QRadar Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring QRadar skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QRadar 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 292 338 453
Rank change year-on-year +46 +115 +134
Contract jobs citing QRadar 12 7 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.046% 0.093%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.78% 0.43% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 21
10th Percentile £472 £331 £400
25th Percentile £500 £519 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% -4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £801 £668 £950
UK median daily rate £509 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -16.86% -2.00% +13.64%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

QRadar falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,534 1,647 4,293
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.49% 10.73% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,220 3,179
10th Percentile £386 £356 £400
25th Percentile £440 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £626 £631 £675
90th Percentile £788 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 73
10th Percentile £16.10 £21.73 £26.55
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.58 £55.00
Median hourly rate £40.88 £47.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -28.03% +65.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £71.38 £67.25 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

QRadar
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QRadar trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

QRadar
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QRadar daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

QRadar
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

QRadar daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

QRadar
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 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (16.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (16.67%) Amazon S3
3 2 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) GitLab
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SIEM Architect
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Backup Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Kafka
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Insider Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) SIEM
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) SOAR
4 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (25.00%) Threat Detection
7 2 (16.67%) Analytics
7 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
7 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
7 2 (16.67%) Use Case
7 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (8.33%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (33.33%) CEH
3 3 (25.00%) GIAC
4 2 (16.67%) CISM
4 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) CISA
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) GCIA
5 1 (8.33%) GCIH
5 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (8.33%) OSCP
5 1 (8.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
1 2 (16.67%) logstash
1 2 (16.67%) Prometheus
1 2 (16.67%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Splunk
2 3 (25.00%) ArcSight
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) IBM
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) Trend Micro