BitLocker Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft BitLocker
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring BitLocker skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BitLocker over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 341 450
Rank change year-on-year +42 +109 +139
Contract jobs citing BitLocker 5 4 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.026% 0.10%
As % of the System Software category 0.43% 0.28% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 25
10th Percentile - £161 £178
25th Percentile £525 £166 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £175 £450
Median % change year-on-year +214.29% -61.11% +14.65%
75th Percentile £575 £275 £538
90th Percentile - £335 £562
UK median daily rate £550 £170 £450
% change year-on-year +223.53% -62.22% +80.00%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

BitLocker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 1,169 1,452 3,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.80% 9.46% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 1,058 2,296
10th Percentile £358 £263 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -3.84% -
75th Percentile £625 £618 £633
90th Percentile £775 £677 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 34 101
10th Percentile £25.25 £15.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £52.44 £15.88 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.50 £43.32 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.20% -33.35% +165.31%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £70.25
90th Percentile £92.50 £84.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £53.43
% change year-on-year +22.22% -57.88% +167.13%

BitLocker
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing BitLocker as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BitLocker trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

BitLocker
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing BitLocker.

BitLocker daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing BitLocker.

BitLocker hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

BitLocker
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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Migration Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Support
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Android
2 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Statistics
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Equitrac
2 1 (20.00%) Mitel
2 1 (20.00%) Nexthink
2 1 (20.00%) Progress
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy
2 1 (20.00%) VMware