Information Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Information Security (InfoSec)
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 Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 99 163
Rank change year-on-year -9 +64 -9
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 950 1,227 1,922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.69% 3.25% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 3.39% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 729 938 1,435
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -1.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information 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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
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%

Information Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information 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 Information Security.

Information Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Information Security over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Information Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information 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 29 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 29 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.32%) IIS
3 12 (1.26%) WordPress
4 8 (0.84%) nginx
5 6 (0.63%) SAS
6 3 (0.32%) Apache
6 3 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) Confluence
7 2 (0.21%) Drupal
7 2 (0.21%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.63%) SPSS
5 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) Notion
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.32%) Relativity
2 3 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.21%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Endur
4 1 (0.11%) Ringtail
4 1 (0.11%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 277 (29.16%) Azure
2 145 (15.26%) Microsoft 365
3 138 (14.53%) AWS
4 110 (11.58%) Entra ID
5 58 (6.11%) SaaS
6 42 (4.42%) GCP
7 36 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 32 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (3.16%) IaaS
10 29 (3.05%) PaaS
11 24 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (2.42%) Serverless
13 19 (2.00%) Snowflake
14 17 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (1.68%) Matillion
15 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
16 11 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 10 (1.05%) WhatsApp
18 9 (0.95%) OneDrive
19 8 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 149 (15.68%) Firewall
2 74 (7.79%) WAN
3 69 (7.26%) Network Security
4 50 (5.26%) DNS
4 50 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
5 43 (4.53%) TCP/IP
6 38 (4.00%) LAN
7 36 (3.79%) SD-WAN
8 29 (3.05%) Internet
9 23 (2.42%) DKIM
9 23 (2.42%) DMARC
9 23 (2.42%) Wireless
10 14 (1.47%) VPN
11 12 (1.26%) Cisco IPT
11 12 (1.26%) Wireshark
12 11 (1.16%) OSPF
13 10 (1.05%) SAN
14 9 (0.95%) HTTP
14 9 (0.95%) VoIP
14 9 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.47%) Power BI
2 32 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.79%) Metadata
6 16 (1.68%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.58%) MySQL
8 11 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.95%) Big Data
9 9 (0.95%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.84%) EDRMS
11 5 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.32%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
14 1 (0.11%) GIS
14 1 (0.11%) QlikView
14 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.05%) JIRA
2 11 (1.16%) Burp Suite
2 11 (1.16%) Git
2 11 (1.16%) Metasploit
3 6 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.53%) webpack
5 4 (0.42%) GitLab
6 3 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.32%) git-flow
7 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.21%) GDB
7 2 (0.21%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) WebDriver
General
1 272 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 233 (24.53%) Finance
3 187 (19.68%) Legal
4 127 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (7.58%) Law
6 62 (6.53%) Banking
7 50 (5.26%) Retail
8 39 (4.11%) Public Sector
9 38 (4.00%) Marketing
10 35 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (3.26%) Military
12 28 (2.95%) Aerospace
13 21 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
14 19 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (1.26%) Advertising
17 12 (1.26%) Telecoms
18 10 (1.05%) Aviation
19 5 (0.53%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 209 (22.00%) Analyst
2 148 (15.58%) Senior
3 136 (14.32%) Lead
4 114 (12.00%) Security Analyst
5 84 (8.84%) Architect
5 84 (8.84%) Information Analyst
5 84 (8.84%) Information Security Analyst
6 69 (7.26%) Security Manager
7 67 (7.05%) Senior Analyst
8 57 (6.00%) Security Architect
9 56 (5.89%) Security Engineer
10 51 (5.37%) Governance Analyst
11 44 (4.63%) Consultant
12 40 (4.21%) IT Manager
13 37 (3.89%) Information Security Manager
14 36 (3.79%) Information Manager
15 35 (3.68%) Security Consultant
16 34 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (3.26%) Lead Architect
18 30 (3.16%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.89%) .NET
2 14 (1.47%) REST
3 13 (1.37%) CSS
3 13 (1.37%) HTML
4 12 (1.26%) React
5 11 (1.16%) ASP.NET
5 11 (1.16%) Web Services
6 7 (0.74%) ADO
7 6 (0.63%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.63%) Laravel
7 6 (0.63%) ModSecurity
7 6 (0.63%) SOAP
7 6 (0.63%) Symfony
8 5 (0.53%) HTML5
8 5 (0.53%) jQuery
8 5 (0.53%) LAMP
8 5 (0.53%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (0.53%) LESS
8 5 (0.53%) Sass
8 5 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 287 (30.21%) Management Information System
2 68 (7.16%) Data Centre
3 65 (6.84%) Security Posture
4 41 (4.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 35 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
7 24 (2.53%) Cyberattack
8 20 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.00%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.00%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.89%) Clustering
10 18 (1.89%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.79%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.47%) Cloud Native
13 14 (1.47%) Driving Licence
13 14 (1.47%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.47%) Operational Technology
14 13 (1.37%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 116 (12.21%) Windows
2 58 (6.11%) Linux
3 57 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 31 (3.26%) Apple iOS
5 24 (2.53%) Android
6 21 (2.21%) Unix
7 15 (1.58%) Mac OS X
8 13 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.05%) zOS
10 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.32%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.32%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.21%) AIX
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.11%) NetWare
13 1 (0.11%) Solaris
13 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (37.05%) Cybersecurity
2 173 (18.21%) Risk Management
3 162 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
4 150 (15.79%) Agile
5 143 (15.05%) Security Operations
6 129 (13.58%) Data Protection
7 114 (12.00%) Coaching
8 112 (11.79%) Cloud Security
9 109 (11.47%) Roadmaps
10 108 (11.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 104 (10.95%) DevOps
12 103 (10.84%) SIEM
13 95 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
13 95 (10.00%) Mentoring
14 92 (9.68%) Incident Response
14 92 (9.68%) Security Architecture
15 89 (9.37%) Security Management
16 83 (8.74%) Project Management
17 81 (8.53%) Analytics
18 76 (8.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 118 (12.42%) PowerShell
2 112 (11.79%) SQL
3 58 (6.11%) Python
4 28 (2.95%) T-SQL
5 16 (1.68%) Java
6 15 (1.58%) PHP
7 13 (1.37%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.05%) Bash
9 6 (0.63%) C#
9 6 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.42%) Go
11 3 (0.32%) Perl
11 3 (0.32%) Ruby
11 3 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.21%) Korn
13 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.11%) C++
13 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.11%) Rust
13 1 (0.11%) VC++
Qualifications
1 224 (23.58%) CISSP
2 183 (19.26%) CISM
3 167 (17.58%) Degree
4 102 (10.74%) Security Cleared
5 74 (7.79%) CISA
6 65 (6.84%) Cisco Certification
7 62 (6.53%) SC Cleared
8 54 (5.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 50 (5.26%) CCSP
10 45 (4.74%) AWS Certification
11 44 (4.63%) Azure Certification
12 39 (4.11%) CCSK
13 37 (3.89%) Master's Degree
14 34 (3.58%) CEH
15 30 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
15 30 (3.16%) CRISC
16 25 (2.63%) GIAC
17 24 (2.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 23 (2.42%) SSCP
19 22 (2.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (30.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 179 (18.84%) NIST
3 140 (14.74%) GDPR
4 118 (12.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 97 (10.21%) GRC
6 70 (7.37%) PCI DSS
7 41 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (3.79%) NCSC
9 29 (3.05%) QA
10 22 (2.32%) NIST 800
11 21 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 21 (2.21%) SOC 2
12 20 (2.11%) JSP 440
13 19 (2.00%) COBIT
13 19 (2.00%) ISO 9001
14 18 (1.89%) RMADS
15 12 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 12 (1.26%) ISO 14001
15 12 (1.26%) ISO 22301
16 11 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 127 (13.37%) Active Directory
2 50 (5.26%) RACF
3 46 (4.84%) Docker
4 23 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (1.68%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.95%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.63%) vSphere
9 4 (0.42%) Firmware
10 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.21%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.11%) Lustre
11 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Snort
11 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.37%) Single Sign-On
3 49 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (2.53%) CASB
5 22 (2.32%) Nmap
6 17 (1.79%) vCenter Server
7 16 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
7 16 (1.68%) Terraform
8 14 (1.47%) Ansible
9 12 (1.26%) SCCM
10 9 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 9 (0.95%) Puppet
10 9 (0.95%) WSUS
11 8 (0.84%) Nessus
12 6 (0.63%) QRadar
13 5 (0.53%) logstash
14 3 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.32%) Nagios
14 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 236 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.00%) CyberArk
3 44 (4.63%) VMware
4 35 (3.68%) ServiceNow
5 32 (3.37%) Cisco
6 23 (2.42%) Splunk
7 22 (2.32%) Databricks
7 22 (2.32%) Google
8 21 (2.21%) Qualys
9 20 (2.11%) Oracle
10 19 (2.00%) Commvault
11 18 (1.89%) Sun
12 17 (1.79%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.68%) Dell
13 16 (1.68%) IBM
14 15 (1.58%) Rapid7
15 13 (1.37%) CheckPoint
16 12 (1.26%) Infoblox
16 12 (1.26%) Juniper
16 12 (1.26%) Riverbed