Hybrid/Remote Cyber Resilience Contract Job Trends

Cyber Resilience
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cyber Resilience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 294 379
Rank change year-on-year +9 +85 +189
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 23 24 44
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.22% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 24
10th Percentile £412 £490 £463
25th Percentile £486 £522 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £626 £644
Median % change year-on-year -14.38% -2.76% +7.29%
75th Percentile £677 £677 £694
90th Percentile £750 £705 £835
UK median daily rate £588 £625 £613
% change year-on-year -5.92% +2.04% +6.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Resilience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,857 10,927 17,566
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.10% 88.10% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,885 6,894 12,341
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 268 421
10th Percentile £13.20 £19.88 £18.49
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.13 £25.95
Median hourly rate £35.89 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.53% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.08 £42.75
% change year-on-year -38.77% -3.91% +45.83%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Resilience and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Resilience job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cyber Resilience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Cyber Resilience daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cyber Resilience
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (13.04%) SaaS
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) IaaS
3 2 (8.70%) PaaS
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Network Security
1 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) IPsec
3 1 (4.35%) 4G
3 1 (4.35%) 5G
3 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.35%) LTE
3 1 (4.35%) PPP
3 1 (4.35%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Police
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Automotive
5 1 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (4.35%) French Language
5 1 (4.35%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Consultant
2 5 (21.74%) Security Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Security Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (13.04%) Security Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Security Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Operations Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Information Security Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Telemetry Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) ADO
2 1 (4.35%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.35%) OAuth
2 1 (4.35%) React
2 1 (4.35%) Resque
2 1 (4.35%) RESTful
2 1 (4.35%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (4.35%) Sidekiq
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Operational Technology
2 3 (13.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.70%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (30.43%) Risk Management
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
5 3 (13.04%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) Information Security
5 3 (13.04%) Network Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (13.04%) Project Management
5 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
5 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
5 3 (13.04%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Ruby
1 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) CISSP
2 5 (21.74%) CISM
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.70%) GCIA
4 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) CEH
5 1 (4.35%) CISA
5 1 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (4.35%) GCIH
5 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMP
5 1 (4.35%) SANS
5 1 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (26.09%) NIST
2 3 (13.04%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) ISO 22301
3 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
3 1 (4.35%) NCSC
3 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) QRadar
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.35%) Hitachi
2 1 (4.35%) Splunk
2 1 (4.35%) Tenable