Security Operations Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Operations (SecOps)
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 Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 355 417
Rank change year-on-year +35 +62 -89
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 314 344 565
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.93% 0.85% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.89% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 222 268 436
10th Percentile £41,875 £42,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Operations 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 30,859 38,849 68,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.22% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,373 27,016 41,283
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Operations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 Operations.

Security Operations salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Security Operations salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 22 (7.01%) SAS
2 6 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 107 (34.08%) Azure
2 74 (23.57%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.24%) SaaS
4 24 (7.64%) AWS
5 22 (7.01%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (4.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (4.14%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (3.50%) Entra ID
10 10 (3.18%) Azure AKS
11 9 (2.87%) GCP
12 4 (1.27%) IaaS
12 4 (1.27%) PaaS
13 2 (0.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudTrail
13 2 (0.64%) AWS Control Tower
13 2 (0.64%) OCI
13 2 (0.64%) Pendo
14 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.32%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 75 (23.89%) Firewall
2 45 (14.33%) Network Security
3 27 (8.60%) TCP/IP
4 20 (6.37%) Wireshark
5 19 (6.05%) Intrusion Detection
6 15 (4.78%) LAN
6 15 (4.78%) WAN
7 7 (2.23%) DNS
7 7 (2.23%) Internet
8 4 (1.27%) DHCP
9 3 (0.96%) Broadband
10 2 (0.64%) HTTP
10 2 (0.64%) SMTP
10 2 (0.64%) VPN
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.32%) OSPF
11 1 (0.32%) SSL
11 1 (0.32%) tcpdump
11 1 (0.32%) Wireless
11 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
1 5 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.59%) Hadoop
1 5 (1.59%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Git
2 1 (0.32%) GitLab
2 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 90 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.66%) Finance
3 29 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.96%) Legal
5 24 (7.64%) Law
6 20 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.78%) Military
8 12 (3.82%) Retail
9 8 (2.55%) Banking
10 7 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.91%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.27%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.96%) Turkish Language
14 2 (0.64%) Back Office
14 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.64%) Marketing
14 2 (0.64%) Publishing
14 2 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 104 (33.12%) Analyst
2 71 (22.61%) Security Engineer
3 54 (17.20%) Security Analyst
4 45 (14.33%) Senior
5 34 (10.83%) SOC Analyst
6 31 (9.87%) Lead
7 30 (9.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 28 (8.92%) Consultant
8 28 (8.92%) Security Manager
9 26 (8.28%) Security Consultant
10 25 (7.96%) Developer
10 25 (7.96%) Senior Security Engineer
11 24 (7.64%) ServiceNow Developer
12 23 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 23 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (6.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 20 (6.37%) IT Analyst
15 19 (6.05%) IT Engineer
15 19 (6.05%) IT Security Analyst
15 19 (6.05%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.01%) AngularJS
1 22 (7.01%) CSS
1 22 (7.01%) HTML
1 22 (7.01%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 22 (7.01%) Web Services
2 3 (0.96%) ADO
3 2 (0.64%) Kafka
3 2 (0.64%) Middleware
3 2 (0.64%) OAuth
3 2 (0.64%) OpenID
3 2 (0.64%) REST
3 2 (0.64%) SAML
3 2 (0.64%) SOAP
4 1 (0.32%) .NET
4 1 (0.32%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.32%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.32%) pytest
4 1 (0.32%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 64 (20.38%) Management Information System
2 62 (19.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 46 (14.65%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (10.51%) Cyberattack
5 27 (8.60%) CMDB
6 26 (8.28%) Security Posture
7 22 (7.01%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (4.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 12 (3.82%) Product Ownership
10 10 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (2.87%) Algorithms
11 9 (2.87%) Client/Server
11 9 (2.87%) Data Structures
12 7 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (1.91%) Cybercrime
13 6 (1.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (1.91%) IoT
14 5 (1.59%) Blog
14 5 (1.59%) Operational Technology
15 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (22.93%) Windows
2 24 (7.64%) Linux
3 18 (5.73%) Unix
4 16 (5.10%) Mac OS X
5 13 (4.14%) Android
5 13 (4.14%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.23%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.64%) AIX
7 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (67.20%) Cybersecurity
2 149 (47.45%) Incident Response
3 131 (41.72%) SIEM
4 96 (30.57%) Information Security
5 80 (25.48%) Incident Management
6 57 (18.15%) Risk Management
7 56 (17.83%) Vulnerability Management
8 50 (15.92%) ITIL
9 48 (15.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 48 (15.29%) DevOps
9 48 (15.29%) Threat Intelligence
10 41 (13.06%) Actionable Insight
11 38 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (11.46%) Mentoring
13 35 (11.15%) Security Management
14 34 (10.83%) Agile
14 34 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (10.83%) Roadmaps
15 31 (9.87%) Change Management
15 31 (9.87%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.10%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.01%) Python
3 12 (3.82%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.23%) SQL
5 6 (1.91%) Java
6 3 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.64%) Scala
8 1 (0.32%) C
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 70 (22.29%) CISSP
2 53 (16.88%) Degree
3 31 (9.87%) CISM
4 26 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (7.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 22 (7.01%) CCSP
7 21 (6.69%) CEH
7 21 (6.69%) Security Cleared
8 18 (5.73%) CompTIA Security+
9 17 (5.41%) GCIA
10 16 (5.10%) GCIH
10 16 (5.10%) SANS
11 15 (4.78%) SSCP
12 14 (4.46%) GREM
12 14 (4.46%) SC Cleared
13 13 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (4.14%) GIAC
14 10 (3.18%) CISA
14 10 (3.18%) Numerate Degree
15 7 (2.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (24.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (16.88%) NIST
3 34 (10.83%) PCI DSS
4 28 (8.92%) GRC
5 25 (7.96%) GDPR
6 22 (7.01%) JSP 440
7 21 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (6.05%) NCSC
9 11 (3.50%) SOC 2
10 7 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.59%) Data Quality
11 5 (1.59%) QA
12 4 (1.27%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.64%) COBIT
14 2 (0.64%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.32%) GxP
15 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 32 (10.19%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.64%) Docker
4 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.32%) Snort
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (4.46%) QRadar
2 13 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.14%) Nmap
3 12 (3.82%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.50%) Terraform
5 6 (1.91%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.59%) logstash
6 5 (1.59%) Nessus
7 4 (1.27%) CASB
8 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.96%) SCCM
9 2 (0.64%) DatAdvantage
9 2 (0.64%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.32%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.32%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 92 (29.30%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.15%) Qualys
3 33 (10.51%) Splunk
4 29 (9.24%) ServiceNow
5 19 (6.05%) CrowdStrike
6 14 (4.46%) Dell
6 14 (4.46%) Rapid7
7 13 (4.14%) IBM
7 13 (4.14%) Thycotic
8 9 (2.87%) Cisco
9 5 (1.59%) Google
9 5 (1.59%) LogRhythm
10 4 (1.27%) Darktrace
10 4 (1.27%) Sun
11 3 (0.96%) McAfee
11 3 (0.96%) Symantec
11 3 (0.96%) Tripwire
11 3 (0.96%) Varonis
11 3 (0.96%) VMware
12 2 (0.64%) Forcepoint