Security Specialist Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Specialist salary for remote or hybrid work is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 548 563
Rank change year-on-year +150 +15 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 34 35 99
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.10% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.11% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 79
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,700 £44,094
25th Percentile £66,875 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £48,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.04% -26.15% -7.14%
75th Percentile £89,688 £62,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,750 £73,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.71% -22.31% +2.77%

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 14,908 32,504 40,687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 96.00% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,956 24,955 28,926
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,005 £36,679
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £47,447
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 £93,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Security Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Specialist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Specialist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Specialist over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Security Specialist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 27 (79.41%) Information Security
2 25 (73.53%) Risk Management
2 25 (73.53%) PowerShell
3 23 (67.65%) Risk Assessment
3 23 (67.65%) Degree
3 23 (67.65%) Collaborative Working
4 21 (61.76%) Virtual Team
4 21 (61.76%) Okta
4 21 (61.76%) German Language
4 21 (61.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (61.76%) Active Directory
4 21 (61.76%) Salesforce
4 21 (61.76%) Identity Management
4 21 (61.76%) Management Information System
4 21 (61.76%) SailPoint
4 21 (61.76%) Mentoring
4 21 (61.76%) Identity Access Management
5 11 (32.35%) Finance
6 8 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (17.65%) Banking
8 5 (14.71%) Python
8 5 (14.71%) Azure
9 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (11.76%) CISM
9 4 (11.76%) NIST
9 4 (11.76%) Task Automation
9 4 (11.76%) Incident Response
9 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
10 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security
10 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving

Security Specialist 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 21 (61.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
2 3 (8.82%) PaaS
3 2 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.94%) IaaS
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Burp Suite
General
1 21 (61.76%) German Language
2 11 (32.35%) Finance
3 6 (17.65%) Banking
4 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (61.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (61.76%) Management Information System
1 21 (61.76%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.88%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.88%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (79.41%) Information Security
2 25 (73.53%) Risk Management
3 23 (67.65%) Collaborative Working
3 23 (67.65%) Risk Assessment
4 21 (61.76%) Identity Access Management
4 21 (61.76%) Identity Management
4 21 (61.76%) Mentoring
5 8 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (11.76%) Incident Response
6 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.76%) Task Automation
6 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (8.82%) Agile
7 3 (8.82%) Cloud Security
7 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
8 2 (5.88%) Data Protection
8 2 (5.88%) Incident Management
8 2 (5.88%) Validation
8 2 (5.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 3 (8.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (67.65%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) CISM
3 3 (8.82%) CISSP
4 2 (5.88%) CRISC
4 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.94%) CEH
5 1 (2.94%) CSSLP
5 1 (2.94%) OSCP
5 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) NIST
2 2 (5.88%) COBIT
2 2 (5.88%) GRC
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.88%) NIST 800
2 2 (5.88%) SOC 1
2 2 (5.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (61.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.88%) RSA Archer
2 1 (2.94%) CASB
Vendors
1 21 (61.76%) Okta
1 21 (61.76%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft