Security Operations Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 236 285
Rank change year-on-year +41 +49 +122
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 107 113 193
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.08% 0.74% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.84% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 84 132
10th Percentile £378 £386 £414
25th Percentile £475 £425 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -18.00% +13.04%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £763
90th Percentile £750 £734 £875
UK median daily rate £555 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -7.50% -2.04% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £45.81 - -
25th Percentile £45.89 - -
Median hourly rate £50.97 - -
75th Percentile £59.58 - -
90th Percentile £61.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.97 £11.25 £84.50
% change year-on-year +353.07% -86.69% +63.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Operations 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 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
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 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Security Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Operations
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 Operations.

Security Operations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Operations over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Security Operations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 Operations.

Security Operations hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations
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 33 (30.84%) Azure
2 12 (11.21%) AWS
3 11 (10.28%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.48%) GCP
5 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.87%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.87%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.93%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.93%) Datadog
9 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (23.36%) Firewall
2 13 (12.15%) Network Security
3 7 (6.54%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.67%) DHCP
4 5 (4.67%) DNS
5 4 (3.74%) HTTP
5 4 (3.74%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (3.74%) SMTP
5 4 (3.74%) VPN
6 3 (2.80%) 4G
6 3 (2.80%) LAN
6 3 (2.80%) WAN
6 3 (2.80%) Wireless
7 2 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.87%) SMS
8 1 (0.93%) DKIM
8 1 (0.93%) FTP
8 1 (0.93%) Internet
8 1 (0.93%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
General
1 35 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.69%) Finance
3 10 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.61%) Banking
6 4 (3.74%) Legal
6 4 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.80%) Retail
8 2 (1.87%) Aviation
8 2 (1.87%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.87%) French Language
8 2 (1.87%) Police
8 2 (1.87%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (17.76%) Analyst
2 14 (13.08%) Security Engineer
3 13 (12.15%) Security Analyst
4 12 (11.21%) Senior
5 11 (10.28%) Consultant
6 9 (8.41%) Architect
6 9 (8.41%) Security Manager
7 8 (7.48%) Operations Analyst
7 8 (7.48%) Security Operations Analyst
8 7 (6.54%) Automation Engineer
8 7 (6.54%) Azure Engineer
8 7 (6.54%) Developer
8 7 (6.54%) Operations Engineer
8 7 (6.54%) ServiceNow Developer
9 6 (5.61%) Incident Analyst
9 6 (5.61%) Incident Responder
9 6 (5.61%) Security Architect
9 6 (5.61%) Security Incident Analyst
9 6 (5.61%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) CSS
1 5 (4.67%) HTML
2 4 (3.74%) JSON
3 3 (2.80%) REST
3 3 (2.80%) SOAP
3 3 (2.80%) Web Services
3 3 (2.80%) XML
4 2 (1.87%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.93%) .NET
5 1 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (27.10%) Security Operations Centre
2 21 (19.63%) Security Posture
3 12 (11.21%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.54%) Operational Technology
4 7 (6.54%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.74%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.80%) CMDB
7 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.87%) BYOD
8 2 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.87%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.87%) Robotics
8 2 (1.87%) SCADA
9 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.93%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.28%) Windows
2 7 (6.54%) Linux
3 2 (1.87%) Mac OS X
3 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (50.47%) Incident Response
2 49 (45.79%) SIEM
3 48 (44.86%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (21.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 22 (20.56%) Incident Management
6 21 (19.63%) Cloud Security
7 19 (17.76%) SOAR
7 19 (17.76%) Threat Intelligence
8 17 (15.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 17 (15.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (12.15%) Identity Access Management
9 13 (12.15%) Threat Detection
10 12 (11.21%) DevSecOps
10 12 (11.21%) Security Monitoring
10 12 (11.21%) Workflow
11 11 (10.28%) Mentoring
12 10 (9.35%) Data Loss Prevention
13 9 (8.41%) ITIL
13 9 (8.41%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.89%) PowerShell
2 15 (14.02%) Python
3 10 (9.35%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (5.61%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.74%) Bash
6 3 (2.80%) Java
7 1 (0.93%) Bicep
7 1 (0.93%) C#
7 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (25.23%) CISSP
2 16 (14.95%) SC Cleared
2 16 (14.95%) Security Cleared
3 13 (12.15%) GIAC
4 11 (10.28%) CISM
4 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (9.35%) Azure Certification
6 9 (8.41%) Degree
6 9 (8.41%) GCIH
7 7 (6.54%) CEH
8 6 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (5.61%) SANS
9 4 (3.74%) CCNA
10 3 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.80%) CCNP
10 3 (2.80%) CCSP
10 3 (2.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.43%) NIST
2 15 (14.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.48%) PCI DSS
4 7 (6.54%) GDPR
4 7 (6.54%) HIPAA
5 6 (5.61%) SLA
6 5 (4.67%) NIST 800
7 3 (2.80%) GRC
8 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.93%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.54%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.67%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.80%) Grafana
2 3 (2.80%) QRadar
3 2 (1.87%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.93%) CASB
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (34.58%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.95%) Palo Alto
3 15 (14.02%) ServiceNow
4 12 (11.21%) Splunk
5 9 (8.41%) Google
6 7 (6.54%) Qualys
7 5 (4.67%) Rapid7
7 5 (4.67%) Tenable
8 3 (2.80%) Cisco
8 3 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.87%) IBM
9 2 (1.87%) Ribbon
10 1 (0.93%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.93%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.93%) F5
10 1 (0.93%) Forcepoint
10 1 (0.93%) Imperva
10 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.93%) VMware