Information Security Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Security Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Information Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 304 445
Rank change year-on-year +13 +141 +91
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 10 40 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.26% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.30% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 30 20
10th Percentile £372 £545 £474
25th Percentile £458 £563 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £600 £584
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% +2.74% +6.18%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £678
90th Percentile £695 £755 £730
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Information Security Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information Security Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Security Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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

Information Security Management
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 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (30.00%) Police
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Security Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Architect
4 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Information Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) IT Risk Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) Security Management
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (50.00%) ISMS
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) Application Security
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
6 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Digital Forensics
7 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
7 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CISM
3 3 (30.00%) CISA
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) CEH
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (30.00%) GDPR
4 2 (20.00%) COBIT
4 2 (20.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC
5 1 (10.00%) NIST 800