Cybersecurity Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 52 78
Rank change year-on-year +10 +26 +29
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,897 2,230 3,267
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.59% 5.56% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% 5.79% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 1,581 1,702
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.88% +1.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,592 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cybersecurity 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 30,879 38,524 69,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.94% 96.06% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 23,365 26,722 41,465
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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%

Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Cybersecurity salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
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 74 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.32%) IIS
4 22 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 5 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.26%) Luigi
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 2 (0.11%) CMS
8 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
8 2 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.32%) Trello
5 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.053%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.11%) Primavera
3 1 (0.053%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 632 (33.32%) Azure
2 338 (17.82%) Entra ID
3 309 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
4 177 (9.33%) AWS
5 127 (6.69%) SaaS
6 90 (4.74%) GCP
7 50 (2.64%) PaaS
8 49 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (2.48%) Amazon S3
10 44 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
11 40 (2.11%) IaaS
12 35 (1.85%) GitHub
13 31 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
14 30 (1.58%) Serverless
15 21 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
15 21 (1.11%) Power Platform
15 21 (1.11%) Slack
16 20 (1.05%) Google Docs
16 20 (1.05%) Lucidchart
16 20 (1.05%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 276 (14.55%) Firewall
2 224 (11.81%) Broadband
3 220 (11.60%) 5G
4 127 (6.69%) Network Security
5 124 (6.54%) WAN
6 74 (3.90%) SD-WAN
7 66 (3.48%) DNS
8 65 (3.43%) TCP/IP
9 63 (3.32%) LAN
10 55 (2.90%) Intrusion Detection
10 55 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
11 48 (2.53%) Wireless
12 38 (2.00%) Unified Communications
13 37 (1.95%) Internet
14 36 (1.90%) DHCP
15 32 (1.69%) VPN
16 28 (1.48%) Wireshark
17 27 (1.42%) MPLS
18 26 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
19 17 (0.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.21%) SQL Server
2 36 (1.90%) Big Data
3 35 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
4 31 (1.63%) Hadoop
5 26 (1.37%) Redis
6 23 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.21%) MongoDB
7 21 (1.11%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.05%) Scylla
9 18 (0.95%) MySQL
10 17 (0.90%) Power BI
11 15 (0.79%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.74%) Relational Database
13 12 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
15 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
16 5 (0.26%) Bigtable
16 5 (0.26%) CouchDB
16 5 (0.26%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 42 (2.21%) Jenkins
2 32 (1.69%) JIRA
3 21 (1.11%) Git
4 17 (0.90%) GitLab
4 17 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
5 15 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.42%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.26%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.21%) Rational Team Concert
10 4 (0.21%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.16%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Continuum
12 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.11%) JUnit
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.11%) Selenium
12 2 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 494 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 371 (19.56%) Finance
3 366 (19.29%) Analytical Skills
4 288 (15.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 163 (8.59%) Legal
6 103 (5.43%) Law
7 88 (4.64%) Public Sector
8 78 (4.11%) Banking
9 71 (3.74%) Telecoms
10 62 (3.27%) Marketing
11 52 (2.74%) Military
12 47 (2.48%) Aerospace
13 42 (2.21%) Retail
14 37 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.63%) Games
16 26 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.37%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.05%) Aviation
18 19 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
19 16 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 481 (25.36%) Senior
2 260 (13.71%) Analyst
3 212 (11.18%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (11.07%) Technical Specialist
5 147 (7.75%) Security Engineer
6 131 (6.91%) Consultant
7 130 (6.85%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 129 (6.80%) Senior Linux Specialist
9 128 (6.75%) Architect
10 127 (6.69%) Senior Technical Specialist
10 127 (6.69%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 123 (6.48%) Lead
12 106 (5.59%) Software Engineer
13 94 (4.96%) Security Analyst
14 83 (4.38%) IT Manager
15 80 (4.22%) Security Consultant
16 77 (4.06%) Security Manager
17 76 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
18 69 (3.64%) Security Architect
19 66 (3.48%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (1.90%) CSS
1 36 (1.90%) HTML
2 30 (1.58%) JSON
3 29 (1.53%) Kafka
4 28 (1.48%) REST
5 22 (1.16%) jQuery
6 20 (1.05%) GraphQL
7 16 (0.84%) Node.js
8 15 (0.79%) .NET
8 15 (0.79%) OAuth
9 14 (0.74%) Flask
10 12 (0.63%) Django
11 11 (0.58%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
11 11 (0.58%) OpenID
11 11 (0.58%) SAML
11 11 (0.58%) Web Services
12 10 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (0.53%) Middleware
12 10 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 224 (11.81%) Management Information System
2 215 (11.33%) Social Media
3 164 (8.65%) Data Centre
4 88 (4.64%) Cyber Threat
5 74 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 71 (3.74%) Security Posture
7 64 (3.37%) Operational Technology
8 59 (3.11%) Public Cloud
9 54 (2.85%) Onboarding
10 52 (2.74%) IoT
11 48 (2.53%) Security Operations Centre
12 43 (2.27%) Cyberattack
13 40 (2.11%) Private Cloud
14 39 (2.06%) Product Ownership
15 31 (1.63%) Data Structures
16 29 (1.53%) Client/Server
17 26 (1.37%) Driving Licence
18 23 (1.21%) Virtual Team
19 21 (1.11%) Algorithms
20 19 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 368 (19.40%) Linux
2 317 (16.71%) Windows
3 216 (11.39%) Ubuntu
4 118 (6.22%) Windows Server
5 77 (4.06%) Windows 10
6 52 (2.74%) Embedded Linux
7 48 (2.53%) Unix
8 40 (2.11%) Apple iOS
9 37 (1.95%) Android
10 23 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 22 (1.16%) Mac OS
12 19 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
13 17 (0.90%) Mac OS X
14 16 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
15 12 (0.63%) VMS
16 6 (0.32%) Debian
17 5 (0.26%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
19 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (18.29%) Information Security
2 301 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
3 255 (13.44%) Security Operations
4 250 (13.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 234 (12.34%) IT Strategy
6 229 (12.07%) Incident Response
7 227 (11.97%) CRM
8 226 (11.91%) Technology Strategy
9 209 (11.02%) SIEM
10 204 (10.75%) Agile
11 199 (10.49%) Mentoring
12 182 (9.59%) Presales
13 178 (9.38%) Risk Management
14 163 (8.59%) ITIL
15 153 (8.07%) DevOps
16 147 (7.75%) Roadmaps
17 145 (7.64%) Penetration Testing
18 144 (7.59%) Software Engineering
19 143 (7.54%) Software Licensing
20 135 (7.12%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 332 (17.50%) Bash
2 242 (12.76%) Python
3 145 (7.64%) SQL
4 134 (7.06%) PowerShell
5 64 (3.37%) Java
6 63 (3.32%) C
7 57 (3.00%) Rust
8 50 (2.64%) Embedded C
9 44 (2.32%) JavaScript
10 30 (1.58%) Go
11 24 (1.27%) C#
12 20 (1.05%) Scala
13 17 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 16 (0.84%) Perl
15 15 (0.79%) C++
16 10 (0.53%) Ruby
17 9 (0.47%) R
17 9 (0.47%) TypeScript
18 5 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 321 (16.92%) Degree
2 271 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 186 (9.80%) CISSP
4 116 (6.11%) CISM
5 113 (5.96%) SC Cleared
6 100 (5.27%) Cisco Certification
7 72 (3.80%) CCNA
8 69 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 62 (3.27%) CCNP
10 58 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 54 (2.85%) CEH
12 45 (2.37%) GIAC
13 44 (2.32%) DV Cleared
14 42 (2.21%) Azure Certification
15 38 (2.00%) CRISC
16 33 (1.74%) SSCP
17 32 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
17 32 (1.69%) CREST Certified
18 30 (1.58%) AWS Certification
19 29 (1.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (12.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 183 (9.65%) NIST
3 143 (7.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 87 (4.59%) NCSC
5 85 (4.48%) GDPR
6 72 (3.80%) PCI DSS
7 51 (2.69%) GRC
8 43 (2.27%) QA
9 41 (2.16%) SLA
10 39 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 39 (2.06%) JSP 440
11 23 (1.21%) NIST 800
12 21 (1.11%) SOC 2
13 19 (1.00%) COBIT
14 18 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 17 (0.90%) Data Quality
16 15 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 12 (0.63%) ISO 9001
17 12 (0.63%) RMADS
18 11 (0.58%) Accessibility
System Software
1 482 (25.41%) Active Directory
2 68 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (3.43%) Docker
4 48 (2.53%) Hyper-V
4 48 (2.53%) RACF
5 22 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.84%) vSphere
7 13 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 10 (0.53%) Firmware
9 10 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
10 9 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
11 7 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
12 4 (0.21%) XenApp
13 2 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.053%) Snort
Systems Management
1 317 (16.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (11.07%) Jamf Pro
3 76 (4.01%) Terraform
4 64 (3.37%) Kubernetes
5 47 (2.48%) Ansible
6 35 (1.85%) WSUS
7 24 (1.27%) Puppet
7 24 (1.27%) Stealthwatch
8 22 (1.16%) CASB
8 22 (1.16%) vCenter Server
9 21 (1.11%) Nessus
10 20 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
11 18 (0.95%) Nmap
12 15 (0.79%) QRadar
12 15 (0.79%) SCCM
13 10 (0.53%) Grafana
14 9 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 9 (0.47%) Graphite
14 9 (0.47%) HAProxy
14 9 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 769 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 265 (13.97%) CyberArk
3 210 (11.07%) Tanium
4 166 (8.75%) Apple
5 144 (7.59%) Adobe
6 126 (6.64%) Cisco
7 99 (5.22%) VMware
8 86 (4.53%) Dell
9 81 (4.27%) Google
10 67 (3.53%) Meraki
11 48 (2.53%) HP
12 47 (2.48%) Splunk
13 41 (2.16%) Qualys
14 37 (1.95%) Fortinet
15 36 (1.90%) Oracle
16 34 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
17 32 (1.69%) Samsung
18 28 (1.48%) ServiceNow
19 25 (1.32%) Intel
20 20 (1.05%) Darktrace