Security Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Analyst salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 441 513
Rank change year-on-year +48 +72 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 200 235 346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.55% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.58% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 186 184 296
10th Percentile £39,500 £37,715 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -5.66% +11.58%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,700 £71,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%

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 32,433 40,693 66,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,885 28,909 42,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,626 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £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 £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
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 Analyst.

Security Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Security Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Security Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 111 (55.50%) Information Security
2 99 (49.50%) Cybersecurity
3 92 (46.00%) SIEM
4 89 (44.50%) Azure
5 87 (43.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 68 (34.00%) Cloud Security
7 66 (33.00%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (30.50%) Incident Response
9 56 (28.00%) Security Operations
10 51 (25.50%) Cyberattack
11 49 (24.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 47 (23.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 47 (23.50%) Firewall
13 46 (23.00%) NIST
14 41 (20.50%) Analytical Skills
14 41 (20.50%) Vulnerability Management
15 40 (20.00%) CISSP
16 39 (19.50%) Cyber Essentials
17 38 (19.00%) Microsoft
18 36 (18.00%) Social Skills
19 35 (17.50%) Cyber Threat
20 33 (16.50%) Windows
21 32 (16.00%) AWS
21 32 (16.00%) GRC
22 30 (15.00%) Management Information System
22 30 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
23 28 (14.00%) SOAR
23 28 (14.00%) Incident Management
24 27 (13.50%) DNS
25 25 (12.50%) PCI DSS

Security Analyst 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 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.00%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 89 (44.50%) Azure
2 66 (33.00%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (16.00%) AWS
4 4 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.00%) SaaS
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.50%) GCP
5 1 (0.50%) Google Drive
5 1 (0.50%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.50%) IaaS
5 1 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (23.50%) Firewall
2 27 (13.50%) DNS
3 24 (12.00%) DKIM
3 24 (12.00%) DMARC
3 24 (12.00%) Internet
4 10 (5.00%) Network Security
5 9 (4.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (3.50%) LAN
6 7 (3.50%) WAN
7 6 (3.00%) Wireshark
8 4 (2.00%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.50%) Broadband
9 3 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.50%) Wireless
10 2 (1.00%) VLAN
11 1 (0.50%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 7 (3.50%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.50%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (20.50%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (18.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (11.50%) Finance
4 22 (11.00%) Law
5 10 (5.00%) Legal
6 8 (4.00%) Retail
7 4 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.50%) Banking
8 3 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.00%) Publishing
10 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 51 (25.50%) Cyberattack
2 35 (17.50%) Cyber Threat
3 30 (15.00%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (4.50%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.00%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.00%) Operational Technology
6 6 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (2.00%) IoT
8 3 (1.50%) Insider Threat
8 3 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.00%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.50%) CCTV
10 1 (0.50%) PKI
10 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.50%) Windows
2 11 (5.50%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.00%) Linux
4 4 (2.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (55.50%) Information Security
2 99 (49.50%) Cybersecurity
3 92 (46.00%) SIEM
4 68 (34.00%) Cloud Security
5 61 (30.50%) Incident Response
6 56 (28.00%) Security Operations
7 49 (24.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 47 (23.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 41 (20.50%) Vulnerability Management
10 30 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (14.00%) Incident Management
11 28 (14.00%) SOAR
12 25 (12.50%) Risk Management
13 23 (11.50%) Security Monitoring
14 22 (11.00%) Risk Assessment
15 19 (9.50%) ISMS
16 18 (9.00%) Security Management
17 17 (8.50%) Threat Intelligence
18 16 (8.00%) Data Protection
19 15 (7.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.00%) C++
2 4 (2.00%) Python
2 4 (2.00%) R
3 1 (0.50%) C#
3 1 (0.50%) Java
3 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (20.00%) CISSP
2 25 (12.50%) CISM
3 19 (9.50%) CISA
4 17 (8.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 14 (7.00%) Degree
6 9 (4.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 7 (3.50%) CompTIA CySA+
7 7 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (3.00%) CCSK
8 6 (3.00%) CCSP
8 6 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.00%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.50%) CEH
9 5 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.50%) SSCP
10 4 (2.00%) CRISC
10 4 (2.00%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (43.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (23.00%) NIST
3 39 (19.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 32 (16.00%) GRC
5 25 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 21 (10.50%) GDPR
7 15 (7.50%) NCSC
8 12 (6.00%) SOC 2
9 11 (5.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (2.50%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.50%) HIPAA
12 2 (1.00%) COBIT
12 2 (1.00%) ISO 31000
12 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.50%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.50%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 20 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (12.00%) CASB
2 7 (3.50%) Nmap
3 6 (3.00%) CSIRT
4 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.50%) Nessus
5 4 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 38 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.50%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (4.00%) Qualys
3 8 (4.00%) Splunk
4 5 (2.50%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.00%) Intel
6 2 (1.00%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.00%) Facebook
6 2 (1.00%) IBM
6 2 (1.00%) Sun
7 1 (0.50%) Google
7 1 (0.50%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.50%) Meraki
7 1 (0.50%) Rapid7