Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
UK > Work from Home
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 351 | 464 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +113 | +144 |
| Contract jobs citing Cybercrime | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.007% | 0.008% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.023% | 0.025% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £875 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £900 | £325 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +176.92% | -21.21% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £925 | £338 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | £570 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.80% | +51.52% |
All Generic Skills
Work from Home
Cybercrime falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 3,287 | 4,313 | 7,939 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 33.55% | 28.67% | 31.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,209 | 2,950 | 5,594 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £325 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £431 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £684 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £800 | £792 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 70 | 191 | 152 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.18 | £15.50 | £19.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.63 | £25.50 | £25.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.62 | £51.00 | £52.93 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.62% | -3.64% | +18.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.52 | £66.38 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.58 | £72.50 | £85.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.05 | £31.25 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +38.98% | -18.24% |
Cybercrime
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cybercrime as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybercrime
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cybercrime.