Hybrid/Remote Security Engineer Job Trends

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 319 259
Rank change year-on-year -14 -60 +158
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 81 190 306
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.50% 0.81% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.84% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 72 150 275
10th Percentile £48,763 £46,713 £41,625
25th Percentile £57,344 £49,775 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% -13.60% +6.84%
75th Percentile £84,375 £81,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,991 £99,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -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 15,074 22,518 23,867
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 96.33% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8,984 14,380 19,793
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,422
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,541 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,302 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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 Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Engineer job vacancies

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 47 (58.02%) Azure
2 41 (50.62%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (45.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (41.98%) Cloud Security
5 33 (40.74%) SIEM
6 31 (38.27%) Firewall
7 29 (35.80%) CISSP
8 28 (34.57%) Security Operations
9 27 (33.33%) Information Security
10 25 (30.86%) AWS
11 23 (28.40%) Microsoft
12 22 (27.16%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (27.16%) Network Security
13 21 (25.93%) NIST
14 19 (23.46%) DevSecOps
15 18 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
15 18 (22.22%) Degree
15 18 (22.22%) Finance
15 18 (22.22%) Incident Response
15 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
15 18 (22.22%) Security Posture
16 17 (20.99%) Linux
17 16 (19.75%) Windows
17 16 (19.75%) PowerShell
17 16 (19.75%) DevOps
18 15 (18.52%) CISM
19 14 (17.28%) Cyber Threat
19 14 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 14 (17.28%) GDPR
20 13 (16.05%) Cyber Essentials

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 (1.23%) Apache
1 1 (1.23%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 47 (58.02%) Azure
2 25 (30.86%) AWS
3 10 (12.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (12.35%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (7.41%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (7.41%) PaaS
5 6 (7.41%) SaaS
6 5 (6.17%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (4.94%) Cloudflare
8 3 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (3.70%) IBM Cloud
8 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.47%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.47%) Azure API Management
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Stack
9 2 (2.47%) dbt
9 2 (2.47%) IaaS
9 2 (2.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 31 (38.27%) Firewall
2 22 (27.16%) Network Security
3 10 (12.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (12.35%) TCP/IP
4 7 (8.64%) VPN
5 3 (3.70%) DNS
5 3 (3.70%) HTTP
6 1 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (1.23%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.23%) Modbus
6 1 (1.23%) NAS
6 1 (1.23%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (1.23%) SAN
6 1 (1.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.23%) SSL
6 1 (1.23%) TACACS
6 1 (1.23%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Burp Suite
1 3 (3.70%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.47%) GitLab
2 2 (2.47%) Snyk
General
1 18 (22.22%) Finance
1 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (8.64%) Telecoms
3 6 (7.41%) Banking
4 4 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Law
6 2 (2.47%) Games
6 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.47%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.47%) Retail
7 1 (1.23%) Advertising
7 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.23%) Marketing
7 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.23%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) YAML
2 3 (3.70%) OAuth
2 3 (3.70%) SAML
3 2 (2.47%) Django
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (2.47%) OpenID
4 1 (1.23%) .NET
4 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.23%) HTML
4 1 (1.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 14 (17.28%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
3 11 (13.58%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (12.35%) Cloud Security Posture
5 8 (9.88%) Cloud Native
5 8 (9.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (4.94%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.47%) Blockchain
7 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.47%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.23%) NHS
8 1 (1.23%) Online Games
8 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.99%) Linux
2 16 (19.75%) Windows
3 2 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.47%) VMS
4 1 (1.23%) Unix
4 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (50.62%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (41.98%) Cloud Security
3 33 (40.74%) SIEM
4 28 (34.57%) Security Operations
5 27 (33.33%) Information Security
6 19 (23.46%) DevSecOps
7 18 (22.22%) Incident Response
7 18 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (19.75%) DevOps
9 14 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (14.81%) CI/CD
11 12 (14.81%) Penetration Testing
12 10 (12.35%) Identity Access Management
12 10 (12.35%) ITIL
12 10 (12.35%) Threat Modelling
13 9 (11.11%) Security Architecture
13 9 (11.11%) Zero Trust
14 8 (9.88%) Risk Management
14 8 (9.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 11 (13.58%) Python
3 6 (7.41%) Go
3 6 (7.41%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (6.17%) Bash
5 4 (4.94%) C
5 4 (4.94%) C++
5 4 (4.94%) Rust
5 4 (4.94%) SQL
6 2 (2.47%) Bicep
6 2 (2.47%) Groovy
6 2 (2.47%) Solidity
7 1 (1.23%) Java
7 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (35.80%) CISSP
2 22 (27.16%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (22.22%) Degree
4 15 (18.52%) CISM
5 13 (16.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (16.05%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (11.11%) CCNP
7 8 (9.88%) CCNA
7 8 (9.88%) GCIA
7 8 (9.88%) SANS
8 7 (8.64%) AWS Certification
9 6 (7.41%) CCSP
9 6 (7.41%) Security Cleared
10 5 (6.17%) PhD
10 5 (6.17%) SC Cleared
11 3 (3.70%) Azure Certification
11 3 (3.70%) GCIH
11 3 (3.70%) GSEC
12 2 (2.47%) CEH
12 2 (2.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (45.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (25.93%) NIST
3 14 (17.28%) GDPR
4 13 (16.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (8.64%) NCSC
6 6 (7.41%) SOC 2
7 3 (3.70%) GRC
8 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.47%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.23%) COBIT
System Software
1 9 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.41%) Docker
3 2 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) Terraform
2 6 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.70%) Nessus
3 3 (3.70%) Nmap
3 3 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.47%) Ansible
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 23 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.17%) Rapid7
3 4 (4.94%) Cisco
4 3 (3.70%) IBM
4 3 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 3 (3.70%) VMware
5 2 (2.47%) Checkmarx
5 2 (2.47%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.47%) Exabeam
5 2 (2.47%) Meraki
5 2 (2.47%) Qualys
5 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.47%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.23%) Aruba
6 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.23%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (1.23%) Google
6 1 (1.23%) Imperva
6 1 (1.23%) Sophos
6 1 (1.23%) WatchGuard