Proofpoint Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

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

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Proofpoint, Inc.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 338 464
Rank change year-on-year +46 +126 +157
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint 12 7 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.046% 0.050%
As % of the Vendors category 0.26% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 12
10th Percentile £398 - £511
25th Percentile - £413 £641
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -34.62% +12.02%
75th Percentile £575 £438 -
90th Percentile £660 - £794
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £650
% change year-on-year - -30.77% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40.50 - -
Median hourly rate £41.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £23.80 -
% change year-on-year +72.27% - -

All Vendors
Work from Home

Proofpoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,540 6,506 11,129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.84% 42.40% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,024 7,488
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 220 258
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.92 £17.87
25th Percentile £19.56 £16.93 £31.81
Median hourly rate £47.25 £32.31 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% -40.72% +55.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Proofpoint
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Proofpoint trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Proofpoint daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Proofpoint
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Proofpoint daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (50.00%) Mimecast
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (16.67%) DKIM
2 2 (16.67%) DMARC
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
General
1 4 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Messaging Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) User Experience
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 4 (33.33%) PLM
3 4 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 4 (33.33%) System Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (16.67%) Email Filtering
5 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
5 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (16.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Privileged Identity Management
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) NetBackup
1 2 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) NetApp
3 2 (16.67%) Pure Storage
3 2 (16.67%) Veritas
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Zscaler
4 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm
4 1 (8.33%) Rapid7
4 1 (8.33%) Splunk