Information Security Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £170 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 450 613
Rank change year-on-year +120 +163 -138
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 7 17 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.066% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.070% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 11
10th Percentile - £567 £463
25th Percentile £165 £600 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £650 £725
Median % change year-on-year -73.85% -10.34% +31.82%
75th Percentile £563 £773 £838
90th Percentile £655 £835 £900
UK median daily rate £488 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -30.36% +16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £74.79 -
UK median hourly rate - £74.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Information Security Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Information Security Specialist.

Information Security Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Information Security Specialist over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Information Security Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Information Security Specialist contract 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 contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Information Security Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) ISMS
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 3 (42.86%) Wiki
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Qualys
6 1 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (14.29%) SaaS
6 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (14.29%) CRISC
6 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (14.29%) CISSP
6 1 (14.29%) CISM
6 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
6 1 (14.29%) Security Management

Information Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Billing
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Wiki
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) ISMS
3 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CRISC
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys