (3.00%) IBM
6 2 (2.00%) Darktrace
6 2 (2.00%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.00%) Splunk
7 1 (1.00%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.00%) Checkmarx
7 1 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.00%) EqualLogic
7 1 (1.00%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.00%) iManage
7 1 (1.00%) Imperva
7 1 (1.00%) Meraki
7 1 (1.00%) Ribbon
7 1 (1.00%) Tenable
7 1 (1.00%) Zscaler