Security Posture Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 465 486
Rank change year-on-year +170 +21 +166
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 122 119 193
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.35% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 0.99% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 106 94 91
10th Percentile £37,716 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% -7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,875 £108,133
UK median annual salary £73,685 £71,250 £66,250
% change year-on-year +3.42% +7.55% -5.36%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,001 12,027 16,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.17% 35.55% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,871 9,246 11,842
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.61% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Posture
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Posture over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Security Posture salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (36.89%) AWS
2 44 (36.07%) Azure
3 15 (12.30%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (9.84%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (9.84%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.56%) SaaS
6 6 (4.92%) Azure AKS
7 4 (3.28%) GCP
7 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.46%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.46%) IaaS
8 3 (2.46%) Serverless
8 3 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 39 (31.97%) Firewall
2 12 (9.84%) Network Security
3 7 (5.74%) DNS
3 7 (5.74%) VPN
3 7 (5.74%) WAN
4 6 (4.92%) DHCP
4 6 (4.92%) VLAN
4 6 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (4.10%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.28%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.46%) LAN
8 1 (0.82%) BGP
8 1 (0.82%) DMARC
8 1 (0.82%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.82%) FTP
8 1 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.82%) Modbus
8 1 (0.82%) OSPF
8 1 (0.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
1 2 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (1.64%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.82%) Metasploit
General
1 26 (21.31%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.49%) Finance
3 17 (13.93%) Law
4 13 (10.66%) Legal
5 11 (9.02%) Retail
6 9 (7.38%) Banking
7 7 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.64%) Advertising
8 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.82%) Games
9 1 (0.82%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (51.64%) Security Engineer
2 28 (22.95%) Cloud Engineer
2 28 (22.95%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 18 (14.75%) AWS Engineer
3 18 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (13.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 17 (13.93%) Security Manager
5 15 (12.30%) Analyst
5 15 (12.30%) Security Analyst
6 11 (9.02%) Information Manager
6 11 (9.02%) Information Security Manager
6 11 (9.02%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) Lead
7 7 (5.74%) Senior
8 6 (4.92%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.46%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.64%) JSON
3 1 (0.82%) HTML
3 1 (0.82%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.49%) Cloud Security Posture
2 17 (13.93%) Management Information System
3 13 (10.66%) Cyber Security Posture
4 11 (9.02%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (9.02%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (7.38%) Cloud Native
6 8 (6.56%) Public Cloud
7 7 (5.74%) Product Ownership
8 5 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.64%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (1.64%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.82%) SCADA
11 1 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.39%) Linux
2 13 (10.66%) Windows
3 9 (7.38%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (2.46%) VMS
6 2 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (46.72%) Cloud Security
2 52 (42.62%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (35.25%) Information Security
3 43 (35.25%) Vulnerability Management
4 42 (34.43%) Security Operations
5 38 (31.15%) DevOps
6 30 (24.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (23.77%) Roadmaps
8 28 (22.95%) Risk Management
9 26 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (21.31%) Incident Response
10 25 (20.49%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 22 (18.03%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (17.21%) SIEM
13 17 (13.93%) CI/CD
13 17 (13.93%) Incident Management
13 17 (13.93%) Security Monitoring
14 16 (13.11%) Data Engineering
14 16 (13.11%) Technology Roadmap
14 16 (13.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.30%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.66%) Python
3 6 (4.92%) Bash
4 4 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (3.28%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.82%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 23 (18.85%) AWS Certification
2 16 (13.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 15 (12.30%) CISSP
3 15 (12.30%) Degree
4 14 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.48%) Security Cleared
5 13 (10.66%) CISM
6 6 (4.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.28%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.28%) CEH
7 4 (3.28%) CISA
7 4 (3.28%) CRISC
8 3 (2.46%) CCSP
8 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.64%) GCIH
9 2 (1.64%) GISF
9 2 (1.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (27.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (22.13%) NIST
3 18 (14.75%) GDPR
4 14 (11.48%) GRC
5 6 (4.92%) PCI DSS
6 5 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (4.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (3.28%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.64%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.64%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 19 (15.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.02%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (4.92%) Docker
4 5 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (12.30%) Terraform
2 11 (9.02%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.28%) Ansible
4 4 (3.28%) ZENworks
5 3 (2.46%) CASB
5 3 (2.46%) Istio
5 3 (2.46%) linkerd
5 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.64%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.64%) Nessus
6 2 (1.64%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.64%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.82%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.82%) Nmap
Vendors
1 33 (27.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.74%) Splunk
2 7 (5.74%) VMware
3 4 (3.28%) Meraki
3 4 (3.28%) Tenable
4 3 (2.46%) Google
5 2 (1.64%) EMC
5 2 (1.64%) NetApp
5 2 (1.64%) Qualys
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco
6 1 (0.82%) Citrix
6 1 (0.82%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.82%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.82%) Ivanti
6 1 (0.82%) Juniper
6 1 (0.82%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.82%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.82%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.82%) SAP
6 1 (0.82%) Zscaler