Information Security Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 109 94
Rank change year-on-year -42 -15 +39
Contract jobs citing Information Security 163 306 640
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 1.99% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 2.27% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 226 499
10th Percentile £288 £400 £414
25th Percentile £416 £491 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £618
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -6.88% +12.27%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £713
90th Percentile £775 £756 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 2
10th Percentile £29.49 - £43.48
25th Percentile £33.03 £12.75 £48.70
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.75 £57.40
Median % change year-on-year +86.67% -67.33% +27.54%
75th Percentile £38.39 £19.75 £66.09
90th Percentile £44.50 - £71.31
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £19.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +26.46% -74.00% +18.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Information Security 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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
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% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Information Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Information Security
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.

Information Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Information Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Information Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Information Security hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.84%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.61%) CMS
4 1 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Endur
1 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (28.83%) Azure
2 19 (11.66%) AWS
2 19 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (10.43%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.91%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (4.29%) GCP
6 6 (3.68%) GitHub
6 6 (3.68%) IaaS
7 4 (2.45%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.45%) Mimecast
7 4 (2.45%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.45%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.45%) SaaS
8 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.23%) PaaS
10 1 (0.61%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.61%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.66%) Firewall
2 15 (9.20%) Network Security
3 8 (4.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (4.91%) SSL
4 6 (3.68%) LAN
4 6 (3.68%) WAN
4 6 (3.68%) Wireless
5 5 (3.07%) Internet
5 5 (3.07%) Unified Communications
6 4 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.84%) iSCSI
7 3 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (1.84%) VPN
8 2 (1.23%) IPsec
8 2 (1.23%) MPLS
8 2 (1.23%) NGFW
9 1 (0.61%) BGP
9 1 (0.61%) DNS
9 1 (0.61%) Extranet
9 1 (0.61%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.45%) Power BI
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.61%) Couchbase
3 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.61%) Metasploit
General
1 64 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.70%) Finance
3 28 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.13%) Banking
6 8 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.91%) Legal
7 6 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.07%) Retail
9 4 (2.45%) Law
9 4 (2.45%) Police
10 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.23%) Military
11 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Automotive
12 1 (0.61%) Back Office
12 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (16.56%) Consultant
2 23 (14.11%) Analyst
2 23 (14.11%) Senior
3 22 (13.50%) Architect
4 20 (12.27%) Security Consultant
5 17 (10.43%) Security Engineer
6 15 (9.20%) Security Architect
7 13 (7.98%) Information Security Consultant
8 11 (6.75%) Security Manager
9 10 (6.13%) Security Analyst
9 10 (6.13%) Security Specialist
10 9 (5.52%) Information Security Specialist
10 9 (5.52%) Information Specialist
10 9 (5.52%) Senior Security Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Information Security Manager
11 8 (4.91%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 7 (4.29%) Senior Information Security Specialist
12 7 (4.29%) Senior Security Specialist
13 6 (3.68%) Head of Security
13 6 (3.68%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) Web Services
2 5 (3.07%) LDAP
3 3 (1.84%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.84%) X-Windows
4 2 (1.23%) SAML
5 1 (0.61%) .NET
5 1 (0.61%) ADO
5 1 (0.61%) Kafka
5 1 (0.61%) OAuth
5 1 (0.61%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.61%) React
5 1 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.72%) Management Information System
2 18 (11.04%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.68%) PKI
5 5 (3.07%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.84%) IVR
7 3 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.23%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.23%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.23%) NHS
8 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.61%) iPhone
9 1 (0.61%) Online Gambling
9 1 (0.61%) PMI
9 1 (0.61%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.66%) Windows
2 10 (6.13%) Linux
3 9 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.29%) Unix
5 4 (2.45%) Android
6 3 (1.84%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.15%) Cybersecurity
1 41 (25.15%) Risk Management
2 33 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (17.18%) Security Architecture
4 24 (14.72%) Threat Modelling
5 23 (14.11%) Agile
5 23 (14.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (14.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 22 (13.50%) Cloud Security
7 19 (11.66%) Computer Science
7 19 (11.66%) Identity Access Management
8 17 (10.43%) Risk Assessment
9 15 (9.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 14 (8.59%) Application Security
10 14 (8.59%) Data Protection
10 14 (8.59%) DevOps
10 14 (8.59%) DevSecOps
10 14 (8.59%) Enterprise Architecture
11 13 (7.98%) Project Management
12 12 (7.36%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.98%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.91%) Python
3 3 (1.84%) Java
3 3 (1.84%) Shell Script
3 3 (1.84%) VBA
4 2 (1.23%) PHP
4 2 (1.23%) SQL
5 1 (0.61%) Bash
5 1 (0.61%) Bicep
5 1 (0.61%) C
5 1 (0.61%) C++
5 1 (0.61%) R
5 1 (0.61%) Ruby
5 1 (0.61%) Scala
5 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (25.77%) CISM
2 41 (25.15%) CISSP
3 30 (18.40%) Degree
4 28 (17.18%) Security Cleared
5 18 (11.04%) SC Cleared
6 12 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (6.75%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.13%) Azure Certification
9 9 (5.52%) CISA
10 7 (4.29%) CEH
10 7 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (3.07%) CRISC
11 5 (3.07%) Master's Degree
11 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.84%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (1.23%) OSCP
13 2 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (21.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (20.86%) NIST
3 24 (14.72%) GDPR
4 13 (7.98%) GRC
5 12 (7.36%) PCI DSS
6 7 (4.29%) HIPAA
7 6 (3.68%) COBIT
7 6 (3.68%) NCSC
8 5 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (3.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.45%) QA
9 4 (2.45%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.84%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.84%) SLA
11 2 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (1.23%) PMO
12 1 (0.61%) COSO
12 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (11.66%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.68%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (2.45%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.84%) Docker
4 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.23%) RACF
5 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.29%) Terraform
2 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.84%) OPNET
4 2 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.61%) CASB
5 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 38 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.91%) CyberArk
3 7 (4.29%) Cisco
4 5 (3.07%) Google
4 5 (3.07%) Proofpoint
5 4 (2.45%) Planview
5 4 (2.45%) Qualys
6 3 (1.84%) Apple
6 3 (1.84%) VMware
7 2 (1.23%) F5
7 2 (1.23%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.61%) Aruba
8 1 (0.61%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.61%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.61%) Gemalto
8 1 (0.61%) Meraki
8 1 (0.61%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.61%) Thales
8 1 (0.61%) Thycotic
8 1 (0.61%) Varonis