Security Officer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Officer salary for remote or hybrid work is £46,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

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

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 564 612
Rank change year-on-year +148 +48 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 4 21 47
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.062% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.065% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 25
10th Percentile - £40,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £48,438 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% -37.50% +36.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £111,250
90th Percentile £64,250 £68,125 £118,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -16.67% -

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 14,010 32,437 40,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 96.00% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,891 24,889 28,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,626
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,411
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Security Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Officer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Officer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Officer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Officer over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Security Officer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Security Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) COBIT
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Finance

Security Officer 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune