Forcepoint Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of Forcepoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Forcepoint over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Forcepoint, LLC (formerly Websense).

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 325 460
Rank change year-on-year +26 +135 +134
Contract jobs citing Forcepoint 5 20 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.13% 0.066%
As % of the Vendors category 0.11% 0.31% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 11
10th Percentile £475 £403 £495
25th Percentile £493 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £450 £629
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -28.46% +36.00%
75th Percentile £572 £475 £675
90th Percentile £572 £483 -
UK median daily rate £549 £450 £520
% change year-on-year +21.89% -13.46% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 -

All Vendors
Work from Home

Forcepoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,540 6,506 11,129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.84% 42.40% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,024 7,488
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 220 258
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.92 £17.87
25th Percentile £19.56 £16.93 £31.81
Median hourly rate £47.25 £32.31 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% -40.72% +55.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Forcepoint trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Forcepoint daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Forcepoint hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) SSL
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (40.00%) Server Management
2 2 (40.00%) Web Filtering
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) SIAM
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) CCSA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Arista
1 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Meraki
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) ForeScout
2 1 (20.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds