Security Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Engineer salary in Work from Home is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 343 398
Rank change year-on-year 0 +55 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 258 338 656
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.73% 0.90% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.93% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 244 291 398
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,375 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £69,200
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.46% +10.72%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,214 £83,438
90th Percentile £88,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% +6.84% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,957 36,209 73,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.94% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 25,728 26,374 42,749
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer
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 Engineer.

Security Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Security Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with remote work options featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 142 (55.04%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (46.51%) Azure
3 76 (29.46%) Microsoft
4 71 (27.52%) Security Operations
5 67 (25.97%) Network Security
6 66 (25.58%) AWS
7 65 (25.19%) Cloud Security
8 62 (24.03%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (24.03%) Firewall
9 61 (23.64%) SIEM
10 57 (22.09%) Finance
11 56 (21.71%) Information Security
12 55 (21.32%) NIST
12 55 (21.32%) DevOps
13 54 (20.93%) Incident Response
14 47 (18.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 44 (17.05%) Windows
15 44 (17.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 40 (15.50%) Vulnerability Management
17 38 (14.73%) Python
18 37 (14.34%) PowerShell
18 37 (14.34%) CISSP
19 36 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
20 35 (13.57%) Social Skills
21 34 (13.18%) Coaching
22 33 (12.79%) Terraform
23 32 (12.40%) Mentoring
24 30 (11.63%) Active Directory
24 30 (11.63%) Management Information System
25 29 (11.24%) LAN

Security Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.94%) Trello
2 4 (1.55%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.55%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 120 (46.51%) Azure
2 66 (25.58%) AWS
3 62 (24.03%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (7.36%) Azure Sentinel
4 19 (7.36%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.43%) GCP
7 12 (4.65%) AWS KMS
7 12 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
7 12 (4.65%) SaaS
8 10 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (3.10%) Azure AKS
9 8 (3.10%) PaaS
10 7 (2.71%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.71%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.94%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (1.94%) ClickUp
11 5 (1.94%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 67 (25.97%) Network Security
2 62 (24.03%) Firewall
3 29 (11.24%) LAN
4 22 (8.53%) WAN
5 16 (6.20%) Wireshark
6 14 (5.43%) TCP/IP
7 13 (5.04%) DNS
8 12 (4.65%) Wireless
9 10 (3.88%) BGP
9 10 (3.88%) OSPF
10 9 (3.49%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (3.49%) SD-WAN
11 6 (2.33%) Internet
12 5 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (1.94%) Cisco IPT
12 5 (1.94%) DMVPN
12 5 (1.94%) EIGRP
12 5 (1.94%) VLAN
12 5 (1.94%) VPN
12 5 (1.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.94%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.94%) Hadoop
2 5 (1.94%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.55%) InfluxDB
3 4 (1.55%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (5.04%) GitLab
2 10 (3.88%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.94%) JIRA
4 4 (1.55%) JMeter
4 4 (1.55%) Postman
4 4 (1.55%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.16%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.16%) Metasploit
5 3 (1.16%) sqlmap
General
1 57 (22.09%) Finance
2 35 (13.57%) Social Skills
3 18 (6.98%) Banking
4 15 (5.81%) Law
4 15 (5.81%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (4.26%) Retail
6 9 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.10%) Health Technology
7 8 (3.10%) Tech for Good
8 6 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.33%) Welsh Language
9 4 (1.55%) Publishing
10 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.78%) Electronics
11 2 (0.78%) French Language
11 2 (0.78%) German Language
11 2 (0.78%) Italian Language
11 2 (0.78%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.94%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.94%) XMPP
2 4 (1.55%) Kafka
2 4 (1.55%) OAuth
2 4 (1.55%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.55%) SOAP
2 4 (1.55%) XML
3 2 (0.78%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 27 (10.47%) Security Operations Centre
3 23 (8.91%) Public Cloud
4 17 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (5.04%) Cyberattack
5 13 (5.04%) PKI
6 12 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (4.65%) Private Cloud
7 11 (4.26%) Data Centre
7 11 (4.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (3.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 8 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.71%) Operational Technology
11 6 (2.33%) Cybercrime
12 5 (1.94%) Blog
12 5 (1.94%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.55%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.55%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (17.05%) Windows
2 15 (5.81%) Unix
3 12 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.26%) Android
4 11 (4.26%) Apple iOS
5 10 (3.88%) Linux
6 9 (3.49%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.94%) Debian
8 4 (1.55%) CentOS
8 4 (1.55%) Solaris
8 4 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (55.04%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (27.52%) Security Operations
3 65 (25.19%) Cloud Security
4 61 (23.64%) SIEM
5 56 (21.71%) Information Security
6 55 (21.32%) DevOps
7 54 (20.93%) Incident Response
8 47 (18.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 40 (15.50%) Vulnerability Management
10 36 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (13.18%) Coaching
12 32 (12.40%) Mentoring
13 28 (10.85%) Risk Management
14 27 (10.47%) Agile
14 27 (10.47%) Key Management
15 25 (9.69%) Data Loss Prevention
15 25 (9.69%) Identity Access Management
16 24 (9.30%) Infrastructure as Code
17 23 (8.91%) Secrets Management
18 22 (8.53%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.73%) Python
2 37 (14.34%) PowerShell
3 17 (6.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.49%) SQL
5 7 (2.71%) Java
6 2 (0.78%) Bash
6 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) C
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) C++
7 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (14.34%) CISSP
2 27 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (9.69%) Degree
4 19 (7.36%) CEH
5 15 (5.81%) CCNA
6 14 (5.43%) CISM
7 13 (5.04%) SANS
8 12 (4.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 12 (4.65%) CCNP
8 12 (4.65%) CCSP
9 11 (4.26%) SSCP
10 10 (3.88%) SC Cleared
10 10 (3.88%) Security Cleared
11 9 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.55%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.55%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.55%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.55%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (21.32%) NIST
2 44 (17.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.20%) PCI DSS
4 12 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 11 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.33%) QA
6 6 (2.33%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.94%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.94%) GDPR
8 4 (1.55%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.16%) COBIT
10 2 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 30 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (1.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (12.79%) Terraform
2 23 (8.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.04%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (4.65%) CA Single Sign-On
5 11 (4.26%) Nmap
6 7 (2.71%) CASB
7 5 (1.94%) logstash
8 4 (1.55%) Grafana
9 2 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.78%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.78%) QRadar
10 1 (0.39%) Ansible
10 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 76 (29.46%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.47%) Cisco
3 22 (8.53%) Splunk
4 19 (7.36%) CyberArk
5 18 (6.98%) Qualys
5 18 (6.98%) ServiceNow
6 14 (5.43%) Rapid7
7 12 (4.65%) CA
7 12 (4.65%) Palo Alto
8 11 (4.26%) Fortinet
8 11 (4.26%) Thycotic
9 10 (3.88%) Google
10 7 (2.71%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.94%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.55%) Forcepoint
12 4 (1.55%) Oracle
12 4 (1.55%) VMware
13 3 (1.16%) Sophos
13 3 (1.16%) WatchGuard
14 2 (0.78%) SonicWALL