Security Posture Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 468 665
Rank change year-on-year -8 +197 -160
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 113 190 211
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.47% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% 1.21% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 89 90 80
10th Percentile £37,250 £40,900 £43,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,250 £67,168
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +6.08% +11.95%
75th Percentile £78,750 £100,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £108,133 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £66,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.02% -5.00% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,103 15,660 33,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.77% 38.60% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 11,464 16,904
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,294 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,556 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £109,531 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 Posture.

Security Posture salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 3 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) IIS
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (24.78%) Azure
2 19 (16.81%) AWS
3 17 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.31%) SaaS
5 4 (3.54%) GCP
6 3 (2.65%) Amazon S3
6 3 (2.65%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (2.65%) PaaS
7 2 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.77%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.77%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.77%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.77%) Serverless
8 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (23.01%) Firewall
2 15 (13.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (11.50%) Network Security
4 7 (6.19%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.19%) Wireless
5 6 (5.31%) LAN
6 5 (4.42%) WAN
7 4 (3.54%) DNS
7 4 (3.54%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.65%) DHCP
9 2 (1.77%) Internet
9 2 (1.77%) Wireless Security
10 1 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.88%) OSPF
10 1 (0.88%) SSL
10 1 (0.88%) VPN
10 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.77%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.32%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (21.24%) Legal
4 21 (18.58%) Finance
5 15 (13.27%) Law
6 12 (10.62%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.54%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.65%) Retail
10 2 (1.77%) Games
11 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (17.70%) Lead
2 14 (12.39%) Penetration Tester
2 14 (12.39%) Tester
3 12 (10.62%) Analyst
4 11 (9.73%) Architect
5 10 (8.85%) Senior
6 9 (7.96%) IT Manager
6 9 (7.96%) Security Architect
6 9 (7.96%) Security Manager
7 8 (7.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.08%) IT Security Manager
8 7 (6.19%) Network Engineer
8 7 (6.19%) Security Analyst
9 6 (5.31%) Consultant
9 6 (5.31%) Information Analyst
9 6 (5.31%) Information Security Analyst
10 5 (4.42%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.54%) Graduate
11 4 (3.54%) Security Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) OAuth
2 2 (1.77%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.77%) Flask
2 2 (1.77%) JWT
2 2 (1.77%) OpenID
2 2 (1.77%) React
2 2 (1.77%) SAML
3 1 (0.88%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (27.43%) Management Information System
2 15 (13.27%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (7.96%) Cyber Security Posture
4 7 (6.19%) Public Cloud
4 7 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.54%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.54%) PMI
5 4 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.65%) PKI
7 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.77%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.77%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.88%) Insider Threat
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (15.04%) Windows
2 7 (6.19%) Android
3 6 (5.31%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.65%) Linux
4 3 (2.65%) Unix
4 3 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.77%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.77%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (63.72%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (54.87%) Information Security
3 30 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (23.01%) Security Architecture
4 26 (23.01%) Security Operations
5 24 (21.24%) Incident Response
5 24 (21.24%) Risk Management
6 22 (19.47%) Data Privacy
7 18 (15.93%) Business Continuity
7 18 (15.93%) Penetration Testing
8 17 (15.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (15.04%) SIEM
9 15 (13.27%) Cloud Security
9 15 (13.27%) Kalman Filter
10 14 (12.39%) Risk Assessment
11 12 (10.62%) Web Filtering
12 11 (9.73%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.73%) Due Diligence
12 11 (9.73%) Internal Audit
12 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.19%) Python
2 4 (3.54%) C#
2 4 (3.54%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.77%) Bash
3 2 (1.77%) Go
3 2 (1.77%) Java
3 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.77%) Lua
3 2 (1.77%) Ruby
3 2 (1.77%) Rust
3 2 (1.77%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (39.82%) CISSP
2 27 (23.89%) Degree
3 21 (18.58%) CISM
4 15 (13.27%) GIAC
5 14 (12.39%) GSEC
5 14 (12.39%) SSCP
6 13 (11.50%) CISA
7 12 (10.62%) OSCP
8 9 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (7.08%) CRISC
10 5 (4.42%) CEH
10 5 (4.42%) PMI Certification
11 4 (3.54%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.54%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
12 3 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.65%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (38.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (22.12%) GRC
3 17 (15.04%) GDPR
4 15 (13.27%) NIST
5 10 (8.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (7.08%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.19%) SOC 2
8 6 (5.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.65%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.77%) COBIT
10 2 (1.77%) QA
11 1 (0.88%) GxP
11 1 (0.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.77%) Docker
3 2 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (3.54%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.77%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.77%) Nmap
3 2 (1.77%) QRadar
3 2 (1.77%) SCCM
3 2 (1.77%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (1.77%) WSUS
4 1 (0.88%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.85%) VMware
3 6 (5.31%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.42%) Darktrace
5 3 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.65%) Qualys
5 3 (2.65%) Splunk
6 2 (1.77%) Cisco
6 2 (1.77%) Symantec
6 2 (1.77%) Varonis
6 2 (1.77%) Veeam
7 1 (0.88%) Apple
7 1 (0.88%) arcserve
7 1 (0.88%) Citrix
7 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.88%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.88%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.88%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.88%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.88%) Tripwire