Security Advisor Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Adviser
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Adviser daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 335 471
Rank change year-on-year +33 +136 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 2 10 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.065% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.070% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £543 £539
25th Percentile £578 £556 £546
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £588 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +4.44% +2.32%
75th Percentile £593 £630 £588
90th Percentile - £639 -
UK median daily rate £555 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -6.72% +8.18% -1.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Advisor
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Advisor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Advisor trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Advisor
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Advisor daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Advisor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Advisor contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Security Advisor in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (50.00%) Darktrace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) SOAR

Security Advisor Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) SOAR
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Darktrace