Security Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Tester salary in Work from Home is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 628 832
Rank change year-on-year +56 +204 -265
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Tester 11 34 12
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.032% 0.080% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.084% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 9 27 12
10th Percentile £53,500 £56,250 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +52.84% -42.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £113,125 £60,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £87,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -31.43% +60.55% -31.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,500 40,685 66,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 95.99% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,951 28,924 42,159
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,658 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,429 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Security Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Tester
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 Tester.

Security Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Tester over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Security Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Security Tester 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 Tester in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Security Testing
2 9 (81.82%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (72.73%) Information Security
4 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (54.55%) Data Privacy
5 6 (54.55%) OSCP
5 6 (54.55%) PCI DSS
5 6 (54.55%) PCI QSA
5 6 (54.55%) OWASP
5 6 (54.55%) Security Architecture
5 6 (54.55%) Firewall
5 6 (54.55%) Wireless
5 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (54.55%) Marketing
5 6 (54.55%) Application Security
5 6 (54.55%) GRC
5 6 (54.55%) Thought Leadership
5 6 (54.55%) NIST
5 6 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (54.55%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (54.55%) Tigerscheme
5 6 (54.55%) Cyber Scheme
5 6 (54.55%) CHECK Team Leader
5 6 (54.55%) CHECK Team Member
5 6 (54.55%) CREST Certified
5 6 (54.55%) Cloud Security
6 2 (18.18%) Law
6 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS

Security Tester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
1 6 (54.55%) Wireless
General
1 7 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Security Testing
2 9 (81.82%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (72.73%) Information Security
4 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (54.55%) Application Security
5 6 (54.55%) Cloud Security
5 6 (54.55%) Data Privacy
5 6 (54.55%) OWASP
5 6 (54.55%) Security Architecture
5 6 (54.55%) Thought Leadership
5 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Red Team
7 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CHECK Team Leader
1 6 (54.55%) CHECK Team Member
1 6 (54.55%) CREST Certified
1 6 (54.55%) Cyber Scheme
1 6 (54.55%) OSCP
1 6 (54.55%) PCI QSA
1 6 (54.55%) Tigerscheme
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (54.55%) GRC
1 6 (54.55%) NIST
1 6 (54.55%) PCI DSS