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 remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 359 558
Rank change year-on-year +92 +199 -87
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 76 86 71
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.36% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.76% 1.14% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 64 51
10th Percentile £415 £413 £385
25th Percentile £456 £458 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £600 £662 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £813
UK median daily rate £564 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.91% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £36.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £37.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £67.50 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - £88.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -52.94%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,320 7,540 13,938
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.25% 31.60% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,937 5,342 10,063
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £432 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £838 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 145 224
10th Percentile £15.80 £19.00 £15.10
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.00 £20.94
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +27.98%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +61.36% -18.52% +8.00%

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 11 June 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 (1.32%) Confluence
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.26%) Azure
2 19 (25.00%) AWS
3 8 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.89%) SaaS
5 5 (6.58%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (5.26%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.63%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.63%) GCP
7 2 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.32%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (1.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (1.32%) IaaS
8 1 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.79%) Firewall
2 9 (11.84%) Network Security
3 4 (5.26%) DNS
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (2.63%) Internet
5 1 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.32%) LAN
5 1 (1.32%) MPLS
5 1 (1.32%) NGFW
5 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.32%) VPN
5 1 (1.32%) WAN
5 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.32%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.32%) GitLab
1 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
1 1 (1.32%) MSI
General
1 20 (26.32%) Finance
2 16 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.58%) Banking
5 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.63%) Automotive
7 2 (2.63%) Marketing
7 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.32%) Electronics
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.32%) Legal
8 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (23.68%) Security Engineer
2 12 (15.79%) Consultant
3 10 (13.16%) Analyst
4 9 (11.84%) Architect
5 8 (10.53%) Security Architect
6 7 (9.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (9.21%) Security Analyst
6 7 (9.21%) Security Consultant
7 6 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (6.58%) Information Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Information Security Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Security Manager
8 5 (6.58%) SOC Engineer
9 4 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (5.26%) Integration Consultant
9 4 (5.26%) SaaS Consultant
10 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.95%) Senior
11 2 (2.63%) AWS Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.16%) Public Cloud
2 8 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (9.21%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.58%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (6.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.95%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (3.95%) Cyberattack
5 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.63%) Insider Threat
6 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.63%) PKI
6 2 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.32%) BYOD
7 1 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.32%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.89%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.95%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (26.32%) Information Security
3 14 (18.42%) SIEM
4 13 (17.11%) Cloud Security
4 13 (17.11%) Penetration Testing
5 12 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (15.79%) Threat Detection
6 11 (14.47%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (13.16%) Incident Response
7 10 (13.16%) Threat Modelling
8 9 (11.84%) Security Architecture
8 9 (11.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (10.53%) DevOps
9 8 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
9 8 (10.53%) Security Testing
9 8 (10.53%) Threat Intelligence
10 7 (9.21%) Analytics
10 7 (9.21%) Computer Science
10 7 (9.21%) Data Protection
10 7 (9.21%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (5.26%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (3.95%) Python
4 1 (1.32%) Go
4 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (21.05%) CISM
2 14 (18.42%) CISSP
3 12 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 10 (13.16%) SC Cleared
5 9 (11.84%) Degree
6 8 (10.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (6.58%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.26%) CEH
8 4 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.95%) CREST Certified
9 3 (3.95%) GCIH
10 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.63%) CCNP
10 2 (2.63%) CISA
10 2 (2.63%) CISMP
10 2 (2.63%) CRISC
10 2 (2.63%) CSSLP
11 1 (1.32%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.37%) NIST
2 13 (17.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.89%) GDPR
4 5 (6.58%) NCSC
5 4 (5.26%) COBIT
6 3 (3.95%) GRC
6 3 (3.95%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.32%) COSO
7 1 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.32%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Firmware
2 1 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) QRadar
1 4 (5.26%) SCCM
1 4 (5.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 3 (3.95%) Nessus
3 2 (2.63%) CASB
3 2 (2.63%) HP Fortify
3 2 (2.63%) Terraform
4 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.32%) Nmap
Vendors
1 28 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.84%) Qualys
2 9 (11.84%) Splunk
3 5 (6.58%) Rapid7
4 4 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.26%) VMware
5 3 (3.95%) CA
5 3 (3.95%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.63%) Checkmarx
6 2 (2.63%) Cisco
6 2 (2.63%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.63%) Google
6 2 (2.63%) Juniper
6 2 (2.63%) Veracode
7 1 (1.32%) BigPanda
7 1 (1.32%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.32%) ForeScout
7 1 (1.32%) ScienceLogic
7 1 (1.32%) Workday