Security Operations Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 236 287 407
Rank change year-on-year +51 +120 -45
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 112 199 221
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 0.78% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.87% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 134 162
10th Percentile £383 £416 £450
25th Percentile £425 £525 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +8.33% +16.50%
75th Percentile £681 £763 £747
90th Percentile £735 £875 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £608 £600
% change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +14.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £67.23
25th Percentile - - £69.06
Median hourly rate - - £73.25
75th Percentile - - £78.56
90th Percentile - - £81.08
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £84.50 £41.95
% change year-on-year -86.69% +101.43% +16.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Security Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Operations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 Security Operations.

Security Operations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Security Operations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 4 (3.57%) Confluence
2 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.96%) Azure
2 7 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.36%) AWS
3 6 (5.36%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.79%) IaaS
6 2 (1.79%) SaaS
7 1 (0.89%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.89%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.89%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.89%) GCP
7 1 (0.89%) GitHub
7 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (18.75%) Firewall
2 12 (10.71%) Network Security
3 8 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (5.36%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.68%) DNS
5 3 (2.68%) LAN
5 3 (2.68%) tcpdump
5 3 (2.68%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.79%) VPN
6 2 (1.79%) WAN
7 1 (0.89%) BGP
7 1 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.89%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.89%) HTTP
7 1 (0.89%) Internet
7 1 (0.89%) IPsec
7 1 (0.89%) OSPF
7 1 (0.89%) SMTP
7 1 (0.89%) SSL
7 1 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.57%) Power BI
2 3 (2.68%) Apache Hive
2 3 (2.68%) Hadoop
2 3 (2.68%) Tableau
3 1 (0.89%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) JIRA
2 3 (2.68%) Git
2 3 (2.68%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.89%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.89%) GitLab
3 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (12.50%) Finance
2 12 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.93%) Social Skills
4 9 (8.04%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.25%) Banking
6 6 (5.36%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.57%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.57%) Law
7 4 (3.57%) Legal
8 3 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.68%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.79%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.89%) Marketing
10 1 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (19.64%) Analyst
2 18 (16.07%) Senior
3 17 (15.18%) Security Specialist
4 14 (12.50%) Security Engineer
5 12 (10.71%) Architect
6 10 (8.93%) SOC Engineer
7 9 (8.04%) Security Analyst
7 9 (8.04%) Security Manager
7 9 (8.04%) SOC Analyst
8 8 (7.14%) IT Security Specialist
8 8 (7.14%) Security Operations Specialist
9 6 (5.36%) Consultant
9 6 (5.36%) Senior Security Engineer
9 6 (5.36%) SOC Architect
10 5 (4.46%) Lead
11 4 (3.57%) Information Manager
11 4 (3.57%) Information Security Manager
11 4 (3.57%) Splunk Specialist
11 4 (3.57%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 4 (3.57%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) JSON
2 3 (2.68%) CSS
2 3 (2.68%) HTML
2 3 (2.68%) OLE
2 3 (2.68%) Web Services
2 3 (2.68%) XML
3 2 (1.79%) Ajax
3 2 (1.79%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.79%) SAML
3 2 (1.79%) SOAP
4 1 (0.89%) J2EE
4 1 (0.89%) JSF
4 1 (0.89%) JSP
4 1 (0.89%) OAuth
4 1 (0.89%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.89%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.89%) REST
4 1 (0.89%) Servlets
4 1 (0.89%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 23 (20.54%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.93%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (8.93%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (4.46%) CMDB
6 4 (3.57%) Cyberattack
7 3 (2.68%) YARA
8 2 (1.79%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.79%) CSOC
8 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.79%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.79%) PKI
8 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 25 (22.32%) Windows
2 15 (13.39%) Linux
3 7 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.89%) Android
5 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (47.32%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (46.43%) Incident Response
3 49 (43.75%) SIEM
4 40 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
5 28 (25.00%) Information Security
6 24 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
7 18 (16.07%) Data Security
8 16 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
8 16 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 16 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
9 12 (10.71%) Cloud Security
10 11 (9.82%) Incident Management
11 10 (8.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 10 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (8.04%) Agile
12 9 (8.04%) Data Protection
12 9 (8.04%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (8.04%) Threat Detection
12 9 (8.04%) Use Case
13 8 (7.14%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.82%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.25%) Python
3 3 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.79%) Bash
4 2 (1.79%) Java
5 1 (0.89%) Go
5 1 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (24.11%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 16 (14.29%) CISSP
4 9 (8.04%) Degree
5 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (6.25%) DV Cleared
7 6 (5.36%) CISM
8 4 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.68%) MCSE
10 1 (0.89%) CCNA
10 1 (0.89%) CCSP
10 1 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.89%) ISSEP
10 1 (0.89%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.61%) NIST
2 9 (8.04%) GDPR
3 7 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.57%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.68%) GRC
6 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.79%) RMADS
7 1 (0.89%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.68%) Snort
2 3 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.79%) Docker
3 2 (1.79%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) CSIRT
1 4 (3.57%) Terraform
2 3 (2.68%) Kibana
2 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.68%) Nessus
3 2 (1.79%) Ansible
3 2 (1.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.79%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.79%) SCCM
4 1 (0.89%) CASB
4 1 (0.89%) Grafana
4 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.89%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.89%) Puppet
4 1 (0.89%) QRadar
Vendors
1 40 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 23 (20.54%) Qualys
3 17 (15.18%) LogRhythm
3 17 (15.18%) Varonis
4 16 (14.29%) Forcepoint
5 12 (10.71%) Splunk
6 7 (6.25%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.36%) ServiceNow
8 5 (4.46%) Cisco
9 4 (3.57%) Google
10 3 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (2.68%) VMware
11 2 (1.79%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.79%) Citrix
11 2 (1.79%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.79%) ForeScout
12 1 (0.89%) ArcSight
12 1 (0.89%) F5
12 1 (0.89%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.89%) Trend Micro