Hybrid/Remote Chief Information Security Officer Contract Job Trends

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UK > Work from Home

The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £875, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 302 -
Rank change year-on-year -43 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.031% 0.010% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.011% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £673 - -
25th Percentile £744 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
75th Percentile £888 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £900 £675
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 12,113 9,138 13,830
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.90% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,727 6,177 9,309
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.30% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 641 245 569
10th Percentile £17.23 £14.00 £14.27
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.76% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.36 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.36% -27.03% -14.77%

Chief Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Chief Information Security Officer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Chief Information Security Officer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Chief Information Security Officer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Chief Information Security Officer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Chief Information Security Officer job vacancies

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 22 June 2026, Chief Information Security Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Ansible
3 1 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Middleware
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Principle of Least Privilege
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Runbook
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CEH
1 2 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CyberArk