Senior Security Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Security Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £64,250 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 513 590 796
Rank change year-on-year +77 +206 -230
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Security Engineer 89 43 105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 88 38 77
10th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £54,750
25th Percentile £57,597 £60,713 £62,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.10% +10.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £81,250 £100,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £103,375 £91,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £77,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% +10.36% +12.00%

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%

Senior Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Security Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Security Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior Security Engineer 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 Senior Security Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (65.17%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (58.43%) Azure
3 36 (40.45%) Microsoft
4 30 (33.71%) Network Security
5 29 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (31.46%) Cloud Security
7 26 (29.21%) AWS
8 25 (28.09%) Active Directory
8 25 (28.09%) Security Operations
9 23 (25.84%) DevOps
10 22 (24.72%) Incident Response
11 20 (22.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (21.35%) CyberArk
12 19 (21.35%) Firewall
12 19 (21.35%) Finance
13 17 (19.10%) Windows
13 17 (19.10%) Public Cloud
14 16 (17.98%) Key Management
14 16 (17.98%) Secrets Management
15 15 (16.85%) SIEM
15 15 (16.85%) Python
15 15 (16.85%) Information Security
15 15 (16.85%) Risk Management
16 14 (15.73%) CISSP
16 14 (15.73%) Public Sector
16 14 (15.73%) Mentoring
16 14 (15.73%) Coaching
17 13 (14.61%) Cyberattack
17 13 (14.61%) Single Sign-On
17 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving

Senior Security Engineer 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.37%) AutoCAD
1 3 (3.37%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 52 (58.43%) Azure
2 29 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (29.21%) AWS
4 12 (13.48%) AWS KMS
4 12 (13.48%) Azure Key Vault
4 12 (13.48%) Entra ID
5 9 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (5.62%) GCP
6 5 (5.62%) GitHub
6 5 (5.62%) PaaS
6 5 (5.62%) SaaS
7 4 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 30 (33.71%) Network Security
2 19 (21.35%) Firewall
3 12 (13.48%) DNS
4 9 (10.11%) Wireshark
5 6 (6.74%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.62%) BGP
6 5 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (5.62%) OSPF
6 5 (5.62%) WAN
7 4 (4.49%) LAN
8 3 (3.37%) Internet
9 1 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.12%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.12%) VPN
9 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) InfluxDB
1 2 (2.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (11.24%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.25%) JMeter
2 2 (2.25%) Postman
2 2 (2.25%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.12%) GitLab
General
1 19 (21.35%) Finance
2 14 (15.73%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.11%) Social Skills
4 8 (8.99%) Law
5 7 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (6.74%) Banking
7 2 (2.25%) Retail
7 2 (2.25%) Welsh Language
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.25%) OAuth
1 2 (2.25%) OAuth2
1 2 (2.25%) SOAP
1 2 (2.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.10%) Public Cloud
2 13 (14.61%) Cyberattack
2 13 (14.61%) PKI
3 12 (13.48%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (13.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (11.24%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (7.87%) Management Information System
6 6 (6.74%) Cybercrime
7 5 (5.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (5.62%) Product Ownership
8 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
8 4 (4.49%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.10%) Windows
2 6 (6.74%) Unix
3 4 (4.49%) Android
3 4 (4.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (65.17%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (31.46%) Cloud Security
3 25 (28.09%) Security Operations
4 23 (25.84%) DevOps
5 22 (24.72%) Incident Response
6 20 (22.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (17.98%) Key Management
7 16 (17.98%) Secrets Management
8 15 (16.85%) Information Security
8 15 (16.85%) Risk Management
8 15 (16.85%) SIEM
9 14 (15.73%) Coaching
9 14 (15.73%) Mentoring
10 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 12 (13.48%) Identity Management
11 12 (13.48%) Privileged Identity Management
12 11 (12.36%) Agile
12 11 (12.36%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (12.36%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.85%) Python
2 11 (12.36%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.62%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.25%) SQL
5 1 (1.12%) Bash
5 1 (1.12%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) CISSP
2 12 (13.48%) CEH
3 6 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (6.74%) SANS
4 5 (5.62%) Degree
5 4 (4.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (4.49%) CCSP
5 4 (4.49%) SSCP
6 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.37%) RIBA
7 2 (2.25%) CCNA
7 2 (2.25%) CCNP
7 2 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.25%) GCIA
7 2 (2.25%) GIAC
7 2 (2.25%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) NIST
2 8 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 25 (28.09%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.62%) Docker
3 4 (4.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (14.61%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (13.48%) CA Single Sign-On
3 11 (12.36%) Terraform
4 5 (5.62%) Kubernetes
5 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (4.49%) Nmap
6 3 (3.37%) CASB
7 2 (2.25%) Grafana
8 1 (1.12%) Ansible
8 1 (1.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 36 (40.45%) Microsoft
2 19 (21.35%) CyberArk
3 12 (13.48%) CA
3 12 (13.48%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.74%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (6.74%) Fortinet
5 5 (5.62%) Google
6 4 (4.49%) Qualys
6 4 (4.49%) Rapid7
6 4 (4.49%) Splunk
6 4 (4.49%) Thycotic
7 2 (2.25%) Cisco
7 2 (2.25%) Oracle
8 1 (1.12%) F5