Red Team Jobs with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Red Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Red Team over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 594 827
Rank change year-on-year +33 +233 -254
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 32 44 59
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.092% 0.11% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.12% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 46
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £53,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% -4.15% +32.50%
75th Percentile £74,375 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £86,200 £98,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Red Team 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 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Red Team
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Red Team trend for jobs with a WFH option

Red Team
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Red Team salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Red Team
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Red Team over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Red Team salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 5 (15.63%) Wireless
2 3 (9.38%) Wireshark
3 2 (6.25%) Network Security
3 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.13%) Firewall
4 1 (3.13%) HTTP
4 1 (3.13%) Internet
4 1 (3.13%) SMTP
4 1 (3.13%) SSL
4 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.13%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Metasploit
2 4 (12.50%) Burp Suite
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Games
4 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Penetration Tester
1 22 (68.75%) Tester
2 5 (15.63%) Lead
3 4 (12.50%) Team Leader
3 4 (12.50%) Test Team Leader
4 3 (9.38%) Threat Hunter
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Graduate
5 2 (6.25%) Graduate Tester
5 2 (6.25%) Security Assurance Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
6 1 (3.13%) Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Security Penetration Tester
6 1 (3.13%) Security Tester
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.13%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.38%) Cyberattack
2 3 (9.38%) IoT
2 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.25%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Kali Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Android
2 2 (6.25%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (96.88%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (46.88%) Security Testing
3 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (31.25%) Social Engineering
5 8 (25.00%) Application Security
6 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
7 5 (15.63%) Information Security
7 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
7 5 (15.63%) Offensive Security
7 5 (15.63%) OWASP
8 4 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (12.50%) Incident Response
8 4 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
8 4 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (12.50%) Project Management
8 4 (12.50%) Purple Team
9 3 (9.38%) Ethical Hacking
9 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) Java
2 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (68.75%) CREST Certified
2 15 (46.88%) OSCP
3 12 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
5 9 (28.13%) CHECK Team Member
6 7 (21.88%) Cyber Scheme
6 7 (21.88%) Degree
7 6 (18.75%) GIAC
8 5 (15.63%) GPEN
8 5 (15.63%) OSCE
9 3 (9.38%) CEH
9 3 (9.38%) CHECK Team Leader
9 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (6.25%) CISM
10 2 (6.25%) CISSP
10 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
10 2 (6.25%) PhD
11 1 (3.13%) CCSAS
11 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
1 2 (6.25%) GRC
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
1 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Nessus
2 4 (12.50%) Nmap
3 2 (6.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Qualys
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft