Cloud Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cloud Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 164 306
Rank change year-on-year -138 +142 -62
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 338 877 880
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.00% 2.16% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 2.25% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 301 614 508
10th Percentile £40,250 £42,874 £44,625
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,219 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,850 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,188 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £109,865 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,700
% change year-on-year -13.33% +6.08% +1.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,860 38,962 68,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 96.03% 97.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,358 27,133 41,275
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Security.

Cloud Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Cloud Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
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 13 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.89%) Confluence
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.59%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 222 (65.68%) Azure
2 94 (27.81%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (26.04%) AWS
4 50 (14.79%) GCP
5 46 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (12.13%) PaaS
7 35 (10.36%) Entra ID
8 26 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 25 (7.40%) SaaS
10 23 (6.80%) Cloud Computing
10 23 (6.80%) GitHub
10 23 (6.80%) IaaS
11 16 (4.73%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (4.73%) Serverless
12 11 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.37%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.37%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 82 (24.26%) Firewall
2 54 (15.98%) Network Security
3 36 (10.65%) Internet
3 36 (10.65%) WAN
4 35 (10.36%) LAN
5 29 (8.58%) DNS
6 26 (7.69%) Wireless
7 24 (7.10%) DKIM
7 24 (7.10%) DMARC
8 16 (4.73%) TCP/IP
9 15 (4.44%) SD-WAN
9 15 (4.44%) WLAN
10 13 (3.85%) Wireshark
11 12 (3.55%) Software-Defined Networking
12 10 (2.96%) VPN
13 9 (2.66%) BGP
14 8 (2.37%) Broadband
15 7 (2.07%) NGFW
16 4 (1.18%) MPLS
16 4 (1.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.89%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (10.36%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.55%) Git
3 5 (1.48%) Maven
3 5 (1.48%) Selenium
3 5 (1.48%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.18%) Burp Suite
4 4 (1.18%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.89%) JIRA
6 2 (0.59%) GitLab
7 1 (0.30%) Gatling
7 1 (0.30%) JUnit
7 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 92 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 90 (26.63%) Finance
3 37 (10.95%) Banking
4 21 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.21%) Retail
5 18 (5.33%) Law
6 12 (3.55%) Marketing
7 11 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.66%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.37%) Tech for Good
10 7 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.07%) Legal
11 6 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.59%) French Language
13 2 (0.59%) German Language
13 2 (0.59%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (21.01%) Security Engineer
2 66 (19.53%) Analyst
2 66 (19.53%) Senior
3 65 (19.23%) Security Analyst
4 45 (13.31%) Cloud Engineer
5 43 (12.72%) Lead
6 40 (11.83%) Information Analyst
6 40 (11.83%) Information Security Analyst
7 39 (11.54%) Architect
7 39 (11.54%) Senior Security Engineer
8 30 (8.88%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 29 (8.58%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 26 (7.69%) Security Architect
11 24 (7.10%) Consultant
12 21 (6.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 20 (5.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (5.33%) Network Engineer
15 15 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (4.44%) Security Consultant
15 15 (4.44%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.78%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.18%) AWS CDK
2 4 (1.18%) Kafka
3 3 (0.89%) .NET
3 3 (0.89%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.89%) CSS
4 2 (0.59%) JWT
4 2 (0.59%) Lambda Expressions
4 2 (0.59%) OAuth
4 2 (0.59%) REST
4 2 (0.59%) YAML
5 1 (0.30%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.30%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.30%) HTML
5 1 (0.30%) Node.js
5 1 (0.30%) React
5 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.95%) Public Cloud
2 33 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 28 (8.28%) Cyberattack
4 26 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 24 (7.10%) Data Centre
6 19 (5.62%) Private Cloud
7 18 (5.33%) Product Ownership
8 16 (4.73%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (4.44%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.96%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.66%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (2.37%) Driving Licence
13 7 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (2.07%) IoT
14 6 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.78%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 5 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
16 4 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.98%) Windows
2 24 (7.10%) Linux
3 19 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.85%) Android
4 13 (3.85%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.96%) Unix
6 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.89%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (40.53%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (33.73%) Information Security
3 92 (27.22%) DevOps
4 77 (22.78%) Agile
5 68 (20.12%) SIEM
6 58 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 57 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (14.50%) CI/CD
9 44 (13.02%) Roadmaps
10 40 (11.83%) Security Architecture
11 37 (10.95%) Identity Access Management
12 35 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 34 (10.06%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (9.76%) Incident Response
15 30 (8.88%) Mentoring
15 30 (8.88%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 29 (8.58%) Security Operations
16 29 (8.58%) Zero Trust
17 28 (8.28%) Presales
18 27 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 68 (20.12%) Python
2 30 (8.88%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.03%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.14%) Java
5 12 (3.55%) Bash
6 10 (2.96%) Go
7 7 (2.07%) C#
8 6 (1.78%) SQL
9 4 (1.18%) Bicep
9 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.89%) AWK
10 3 (0.89%) C++
10 3 (0.89%) Scala
10 3 (0.89%) sed
11 2 (0.59%) Lua
11 2 (0.59%) Ruby
11 2 (0.59%) Rust
12 1 (0.30%) Groovy
12 1 (0.30%) Julia
12 1 (0.30%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (21.60%) CISSP
2 34 (10.06%) CEH
3 29 (8.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 29 (8.58%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (7.69%) CCSP
5 25 (7.40%) CISM
5 25 (7.40%) Degree
6 20 (5.92%) Azure Certification
7 18 (5.33%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.33%) Security Cleared
8 16 (4.73%) AWS Certification
9 15 (4.44%) OSCP
10 14 (4.14%) SANS
11 13 (3.85%) SSCP
12 12 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (2.66%) CREST Certified
16 6 (1.78%) CHECK Team Leader
16 6 (1.78%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (19.53%) NIST
2 61 (18.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (12.72%) PCI DSS
4 13 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (3.55%) GRC
5 12 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (2.96%) GDPR
7 6 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.18%) COBIT
8 4 (1.18%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.89%) NCSC
9 3 (0.89%) QA
10 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (11.24%) Docker
2 31 (9.17%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (2.37%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) vCloud
7 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (15.38%) Terraform
2 44 (13.02%) Kubernetes
3 27 (7.99%) CASB
4 22 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (5.62%) Ansible
6 16 (4.73%) Nmap
7 9 (2.66%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.07%) Progress Chef
8 7 (2.07%) Puppet
8 7 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.48%) Argo
10 4 (1.18%) Nagios
11 3 (0.89%) Istio
11 3 (0.89%) Nessus
11 3 (0.89%) OfficeScan
11 3 (0.89%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.89%) WSUS
12 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.59%) QRadar
Vendors
1 95 (28.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.76%) Google
3 26 (7.69%) Cisco
4 18 (5.33%) Palo Alto
4 18 (5.33%) Splunk
5 16 (4.73%) Qualys
5 16 (4.73%) Rapid7
6 13 (3.85%) Thycotic
7 12 (3.55%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.96%) Zscaler
9 9 (2.66%) CheckPoint
9 9 (2.66%) Juniper
10 8 (2.37%) CyberArk
10 8 (2.37%) Draytek
11 7 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.78%) Blue Coat
12 6 (1.78%) Netskope
12 6 (1.78%) Symantec
12 6 (1.78%) VMware
13 4 (1.18%) Intel