Security Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management 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 256 278 374
Rank change year-on-year +22 +96 +94
Contract jobs citing Security Management 48 67 103
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.48% 0.44% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.50% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 52 80
10th Percentile £406 £466 £462
25th Percentile £463 £550 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £738 £743
90th Percentile £688 £749 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35.70
25th Percentile £77.50 - £36.75
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £38.50
75th Percentile £92.50 - £40.25
90th Percentile - - £41.30
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £81.71 £42.00
% change year-on-year -8.21% +94.54% +52.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Management
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 Management.

Security Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
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 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 7 (14.58%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.17%) AWS
5 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.08%) GCP
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.08%) Serverless
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) Firewall
2 11 (22.92%) Network Security
3 5 (10.42%) Internet
3 5 (10.42%) VPN
4 4 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (8.33%) LAN
4 4 (8.33%) MPLS
4 4 (8.33%) SD-WAN
4 4 (8.33%) WAN
4 4 (8.33%) Wireless
5 3 (6.25%) DHCP
5 3 (6.25%) DNS
5 3 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (4.17%) Ethernet
6 2 (4.17%) MQTT
6 2 (4.17%) SSL
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco ISE
General
1 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Legal
4 4 (8.33%) Law
4 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.25%) Police
6 2 (4.17%) Military
7 1 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.08%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Senior
2 9 (18.75%) Consultant
3 8 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Administrator
4 5 (10.42%) Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) IT Security Officer
4 5 (10.42%) Security Consultant
4 5 (10.42%) Security Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Security Manager
4 5 (10.42%) Security Officer
5 4 (8.33%) Architect
5 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Security Administrator
6 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Network Specialist
6 3 (6.25%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Network Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) LDAP
1 5 (10.42%) OAuth
1 5 (10.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Management Information System
2 8 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 6 (12.50%) Operational Technology
4 5 (10.42%) Product Ownership
5 4 (8.33%) Mainframe
6 3 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (4.17%) Cyberattack
7 2 (4.17%) Data Centre
7 2 (4.17%) Data Structures
7 2 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (4.17%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (4.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (4.17%) IoT
7 2 (4.17%) SCADA
8 1 (2.08%) CMDB
8 1 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Windows
1 4 (8.33%) zOS
2 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (25.00%) Information Security
1 12 (25.00%) ITIL
2 11 (22.92%) Identity Access Management
2 11 (22.92%) Information Security Management
2 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (20.83%) Change Management
4 8 (16.67%) Agile
4 8 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 7 (14.58%) Incident Response
5 7 (14.58%) ISMS
6 6 (12.50%) Network Security Management
7 5 (10.42%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (10.42%) RBAC
7 5 (10.42%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.33%) Load Balancing
8 4 (8.33%) Security Auditing
8 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.17%) Bash
2 2 (4.17%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (31.25%) CISSP
2 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) CISM
4 5 (10.42%) Degree
5 4 (8.33%) CCNP
5 4 (8.33%) CISA
5 4 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (8.33%) IBM Certification
5 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.17%) CEH
6 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.17%) SSCP
7 1 (2.08%) CRISC
7 1 (2.08%) ISACA
7 1 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) NIST
2 7 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.42%) NCSC
4 3 (6.25%) GDPR
5 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (4.17%) COBIT
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.17%) GRC
5 2 (4.17%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
6 1 (2.08%) JSP 440
6 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.33%) RACF
3 1 (2.08%) Firmware
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.17%) SCCM
4 1 (2.08%) CASB
4 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Aruba
3 6 (12.50%) Cisco
4 5 (10.42%) Fortinet
4 5 (10.42%) Palo Alto
5 4 (8.33%) IBM
5 4 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 3 (6.25%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (6.25%) F5
6 3 (6.25%) Infoblox
6 3 (6.25%) Ruckus Wireless
6 3 (6.25%) Zscaler
7 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.08%) AlgoSec
8 1 (2.08%) CyberArk
8 1 (2.08%) Forcepoint
8 1 (2.08%) Juniper
8 1 (2.08%) Qualys
8 1 (2.08%) Tufin