Head of Information Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Information Security
UK > Work from Home

As of 31 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Information Security daily rate in Work from Home.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 464 611
Rank change year-on-year +121 +147 -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information Security 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.021% 0.004% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.004% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £644
25th Percentile - - £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% -
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - £1,113
UK median daily rate £998 £650 £700
% change year-on-year +53.46% -7.14% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,673 23,018 42,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.28% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,245 16,317 30,649
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 528 572
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £25.53 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +47.89% +52.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £76.80 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Head of Information Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of Information Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Information Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Information Security
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 Head of Information Security.

Head of Information Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Information Security Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Head of Information Security contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Head of Information Security in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Nessus
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) SOA

Head of Information Security Skill Set
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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) Social Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
1 2 (66.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) VMware