Security Monitoring Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Monitoring
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 524 612
Rank change year-on-year +143 +88 +44
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 32 65 59
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30 57 39
10th Percentile - £32,050 £38,825
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £45,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £77,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Security Monitoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Monitoring salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Security Monitoring salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Monitoring
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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (59.38%) AWS
2 5 (15.63%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (53.13%) Firewall
2 2 (6.25%) DNS
2 2 (6.25%) VSAN
3 1 (3.13%) Network Security
General
1 26 (81.25%) Law
2 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Electronics
4 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Marketing
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Security Engineer
2 15 (46.88%) AWS Engineer
3 14 (43.75%) Cloud Engineer
3 14 (43.75%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) Analyst
4 8 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior
7 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Information Security Specialist
8 2 (6.25%) Information Specialist
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Security Specialist
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Information Security Specialist
8 2 (6.25%) Senior Security Specialist
9 1 (3.13%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Security Posture
2 16 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 10 (31.25%) CSOC
3 10 (31.25%) Management Information System
3 10 (31.25%) Onboarding
3 10 (31.25%) Virtual Team
4 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (87.50%) Security Operations
2 25 (78.13%) DevOps
3 18 (56.25%) Roadmaps
4 17 (53.13%) Cloud Security
5 16 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (50.00%) Data Engineering
5 16 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 16 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (40.63%) Incident Response
7 13 (40.63%) SIEM
8 12 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (31.25%) Architectural Design
9 10 (31.25%) Open Source
9 10 (31.25%) Performance Management
9 10 (31.25%) Protective Monitoring
9 10 (31.25%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (31.25%) Trend Analysis
9 10 (31.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 16 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 10 (31.25%) SC Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) CCNA
3 2 (6.25%) CCNP
3 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.25%) MCP
3 2 (6.25%) MCSA
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.13%) CISM
4 1 (3.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.13%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 2 (6.25%) Firmware
2 2 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.25%) VMware NSX
2 2 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (31.25%) QRadar
2 2 (6.25%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (6.25%) vCenter Server
2 2 (6.25%) vRealize
2 2 (6.25%) VxRail
2 2 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Dell
2 2 (6.25%) EMC
2 2 (6.25%) Isilon
2 2 (6.25%) McAfee
2 2 (6.25%) Red Hat
2 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
2 2 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.13%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.13%) SAP
3 1 (3.13%) Tenable