Security Specialist Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Specialist salary for remote or hybrid work is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 541 769
Rank change year-on-year -27 +228 -234
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 34 92 132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.096% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 28 74 99
10th Percentile £44,375 £45,154 £41,705
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,313 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £62,500 £79,375 £86,250
90th Percentile £73,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,500 £61,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -18.22% -5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
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 Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Specialist
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 Specialist.

Security Specialist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Specialist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Specialist over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Security Specialist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 19 (55.88%) Information Security
2 17 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 13 (38.24%) Firewall
3 13 (38.24%) Network Security
3 13 (38.24%) NIST
4 12 (35.29%) Palo Alto
4 12 (35.29%) DV Cleared
4 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
4 12 (35.29%) Riverbed
4 12 (35.29%) Infoblox
4 12 (35.29%) Project Management
4 12 (35.29%) DNS
4 12 (35.29%) Cisco
4 12 (35.29%) Juniper
4 12 (35.29%) CheckPoint
4 12 (35.29%) Blue Coat
4 12 (35.29%) Cryptography
4 12 (35.29%) Information Management
5 11 (32.35%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (26.47%) Risk Management
8 7 (20.59%) Degree
9 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
9 6 (17.65%) NIST 800
9 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
10 5 (14.71%) Information Assurance
10 5 (14.71%) NCSC
10 5 (14.71%) Cyber Assurance
10 5 (14.71%) Coaching

Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) AWS
2 4 (11.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (38.24%) Firewall
1 13 (38.24%) Network Security
2 12 (35.29%) DNS
3 1 (2.94%) Internet
General
1 17 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (2.94%) Banking
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Information Security
2 12 (35.29%) Cryptography
2 12 (35.29%) Information Management
2 12 (35.29%) Project Management
3 11 (32.35%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (26.47%) Risk Management
5 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
5 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.71%) Coaching
6 5 (14.71%) Cyber Assurance
6 5 (14.71%) Information Assurance
6 5 (14.71%) Security Architecture
7 4 (11.76%) Agile
7 4 (11.76%) DevSecOps
7 4 (11.76%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 4 (11.76%) Interactive Application Security Testing
7 4 (11.76%) OWASP
7 4 (11.76%) Static Application Security Testing
7 4 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
7 4 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) DV Cleared
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.59%) Degree
3 4 (11.76%) AWS Certification
3 4 (11.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (11.76%) CEH
3 4 (11.76%) CISSP
3 4 (11.76%) GSEC
3 4 (11.76%) OSCP
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (38.24%) NIST
2 10 (29.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (17.65%) NIST 800
4 5 (14.71%) NCSC
5 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.94%) COBIT
7 1 (2.94%) GRC
7 1 (2.94%) ISO 31000
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Blue Coat
1 12 (35.29%) CheckPoint
1 12 (35.29%) Cisco
1 12 (35.29%) Infoblox
1 12 (35.29%) Juniper
1 12 (35.29%) Palo Alto
1 12 (35.29%) Riverbed
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.94%) Forcepoint
4 1 (2.94%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.94%) Qualys
4 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) Varonis