Security Officer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Officer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Officer salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 609 759
Rank change year-on-year +47 +150 -213
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 23 43 110
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.067% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17 27 91
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile - £46,649 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +20.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £97,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £117,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +13.74%

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 33,036 38,142 71,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 95.90% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 25,238 27,095 42,472
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £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 £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Officer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Officer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Officer
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 Officer.

Security Officer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Officer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Officer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Security Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 21 (91.30%) Information Security
2 19 (82.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (73.91%) CISM
4 15 (65.22%) CISA
5 13 (56.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (43.48%) Data Protection
6 10 (43.48%) CISSP
7 9 (39.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (34.78%) GDPR
9 7 (30.43%) NIST
9 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (26.09%) ModSecurity
10 6 (26.09%) NCSC
10 6 (26.09%) Data Governance
10 6 (26.09%) Military
10 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
10 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
10 6 (26.09%) Cisco IPT
11 5 (21.74%) GRC
11 5 (21.74%) Incident Response
12 4 (17.39%) Risk Register
13 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
13 3 (13.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
13 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
13 3 (13.04%) Data Privacy
13 3 (13.04%) Internal Audit
13 3 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
13 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
14 2 (8.70%) Data Security

Security Officer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) WhatsApp
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco IPT
General
1 6 (26.09%) Military
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Law
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) ModSecurity
2 2 (8.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Information Security
2 10 (43.48%) Data Protection
3 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (26.09%) Data Governance
5 5 (21.74%) Incident Response
6 4 (17.39%) Risk Register
7 3 (13.04%) Data Privacy
7 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (13.04%) Internal Audit
7 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (8.70%) Business Continuity
8 2 (8.70%) Contingency Planning
8 2 (8.70%) Data Security
8 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
8 2 (8.70%) IT Audit
8 2 (8.70%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (8.70%) Security Architecture
8 2 (8.70%) Service Management
8 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) CISM
2 15 (65.22%) CISA
3 10 (43.48%) CISSP
4 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) CASP
5 2 (8.70%) CEH
5 2 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (8.70%) Degree
6 1 (4.35%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (82.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (56.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (39.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (34.78%) GDPR
5 7 (30.43%) NIST
6 6 (26.09%) NCSC
7 5 (21.74%) GRC
8 3 (13.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
9 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (8.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune