Cyber Threat Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cyber Threats
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 381 575
Rank change year-on-year +83 +194 -153
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 45 85 54
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.35% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 1.09% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 57 45
10th Percentile £451 £486 £425
25th Percentile £525 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £623 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% -11.07% +30.23%
75th Percentile £590 £696 £763
90th Percentile £681 £792 £778
UK median daily rate £579 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -3.58% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £83.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,242 7,767 13,904
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.68% 31.56% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 5,492 9,944
10th Percentile £325 £364 £361
25th Percentile £438 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year - +1.38% +9.05%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £825 £795 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 149 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £13.66
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +30.88%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +5.33%

Cyber Threat
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Threat trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat.

Cyber Threat daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Cyber Threat daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat.

Cyber Threat hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.89%) Azure
2 5 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) GCP
6 1 (2.22%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) Network Security
2 7 (15.56%) Firewall
3 5 (11.11%) DNS
4 4 (8.89%) DHCP
4 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.89%) VLAN
4 4 (8.89%) VPN
5 2 (4.44%) SSL
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.22%) DKIM
6 1 (2.22%) DMARC
6 1 (2.22%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.22%) NGFW
6 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 21 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.11%) Automotive
4 5 (11.11%) Banking
5 4 (8.89%) Electronics
6 2 (4.44%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
7 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 9 (20.00%) Senior
3 8 (17.78%) Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Architect
5 4 (8.89%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (6.67%) Lead
6 3 (6.67%) Security Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Security Specialist
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Security Advisor
7 2 (4.44%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Kafka
1 2 (4.44%) Middleware
2 1 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.89%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (8.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.22%) PKI
6 1 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.78%) Linux
1 8 (17.78%) Windows
2 3 (6.67%) Unix
3 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.44%) zOS
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (64.44%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (31.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 14 (31.11%) Threat Intelligence
3 13 (28.89%) Security Operations
4 12 (26.67%) SIEM
5 11 (24.44%) Threat Modelling
6 10 (22.22%) Agile
6 10 (22.22%) Information Security
6 10 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
7 9 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 9 (20.00%) Security Architecture
8 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
8 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (17.78%) Project Management
8 8 (17.78%) Risk Management
9 7 (15.56%) ITIL
9 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
10 6 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 6 (13.33%) Roadmaps
10 6 (13.33%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (6.67%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) Degree
3 9 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 8 (17.78%) CISSP
4 8 (17.78%) SC Cleared
5 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (11.11%) CISM
6 5 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (8.89%) APMP
7 4 (8.89%) CCNA
7 4 (8.89%) CEH
7 4 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (8.89%) MCSE
7 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (8.89%) PMP
8 1 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.22%) CCDP
8 1 (2.22%) OSCP
8 1 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (24.44%) NIST
2 8 (17.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.11%) GDPR
4 4 (8.89%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (8.89%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (6.67%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.22%) JSP 440
7 1 (2.22%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Puppet
1 1 (2.22%) SCCM
1 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Splunk
3 2 (4.44%) F5
3 2 (4.44%) IBM
3 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) ArcSight
4 1 (2.22%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.22%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.22%) TippingPoint
4 1 (2.22%) Trend Micro
4 1 (2.22%) Zscaler