Security Posture Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 389 548
Rank change year-on-year +107 +159 -98
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 64 83 75
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.32% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 1.02% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 57 58
10th Percentile £403 £413 £486
25th Percentile £459 £454 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £720 £813
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £619
% change year-on-year +4.55% -11.15% -4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £94.00
UK median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -17.65%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,362 8,137 13,908
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.55% 31.47% 31.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,943 5,726 9,922
10th Percentile £325 £363 £358
25th Percentile £431 £454 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £644
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 151 228
10th Percentile £15.43 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £31.38 £20.56
Median hourly rate £50.50 £57.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +29.21% +28.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.08
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Posture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Posture.

Security Posture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Security Posture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Posture.

Security Posture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 1 (1.56%) Confluence
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.25%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) AWS
3 6 (9.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (7.81%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (6.25%) AWS CloudTrail
5 4 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.13%) GCP
6 2 (3.13%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.56%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (1.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.56%) IaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.19%) Firewall
2 9 (14.06%) Network Security
3 3 (4.69%) DNS
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (3.13%) Internet
5 1 (1.56%) DKIM
5 1 (1.56%) DMARC
5 1 (1.56%) LAN
5 1 (1.56%) MPLS
5 1 (1.56%) NGFW
5 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.56%) VPN
5 1 (1.56%) WAN
5 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.56%) Git
1 1 (1.56%) GitLab
1 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
1 1 (1.56%) MSI
General
1 12 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.63%) Finance
3 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.13%) Banking
5 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.56%) Law
6 1 (1.56%) Local Government
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Security Engineer
2 9 (14.06%) Analyst
3 8 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 8 (12.50%) SOC Engineer
4 6 (9.38%) Security Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Security Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Architect
5 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Security Architect
6 4 (6.25%) Information Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) Operational Security Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Operations Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Security Operations Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (3.13%) Security Assurance Manager
8 2 (3.13%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.38%) Public Cloud
3 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.81%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.69%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.69%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.13%) Insider Threat
6 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.56%) BYOD
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) IoT
7 1 (1.56%) PKI
7 1 (1.56%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Linux
2 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (51.56%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (28.13%) Information Security
3 13 (20.31%) Cloud Security
3 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (18.75%) Incident Response
4 12 (18.75%) SIEM
5 11 (17.19%) Security Operations
5 11 (17.19%) Threat Detection
6 10 (15.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 9 (14.06%) Analytics
7 9 (14.06%) Penetration Testing
7 9 (14.06%) Security Testing
7 9 (14.06%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (10.94%) DevOps
8 7 (10.94%) DevSecOps
8 7 (10.94%) Roadmaps
8 7 (10.94%) Security Architecture
9 6 (9.38%) Log Analytics
9 6 (9.38%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (9.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (4.69%) Python
3 1 (1.56%) Go
3 1 (1.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 20 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 17 (26.56%) CISSP
3 16 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (20.31%) CISM
5 9 (14.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (10.94%) Degree
7 5 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
8 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (4.69%) DV Cleared
10 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (3.13%) CCNP
10 2 (3.13%) CEH
10 2 (3.13%) CISA
10 2 (3.13%) CREST Certified
10 2 (3.13%) CRISC
11 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.56%) OSCP
11 1 (1.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.06%) NIST
3 4 (6.25%) NCSC
4 3 (4.69%) GDPR
4 3 (4.69%) GRC
5 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.56%) COBIT
6 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.56%) PMO
6 1 (1.56%) QA
6 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.56%) Samba
2 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) QRadar
1 4 (6.25%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 3 (4.69%) Nessus
2 3 (4.69%) SCCM
2 3 (4.69%) Terraform
3 2 (3.13%) CASB
4 1 (1.56%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) Qualys
2 7 (10.94%) Rapid7
3 6 (9.38%) Splunk
4 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.13%) CA
5 2 (3.13%) Checkmarx
5 2 (3.13%) Cisco
5 2 (3.13%) Google
5 2 (3.13%) Juniper
5 2 (3.13%) Veracode
5 2 (3.13%) VMware
6 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.56%) BigPanda
6 1 (1.56%) Citrix
6 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.56%) IBM
6 1 (1.56%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (1.56%) Sophos
6 1 (1.56%) Veeam