Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in Work from Home is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 575 787
Rank change year-on-year +42 +212 -264
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 60 70 82
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 54 56 74
10th Percentile £37,800 £36,823 £32,327
25th Percentile £42,512 £42,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,067 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% +15.70% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,500 £68,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,473
% change year-on-year - +20.95% -9.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,868 38,380 71,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 95.92% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,148 27,302 42,471
10th Percentile £33,093 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,536 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% +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%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
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 Analyst.

Cybersecurity Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cybersecurity Analyst over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Cybersecurity Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, Cybersecurity Analyst 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 Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (65.00%) SIEM
3 32 (53.33%) Azure
4 31 (51.67%) Incident Response
5 28 (46.67%) Security Operations
6 22 (36.67%) NIST
7 21 (35.00%) Cloud Security
7 21 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 20 (33.33%) Firewall
8 20 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (30.00%) Microsoft
11 17 (28.33%) Windows
12 16 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
13 15 (25.00%) Cyberattack
13 15 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 14 (23.33%) NCSC
15 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
16 12 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
16 12 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
17 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
17 11 (18.33%) ITIL
17 11 (18.33%) Management Information System
18 10 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 9 (15.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
19 9 (15.00%) Information Security
19 9 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 9 (15.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
19 9 (15.00%) CompTIA Security+

Cybersecurity Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.67%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (53.33%) Azure
2 19 (31.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.33%) AWS
4 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.67%) IaaS
6 1 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (33.33%) Firewall
2 6 (10.00%) Wireshark
3 3 (5.00%) Broadband
3 3 (5.00%) LAN
3 3 (5.00%) Network Security
3 3 (5.00%) WAN
General
1 16 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.67%) Finance
4 6 (10.00%) Law
5 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (25.00%) Cyberattack
3 11 (18.33%) Management Information System
4 10 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (8.33%) Operational Technology
7 3 (5.00%) IoT
8 2 (3.33%) Data Centre
8 2 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (28.33%) Windows
2 7 (11.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.67%) Linux
3 4 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (65.00%) SIEM
3 31 (51.67%) Incident Response
4 28 (46.67%) Security Operations
5 21 (35.00%) Cloud Security
6 20 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 12 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 11 (18.33%) ITIL
9 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (15.00%) Information Security
10 9 (15.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 9 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 9 (15.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 8 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 8 (13.33%) Data Protection
11 8 (13.33%) Security Monitoring
12 7 (11.67%) Patch Management
12 7 (11.67%) Risk Management
12 7 (11.67%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.67%) C++
1 4 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (10.00%) Degree
3 5 (8.33%) CISSP
3 5 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (8.33%) SSCP
4 4 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (3.33%) CCSP
5 2 (3.33%) CEH
5 2 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.33%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.33%) GCED
5 2 (3.33%) GCFA
5 2 (3.33%) GCIA
5 2 (3.33%) GCIH
5 2 (3.33%) GIAC
5 2 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (36.67%) NIST
2 21 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (23.33%) NCSC
4 12 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (13.33%) GDPR
5 8 (13.33%) PCI DSS
6 6 (10.00%) GRC
7 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.33%) ISO 31000
7 2 (3.33%) ISO 9001
7 2 (3.33%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.67%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) CSIRT
2 5 (8.33%) Nessus
3 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (3.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 18 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.00%) Qualys
3 5 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.67%) Intel
4 4 (6.67%) Splunk
5 2 (3.33%) Darktrace
5 2 (3.33%) Facebook
5 2 (3.33%) IBM
5 2 (3.33%) Sun