Head of Cybersecurity Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Cybersecurity
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Cybersecurity daily rate in Work from Home is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 455 614
Rank change year-on-year +111 +159 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.009% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £738
25th Percentile £688 - £794
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £925
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.82%
75th Percentile £763 - £963
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £850 £875 £650
% change year-on-year -2.86% +34.62% -10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,749 23,373 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.31% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,288 16,533 30,788
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.98%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 539 596
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.46 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.48
Median hourly rate £44.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £64.77 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.35 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Head of Cybersecurity
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of Cybersecurity in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Cybersecurity trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Head of Cybersecurity.

Head of Cybersecurity daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Head of Cybersecurity 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 Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Head of Cybersecurity 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing