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 permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 457 661
Rank change year-on-year -28 +204 -135
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 111 183 235
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.48% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 1.23% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 87 85 87
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £78,750 £100,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £107,880 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.46% -6.07% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,305 14,887 35,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.88% 39.07% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,304 11,008 17,393
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,441 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,865 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 7 June 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 3 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.42%) Azure
2 17 (15.32%) AWS
2 17 (15.32%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.41%) SaaS
4 3 (2.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (2.70%) AWS CloudTrail
4 3 (2.70%) AWS Control Tower
4 3 (2.70%) Mimecast
4 3 (2.70%) PaaS
5 2 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.80%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.80%) Azure AKS
5 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.80%) GCP
5 2 (1.80%) Serverless
6 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.90%) IaaS
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.90%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.72%) Firewall
2 13 (11.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (10.81%) Network Security
4 7 (6.31%) LAN
4 7 (6.31%) Wireless
5 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.50%) WAN
6 4 (3.60%) DHCP
6 4 (3.60%) DNS
6 4 (3.60%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.80%) OSPF
7 2 (1.80%) WLAN
8 1 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.90%) Internet
8 1 (0.90%) SSL
8 1 (0.90%) VPN
8 1 (0.90%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.90%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 31 (27.93%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (24.32%) Legal
4 20 (18.02%) Finance
5 15 (13.51%) Law
6 11 (9.91%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.70%) Retail
10 2 (1.80%) Games
10 2 (1.80%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.12%) Lead
2 13 (11.71%) Penetration Tester
2 13 (11.71%) Tester
3 12 (10.81%) Security Manager
4 11 (9.91%) Architect
5 10 (9.01%) Analyst
6 9 (8.11%) IT Manager
6 9 (8.11%) Security Architect
7 8 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) IT Security Manager
8 7 (6.31%) Network Engineer
8 7 (6.31%) Senior
9 6 (5.41%) Consultant
10 5 (4.50%) Information Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Information Security Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Security Analyst
10 5 (4.50%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.60%) Information Manager
11 4 (3.60%) Information Security Manager
11 4 (3.60%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.70%) OAuth
1 3 (2.70%) OpenID
1 3 (2.70%) SAML
2 2 (1.80%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.80%) Flask
2 2 (1.80%) React
3 1 (0.90%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (24.32%) Management Information System
2 14 (12.61%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (8.11%) Cyber Security Posture
4 7 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.41%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.60%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.60%) PMI
7 3 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.90%) SCADA
9 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.51%) Windows
2 7 (6.31%) Android
3 6 (5.41%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.70%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.80%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.90%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.90%) Linux
6 1 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (58.56%) Cybersecurity
1 65 (58.56%) Information Security
2 30 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (24.32%) Security Operations
4 23 (20.72%) Incident Response
4 23 (20.72%) Security Architecture
5 22 (19.82%) Data Privacy
6 21 (18.92%) Risk Management
7 18 (16.22%) Penetration Testing
8 17 (15.32%) SIEM
9 15 (13.51%) Business Continuity
10 14 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (11.71%) Kalman Filter
12 11 (9.91%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.91%) Due Diligence
12 11 (9.91%) Internal Audit
12 11 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (9.91%) Web Filtering
13 10 (9.01%) Cloud Security
13 10 (9.01%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.60%) PowerShell
1 4 (3.60%) Python
2 2 (1.80%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.90%) Bash
3 1 (0.90%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (39.64%) CISSP
2 25 (22.52%) Degree
3 22 (19.82%) CISM
4 18 (16.22%) CISA
5 14 (12.61%) GIAC
6 13 (11.71%) GSEC
6 13 (11.71%) SSCP
7 11 (9.91%) OSCP
8 9 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.50%) CRISC
9 5 (4.50%) PMI Certification
10 4 (3.60%) CEH
10 4 (3.60%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.60%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
11 3 (2.70%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.80%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.80%) GISP
12 2 (1.80%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (42.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (22.52%) GRC
3 19 (17.12%) GDPR
4 16 (14.41%) NIST
5 11 (9.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (7.21%) PCI DSS
7 7 (6.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (6.31%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.70%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.80%) COBIT
9 2 (1.80%) QA
10 1 (0.90%) GxP
10 1 (0.90%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.80%) Docker
2 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) FortiGate
1 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.80%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.80%) QRadar
3 2 (1.80%) SCCM
3 2 (1.80%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 2 (1.80%) Terraform
3 2 (1.80%) WSUS
4 1 (0.90%) Nmap
4 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.90%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (0.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.11%) VMware
3 5 (4.50%) Darktrace
4 3 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (2.70%) Qualys
4 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.80%) Splunk
5 2 (1.80%) Symantec
5 2 (1.80%) Varonis
5 2 (1.80%) Veeam
6 1 (0.90%) Apple
6 1 (0.90%) arcserve
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco
6 1 (0.90%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.90%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.90%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.90%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.90%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.90%) Thales
6 1 (0.90%) Tripwire