Information Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Information Security (InfoSec)
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 Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security 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 108 100 162
Rank change year-on-year -8 +62 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 944 1,237 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.72% 3.22% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 3.35% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 729 953 1,425
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -2.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £104,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Security 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 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Information Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
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 29 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.33%) IIS
4 13 (1.38%) WordPress
5 8 (0.85%) nginx
6 6 (0.64%) SAS
7 3 (0.32%) Apache
7 3 (0.32%) CMS
7 3 (0.32%) Drupal
7 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.21%) Confluence
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.64%) SPSS
5 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.32%) Relativity
2 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Endur
4 1 (0.11%) Ringtail
4 1 (0.11%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 278 (29.45%) Azure
2 145 (15.36%) Microsoft 365
3 138 (14.62%) AWS
4 108 (11.44%) Entra ID
5 60 (6.36%) SaaS
6 43 (4.56%) GCP
7 35 (3.71%) Power Platform
8 34 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (2.97%) IaaS
10 27 (2.86%) PaaS
11 26 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (2.54%) Serverless
13 19 (2.01%) Snowflake
14 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (1.69%) Matillion
16 10 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (1.06%) WhatsApp
17 9 (0.95%) OneDrive
18 8 (0.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 148 (15.68%) Firewall
2 76 (8.05%) WAN
3 70 (7.42%) Network Security
4 53 (5.61%) DNS
5 50 (5.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 45 (4.77%) TCP/IP
7 40 (4.24%) LAN
8 36 (3.81%) SD-WAN
9 32 (3.39%) Internet
10 26 (2.75%) DKIM
10 26 (2.75%) DMARC
11 23 (2.44%) Wireless
12 14 (1.48%) VPN
12 14 (1.48%) Wireshark
13 12 (1.27%) Cisco IPT
14 11 (1.17%) OSPF
15 10 (1.06%) SAN
16 9 (0.95%) VoIP
17 8 (0.85%) HTTP
17 8 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
1 32 (3.39%) Power BI
2 27 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 17 (1.80%) Metadata
5 16 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 15 (1.59%) MySQL
7 11 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (0.95%) Big Data
8 9 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.85%) EDRMS
10 7 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
14 1 (0.11%) GIS
14 1 (0.11%) QlikView
14 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.07%) JIRA
2 12 (1.27%) Git
3 11 (1.17%) Burp Suite
3 11 (1.17%) Metasploit
4 8 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.64%) GitLab
6 5 (0.53%) webpack
7 4 (0.42%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.42%) git-flow
8 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.21%) GDB
8 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.11%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 272 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 232 (24.58%) Finance
3 184 (19.49%) Legal
4 127 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (7.63%) Law
6 62 (6.57%) Banking
7 50 (5.30%) Retail
8 41 (4.34%) Public Sector
9 38 (4.03%) Marketing
10 33 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (3.39%) Military
12 27 (2.86%) Aerospace
13 22 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.27%) Advertising
16 12 (1.27%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.06%) Aviation
18 5 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 213 (22.56%) Analyst
2 149 (15.78%) Senior
3 138 (14.62%) Lead
4 118 (12.50%) Security Analyst
5 88 (9.32%) Information Analyst
5 88 (9.32%) Information Security Analyst
6 85 (9.00%) Architect
7 66 (6.99%) Senior Analyst
8 64 (6.78%) Security Manager
9 58 (6.14%) Security Architect
10 55 (5.83%) Security Engineer
11 51 (5.40%) Governance Analyst
12 43 (4.56%) Consultant
13 41 (4.34%) IT Manager
14 34 (3.60%) Security Consultant
15 32 (3.39%) Information Manager
15 32 (3.39%) Information Security Manager
15 32 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 31 (3.28%) Developer
16 31 (3.28%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.01%) .NET
2 14 (1.48%) REST
3 13 (1.38%) CSS
3 13 (1.38%) HTML
4 12 (1.27%) React
5 11 (1.17%) ASP.NET
6 10 (1.06%) Web Services
7 7 (0.74%) ADO
8 6 (0.64%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.64%) Laravel
8 6 (0.64%) ModSecurity
8 6 (0.64%) SOAP
8 6 (0.64%) Symfony
9 5 (0.53%) HTML5
9 5 (0.53%) jQuery
9 5 (0.53%) LAMP
9 5 (0.53%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (0.53%) LESS
9 5 (0.53%) Sass
9 5 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 290 (30.72%) Management Information System
2 66 (6.99%) Data Centre
3 65 (6.89%) Security Posture
4 42 (4.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 33 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (2.86%) Cyberattack
7 24 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
8 19 (2.01%) Algorithms
8 19 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.91%) Clustering
9 18 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.91%) Product Ownership
9 18 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.48%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.48%) Operational Technology
12 13 (1.38%) CESG
12 13 (1.38%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 115 (12.18%) Windows
2 58 (6.14%) Linux
3 56 (5.93%) Windows Server
4 32 (3.39%) Apple iOS
5 25 (2.65%) Android
6 22 (2.33%) Unix
7 16 (1.69%) Mac OS X
8 11 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.06%) zOS
10 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.32%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.21%) AIX
12 2 (0.21%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.11%) NetWare
13 1 (0.11%) Solaris
13 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (37.08%) Cybersecurity
2 170 (18.01%) Risk Management
3 160 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (16.00%) Agile
5 145 (15.36%) Security Operations
6 125 (13.24%) Data Protection
7 114 (12.08%) Coaching
8 113 (11.97%) Cloud Security
9 109 (11.55%) Roadmaps
9 109 (11.55%) SIEM
10 108 (11.44%) DevOps
11 106 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (10.28%) Identity Access Management
13 96 (10.17%) Mentoring
14 91 (9.64%) Security Architecture
15 87 (9.22%) Security Management
16 86 (9.11%) Incident Response
17 84 (8.90%) Project Management
18 82 (8.69%) Analytics
19 74 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 120 (12.71%) PowerShell
2 113 (11.97%) SQL
3 59 (6.25%) Python
4 28 (2.97%) T-SQL
5 16 (1.69%) PHP
6 15 (1.59%) Java
7 13 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 11 (1.17%) Bash
9 7 (0.74%) C#
10 6 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.42%) Go
11 4 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.32%) Ruby
13 2 (0.21%) Korn
13 2 (0.21%) Perl
14 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.11%) C++
14 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.11%) Rust
14 1 (0.11%) VC++
Qualifications
1 221 (23.41%) CISSP
2 176 (18.64%) CISM
3 165 (17.48%) Degree
4 103 (10.91%) Security Cleared
5 71 (7.52%) CISA
6 66 (6.99%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (6.89%) SC Cleared
8 56 (5.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 52 (5.51%) CCSP
10 45 (4.77%) AWS Certification
11 44 (4.66%) Azure Certification
12 39 (4.13%) CCSK
13 36 (3.81%) Master's Degree
14 35 (3.71%) CEH
15 30 (3.18%) CRISC
16 29 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
17 26 (2.75%) GIAC
17 26 (2.75%) SSCP
18 24 (2.54%) SANS
19 22 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (30.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (19.07%) NIST
3 135 (14.30%) GDPR
4 112 (11.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 96 (10.17%) GRC
6 71 (7.52%) PCI DSS
7 39 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (3.81%) NCSC
9 29 (3.07%) QA
10 22 (2.33%) NIST 800
10 22 (2.33%) SOC 2
11 21 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 20 (2.12%) ISO 9001
13 19 (2.01%) COBIT
13 19 (2.01%) JSP 440
14 17 (1.80%) RMADS
15 12 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 12 (1.27%) ISO 14001
15 12 (1.27%) ISO 22301
16 10 (1.06%) Data Quality
System Software
1 125 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 50 (5.30%) RACF
3 48 (5.08%) Docker
4 24 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.95%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.64%) vSphere
9 4 (0.42%) Firmware
10 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.11%) Lustre
11 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Snort
11 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 63 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.40%) Single Sign-On
3 50 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (2.86%) CASB
5 24 (2.54%) Nmap
6 18 (1.91%) Terraform
7 17 (1.80%) vCenter Server
8 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
9 14 (1.48%) Ansible
10 12 (1.27%) SCCM
11 9 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 9 (0.95%) WSUS
12 8 (0.85%) Nessus
12 8 (0.85%) Puppet
13 6 (0.64%) QRadar
14 5 (0.53%) logstash
15 3 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
16 2 (0.21%) DatAdvantage
16 2 (0.21%) Nagios
Vendors
1 236 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.04%) CyberArk
3 44 (4.66%) VMware
4 33 (3.50%) ServiceNow
5 32 (3.39%) Cisco
6 24 (2.54%) Google
6 24 (2.54%) Splunk
7 23 (2.44%) Qualys
8 21 (2.22%) Databricks
9 20 (2.12%) Oracle
10 19 (2.01%) Commvault
11 18 (1.91%) Sun
12 17 (1.80%) Dell
12 17 (1.80%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.80%) Rapid7
13 16 (1.69%) IBM
14 13 (1.38%) CheckPoint
14 13 (1.38%) Thycotic
15 12 (1.27%) Juniper
15 12 (1.27%) Riverbed