Threat Modelling Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Threat Modelling
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Threat Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 297 387
Rank change year-on-year +64 +90 +105
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 71 48 90
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.36% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 29 66
10th Percentile £499 £475 £513
25th Percentile £531 £563 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £608 £657
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -7.49% +5.16%
75th Percentile £738 £688 £738
90th Percentile £800 £755 £781
UK median daily rate £625 £608 £658
% change year-on-year +2.80% -7.60% +3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £74.79
UK median hourly rate - £83.50 £74.40
% change year-on-year - +12.24% +48.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Threat Modelling 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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
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 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Threat Modelling
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Threat Modelling
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 Modelling.

Threat Modelling daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Threat Modelling over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Threat Modelling daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Threat Modelling hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Modelling
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 26 (36.62%) Azure
2 19 (26.76%) AWS
3 13 (18.31%) GCP
4 4 (5.63%) Cloudflare
5 3 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.23%) GitHub
6 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.82%) IaaS
6 2 (2.82%) PaaS
6 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.82%) SaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.41%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.49%) Firewall
1 11 (15.49%) Network Security
2 6 (8.45%) HTTP
3 4 (5.63%) SSL
4 3 (4.23%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (2.82%) DNS
5 2 (2.82%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.82%) FTP
5 2 (2.82%) Internet
5 2 (2.82%) MQTT
5 2 (2.82%) NGFW
5 2 (2.82%) SMTP
5 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Big Data
2 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) GitLab
2 1 (1.41%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.41%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Finance
3 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Banking
4 6 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.23%) Legal
6 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.82%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (40.85%) Architect
2 28 (39.44%) Security Architect
3 15 (21.13%) Senior
4 11 (15.49%) Consultant
4 11 (15.49%) Security Engineer
5 10 (14.08%) Security Specialist
6 8 (11.27%) Information Security Specialist
6 8 (11.27%) Information Specialist
6 8 (11.27%) Security Consultant
6 8 (11.27%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 7 (9.86%) Senior Information Security Specialist
7 7 (9.86%) Senior Security Specialist
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Architect
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Security Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) IT Architect
9 4 (5.63%) IT Security Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Security Technical Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) .NET
1 3 (4.23%) SAML
2 1 (1.41%) ADO
2 1 (1.41%) LDAP
2 1 (1.41%) OAuth
2 1 (1.41%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.41%) OpenID
2 1 (1.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Cyber Threat
1 10 (14.08%) Security Posture
2 7 (9.86%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.86%) PKI
3 5 (7.04%) SCADA
4 4 (5.63%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.82%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.82%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (2.82%) IoT
5 2 (2.82%) NHS
6 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.63%) Linux
4 2 (2.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.41%) Kali Linux
5 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.41%) Unix
5 1 (1.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (33.80%) Information Security
3 22 (30.99%) Cloud Security
4 21 (29.58%) Security Architecture
5 20 (28.17%) Vulnerability Management
6 16 (22.54%) DevSecOps
6 16 (22.54%) Penetration Testing
7 14 (19.72%) SIEM
7 14 (19.72%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 13 (18.31%) DevOps
9 12 (16.90%) Agile
9 12 (16.90%) Application Security
9 12 (16.90%) OWASP
9 12 (16.90%) Risk Assessment
10 11 (15.49%) Security Testing
10 11 (15.49%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 10 (14.08%) CI/CD
12 9 (12.68%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (12.68%) Microservices
12 9 (12.68%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.45%) Python
2 5 (7.04%) Java
3 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.82%) Bash
5 2 (2.82%) C#
6 1 (1.41%) C++
6 1 (1.41%) Perl
6 1 (1.41%) PHP
6 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 14 (19.72%) CISM
4 12 (16.90%) CISSP
5 8 (11.27%) Azure Certification
5 8 (11.27%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (8.45%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (7.04%) CEH
7 5 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (4.23%) Degree
9 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.82%) CCSP
9 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.82%) OSCP
9 2 (2.82%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.41%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (21.13%) NIST
2 11 (15.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (12.68%) GDPR
4 7 (9.86%) NCSC
5 6 (8.45%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.23%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (4.23%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (2.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.82%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) Terraform
2 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.23%) Progress Chef
4 2 (2.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.41%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) Google
3 3 (4.23%) ForgeRock
4 2 (2.82%) Cloudera
4 2 (2.82%) Tenable
5 1 (1.41%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.41%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.41%) Symantec