CSIRT Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
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 CSIRT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSIRT over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 451 606
Rank change year-on-year +114 +155 -113
Contract jobs citing CSIRT 4 4 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.016% 0.029%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 0.098% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 11
10th Percentile - £465 -
25th Percentile £575 £471 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £725 £500 £600
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +26.83% -6.82% +15.79%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

CSIRT is in the Systems Management 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 systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,628 4,067 7,171
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.06% 16.41% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,219 3,014 5,342
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £445 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £559 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% -0.62% +8.17%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £558 £565
% change year-on-year -8.15% -1.24% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 76 47
10th Percentile £19.98 £25.36 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.67 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.13 £62.38
90th Percentile £62.75 £87.50 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £26.38 £52.50 £21.89
% change year-on-year -49.75% +139.84% -45.28%

CSIRT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CSIRT trend for jobs with a WFH option

CSIRT
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 CSIRT.

CSIRT daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CSIRT
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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) SOC Architect
1 4 (100.00%) SOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto