Information Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 101 164
Rank change year-on-year -7 +63 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 949 1,219 1,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.67% 3.25% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 3.39% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 724 930 1,428
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,357 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,813 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £97,500
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 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 12 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 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (2.32%) IIS
4 12 (1.26%) WordPress
5 8 (0.84%) nginx
6 6 (0.63%) SAS
7 3 (0.32%) Apache
7 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.21%) CMS
8 2 (0.21%) Confluence
8 2 (0.21%) Drupal
8 2 (0.21%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.63%) SPSS
5 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.21%) Windchill
8 1 (0.11%) 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
1 269 (28.35%) Azure
2 138 (14.54%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (14.44%) AWS
4 109 (11.49%) Entra ID
5 59 (6.22%) SaaS
6 41 (4.32%) GCP
7 36 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 30 (3.16%) IaaS
9 29 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (3.06%) PaaS
10 22 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
10 22 (2.32%) Serverless
11 19 (2.00%) Snowflake
12 16 (1.69%) Matillion
13 15 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
14 14 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
15 11 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (1.05%) WhatsApp
17 9 (0.95%) OneDrive
18 8 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 148 (15.60%) Firewall
2 72 (7.59%) WAN
3 68 (7.17%) Network Security
4 50 (5.27%) Intrusion Detection
5 47 (4.95%) DNS
6 41 (4.32%) TCP/IP
7 36 (3.79%) LAN
7 36 (3.79%) SD-WAN
8 27 (2.85%) Internet
9 23 (2.42%) Wireless
10 20 (2.11%) DKIM
10 20 (2.11%) DMARC
11 14 (1.48%) VPN
12 12 (1.26%) Cisco IPT
13 11 (1.16%) OSPF
14 10 (1.05%) SAN
14 10 (1.05%) Wireshark
15 9 (0.95%) HTTP
15 9 (0.95%) VoIP
15 9 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.48%) Power BI
2 31 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.85%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.79%) Metadata
6 16 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.58%) MySQL
8 11 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.95%) Big Data
9 9 (0.95%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.84%) EDRMS
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 28 (2.95%) JIRA
2 11 (1.16%) Burp Suite
2 11 (1.16%) Metasploit
3 10 (1.05%) Git
4 5 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.53%) webpack
5 3 (0.32%) GitLab
6 2 (0.21%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.21%) GDB
6 2 (0.21%) git-flow
6 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 272 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 233 (24.55%) Finance
3 184 (19.39%) Legal
4 126 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (7.48%) Law
6 62 (6.53%) Banking
7 50 (5.27%) Retail
8 38 (4.00%) Marketing
8 38 (4.00%) Public Sector
9 35 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (3.27%) Military
11 29 (3.06%) Aerospace
12 22 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.37%) Advertising
17 12 (1.26%) Telecoms
18 10 (1.05%) Aviation
19 5 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 206 (21.71%) Analyst
2 146 (15.38%) Senior
3 135 (14.23%) Lead
4 110 (11.59%) Security Analyst
5 85 (8.96%) Architect
6 81 (8.54%) Information Analyst
6 81 (8.54%) Information Security Analyst
7 70 (7.38%) Security Manager
8 67 (7.06%) Senior Analyst
9 58 (6.11%) Security Architect
10 54 (5.69%) Security Engineer
11 51 (5.37%) Governance Analyst
12 45 (4.74%) Consultant
13 40 (4.21%) IT Manager
14 38 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
15 35 (3.69%) Information Manager
15 35 (3.69%) Security Consultant
16 34 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (3.27%) Developer
17 31 (3.27%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.90%) .NET
2 14 (1.48%) REST
3 13 (1.37%) CSS
3 13 (1.37%) HTML
4 12 (1.26%) React
5 11 (1.16%) ASP.NET
5 11 (1.16%) Web Services
6 7 (0.74%) ADO
7 6 (0.63%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.63%) Laravel
7 6 (0.63%) ModSecurity
7 6 (0.63%) SOAP
7 6 (0.63%) Symfony
8 5 (0.53%) HTML5
8 5 (0.53%) jQuery
8 5 (0.53%) LAMP
8 5 (0.53%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (0.53%) LESS
8 5 (0.53%) Sass
8 5 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 285 (30.03%) Management Information System
2 68 (7.17%) Data Centre
3 65 (6.85%) Security Posture
4 40 (4.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 35 (3.69%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
7 22 (2.32%) Cyberattack
8 21 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.00%) Data Structures
9 19 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.90%) Product Ownership
11 17 (1.79%) Clustering
12 16 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.48%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.48%) Driving Licence
13 14 (1.48%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.37%) CESG
14 13 (1.37%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 116 (12.22%) Windows
2 60 (6.32%) Linux
3 56 (5.90%) Windows Server
4 29 (3.06%) Apple iOS
5 22 (2.32%) Android
6 21 (2.21%) Unix
7 15 (1.58%) Mac OS X
8 13 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.05%) zOS
10 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.32%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.21%) AIX
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.11%) NetWare
13 1 (0.11%) Solaris
13 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (36.99%) Cybersecurity
2 172 (18.12%) Risk Management
3 162 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 147 (15.49%) Agile
5 143 (15.07%) Security Operations
6 130 (13.70%) Data Protection
7 114 (12.01%) Coaching
8 109 (11.49%) Roadmaps
9 107 (11.28%) Cloud Security
10 106 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 101 (10.64%) DevOps
12 98 (10.33%) SIEM
13 94 (9.91%) Incident Response
13 94 (9.91%) Mentoring
14 93 (9.80%) Security Architecture
15 92 (9.69%) Identity Access Management
16 88 (9.27%) Security Management
17 83 (8.75%) Project Management
18 79 (8.32%) Analytics
18 79 (8.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 115 (12.12%) PowerShell
2 112 (11.80%) SQL
3 56 (5.90%) Python
4 28 (2.95%) T-SQL
5 16 (1.69%) Java
6 15 (1.58%) PHP
7 13 (1.37%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.05%) Bash
9 6 (0.63%) C#
9 6 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.42%) Go
11 3 (0.32%) Perl
11 3 (0.32%) Ruby
12 2 (0.21%) Korn
12 2 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.11%) C++
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VC++
Qualifications
1 226 (23.81%) CISSP
2 186 (19.60%) CISM
3 167 (17.60%) Degree
4 103 (10.85%) Security Cleared
5 74 (7.80%) CISA
6 63 (6.64%) Cisco Certification
7 62 (6.53%) SC Cleared
8 52 (5.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 48 (5.06%) CCSP
10 45 (4.74%) AWS Certification
11 44 (4.64%) Azure Certification
12 39 (4.11%) CCSK
13 37 (3.90%) Master's Degree
14 32 (3.37%) CEH
15 30 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
15 30 (3.16%) CRISC
16 25 (2.63%) GIAC
17 24 (2.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 22 (2.32%) OSCP
19 21 (2.21%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 179 (18.86%) NIST
3 142 (14.96%) GDPR
4 119 (12.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 101 (10.64%) GRC
6 70 (7.38%) PCI DSS
7 41 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 37 (3.90%) NCSC
9 29 (3.06%) QA
10 22 (2.32%) NIST 800
11 21 (2.21%) COBIT
11 21 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 20 (2.11%) JSP 440
12 20 (2.11%) SOC 2
13 19 (2.00%) ISO 9001
14 18 (1.90%) RMADS
15 12 (1.26%) ISO 14001
15 12 (1.26%) ISO 22301
16 11 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 10 (1.05%) Data Quality
System Software
1 125 (13.17%) Active Directory
2 50 (5.27%) RACF
3 45 (4.74%) Docker
4 21 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.95%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.63%) 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 61 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.27%) Single Sign-On
3 46 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.21%) CASB
5 20 (2.11%) Nmap
6 16 (1.69%) vCenter Server
7 15 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
7 15 (1.58%) Terraform
8 13 (1.37%) Ansible
9 12 (1.26%) SCCM
10 9 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 9 (0.95%) Puppet
10 9 (0.95%) WSUS
11 8 (0.84%) Nessus
12 7 (0.74%) QRadar
13 5 (0.53%) logstash
14 3 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.32%) Nagios
14 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 234 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.01%) CyberArk
3 43 (4.53%) VMware
4 34 (3.58%) ServiceNow
5 33 (3.48%) Cisco
6 22 (2.32%) Databricks
7 21 (2.21%) Google
7 21 (2.21%) Splunk
8 20 (2.11%) Oracle
9 19 (2.00%) Qualys
10 18 (1.90%) Commvault
11 17 (1.79%) IBM
11 17 (1.79%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.79%) Sun
12 16 (1.69%) Dell
13 13 (1.37%) CheckPoint
13 13 (1.37%) Rapid7
14 12 (1.26%) Infoblox
14 12 (1.26%) Juniper
14 12 (1.26%) Riverbed