RMADS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring RMADS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RMADS over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 340 452
Rank change year-on-year +30 +112 +157
Contract jobs citing RMADS 6 4 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.058% 0.028% 0.037%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.20% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile - - £500
25th Percentile £663 £363 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -27.08% -16.08%
75th Percentile £700 £553 £631
90th Percentile - £604 £698
UK median daily rate £638 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

RMADS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,750 1,961 3,057
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.91% 13.61% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,189 1,382 2,232
10th Percentile £312 £300 £343
25th Percentile £400 £409 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 63 81
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.85 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.82 £14.27 £21.00
Median hourly rate £33.61 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.43% -28.57% -6.29%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £68.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £24.18 £38.00
% change year-on-year +24.07% -36.37% +42.06%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

RMADS 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 RMADS.

RMADS daily rate 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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
1 3 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Chief Information Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISM
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NCSC
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Government Security Classifications
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP