Cybersecurity Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 51 77
Rank change year-on-year +10 +26 +33
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,912 2,243 3,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.57% 5.64% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.15% 5.87% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 1,578 1,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £38,973
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cybersecurity 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 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Cybersecurity salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
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 73 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.26%) IIS
4 19 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 5 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.26%) Luigi
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) CMS
8 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.052%) nginx
9 1 (0.052%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.31%) Trello
5 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.052%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.10%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 649 (33.94%) Azure
2 338 (17.68%) Entra ID
3 310 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
4 177 (9.26%) AWS
5 118 (6.17%) SaaS
6 81 (4.24%) GCP
7 51 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (2.62%) PaaS
9 44 (2.30%) Amazon S3
10 43 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
11 40 (2.09%) IaaS
12 37 (1.94%) GitHub
13 31 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
14 30 (1.57%) Serverless
15 21 (1.10%) Power Platform
16 19 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
17 18 (0.94%) Slack
18 17 (0.89%) Lucidchart
18 17 (0.89%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 280 (14.64%) Firewall
2 224 (11.72%) Broadband
3 220 (11.51%) 5G
4 131 (6.85%) Network Security
5 127 (6.64%) WAN
6 76 (3.97%) SD-WAN
7 66 (3.45%) DNS
8 65 (3.40%) TCP/IP
9 64 (3.35%) LAN
10 58 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
11 55 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
12 49 (2.56%) Wireless
13 38 (1.99%) Unified Communications
14 37 (1.94%) Internet
15 36 (1.88%) DHCP
16 32 (1.67%) VPN
17 29 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
18 28 (1.46%) MPLS
18 28 (1.46%) Wireshark
19 17 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 34 (1.78%) Big Data
3 32 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
4 28 (1.46%) Hadoop
5 23 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 23 (1.20%) Redis
6 20 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 18 (0.94%) MySQL
8 17 (0.89%) Power BI
8 17 (0.89%) Scylla
9 16 (0.84%) Relational Database
10 15 (0.78%) NoSQL
11 12 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.26%) Bigtable
14 5 (0.26%) CouchDB
14 5 (0.26%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 40 (2.09%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.67%) JIRA
3 19 (0.99%) Git
4 17 (0.89%) GitLab
4 17 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
5 15 (0.78%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.42%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.26%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.21%) Rational Team Concert
10 4 (0.21%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
12 2 (0.10%) JUnit
12 2 (0.10%) Selenium
12 2 (0.10%) Subversion
12 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.052%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.052%) IntelliJ
General
1 495 (25.89%) Social Skills
2 371 (19.40%) Finance
3 367 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (15.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (8.58%) Legal
6 102 (5.33%) Law
7 88 (4.60%) Public Sector
8 78 (4.08%) Banking
9 73 (3.82%) Telecoms
10 62 (3.24%) Marketing
11 52 (2.72%) Military
12 46 (2.41%) Aerospace
13 41 (2.14%) Retail
14 37 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.62%) Games
16 26 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.36%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.05%) Aviation
18 19 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
19 16 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 490 (25.63%) Senior
2 258 (13.49%) Analyst
3 212 (11.09%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (10.98%) Technical Specialist
5 148 (7.74%) Security Engineer
6 143 (7.48%) Architect
7 133 (6.96%) Consultant
8 130 (6.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 129 (6.75%) Senior Linux Specialist
10 127 (6.64%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.64%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 125 (6.54%) Lead
12 100 (5.23%) Software Engineer
13 93 (4.86%) Security Analyst
14 84 (4.39%) IT Manager
15 81 (4.24%) Security Consultant
16 78 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
17 76 (3.97%) Security Manager
18 72 (3.77%) Security Architect
19 65 (3.40%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.99%) CSS
1 38 (1.99%) HTML
2 30 (1.57%) REST
3 28 (1.46%) JSON
4 26 (1.36%) Kafka
5 22 (1.15%) jQuery
6 18 (0.94%) Node.js
7 17 (0.89%) GraphQL
8 16 (0.84%) .NET
9 13 (0.68%) AngularJS
9 13 (0.68%) Flask
10 11 (0.58%) Django
10 11 (0.58%) OAuth
11 10 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
11 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (0.52%) OpenID
11 10 (0.52%) React
11 10 (0.52%) SAML
11 10 (0.52%) Web Services
12 9 (0.47%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 228 (11.92%) Management Information System
2 214 (11.19%) Social Media
3 167 (8.73%) Data Centre
4 88 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
5 73 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 71 (3.71%) Security Posture
7 64 (3.35%) Operational Technology
8 58 (3.03%) Public Cloud
9 52 (2.72%) IoT
9 52 (2.72%) Onboarding
10 48 (2.51%) Security Operations Centre
11 43 (2.25%) Cyberattack
12 40 (2.09%) Private Cloud
12 40 (2.09%) Product Ownership
13 29 (1.52%) Client/Server
14 27 (1.41%) Data Structures
14 27 (1.41%) Driving Licence
15 19 (0.99%) Algorithms
15 19 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 19 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 363 (18.99%) Linux
2 313 (16.37%) Windows
3 216 (11.30%) Ubuntu
4 118 (6.17%) Windows Server
5 76 (3.97%) Windows 10
6 52 (2.72%) Embedded Linux
7 49 (2.56%) Unix
8 37 (1.94%) Apple iOS
9 34 (1.78%) Android
10 22 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
12 17 (0.89%) Mac OS
13 16 (0.84%) Mac OS X
13 16 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.63%) VMS
15 6 (0.31%) Debian
16 5 (0.26%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
18 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (18.25%) Information Security
2 297 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
3 258 (13.49%) Security Operations
4 252 (13.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 234 (12.24%) IT Strategy
6 231 (12.08%) Incident Response
7 227 (11.87%) CRM
8 226 (11.82%) Technology Strategy
9 213 (11.14%) SIEM
10 204 (10.67%) Agile
11 201 (10.51%) Mentoring
12 187 (9.78%) Presales
13 182 (9.52%) Risk Management
14 164 (8.58%) ITIL
15 152 (7.95%) DevOps
16 150 (7.85%) Roadmaps
17 146 (7.64%) Penetration Testing
17 146 (7.64%) Software Licensing
18 138 (7.22%) Cloud Security
18 138 (7.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 327 (17.10%) Bash
2 238 (12.45%) Python
3 148 (7.74%) SQL
4 139 (7.27%) PowerShell
5 63 (3.29%) C
6 58 (3.03%) Java
7 54 (2.82%) Rust
8 50 (2.62%) Embedded C
9 41 (2.14%) JavaScript
10 26 (1.36%) Go
11 22 (1.15%) C#
12 17 (0.89%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.89%) Scala
13 15 (0.78%) C++
13 15 (0.78%) Perl
14 9 (0.47%) R
14 9 (0.47%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.37%) Ruby
16 5 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 326 (17.05%) Degree
2 273 (14.28%) Security Cleared
3 188 (9.83%) CISSP
4 118 (6.17%) CISM
5 113 (5.91%) SC Cleared
6 103 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
7 75 (3.92%) CCNA
8 71 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (3.40%) CCNP
10 58 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 54 (2.82%) CEH
12 46 (2.41%) DV Cleared
13 45 (2.35%) GIAC
14 43 (2.25%) Azure Certification
15 38 (1.99%) CRISC
16 33 (1.73%) SSCP
17 32 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
17 32 (1.67%) CREST Certified
18 31 (1.62%) AWS Certification
19 29 (1.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (12.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (9.62%) NIST
3 145 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 88 (4.60%) NCSC
5 86 (4.50%) GDPR
6 72 (3.77%) PCI DSS
7 51 (2.67%) GRC
8 41 (2.14%) QA
8 41 (2.14%) SLA
9 40 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 39 (2.04%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.20%) NIST 800
12 21 (1.10%) SOC 2
13 19 (0.99%) COBIT
14 18 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 17 (0.89%) Data Quality
16 14 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 12 (0.63%) ISO 9001
17 12 (0.63%) RMADS
18 11 (0.58%) Accessibility
System Software
1 483 (25.26%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (3.19%) Docker
4 50 (2.62%) RACF
5 48 (2.51%) Hyper-V
6 22 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (0.84%) vSphere
8 13 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
9 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.52%) Firmware
11 9 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
13 3 (0.16%) XenApp
14 2 (0.10%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.052%) Snort
Systems Management
1 315 (16.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (10.98%) Jamf Pro
3 76 (3.97%) Terraform
4 61 (3.19%) Kubernetes
5 47 (2.46%) Ansible
6 35 (1.83%) WSUS
7 27 (1.41%) Stealthwatch
8 24 (1.26%) Puppet
9 22 (1.15%) CASB
9 22 (1.15%) vCenter Server
10 21 (1.10%) Nessus
11 18 (0.94%) Nmap
12 17 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (0.78%) QRadar
13 15 (0.78%) SCCM
14 10 (0.52%) Grafana
15 9 (0.47%) Graphite
15 9 (0.47%) HAProxy
15 9 (0.47%) Nagios
15 9 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 773 (40.43%) Microsoft
2 267 (13.96%) CyberArk
3 210 (10.98%) Tanium
4 169 (8.84%) Apple
5 147 (7.69%) Adobe
6 130 (6.80%) Cisco
7 98 (5.13%) VMware
8 79 (4.13%) Dell
9 75 (3.92%) Google
10 70 (3.66%) Meraki
11 48 (2.51%) HP
11 48 (2.51%) Splunk
12 40 (2.09%) Qualys
13 38 (1.99%) Fortinet
14 35 (1.83%) Oracle
15 34 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
16 32 (1.67%) Samsung
17 29 (1.52%) ServiceNow
18 25 (1.31%) Intel
19 21 (1.10%) Darktrace