Cybersecurity Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 321 408
Rank change year-on-year +28 +87 +207
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 11 24 69
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.16% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 18 55
10th Percentile £281 £535 £475
25th Percentile £378 £564 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £601
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -0.08% +14.38%
75th Percentile £549 £650 £700
90th Percentile £588 £673 £793
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cybersecurity Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) CISSP
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Network Security
4 3 (27.27%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Detection
4 3 (27.27%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (18.18%) Degree
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) CISA
5 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
5 2 (18.18%) Active Directory

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) Modbus
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless Security
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) CMDB
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
3 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) SIEM
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Detection
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
4 2 (18.18%) Security Patching
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CEH
4 2 (18.18%) CISA
4 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CISM
5 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
5 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
1 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) BMC
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Qualys
1 1 (9.09%) Remedy