Hybrid/Remote Cybercrime Contract Job Trends

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 1 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 - 415
Rank change year-on-year - - +179
Contract jobs citing Cybercrime 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% - 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% - 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £708 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £715 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.21%
75th Percentile £723 - £338
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -5.98% +8.11% +12.12%

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 3,421 3,865 6,484
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.91% 30.15% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,235 2,570 4,630
10th Percentile £331 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £700 £681
90th Percentile £813 £850 £785
UK median daily rate £519 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 106 138
10th Percentile £13.17 £19.92 £20.00
25th Percentile £24.14 £30.45 £25.71
Median hourly rate £33.89 £59.70 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.24% +13.71% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £72.29 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -34.44% +5.26% +64.42%

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 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cybercrime
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Cybercrime.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
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 3 (75.00%) Internet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 4 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 4 (100.00%) GIAC
1 4 (100.00%) GREM
1 4 (100.00%) OSCP
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared