Threat Modelling Contracts with Work from Home Options

Threat Modelling
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Threat Modelling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Threat Modelling over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 383 481
Rank change year-on-year +88 +98 -85
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 49 91 138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.36% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.40% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 69 94
10th Percentile £481 £513 £504
25th Percentile £530 £550 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +4.00% +7.30%
75th Percentile £680 £738 £697
90th Percentile £753 £775 £794
UK median daily rate £617 £650 £630
% change year-on-year -5.15% +3.17% +5.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £42.00
25th Percentile - - £45.00
Median hourly rate - £74.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +49.58% -20.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £83.50 £74.40 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.24% +48.79% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Threat Modelling is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Threat Modelling
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Threat Modelling trend for jobs with a WFH option

Threat Modelling
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 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 a work from home option citing Threat Modelling over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
1 1 (2.04%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 16 (32.65%) Azure
2 10 (20.41%) AWS
3 5 (10.20%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.12%) GCP
6 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.08%) GitHub
6 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.08%) Serverless
7 1 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.04%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (2.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (2.04%) IaaS
7 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.45%) Network Security
2 5 (10.20%) Firewall
3 4 (8.16%) SCCP
4 3 (6.12%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.04%) Internet
5 1 (2.04%) LAN
5 1 (2.04%) SSL
5 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.04%) WAN
5 1 (2.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.12%) GitLab
3 2 (4.08%) Git
4 1 (2.04%) Burp Suite
4 1 (2.04%) CircleCI
4 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 10 (20.41%) Public Sector
2 7 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Automotive
5 3 (6.12%) Retail
6 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.08%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.04%) Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Architect
1 13 (26.53%) Security Architect
2 12 (24.49%) Senior
3 8 (16.33%) Security Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) Analyst
4 7 (14.29%) Consultant
4 7 (14.29%) Security Consultant
5 6 (12.24%) Lead
6 5 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (8.16%) Information Security Consultant
7 4 (8.16%) Lead Architect
7 4 (8.16%) Lead Security Architect
7 4 (8.16%) Security Advisor
7 4 (8.16%) Security Analyst
8 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 3 (6.12%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 2 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 2 (4.08%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) PyTorch
1 3 (6.12%) scikit-learn
1 3 (6.12%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.53%) Management Information System
2 8 (16.33%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (16.33%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.12%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.12%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.12%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (4.08%) PKI
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.04%) CSOC
5 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.04%) FMCG
5 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) Unix
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (44.90%) Information Security
3 15 (30.61%) DevOps
4 14 (28.57%) Application Security
4 14 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 13 (26.53%) Agile
5 13 (26.53%) Risk Management
6 12 (24.49%) CI/CD
7 11 (22.45%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (22.45%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (20.41%) DevSecOps
8 10 (20.41%) Static Application Security Testing
9 9 (18.37%) Security Architecture
9 9 (18.37%) Security Testing
10 8 (16.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 8 (16.33%) SDLC
10 8 (16.33%) Security Operations
11 7 (14.29%) ISMS
11 7 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
11 7 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) Python
1 2 (4.08%) SQL
2 1 (2.04%) C#
2 1 (2.04%) Go
2 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (38.78%) CISSP
2 11 (22.45%) Security Cleared
3 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
4 8 (16.33%) CISM
5 7 (14.29%) Degree
5 7 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 6 (12.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 6 (12.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (8.16%) CEH
7 4 (8.16%) CLAS
7 4 (8.16%) CRISC
8 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
8 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (4.08%) CREST Certified
9 2 (4.08%) CSSLP
9 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (4.08%) MCSE
10 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (2.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (26.53%) NIST
3 6 (12.24%) NCSC
4 3 (6.12%) COBIT
4 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (4.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (4.08%) ISO 22301
5 2 (4.08%) ISO 31000
6 1 (2.04%) COSO
6 1 (2.04%) GDPR
6 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.04%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Terraform
2 2 (4.08%) HP Fortify
2 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.08%) Nessus
3 1 (2.04%) CASB
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.04%) Nmap
3 1 (2.04%) SCCM
3 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.16%) Google
3 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 3 (6.12%) Qualys
3 3 (6.12%) Sparx
4 2 (4.08%) SAP
5 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk