Security Monitoring Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Monitoring
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring 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 269 299 399
Rank change year-on-year +30 +100 +168
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 35 46 78
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.30% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.34% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 59
10th Percentile £450 £460 £423
25th Percentile £461 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +1.69%
75th Percentile £600 £566 £681
90th Percentile - £700 £775
UK median daily rate £544 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £82.00
Median hourly rate - - £84.00
75th Percentile - - £86.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £72.75 £81.40
% change year-on-year - -10.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Monitoring 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 Monitoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring.

Security Monitoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Monitoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring.

Security Monitoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Monitoring
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (42.86%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 4 (11.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) GCP
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.86%) Datadog
6 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Firewall
2 6 (17.14%) Network Security
3 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (11.43%) VPN
4 3 (8.57%) Internet
5 1 (2.86%) DKIM
5 1 (2.86%) DNS
5 1 (2.86%) Modbus
5 1 (2.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) GitLab
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.86%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Senior
2 5 (14.29%) Analyst
2 5 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Consultant
3 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Security Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Security Solutions Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Security Technical Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Senior Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Technical Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Consultant
4 3 (8.57%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.57%) IT Services Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Lead
4 3 (8.57%) Service Manager
4 3 (8.57%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Security Posture
2 5 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.57%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.86%) PKI
5 1 (2.86%) SCADA
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
1 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
1 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 18 (51.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 16 (45.71%) SIEM
4 12 (34.29%) Security Operations
5 11 (31.43%) Threat Detection
6 9 (25.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 9 (25.71%) Threat Intelligence
7 8 (22.86%) Cloud Security
8 7 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 6 (17.14%) Incident Management
9 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (17.14%) Security Patching
10 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (14.29%) Patch Management
10 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (11.43%) Information Security
11 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.43%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) CISSP
2 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (17.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 5 (14.29%) CISM
5 4 (11.43%) CEH
5 4 (11.43%) Degree
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.71%) GCIH
7 1 (2.86%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.86%) GCFA
7 1 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.57%) NIST
3 2 (5.71%) NCSC
4 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.29%) SCCM
3 2 (5.71%) CSIRT
3 2 (5.71%) QRadar
4 1 (2.86%) CASB
4 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Splunk
3 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.86%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.86%) HP
5 1 (2.86%) Qualys
5 1 (2.86%) Remedy