Hybrid/Remote OSINT Contract Job Trends

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OSINT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 303 349
Rank change year-on-year -6 +46 +168
Contract jobs citing OSINT 7 2 17
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.071% 0.018% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.021% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - £555 £463
25th Percentile - £563 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% -4.17% +23.08%
75th Percentile £601 £588 £713
90th Percentile £629 £595 £744
UK median daily rate £535 £613 £570
% change year-on-year -12.65% +7.46% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.99
Median hourly rate - - £21.25
75th Percentile - - £22.52
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £41.75 £21.25
% change year-on-year - +96.47% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

OSINT 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 8,958 9,701 14,424
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.28% 89.47% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,878 6,084 9,779
10th Percentile £331 £325 £349
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 183 379
10th Percentile £15.55 £18.60 £16.53
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £24.13
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.89% -30.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%

OSINT
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OSINT and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OSINT job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OSINT
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OSINT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OSINT

OSINT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) Intranet
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Data Integration Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Integration Architect
1 3 (42.86%) IT Architect
1 3 (42.86%) IT Security Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
1 3 (42.86%) Information Assurance
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
1 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (42.86%) Open Source
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 3 (42.86%) Threat Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Threat Detection
1 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Red Team
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Computacenter