Threat Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Threat Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Threat Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Management over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 336 442
Rank change year-on-year +41 +106 +158
Contract jobs citing Threat Management 6 11 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.073% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.083% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 18
10th Percentile £461 - £454
25th Percentile £521 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £478 £486
Median % change year-on-year +14.40% -1.75% -29.31%
75th Percentile £575 £728 £625
90th Percentile £600 £749 £941
UK median daily rate £585 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -16.43% +27.27% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Threat Management 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 9,053 13,242 22,482
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.33% 88.03% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,200 8,878 15,879
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £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 £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 571 516
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.00 £18.66
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £35.45 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.57% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £28.41 £36.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -22.16% +0.69% +41.16%

Threat Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Threat Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Threat Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Threat Management.

Threat Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Threat Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Threat Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Management
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (33.33%) Mimecast
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (16.67%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Softphone
2 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Strategy Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Strategy Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (16.67%) OfficeScan
3 1 (16.67%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Altiris
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Mitel
2 1 (16.67%) NetApp
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Qualys
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) Symantec