Red Team Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Red Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Team over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 459 598
Rank change year-on-year +128 +139 -117
Contract jobs citing Red Team 13 15 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.085% 0.059% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.065% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 17
10th Percentile £438 - £475
25th Percentile £569 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £550
90th Percentile £700 - £685
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £529
% change year-on-year -0.83% +13.48% +8.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Red Team is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Red Team
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Red Team trend for jobs with a WFH option

Red Team
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Red Team.

Red Team daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Red Team
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Red Team over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Red Team daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Red Team
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 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.69%) 4G
3 1 (7.69%) 5G
3 1 (7.69%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (7.69%) Automotive
1 1 (7.69%) Legal
1 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (46.15%) Tester
2 4 (30.77%) Security Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Applications Tester
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Mobile App
2 3 (23.08%) Operational Technology
2 3 (23.08%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Cyberattack
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) CSOC
4 1 (7.69%) Insider Threat
4 1 (7.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
2 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Penetration Testing
2 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 5 (38.46%) Security Operations
4 4 (30.77%) Application Security
4 4 (30.77%) Offensive Security
4 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) Blue Team
5 3 (23.08%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Detection
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C++
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) CREST Certified
2 5 (38.46%) OSCP
3 3 (23.08%) CEH
3 3 (23.08%) GIAC
3 3 (23.08%) GPEN
4 2 (15.38%) CISSP
5 1 (7.69%) CISM
5 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (7.69%) Degree
5 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) HP Fortify
1 1 (7.69%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk