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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 454 656
Rank change year-on-year -27 +202 -134
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 112 187 234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.49% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 1.25% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 88 88 87
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £52,188 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +14.89%
75th Percentile £78,750 £96,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,690 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +11.11%

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 12,201 14,971 35,232
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.12% 38.93% 47.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,269 11,057 17,188
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,544 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,533 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £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 1 June 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 (2.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.21%) Azure
2 17 (15.18%) AWS
2 17 (15.18%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.25%) SaaS
4 3 (2.68%) Amazon S3
4 3 (2.68%) AWS CloudTrail
4 3 (2.68%) Mimecast
4 3 (2.68%) PaaS
5 2 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (1.79%) AWS Control Tower
5 2 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.79%) Azure AKS
5 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.79%) GCP
5 2 (1.79%) Serverless
6 1 (0.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.89%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.89%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (21.43%) Firewall
2 14 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (10.71%) Network Security
4 7 (6.25%) LAN
4 7 (6.25%) Wireless
5 5 (4.46%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.46%) WAN
6 4 (3.57%) DHCP
6 4 (3.57%) DNS
6 4 (3.57%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.79%) OSPF
7 2 (1.79%) WLAN
8 1 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.89%) Internet
8 1 (0.89%) SSL
8 1 (0.89%) VPN
8 1 (0.89%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.89%) Power BI
2 1 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.89%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (24.11%) Legal
4 20 (17.86%) Finance
5 15 (13.39%) Law
6 12 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.68%) Retail
10 2 (1.79%) Games
10 2 (1.79%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.89%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (17.86%) Lead
2 13 (11.61%) Penetration Tester
2 13 (11.61%) Tester
3 11 (9.82%) Architect
3 11 (9.82%) Security Manager
4 10 (8.93%) Analyst
5 9 (8.04%) IT Manager
5 9 (8.04%) Security Architect
6 8 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.14%) IT Security Manager
7 7 (6.25%) Network Engineer
7 7 (6.25%) Senior
8 6 (5.36%) Consultant
9 5 (4.46%) Information Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Information Security Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Security Analyst
9 5 (4.46%) Security Consultant
10 4 (3.57%) Graduate
10 4 (3.57%) Senior Security Architect
10 4 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) AngularJS
1 2 (1.79%) Flask
1 2 (1.79%) OAuth
1 2 (1.79%) OpenID
1 2 (1.79%) React
1 2 (1.79%) SAML
2 1 (0.89%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (25.89%) Management Information System
2 14 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (8.04%) Cyber Security Posture
4 7 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.36%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.57%) PMI
7 3 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.79%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.89%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.89%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.89%) SCADA
9 1 (0.89%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.39%) Windows
2 7 (6.25%) Android
3 6 (5.36%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.89%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.89%) Linux
6 1 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (60.71%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (58.04%) Information Security
3 31 (27.68%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (23.21%) Security Operations
5 24 (21.43%) Incident Response
5 24 (21.43%) Security Architecture
6 23 (20.54%) Data Privacy
7 22 (19.64%) Risk Management
8 17 (15.18%) Business Continuity
8 17 (15.18%) Penetration Testing
9 16 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (14.29%) SIEM
10 14 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
11 12 (10.71%) Web Filtering
12 11 (9.82%) Cloud Security
12 11 (9.82%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.82%) Due Diligence
12 11 (9.82%) Internal Audit
12 11 (9.82%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 4 (3.57%) Python
2 2 (1.79%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.89%) Bash
3 1 (0.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 45 (40.18%) CISSP
2 25 (22.32%) Degree
3 22 (19.64%) CISM
4 17 (15.18%) CISA
5 15 (13.39%) GIAC
6 14 (12.50%) GSEC
6 14 (12.50%) SSCP
7 11 (9.82%) OSCP
8 9 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.36%) CRISC
10 5 (4.46%) PMI Certification
11 4 (3.57%) CEH
11 4 (3.57%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (3.57%) Security Cleared
12 3 (2.68%) DBS Check
12 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
13 2 (1.79%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.79%) GISP
13 2 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (41.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (22.32%) GRC
3 19 (16.96%) GDPR
4 16 (14.29%) NIST
5 11 (9.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (7.14%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (6.25%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.68%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.79%) COBIT
9 2 (1.79%) QA
10 1 (0.89%) GxP
10 1 (0.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (8.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.79%) Docker
2 2 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) FortiGate
1 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.79%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (1.79%) QRadar
3 2 (1.79%) SCCM
3 2 (1.79%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (1.79%) Terraform
3 2 (1.79%) WSUS
4 1 (0.89%) Nmap
4 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.89%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.89%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.04%) VMware
3 5 (4.46%) Darktrace
4 4 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.68%) Qualys
6 2 (1.79%) Splunk
6 2 (1.79%) Symantec
6 2 (1.79%) Varonis
6 2 (1.79%) Veeam
7 1 (0.89%) Apple
7 1 (0.89%) arcserve
7 1 (0.89%) Cisco
7 1 (0.89%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.89%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.89%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.89%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.89%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.89%) Thales
7 1 (0.89%) Tripwire