Security Posture Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 386 546
Rank change year-on-year +102 +160 -90
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 63 81 73
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.32% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.46% 1.02% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 58 55
10th Percentile £401 £413 £500
25th Percentile £450 £454 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £655
90th Percentile £750 £715 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.28% -5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £94.00
UK median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -17.65%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,324 7,910 13,903
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.64% 31.48% 31.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,949 5,561 9,934
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £454 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £792 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 154 221
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +23.60% +28.99%
75th Percentile £66.38 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 Posture.

Security Posture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Posture over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Security Posture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Posture.

Security Posture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 1 (1.59%) Confluence
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) Azure
2 13 (20.63%) AWS
3 5 (7.94%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (7.94%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (6.35%) AWS CloudTrail
5 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.17%) GCP
6 2 (3.17%) SaaS
7 1 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.59%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (1.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.59%) IaaS
7 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.87%) Firewall
2 7 (11.11%) Network Security
3 3 (4.76%) DNS
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (3.17%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.59%) DKIM
5 1 (1.59%) DMARC
5 1 (1.59%) Internet
5 1 (1.59%) LAN
5 1 (1.59%) MPLS
5 1 (1.59%) NGFW
5 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.59%) VPN
5 1 (1.59%) WAN
5 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.59%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.59%) GitLab
1 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
1 1 (1.59%) MSI
General
1 14 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.29%) Finance
3 8 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Banking
5 2 (3.17%) Automotive
5 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.59%) Law
6 1 (1.59%) Local Government
6 1 (1.59%) Marketing
6 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) Security Engineer
2 10 (15.87%) Analyst
3 7 (11.11%) Security Analyst
3 7 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Architect
4 6 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Security Architect
5 4 (6.35%) Information Analyst
5 4 (6.35%) Information Security Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Consultant
6 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (4.76%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Vulnerability Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Security Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (7.94%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.35%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (6.35%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.76%) Cyberattack
4 3 (4.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.17%) Insider Threat
5 2 (3.17%) PKI
6 1 (1.59%) BYOD
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.59%) IoT
6 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.59%) STIX
6 1 (1.59%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
2 2 (3.17%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (53.97%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (23.81%) Information Security
3 13 (20.63%) Cloud Security
4 12 (19.05%) Incident Response
4 12 (19.05%) Threat Detection
5 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (17.46%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (15.87%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (15.87%) SIEM
6 10 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 8 (12.70%) Analytics
7 8 (12.70%) DevOps
7 8 (12.70%) Security Architecture
7 8 (12.70%) Security Testing
8 7 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
8 7 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (9.52%) Application Security
9 6 (9.52%) DevSecOps
9 6 (9.52%) Log Analytics
9 6 (9.52%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (4.76%) Python
2 3 (4.76%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (1.59%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (23.81%) CISSP
1 15 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.22%) CISM
3 11 (17.46%) SC Cleared
4 9 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (11.11%) Degree
6 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.17%) CCNP
8 2 (3.17%) CEH
8 2 (3.17%) CISA
8 2 (3.17%) CREST Certified
8 2 (3.17%) CRISC
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.59%) CCSP
9 1 (1.59%) GCIH
9 1 (1.59%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.29%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) NCSC
4 3 (4.76%) GDPR
4 3 (4.76%) GRC
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.59%) COBIT
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.59%) PMO
6 1 (1.59%) QA
6 1 (1.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Docker
2 1 (1.59%) Samba
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Nessus
1 4 (6.35%) QRadar
1 4 (6.35%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 3 (4.76%) SCCM
3 2 (3.17%) CASB
3 2 (3.17%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.59%) Nmap
4 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (36.51%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Qualys
2 8 (12.70%) Splunk
3 7 (11.11%) Rapid7
4 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.17%) CA
5 2 (3.17%) Checkmarx
5 2 (3.17%) Cisco
5 2 (3.17%) Google
5 2 (3.17%) Juniper
5 2 (3.17%) Veracode
5 2 (3.17%) VMware
6 1 (1.59%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.59%) Citrix
6 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.59%) IBM
6 1 (1.59%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (1.59%) Sophos
6 1 (1.59%) Veeam