Communications Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Communications Security (COMSEC)
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 Communications Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Communications Security over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 471 616
Rank change year-on-year +129 +145 -
Contract jobs citing Communications Security 2 3 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.013% 0.012% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.013% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £500 £264
25th Percentile £675 £506 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £518 £393
Median % change year-on-year +35.27% +31.76% -
75th Percentile £725 £529 £472
90th Percentile - £536 £519
UK median daily rate £688 £495 £625
% change year-on-year +38.89% -20.80% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% -
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.50 £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £75.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -74.67% +240.91% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Communications Security 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 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
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 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £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 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Communications Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Communications Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Communications Security
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 Communications Security.

Communications Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Communications Security
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 Communications Security.

Communications Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Communications Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) ADSL
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) DSL
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) PPP
2 1 (50.00%) RIP
2 1 (50.00%) SNMP
2 1 (50.00%) TACACS
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) xDSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) IT Architect
1 1 (50.00%) IT Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) CCDP
1 1 (50.00%) CCIP
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ADVA
1 1 (50.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft