Security Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £62,500 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 336 310 417
Rank change year-on-year -26 +107 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 212 311 650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.76% 0.95% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.99% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 195 281 383
10th Percentile £41,998 £40,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,447 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.88% +1.89%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 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 Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer
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 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 a work from home option citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024, 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 remote work options featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 120 (56.60%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (47.17%) Azure
3 74 (34.91%) Microsoft
4 73 (34.43%) AWS
5 62 (29.25%) SIEM
6 57 (26.89%) Security Operations
7 53 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 50 (23.58%) Firewall
9 48 (22.64%) Information Security
10 47 (22.17%) Network Security
10 47 (22.17%) Incident Response
11 45 (21.23%) Cloud Security
12 41 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (18.40%) Microsoft 365
14 35 (16.51%) Python
15 33 (15.57%) NIST
16 32 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 32 (15.09%) Finance
17 29 (13.68%) Risk Management
17 29 (13.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 28 (13.21%) Security Operations Centre
19 27 (12.74%) DevSecOps
19 27 (12.74%) CISSP
20 26 (12.26%) Windows
20 26 (12.26%) Degree
20 26 (12.26%) SC Cleared
20 26 (12.26%) Security Cleared
20 26 (12.26%) Vulnerability Management
20 26 (12.26%) Kusto Query Language
21 25 (11.79%) Azure Sentinel

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 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.89%) AutoCAD
1 4 (1.89%) Revit
2 3 (1.42%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 100 (47.17%) Azure
2 73 (34.43%) AWS
3 39 (18.40%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (11.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 18 (8.49%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 18 (8.49%) AWS CloudTrail
6 17 (8.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 15 (7.08%) Entra ID
8 14 (6.60%) dbt
8 14 (6.60%) SaaS
9 10 (4.72%) GCP
10 8 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (3.77%) AWS KMS
11 7 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (3.30%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.30%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.89%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.89%) IaaS
12 4 (1.89%) PaaS
13 3 (1.42%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 50 (23.58%) Firewall
2 47 (22.17%) Network Security
3 11 (5.19%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (4.25%) BGP
4 9 (4.25%) DNS
4 9 (4.25%) OSPF
5 8 (3.77%) LAN
5 8 (3.77%) WAN
6 7 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 7 (3.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 7 (3.30%) Internet
6 7 (3.30%) Wireshark
7 6 (2.83%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.83%) Wireless
8 5 (2.36%) NGFW
9 4 (1.89%) VPN
10 3 (1.42%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (1.42%) Cisco IPT
10 3 (1.42%) EIGRP
10 3 (1.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.36%) BigQuery
2 5 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.36%) Hadoop
2 5 (2.36%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.89%) InfluxDB
3 4 (1.89%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.89%) JMeter
2 4 (1.89%) Postman
2 4 (1.89%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.42%) Burp Suite
3 3 (1.42%) JIRA
3 3 (1.42%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.42%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.47%) GitLab
General
1 53 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.09%) Finance
3 24 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.08%) Law
6 12 (5.66%) Banking
7 11 (5.19%) Retail
8 9 (4.25%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.83%) Legal
10 6 (2.83%) Welsh Language
11 4 (1.89%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.89%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Publishing
13 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.47%) Automotive
14 1 (0.47%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.60%) Django
2 4 (1.89%) Kafka
2 4 (1.89%) OAuth
2 4 (1.89%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.89%) SOAP
2 4 (1.89%) XML
3 3 (1.42%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.42%) XMPP
4 2 (0.94%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.47%) React
5 1 (0.47%) Spring
5 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.47%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.21%) Security Operations Centre
2 17 (8.02%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.13%) Cyberattack
4 12 (5.66%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (5.66%) Public Cloud
5 11 (5.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 11 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (4.25%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.30%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.30%) PKI
8 5 (2.36%) Blog
8 5 (2.36%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.89%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.89%) Cybercrime
9 4 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.42%) SCADA
11 1 (0.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.26%) Windows
2 15 (7.08%) Unix
3 12 (5.66%) Linux
4 7 (3.30%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.83%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.89%) CentOS
6 4 (1.89%) Solaris
6 4 (1.89%) zOS
7 3 (1.42%) Debian
8 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (56.60%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (29.25%) SIEM
3 57 (26.89%) Security Operations
4 48 (22.64%) Information Security
5 47 (22.17%) Incident Response
6 45 (21.23%) Cloud Security
7 41 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (13.68%) Risk Management
10 27 (12.74%) DevSecOps
11 26 (12.26%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (10.38%) DevOps
13 18 (8.49%) Application Security
14 17 (8.02%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 15 (7.08%) Penetration Testing
16 14 (6.60%) Coaching
16 14 (6.60%) Identity Access Management
16 14 (6.60%) Roadmaps
16 14 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (6.60%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.51%) Python
2 26 (12.26%) Kusto Query Language
3 23 (10.85%) SQL
4 21 (9.91%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.83%) Java
6 4 (1.89%) Bash
7 1 (0.47%) C
7 1 (0.47%) C#
7 1 (0.47%) C++
7 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 27 (12.74%) CISSP
2 26 (12.26%) Degree
2 26 (12.26%) SC Cleared
2 26 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.13%) CISM
4 10 (4.72%) CEH
4 10 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.25%) CCNA
5 9 (4.25%) CCNP
6 4 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.89%) GIAC
6 4 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.89%) RIBA
7 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.42%) CISA
7 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.94%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.57%) NIST
2 29 (13.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (6.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 6 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.83%) SOC 2
5 5 (2.36%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.36%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.89%) NCSC
7 3 (1.42%) COBIT
7 3 (1.42%) QA
8 1 (0.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (10.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.13%) Terraform
2 9 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.30%) CA Single Sign-On
3 7 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.83%) CASB
5 5 (2.36%) logstash
6 4 (1.89%) Grafana
6 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.94%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.94%) QRadar
8 1 (0.47%) Ansible
8 1 (0.47%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.47%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.47%) Nessus
8 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.47%) systemd
8 1 (0.47%) yum
Vendors
1 74 (34.91%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.79%) Splunk
3 16 (7.55%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.60%) Cisco
5 12 (5.66%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.77%) Fortinet
6 8 (3.77%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.30%) CA
8 6 (2.83%) Qualys
9 5 (2.36%) Google
10 4 (1.89%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.89%) Oracle
11 3 (1.42%) Rapid7
12 2 (0.94%) F5
12 2 (0.94%) IBM
12 2 (0.94%) SonicWALL
13 1 (0.47%) HP
13 1 (0.47%) Tripwire
13 1 (0.47%) VMware