Security Posture Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 429 444 614
Rank change year-on-year +15 +170 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 89 98 254
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.37% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 0.92% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 46 75 132
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £38,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £72,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.76% +18.37% +2.08%
75th Percentile £78,750 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £116,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £71,250 £62,750 £63,750
% change year-on-year +13.55% -1.57% -1.92%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,400 10,615 30,995
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.24% 39.87% 44.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,725 8,297 17,366
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,294 £37,942
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £106,250 £100,640
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 Posture.

Security Posture salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Posture over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Security Posture salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 39 (43.82%) Azure
2 17 (19.10%) AWS
2 17 (19.10%) Entra ID
3 12 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 6 (6.74%) SaaS
6 3 (3.37%) Azure AKS
6 3 (3.37%) IaaS
6 3 (3.37%) PaaS
7 2 (2.25%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (2.25%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (2.25%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.25%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.12%) GCP
8 1 (1.12%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (33.71%) Firewall
2 23 (25.84%) DHCP
2 23 (25.84%) DNS
3 14 (15.73%) Broadband
3 14 (15.73%) Unified Communications
4 11 (12.36%) Network Security
5 7 (7.87%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (6.74%) LAN
7 5 (5.62%) WAN
7 5 (5.62%) Wireless
8 4 (4.49%) SD-WAN
8 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.25%) OSPF
9 2 (2.25%) WLAN
10 1 (1.12%) ADSL
10 1 (1.12%) BGP
10 1 (1.12%) NGN
10 1 (1.12%) SAN
10 1 (1.12%) VLAN
10 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.12%) Power BI
General
1 26 (29.21%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (19.10%) Social Skills
3 16 (17.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (17.98%) Legal
4 14 (15.73%) Law
5 10 (11.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (5.62%) Finance
7 4 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.37%) Health Technology
9 2 (2.25%) Local Government
9 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (24.72%) Senior
2 14 (15.73%) Analyst
2 14 (15.73%) Linux Specialist
2 14 (15.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 14 (15.73%) Senior Linux Specialist
2 14 (15.73%) Senior Technical Specialist
2 14 (15.73%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
2 14 (15.73%) Technical Specialist
3 12 (13.48%) Consultant
4 11 (12.36%) Lead
4 11 (12.36%) Security Engineer
5 10 (11.24%) Security Consultant
6 7 (7.87%) Security Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Information Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Security Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.25%) OAuth
1 2 (2.25%) OpenID
1 2 (2.25%) SAML
2 1 (1.12%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.10%) Management Information System
2 14 (15.73%) Social Media
2 14 (15.73%) Video Conferencing
3 11 (12.36%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (12.36%) Operational Technology
3 11 (12.36%) SCADA
4 6 (6.74%) Cloud Native
4 6 (6.74%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (5.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (4.49%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.37%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.37%) Insider Threat
8 2 (2.25%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.12%) CSOC
9 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.12%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.72%) Windows
2 18 (20.22%) Linux
3 15 (16.85%) Ubuntu
4 6 (6.74%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (64.04%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (40.45%) Information Security
3 29 (32.58%) Security Operations
4 21 (23.60%) Incident Response
5 18 (20.22%) Privileged Access Management
6 16 (17.98%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (16.85%) Identity Access Management
7 15 (16.85%) Roadmaps
7 15 (16.85%) SIEM
8 14 (15.73%) User Experience
9 12 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (13.48%) Security Monitoring
9 12 (13.48%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 10 (11.24%) Kalman Filter
10 10 (11.24%) Network Architecture
10 10 (11.24%) Security Architecture
11 9 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (10.11%) Data Privacy
11 9 (10.11%) DevOps
11 9 (10.11%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.73%) Bash
2 4 (4.49%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.25%) Python
4 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (34.83%) CISSP
2 18 (20.22%) CEH
3 17 (19.10%) CISM
4 13 (14.61%) Security Cleared
5 12 (13.48%) CISA
5 12 (13.48%) GCFE
6 11 (12.36%) SC Cleared
7 10 (11.24%) Degree
8 9 (10.11%) GCIA
8 9 (10.11%) GCIH
9 7 (7.87%) GIAC
9 7 (7.87%) GSEC
10 6 (6.74%) AWS Certification
10 6 (6.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 6 (6.74%) Azure Certification
10 6 (6.74%) Master's Degree
10 6 (6.74%) OSCP
11 4 (4.49%) SSCP
12 3 (3.37%) CRISC
12 3 (3.37%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (33.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.48%) GDPR
3 10 (11.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (11.24%) NIST
4 8 (8.99%) GRC
5 4 (4.49%) SOC 2
6 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.12%) GxP
7 1 (1.12%) NCSC
7 1 (1.12%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (29.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (15.73%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (3.37%) CSIRT
3 3 (3.37%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.37%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 3 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.37%) Terraform
4 2 (2.25%) DatAdvantage
4 2 (2.25%) QRadar
4 2 (2.25%) SCCM
4 2 (2.25%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (2.25%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.12%) Nessus
5 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.12%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (39.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.85%) CyberArk
3 14 (15.73%) Tanium
4 6 (6.74%) VMware
5 3 (3.37%) Citrix
5 3 (3.37%) Intel
5 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.25%) Cisco
6 2 (2.25%) Google
6 2 (2.25%) Qualys
6 2 (2.25%) Symantec
6 2 (2.25%) Varonis
7 1 (1.12%) Arista
7 1 (1.12%) F5
7 1 (1.12%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.12%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.12%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.12%) Veeam
7 1 (1.12%) Zscaler