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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 359 326
Rank change year-on-year -3 -33 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 102 246 330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.71% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.74% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 91 229 293
10th Percentile £46,250 £32,750 £40,100
25th Percentile £48,520 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £68,515
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -12.43% +0.76%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £81,928
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,800 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +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 18,468 33,189 34,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 96.22% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,258 25,035 25,473
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £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 1 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 1 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 50 (49.02%) Azure
2 49 (48.04%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (42.16%) Cloud Security
4 39 (38.24%) AWS
5 33 (32.35%) Information Security
5 33 (32.35%) Finance
6 31 (30.39%) Security Posture
7 30 (29.41%) Firewall
7 30 (29.41%) Microsoft
8 27 (26.47%) NIST
9 25 (24.51%) Social Skills
9 25 (24.51%) SIEM
10 23 (22.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 22 (21.57%) PowerShell
11 22 (21.57%) DevOps
11 22 (21.57%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (21.57%) DevSecOps
12 21 (20.59%) Security Operations
12 21 (20.59%) Python
13 20 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (18.63%) Incident Response
15 18 (17.65%) Linux
15 18 (17.65%) Management Information System
15 18 (17.65%) Banking
16 17 (16.67%) Degree
16 17 (16.67%) CI/CD
17 16 (15.69%) CISSP
18 15 (14.71%) Windows
18 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
18 15 (14.71%) Terraform

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 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 50 (49.02%) Azure
2 39 (38.24%) AWS
3 11 (10.78%) SaaS
4 10 (9.80%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.80%) PaaS
5 9 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.90%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (4.90%) IaaS
8 3 (2.94%) GitHub
8 3 (2.94%) IBM Cloud
8 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.96%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.96%) Azure API Management
9 2 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.96%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.96%) GCP
9 2 (1.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (29.41%) Firewall
2 13 (12.75%) Network Security
3 8 (7.84%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (6.86%) DHCP
4 7 (6.86%) DNS
5 6 (5.88%) VPN
6 5 (4.90%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.92%) VLAN
8 2 (1.96%) NGFW
9 1 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.98%) DMARC
9 1 (0.98%) Modbus
9 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.98%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.98%) TACACS
9 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) Big Data
1 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Git
1 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.98%) GitLab
General
1 33 (32.35%) Finance
2 25 (24.51%) Social Skills
3 18 (17.65%) Banking
4 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Law
5 5 (4.90%) Retail
6 4 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Games
8 2 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.98%) Advertising
9 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.98%) Marketing
9 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.90%) GraphQL
1 5 (4.90%) REST
2 3 (2.94%) Middleware
2 3 (2.94%) YAML
3 1 (0.98%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.98%) HTML
3 1 (0.98%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 31 (30.39%) Security Posture
2 18 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 13 (12.75%) Cloud Native
3 13 (12.75%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (9.80%) Public Cloud
5 9 (8.82%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (6.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (6.86%) Product Ownership
7 6 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (4.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.96%) Blockchain
11 2 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
12 1 (0.98%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.98%) NHS
12 1 (0.98%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.65%) Linux
2 15 (14.71%) Windows
3 10 (9.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.92%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.96%) VMS
6 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (48.04%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (42.16%) Cloud Security
3 33 (32.35%) Information Security
4 25 (24.51%) SIEM
5 22 (21.57%) DevOps
5 22 (21.57%) DevSecOps
5 22 (21.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 21 (20.59%) Security Operations
7 20 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (18.63%) Incident Response
9 17 (16.67%) CI/CD
10 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (13.73%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (13.73%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (13.73%) Risk Management
12 11 (10.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 10 (9.80%) Security Architecture
14 9 (8.82%) Patch Management
14 9 (8.82%) Threat Detection
15 8 (7.84%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.57%) PowerShell
2 21 (20.59%) Python
3 6 (5.88%) Go
4 5 (4.90%) Bash
5 4 (3.92%) C
5 4 (3.92%) C++
5 4 (3.92%) Perl
5 4 (3.92%) Rust
5 4 (3.92%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.94%) SQL
7 2 (1.96%) Bicep
7 2 (1.96%) Groovy
7 2 (1.96%) Java
7 2 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.96%) Solidity
8 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (16.67%) Degree
2 16 (15.69%) CISSP
3 14 (13.73%) CISM
3 14 (13.73%) Security Cleared
4 13 (12.75%) SC Cleared
5 8 (7.84%) AWS Certification
5 8 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.86%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (5.88%) CISA
7 6 (5.88%) GIAC
7 6 (5.88%) ISACA
7 6 (5.88%) SANS
8 4 (3.92%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.92%) PhD
9 2 (1.96%) CEH
9 2 (1.96%) CRISC
9 2 (1.96%) GCIH
9 2 (1.96%) GISF
9 2 (1.96%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (26.47%) NIST
2 23 (22.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (10.78%) GDPR
4 8 (7.84%) NCSC
5 5 (4.90%) GRC
5 5 (4.90%) JSP 440
5 5 (4.90%) SOC 2
6 4 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (3.92%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.98%) COBIT
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (8.82%) Docker
2 8 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.96%) Firmware
5 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (14.71%) Terraform
2 8 (7.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.86%) Ansible
4 6 (5.88%) Nessus
5 2 (1.96%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.98%) SCCM
6 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.88%) VMware
3 5 (4.90%) Okta
3 5 (4.90%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.94%) IBM
4 3 (2.94%) Tenable
5 2 (1.96%) Cisco
5 2 (1.96%) Darktrace
5 2 (1.96%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.98%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.98%) Dell
6 1 (0.98%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.98%) Google
6 1 (0.98%) iManage
6 1 (0.98%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.98%) Ribbon
6 1 (0.98%) Zscaler