Cybersecurity Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 50 78
Rank change year-on-year +6 +28 +31
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,916 2,191 3,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.46% 5.74% 4.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 5.98% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,255 1,548 1,736
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,700 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% +1.08% -1.58%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cybersecurity 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 31,593 36,660 73,028
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.96% 96.01% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,662 26,006 42,172
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%

Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
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 73 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.20%) IIS
4 16 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.37%) Apache
6 5 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.26%) Luigi
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) CMS
8 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.10%) WordPress
9 1 (0.052%) nginx
Applications
1 51 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.31%) Trello
5 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.10%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 652 (34.03%) Azure
2 339 (17.69%) Entra ID
3 320 (16.70%) Microsoft 365
4 182 (9.50%) AWS
5 110 (5.74%) SaaS
6 75 (3.91%) GCP
7 44 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (2.30%) PaaS
8 41 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
8 41 (2.14%) IaaS
9 39 (2.04%) Amazon S3
10 33 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
11 31 (1.62%) GitHub
12 27 (1.41%) Serverless
13 18 (0.94%) Power Platform
14 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (0.78%) Amazon SQS
15 15 (0.78%) Google Workspace
15 15 (0.78%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 277 (14.46%) Firewall
2 225 (11.74%) Broadband
3 220 (11.48%) 5G
4 129 (6.73%) Network Security
5 127 (6.63%) WAN
6 79 (4.12%) SD-WAN
7 63 (3.29%) DNS
8 61 (3.18%) LAN
9 60 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 59 (3.08%) TCP/IP
11 54 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
12 51 (2.66%) Wireless
13 38 (1.98%) Unified Communications
14 36 (1.88%) DHCP
14 36 (1.88%) Internet
15 32 (1.67%) Cisco Firepower
15 32 (1.67%) VPN
16 28 (1.46%) MPLS
16 28 (1.46%) Wireshark
17 17 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 35 (1.83%) Big Data
3 28 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
4 27 (1.41%) Hadoop
5 24 (1.25%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (1.04%) Oracle Database
7 20 (1.04%) Redis
8 19 (0.99%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.89%) MySQL
9 17 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.73%) Power BI
10 14 (0.73%) Scylla
11 13 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.31%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.26%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.26%) Bigtable
14 5 (0.26%) CouchDB
14 5 (0.26%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 33 (1.72%) JIRA
2 31 (1.62%) Jenkins
3 19 (0.99%) Git
4 17 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
5 16 (0.84%) GitLab
5 16 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.47%) Metasploit
6 9 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 6 (0.31%) Rational Team Concert
8 4 (0.21%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.10%) Apache Continuum
10 2 (0.10%) JUnit
10 2 (0.10%) Selenium
10 2 (0.10%) Subversion
10 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.052%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.052%) IntelliJ
General
1 500 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 368 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
3 366 (19.10%) Finance
4 285 (14.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 161 (8.40%) Legal
6 100 (5.22%) Law
7 92 (4.80%) Public Sector
8 72 (3.76%) Telecoms
9 71 (3.71%) Banking
10 60 (3.13%) Marketing
11 47 (2.45%) Military
12 42 (2.19%) Aerospace
13 40 (2.09%) Retail
14 37 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.62%) Games
16 29 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
17 23 (1.20%) Manufacturing
18 16 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
18 16 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
19 15 (0.78%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 491 (25.63%) Senior
2 252 (13.15%) Analyst
3 211 (11.01%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (10.96%) Technical Specialist
5 147 (7.67%) Security Engineer
6 140 (7.31%) Architect
6 140 (7.31%) Consultant
7 129 (6.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 128 (6.68%) Senior Linux Specialist
9 127 (6.63%) Senior Technical Specialist
9 127 (6.63%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
10 126 (6.58%) Lead
11 96 (5.01%) Software Engineer
12 89 (4.65%) Security Analyst
13 87 (4.54%) IT Manager
13 87 (4.54%) Security Consultant
14 77 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
15 74 (3.86%) Security Architect
16 73 (3.81%) Security Manager
17 69 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.98%) CSS
1 38 (1.98%) HTML
2 30 (1.57%) REST
3 27 (1.41%) JSON
4 25 (1.30%) Kafka
5 23 (1.20%) jQuery
6 20 (1.04%) Node.js
7 16 (0.84%) .NET
8 14 (0.73%) GraphQL
9 13 (0.68%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.57%) Flask
10 11 (0.57%) React
10 11 (0.57%) Web Services
11 10 (0.52%) ARM Templates
11 10 (0.52%) Azure Blueprints
11 10 (0.52%) Middleware
11 10 (0.52%) OAuth
12 9 (0.47%) ASP.NET
12 9 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
12 9 (0.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 225 (11.74%) Management Information System
2 214 (11.17%) Social Media
3 171 (8.92%) Data Centre
4 88 (4.59%) Cyber Threat
5 75 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 66 (3.44%) Security Posture
7 63 (3.29%) Operational Technology
8 52 (2.71%) IoT
8 52 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 48 (2.51%) Public Cloud
10 47 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
11 44 (2.30%) Cyberattack
12 40 (2.09%) Private Cloud
13 32 (1.67%) Product Ownership
14 30 (1.57%) Client/Server
15 28 (1.46%) Driving Licence
16 23 (1.20%) Data Structures
17 19 (0.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 19 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 19 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 362 (18.89%) Linux
2 309 (16.13%) Windows
3 216 (11.27%) Ubuntu
4 118 (6.16%) Windows Server
5 76 (3.97%) Windows 10
6 52 (2.71%) Embedded Linux
7 47 (2.45%) Unix
8 36 (1.88%) Apple iOS
9 33 (1.72%) Android
10 22 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 19 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (0.84%) Mac OS X
12 16 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
13 14 (0.73%) Mac OS
14 12 (0.63%) VMS
15 6 (0.31%) Debian
15 6 (0.31%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (18.42%) Information Security
2 302 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
3 252 (13.15%) Artificial Intelligence
3 252 (13.15%) Security Operations
4 234 (12.21%) Incident Response
4 234 (12.21%) IT Strategy
5 227 (11.85%) CRM
6 226 (11.80%) Technology Strategy
7 206 (10.75%) SIEM
8 198 (10.33%) Agile
8 198 (10.33%) Mentoring
9 187 (9.76%) Risk Management
10 186 (9.71%) Presales
11 166 (8.66%) ITIL
12 146 (7.62%) DevOps
13 143 (7.46%) Software Licensing
14 138 (7.20%) Penetration Testing
15 137 (7.15%) Roadmaps
15 137 (7.15%) Software Engineering
16 134 (6.99%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 322 (16.81%) Bash
2 228 (11.90%) Python
3 154 (8.04%) SQL
4 139 (7.25%) PowerShell
5 62 (3.24%) C
6 56 (2.92%) Java
7 54 (2.82%) Rust
8 50 (2.61%) Embedded C
9 42 (2.19%) JavaScript
10 22 (1.15%) Go
11 21 (1.10%) C#
12 17 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.73%) Perl
13 14 (0.73%) Scala
14 13 (0.68%) C++
15 9 (0.47%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.37%) Ruby
17 6 (0.31%) R
18 5 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
18 5 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 338 (17.64%) Degree
2 281 (14.67%) Security Cleared
3 180 (9.39%) CISSP
4 119 (6.21%) SC Cleared
5 113 (5.90%) CISM
6 104 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
7 79 (4.12%) CCNA
8 75 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 69 (3.60%) CCNP
10 57 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 52 (2.71%) CEH
12 47 (2.45%) DV Cleared
13 45 (2.35%) GIAC
14 43 (2.24%) Azure Certification
15 36 (1.88%) CRISC
16 34 (1.77%) CREST Certified
17 31 (1.62%) AWS Certification
17 31 (1.62%) SSCP
18 30 (1.57%) MCP
18 30 (1.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (12.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 184 (9.60%) NIST
3 150 (7.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 90 (4.70%) NCSC
5 88 (4.59%) GDPR
6 70 (3.65%) PCI DSS
7 50 (2.61%) GRC
8 43 (2.24%) SLA
9 42 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 41 (2.14%) QA
11 38 (1.98%) JSP 440
12 24 (1.25%) NIST 800
13 20 (1.04%) SOC 2
14 19 (0.99%) COBIT
14 19 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 15 (0.78%) Data Quality
16 12 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 12 (0.63%) ISO 9001
17 11 (0.57%) Accessibility
17 11 (0.57%) RMADS
System Software
1 484 (25.26%) Active Directory
2 70 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (2.97%) Docker
4 51 (2.66%) Hyper-V
5 50 (2.61%) RACF
6 20 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (0.94%) vSphere
8 13 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.63%) Firmware
10 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (0.47%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
12 8 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
13 5 (0.26%) XenApp
14 4 (0.21%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.10%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.052%) Snort
Systems Management
1 313 (16.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 210 (10.96%) Jamf Pro
3 69 (3.60%) Terraform
4 52 (2.71%) Kubernetes
5 46 (2.40%) Ansible
6 35 (1.83%) WSUS
7 30 (1.57%) Stealthwatch
8 23 (1.20%) Nessus
8 23 (1.20%) Puppet
9 22 (1.15%) CASB
10 21 (1.10%) vCenter Server
11 17 (0.89%) Nmap
11 17 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
12 15 (0.78%) QRadar
12 15 (0.78%) SCCM
13 9 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 9 (0.47%) FortiGate
13 9 (0.47%) SCOM
14 8 (0.42%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 772 (40.29%) Microsoft
2 267 (13.94%) CyberArk
3 210 (10.96%) Tanium
4 167 (8.72%) Apple
5 144 (7.52%) Adobe
6 135 (7.05%) Cisco
7 101 (5.27%) VMware
8 76 (3.97%) Dell
9 73 (3.81%) Meraki
10 67 (3.50%) Google
11 48 (2.51%) HP
12 47 (2.45%) Splunk
13 43 (2.24%) Fortinet
14 39 (2.04%) Qualys
15 34 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
16 33 (1.72%) Oracle
17 32 (1.67%) Samsung
18 29 (1.51%) ServiceNow
19 25 (1.30%) Intel
20 21 (1.10%) Darktrace