CSIRT Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring CSIRT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSIRT 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 300 341 473
Rank change year-on-year +41 +132 +151
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 4 4 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.026% 0.015%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.26% 0.24% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £490 - £465
25th Percentile £531 £575 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +33.33% -11.36%
75th Percentile - £725 £500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £538 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -17.31% +30.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

CSIRT falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,534 1,647 4,293
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.49% 10.73% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,220 3,179
10th Percentile £386 £356 £400
25th Percentile £440 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £626 £631 £675
90th Percentile £788 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 73
10th Percentile £16.10 £21.73 £26.55
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.58 £55.00
Median hourly rate £40.88 £47.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -28.03% +65.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £71.38 £67.25 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

CSIRT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CSIRT trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CSIRT
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CSIRT daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CSIRT
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CSIRT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CSIRT daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CSIRT
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
1 1 (25.00%) SMTP
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (25.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Rapid7