Security Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 434 563
Rank change year-on-year +131 +129 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 43 37 57
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 44
10th Percentile £165 £436 £333
25th Percentile £425 £509 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £529
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +13.53% -5.84%
75th Percentile £533 £650 £656
90th Percentile £599 £835 £784
UK median daily rate £500 £591 £533
% change year-on-year -15.34% +10.91% -1.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £74.79 -
UK median hourly rate - £68.27 £59.00
% change year-on-year - +15.71% +7.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Security Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Specialist
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 Specialist.

Security Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Specialist over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Security Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 18 (41.86%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (39.53%) Security Operations
2 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
3 14 (32.56%) Management Information System
3 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
4 13 (30.23%) Penetration Testing
5 12 (27.91%) SaaS
5 12 (27.91%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (25.58%) PaaS
6 11 (25.58%) SIEM
6 11 (25.58%) Security Testing
6 11 (25.58%) Information Security
7 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (23.26%) GIAC
7 10 (23.26%) Qualys
7 10 (23.26%) Law
7 10 (23.26%) Web Services
7 10 (23.26%) Broadband
7 10 (23.26%) PCI DSS
7 10 (23.26%) OWASP
7 10 (23.26%) GPEN
7 10 (23.26%) OSCP
7 10 (23.26%) IaaS
7 10 (23.26%) Mobile App
7 10 (23.26%) CREST Certified
7 10 (23.26%) SANS
7 10 (23.26%) Virgin Media
7 10 (23.26%) 5G
7 10 (23.26%) GDPR
7 10 (23.26%) NCSC

Security Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) SaaS
2 11 (25.58%) PaaS
3 10 (23.26%) IaaS
4 4 (9.30%) Azure
4 4 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) 5G
1 10 (23.26%) Broadband
2 6 (13.95%) Network Security
3 2 (4.65%) Firewall
4 1 (2.33%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 10 (23.26%) Law
1 10 (23.26%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Finance
2 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
2 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.98%) Banking
4 1 (2.33%) Billing
4 1 (2.33%) Retail
4 1 (2.33%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Management Information System
2 10 (23.26%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.98%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (6.98%) Wiki
4 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.33%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Windows
2 4 (9.30%) Linux
3 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (39.53%) Security Operations
3 13 (30.23%) Penetration Testing
4 12 (27.91%) Vulnerability Management
5 11 (25.58%) Information Security
5 11 (25.58%) Security Testing
5 11 (25.58%) SIEM
6 10 (23.26%) Application Security
6 10 (23.26%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 10 (23.26%) OWASP
6 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (20.93%) Data Security
8 8 (18.60%) Data Loss Prevention
8 8 (18.60%) Incident Response
9 5 (11.63%) Agile
9 5 (11.63%) Incident Management
9 5 (11.63%) ISMS
9 5 (11.63%) Risk Analysis
9 5 (11.63%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (9.30%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 14 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (23.26%) CREST Certified
2 10 (23.26%) GIAC
2 10 (23.26%) GPEN
2 10 (23.26%) OSCP
2 10 (23.26%) SANS
3 4 (9.30%) Degree
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) CISSP
5 2 (4.65%) CISM
5 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (4.65%) MCSE
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.33%) CCSP
6 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) GDPR
1 10 (23.26%) NCSC
1 10 (23.26%) PCI DSS
2 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.33%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.33%) NIST
5 1 (2.33%) QA
5 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) SCCM
1 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.26%) Qualys
2 10 (23.26%) Virgin Media
3 8 (18.60%) Forcepoint
3 8 (18.60%) LogRhythm
3 8 (18.60%) Varonis
4 6 (13.95%) Splunk
5 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.33%) Tripwire
5 1 (2.33%) Veracode