Cybersecurity Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cybersecurity
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 69 53 56
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +26
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 334 563 1,038
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.37% 3.67% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 4.18% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 401 764
10th Percentile £357 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% -2.08% +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £700
90th Percentile £688 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £548 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -6.09% -2.83% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 19
10th Percentile £45.81 £26.75 £20.00
25th Percentile £45.89 £40.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £50.97 £87.46 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.72% +118.65% -20.00%
75th Percentile £59.58 £87.53 £73.63
90th Percentile £61.78 £87.64 £88.63
UK median hourly rate £63.91 £83.77 £65.50
% change year-on-year -23.71% +27.89% +54.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Cybersecurity 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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cybersecurity
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.

Cybersecurity daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cybersecurity daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
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.

Cybersecurity hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) JBoss
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
4 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
1 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (24.55%) Azure
2 39 (11.68%) AWS
3 23 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.39%) GCP
5 17 (5.09%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.49%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.89%) IaaS
8 12 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 12 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.80%) GitHub
10 6 (1.80%) SaaS
11 5 (1.50%) Serverless
12 4 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.20%) PaaS
13 3 (0.90%) Amazon Cognito
13 3 (0.90%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.90%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 53 (15.87%) Firewall
2 28 (8.38%) Network Security
3 16 (4.79%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (3.29%) VPN
5 10 (2.99%) DNS
6 6 (1.80%) DHCP
6 6 (1.80%) HTTP
7 5 (1.50%) Internet
8 4 (1.20%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.20%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.20%) WAN
9 3 (0.90%) Modbus
9 3 (0.90%) SAN
9 3 (0.90%) SMTP
9 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.90%) VLAN
9 3 (0.90%) Wireless
10 2 (0.60%) LAN
10 2 (0.60%) LTE
10 2 (0.60%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.89%) Power BI
2 9 (2.69%) Tableau
3 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.90%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.60%) Metadata
6 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.30%) Flink
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Git
2 7 (2.10%) JIRA
3 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.90%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.90%) Mocha
3 3 (0.90%) Postman
3 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (0.60%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.60%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) JUnit
5 1 (0.30%) MLflow
5 1 (0.30%) MSI
5 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 123 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.16%) Finance
3 50 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (5.69%) Banking
7 9 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.69%) Legal
8 8 (2.40%) Retail
9 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.80%) Military
9 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.50%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.50%) Law
11 4 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.60%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 67 (20.06%) Analyst
2 53 (15.87%) Architect
3 35 (10.48%) Consultant
4 31 (9.28%) Security Analyst
4 31 (9.28%) Security Architect
5 30 (8.98%) Security Manager
6 27 (8.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 24 (7.19%) Senior
8 23 (6.89%) Project Manager
9 21 (6.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 18 (5.39%) Security Consultant
11 16 (4.79%) Security Engineer
12 15 (4.49%) Security Project Manager
13 14 (4.19%) Business Analyst
13 14 (4.19%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 14 (4.19%) Lead
13 14 (4.19%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
14 12 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 11 (3.29%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.50%) .NET
1 5 (1.50%) CSS
1 5 (1.50%) HTML
1 5 (1.50%) Kafka
1 5 (1.50%) Node.js
1 5 (1.50%) REST
2 4 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.90%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.90%) GatsbyJS
3 3 (0.90%) GraphQL
3 3 (0.90%) HTML5
3 3 (0.90%) Jest
3 3 (0.90%) OpenAPI
3 3 (0.90%) React
3 3 (0.90%) SailPoint
3 3 (0.90%) SVG
3 3 (0.90%) Swagger
3 3 (0.90%) Vue
3 3 (0.90%) WebRTC
3 3 (0.90%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.58%) Security Posture
2 30 (8.98%) Operational Technology
3 21 (6.29%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (5.39%) Management Information System
4 18 (5.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.40%) Cyberattack
7 8 (2.40%) SCADA
8 7 (2.10%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.80%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (1.80%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.50%) PKI
11 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.90%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.28%) Windows
2 26 (7.78%) Linux
3 10 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.80%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.20%) Unix
7 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.60%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.30%) Solaris
9 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (15.27%) SIEM
3 50 (14.97%) Incident Response
4 48 (14.37%) Risk Management
4 48 (14.37%) Security Operations
5 45 (13.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 43 (12.87%) Agile
6 43 (12.87%) Vulnerability Management
7 41 (12.28%) Information Security
8 32 (9.58%) Project Management
9 31 (9.28%) Identity Access Management
9 31 (9.28%) Security Architecture
10 29 (8.68%) Cloud Security
10 29 (8.68%) Roadmaps
11 27 (8.08%) Threat Modelling
12 26 (7.78%) Penetration Testing
13 25 (7.49%) DevOps
14 24 (7.19%) Risk Assessment
15 22 (6.59%) Analytics
15 22 (6.59%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.08%) Python
2 30 (8.98%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.29%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (3.29%) SQL
4 9 (2.69%) Bash
5 6 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.50%) Rust
7 3 (0.90%) C
7 3 (0.90%) C#
7 3 (0.90%) C++
7 3 (0.90%) Java
8 2 (0.60%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.60%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.60%) Perl
8 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.30%) Clojure
9 1 (0.30%) Go
9 1 (0.30%) Haskell
9 1 (0.30%) R
9 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (16.47%) CISSP
1 55 (16.47%) Security Cleared
2 48 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.98%) Degree
4 27 (8.08%) CISM
5 18 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (5.09%) CEH
7 14 (4.19%) Azure Certification
7 14 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (3.89%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (2.69%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.40%) GCIH
12 7 (2.10%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.10%) GIAC
13 6 (1.80%) CISA
13 6 (1.80%) PhD
13 6 (1.80%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.50%) CCNA
14 5 (1.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (17.66%) NIST
2 36 (10.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (8.38%) GDPR
4 16 (4.79%) NCSC
5 12 (3.59%) GRC
5 12 (3.59%) QA
6 9 (2.69%) HIPAA
6 9 (2.69%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.69%) SLA
7 8 (2.40%) Disclosure Scotland
8 7 (2.10%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.80%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
11 4 (1.20%) PMO
12 3 (0.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.10%) vSphere
4 3 (0.90%) DFS Replication
5 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.30%) Docker
6 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.30%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.69%) Ansible
3 7 (2.10%) QRadar
4 4 (1.20%) CSIRT
4 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.20%) Terraform
5 3 (0.90%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.90%) Puppet
5 3 (0.90%) SCCM
6 2 (0.60%) CASB
6 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.60%) Nessus
6 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.30%) Grafana
7 1 (0.30%) Nmap
7 1 (0.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.79%) VMware
3 13 (3.89%) Qualys
3 13 (3.89%) Splunk
4 12 (3.59%) CyberArk
5 10 (2.99%) Palo Alto
6 9 (2.69%) Oracle
7 8 (2.40%) Cisco
8 7 (2.10%) Okta
8 7 (2.10%) Tenable
9 6 (1.80%) Google
9 6 (1.80%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.20%) Planview
10 4 (1.20%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.20%) SAP
11 3 (0.90%) ArcSight
11 3 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.90%) ForgeRock
11 3 (0.90%) IBM
11 3 (0.90%) Rapid7