SANS Jobs with Work from Home Options

SANS Institute
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 580 815
Rank change year-on-year +16 +235 -264
Permanent jobs citing SANS 29 58 71
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.083% 0.15% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.58% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28 41 63
10th Percentile £38,750 £56,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £55,750 £67,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £74,688 £100,000 £109,375
90th Percentile £83,750 £113,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £75,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year -22.67% -1.64% +8.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,709 10,051 17,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 26.13% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,901 6,071 8,883
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,725 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

SANS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SANS trend for jobs with a WFH option

SANS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SANS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SANS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SANS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

SANS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SANS
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (72.41%) Azure
2 14 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (44.83%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (44.83%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (44.83%) Cloud Computing
3 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (20.69%) Azure Service Fabric
4 6 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 6 (20.69%) IaaS
4 6 (20.69%) PaaS
4 6 (20.69%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.45%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (68.97%) Firewall
2 16 (55.17%) Network Security
3 15 (51.72%) TCP/IP
4 13 (44.83%) LAN
4 13 (44.83%) WAN
4 13 (44.83%) Wireshark
5 2 (6.90%) VPN
6 1 (3.45%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Security Engineer
2 11 (37.93%) Information Security Engineer
3 9 (31.03%) Lead
3 9 (31.03%) Team Leader
4 7 (24.14%) Architect
4 7 (24.14%) Security Architect
5 6 (20.69%) Information Architect
5 6 (20.69%) Information Security Architect
5 6 (20.69%) Senior
5 6 (20.69%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) Analyst
8 2 (6.90%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (6.90%) Senior Information Security Engineer
8 2 (6.90%) Technical Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Information Security Advisor
9 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Support
9 1 (3.45%) Principal Architect
9 1 (3.45%) Principal Security Architect
9 1 (3.45%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) REST
1 6 (20.69%) SOAP
1 6 (20.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (65.52%) Management Information System
2 13 (44.83%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (20.69%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (6.90%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (6.90%) NHS
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) IoT
5 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Android
1 13 (44.83%) Apple iOS
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (89.66%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (82.76%) Information Security
3 20 (68.97%) Information Security Management
3 20 (68.97%) Regulatory Compliance
3 20 (68.97%) Security Management
4 16 (55.17%) Vulnerability Management
5 15 (51.72%) Agile
5 15 (51.72%) Data Loss Prevention
5 15 (51.72%) Security Operations
5 15 (51.72%) SIEM
6 14 (48.28%) Process Improvement
6 14 (48.28%) Roadmaps
6 14 (48.28%) Validation
7 13 (44.83%) Cloud Security
7 13 (44.83%) DevOps
7 13 (44.83%) Key Management
7 13 (44.83%) Privileged Access Management
7 13 (44.83%) Project Roadmap
7 13 (44.83%) Secrets Management
7 13 (44.83%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) PowerShell
1 15 (51.72%) Python
2 6 (20.69%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 27 (93.10%) CISSP
2 16 (55.17%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (44.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 13 (44.83%) CCSP
3 13 (44.83%) CEH
3 13 (44.83%) SSCP
4 10 (34.48%) Degree
4 10 (34.48%) GIAC
5 9 (31.03%) CISM
6 8 (27.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (20.69%) Master's Degree
8 4 (13.79%) CISA
8 4 (13.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (10.34%) CCNP
9 3 (10.34%) GCIA
10 2 (6.90%) CCNA
10 2 (6.90%) CRISC
10 2 (6.90%) FFIEC
11 1 (3.45%) CCIE
11 1 (3.45%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (79.31%) NIST
2 17 (58.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (55.17%) PCI DSS
4 8 (27.59%) COBIT
5 6 (20.69%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 3 (10.34%) GRC
6 3 (10.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (6.90%) GLBA
8 1 (3.45%) GDPR
8 1 (3.45%) GxP
8 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (44.83%) Nmap
2 6 (20.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (44.83%) Qualys
2 13 (44.83%) Rapid7
2 13 (44.83%) Splunk
2 13 (44.83%) Thycotic
3 2 (6.90%) Sophos
4 1 (3.45%) Zscaler