Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cybersecurity Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 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 592 589 867
Rank change year-on-year -3 +278 -282
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 10 44 34
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.028% 0.12% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.12% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 10 39 34
10th Percentile £42,900 £44,094 £27,750
25th Percentile £47,938 £49,250 £47,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £77,844
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -20.35% +3.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £94,875 £100,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,500 £58,000 £65,689
% change year-on-year -12.93% -11.70% -2.68%

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%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity 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 Cybersecurity Specialist.

Cybersecurity Specialist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Specialist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (70.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (60.00%) NIST
3 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (50.00%) NCSC
4 5 (50.00%) NIST 800
4 5 (50.00%) Coaching
4 5 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 5 (50.00%) Information Security
4 5 (50.00%) Information Assurance
4 5 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (10.00%) GRC
7 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
7 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
7 1 (10.00%) Firewall
7 1 (10.00%) Windows
7 1 (10.00%) Linux
7 1 (10.00%) Client/Server

Cybersecurity 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 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (50.00%) Coaching
3 5 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
3 5 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 5 (50.00%) Information Security
3 5 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (10.00%) Information Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Trading
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 5 (50.00%) NCSC
2 5 (50.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (10.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) VMware