Security Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 318 388
Rank change year-on-year +23 +70 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 20 23 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 32
10th Percentile £487 £165 £486
25th Percentile £519 £510 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £540 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £688 £800 £750
90th Percentile - £834 £833
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £74.79
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £93.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year -33.88% +28.46% +14.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,509 12,350 21,193
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.55% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,318 8,294 14,941
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -1.40%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 385 506
10th Percentile £12.77 £16.64 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.25 £27.84 £24.81
Median hourly rate £34.48 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.38% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £66.56
90th Percentile £70.81 £75.00 £78.46
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%

Security Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Security Specialist
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 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 remote working options citing Security Specialist over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

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 4 August 2025, 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 10 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (40.00%) CISM
2 8 (40.00%) Information Security
3 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (30.00%) Azure
4 6 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (20.00%) Degree
6 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.00%) Firewall
7 3 (15.00%) Security Management
7 3 (15.00%) Finance
7 3 (15.00%) CISSP
7 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (15.00%) Network Security
7 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (15.00%) AWS
7 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
7 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
8 2 (10.00%) Terraform

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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) IaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
1 3 (15.00%) Network Security
2 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.00%) NAS
2 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Automotive
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Regular Expression
1 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (40.00%) Information Security
3 6 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (15.00%) Security Management
6 2 (10.00%) Analytics
6 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (10.00%) Information Assurance
6 2 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (10.00%) SIEM
6 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) Bash
3 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) CISM
2 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (15.00%) CISSP
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.00%) CCNA
6 1 (5.00%) CCSP
6 1 (5.00%) CEH
6 1 (5.00%) CISA
6 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.00%) CRISC
6 1 (5.00%) GCIA
6 1 (5.00%) GCIH
6 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (5.00%) MCSE
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (5.00%) FedRAMP
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) NetApp
2 1 (5.00%) QNX
2 1 (5.00%) Qualys
2 1 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Tenable
2 1 (5.00%) Varonis