Cloud Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cloud Security
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 Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 167 304
Rank change year-on-year -148 +137 -47
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 313 845 933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.89% 2.22% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.31% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 266 603 499
10th Percentile £40,250 £42,874 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,219 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £109,865 £107,500
UK median annual salary £67,250 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.33% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cloud 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 31,671 36,595 73,127
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.78% 96.04% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,689 25,972 42,234
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%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cloud Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud 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 Cloud Security.

Cloud Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Cloud Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud 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 14 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.28%) Confluence
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.64%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.32%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 207 (66.13%) Azure
2 93 (29.71%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (29.39%) AWS
4 34 (10.86%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (10.86%) Entra ID
5 27 (8.63%) PaaS
6 26 (8.31%) GCP
7 22 (7.03%) Microsoft Purview
7 22 (7.03%) SaaS
8 21 (6.71%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (6.07%) IaaS
10 18 (5.75%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (4.79%) Serverless
12 12 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (3.51%) GitHub
14 8 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.56%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 82 (26.20%) Firewall
2 53 (16.93%) Network Security
3 34 (10.86%) WAN
4 32 (10.22%) LAN
5 30 (9.58%) Internet
6 28 (8.95%) Wireless
7 25 (7.99%) DNS
8 21 (6.71%) DKIM
8 21 (6.71%) DMARC
9 15 (4.79%) SD-WAN
9 15 (4.79%) WLAN
10 12 (3.83%) Software-Defined Networking
11 11 (3.51%) TCP/IP
11 11 (3.51%) Wireshark
12 9 (2.88%) BGP
12 9 (2.88%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (2.88%) VPN
13 8 (2.56%) Broadband
13 8 (2.56%) NGFW
14 4 (1.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (7.35%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.19%) Git
3 6 (1.92%) Burp Suite
3 6 (1.92%) Metasploit
4 4 (1.28%) JIRA
5 3 (0.96%) Maven
5 3 (0.96%) Selenium
5 3 (0.96%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.64%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) Gatling
7 1 (0.32%) JUnit
7 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.32%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 91 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 64 (20.45%) Finance
3 24 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.71%) Retail
5 16 (5.11%) Law
6 15 (4.79%) Banking
7 14 (4.47%) Marketing
8 12 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.51%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.56%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.92%) Legal
12 6 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.64%) French Language
14 2 (0.64%) German Language
14 2 (0.64%) Italian Language
14 2 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (21.41%) Security Engineer
2 62 (19.81%) Analyst
3 61 (19.49%) Security Analyst
4 55 (17.57%) Senior
5 39 (12.46%) Lead
6 38 (12.14%) Architect
7 36 (11.50%) Information Analyst
7 36 (11.50%) Information Security Analyst
8 33 (10.54%) Cloud Engineer
9 28 (8.95%) Security Architect
9 28 (8.95%) Senior Security Engineer
10 25 (7.99%) Consultant
11 22 (7.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 20 (6.39%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 19 (6.07%) Network Engineer
14 18 (5.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
15 16 (5.11%) Security Consultant
16 14 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
17 13 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
17 13 (4.15%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.92%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.28%) AWS CDK
2 4 (1.28%) Kafka
3 3 (0.96%) .NET
3 3 (0.96%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.96%) CSS
4 2 (0.64%) Lambda Expressions
4 2 (0.64%) REST
4 2 (0.64%) YAML
5 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.32%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.32%) HTML
5 1 (0.32%) Node.js
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.63%) Management Information System
2 25 (7.99%) Cyberattack
2 25 (7.99%) Data Centre
3 22 (7.03%) Public Cloud
4 19 (6.07%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.43%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.19%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.56%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.24%) IoT
9 6 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.92%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.60%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.60%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (15.34%) Windows
2 24 (7.67%) Linux
3 16 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.51%) Android
4 11 (3.51%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.56%) Unix
6 5 (1.60%) Kali Linux
7 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (41.85%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (36.10%) Information Security
3 68 (21.73%) DevOps
4 65 (20.77%) SIEM
5 63 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (17.89%) Agile
7 40 (12.78%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (12.46%) Security Architecture
9 35 (11.18%) CI/CD
10 33 (10.54%) Incident Response
11 32 (10.22%) Vulnerability Management
12 30 (9.58%) Identity Access Management
13 29 (9.27%) Mentoring
13 29 (9.27%) Roadmaps
13 29 (9.27%) Security Operations
14 27 (8.63%) Presales
14 27 (8.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 26 (8.31%) Zero Trust
16 25 (7.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 24 (7.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.53%) Python
2 29 (9.27%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.15%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.19%) Bash
4 10 (3.19%) Java
5 6 (1.92%) Go
5 6 (1.92%) SQL
6 5 (1.60%) C#
7 3 (0.96%) AWK
7 3 (0.96%) Bicep
7 3 (0.96%) C++
7 3 (0.96%) Scala
7 3 (0.96%) sed
7 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.32%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 71 (22.68%) CISSP
2 31 (9.90%) CEH
2 31 (9.90%) Degree
3 26 (8.31%) CISM
4 23 (7.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 23 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (6.39%) CCSP
6 18 (5.75%) Azure Certification
7 17 (5.43%) OSCP
7 17 (5.43%) Security Cleared
8 16 (5.11%) AWS Certification
8 16 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (5.11%) SC Cleared
9 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (3.51%) CREST Certified
10 11 (3.51%) SANS
10 11 (3.51%) SSCP
11 10 (3.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.92%) CCSK
12 6 (1.92%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (19.81%) NIST
2 54 (17.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (13.10%) PCI DSS
4 12 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 11 (3.51%) GRC
6 9 (2.88%) GDPR
7 6 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.60%) NCSC
9 4 (1.28%) COBIT
10 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.96%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.96%) QA
11 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.32%) SLA
12 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (9.27%) Active Directory
1 29 (9.27%) Docker
2 12 (3.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (2.88%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.32%) vCloud
6 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (12.78%) Terraform
2 32 (10.22%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.67%) CASB
4 19 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (5.11%) Ansible
5 16 (5.11%) Nmap
6 9 (2.88%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.60%) Nessus
7 5 (1.60%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.60%) Puppet
7 5 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.28%) Nagios
9 3 (0.96%) Argo
9 3 (0.96%) Istio
9 3 (0.96%) OfficeScan
9 3 (0.96%) WSUS
10 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.64%) Grafana
10 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.64%) QRadar
Vendors
1 94 (30.03%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.67%) Cisco
3 20 (6.39%) Splunk
4 17 (5.43%) Palo Alto
5 16 (5.11%) Qualys
6 14 (4.47%) Google
7 13 (4.15%) Rapid7
8 11 (3.51%) Thycotic
9 9 (2.88%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.88%) Juniper
9 9 (2.88%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.56%) CyberArk
10 8 (2.56%) Draytek
10 8 (2.56%) Zscaler
11 7 (2.24%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.28%) Intel
13 4 (1.28%) Netskope
13 4 (1.28%) Symantec
13 4 (1.28%) VMware