Information Security Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 339 462
Rank change year-on-year +45 +123 +157
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Specialist 10 6 15
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.039% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.042% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 12
10th Percentile £539 - £558
25th Percentile £551 £165 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £170 £638
Median % change year-on-year +241.18% -73.33% -3.77%
75th Percentile £616 £419 £650
90th Percentile £634 £600 £797
UK median daily rate £600 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +26.32% -26.92% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £74.79
UK median hourly rate £61.50 - £74.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Information Security Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Information Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Information Security Specialist
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 Specialist.

Information Security Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) CISM
2 9 (90.00%) Information Security
3 8 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
3 8 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
6 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (20.00%) CISSP
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (10.00%) SSCP
7 1 (10.00%) CISA
7 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
7 1 (10.00%) Security Management
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (10.00%) CCSP
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (10.00%) Finance
7 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
7 1 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (10.00%) CEH
7 1 (10.00%) PKI

Information Security Specialist 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 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (10.00%) IaaS
1 1 (10.00%) PaaS
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
2 8 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISM
2 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) CISSP
5 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (10.00%) CCSP
6 1 (10.00%) CEH
6 1 (10.00%) CISA
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (10.00%) CRISC
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft