Head of Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Security
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 393 581
Rank change year-on-year +75 +188 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 4 6 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.032% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.034% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £464 £633
25th Percentile - £503 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.90%
75th Percentile - £825 £779
90th Percentile - - £867
UK median daily rate £650 £875 £775
% change year-on-year -25.71% +12.90% +10.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Head of Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Head of Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of 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 Security.

Head of Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Head of 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 Security in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) GCIA
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter

Head of 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
1 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (25.00%) IPsec
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) GCIA
2 1 (25.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS