Information Security Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 433 570
Rank change year-on-year +101 +137 -116
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 16 43 52
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 35 45
10th Percentile £563 £455 -
25th Percentile £594 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £669 £775 £650
90th Percentile £675 - £715
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £563
% change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% +7.14%

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 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Information Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Consultant
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 Information Security Consultant.

Information Security Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Information Security Consultant over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Information Security Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Information Security Consultant.

Information Security Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Information Security Consultant 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 Information Security Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Information Security
2 8 (50.00%) CISSP
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (37.50%) CISM
5 5 (31.25%) Agile
5 5 (31.25%) Security Testing
5 5 (31.25%) CRISC
5 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (25.00%) DevOps
6 4 (25.00%) SDLC
6 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 4 (25.00%) Project Planning
6 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 4 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Application Security
6 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 4 (25.00%) NIST
6 4 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (18.75%) GRC
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
7 3 (18.75%) Data Governance
7 3 (18.75%) Azure
7 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow

Information Security Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Front Office
3 2 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.25%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Blog
3 1 (6.25%) Learning Management System
3 1 (6.25%) SCORM
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Information Security
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (31.25%) Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Application Security
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 4 (25.00%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (18.75%) Data Governance
4 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) CISSP
2 6 (37.50%) CISM
3 5 (31.25%) CRISC
4 1 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (6.25%) CISA
4 1 (6.25%) CLAS
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
3 3 (18.75%) GRC
4 1 (6.25%) COBIT
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.25%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) ISAE 3402
4 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
4 1 (6.25%) NCSC
4 1 (6.25%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
1 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
2 2 (12.50%) Okta