Head of Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Security
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Security daily rate in Work from Home is £738 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 450 592
Rank change year-on-year +110 +142 -95
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 6 15 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.062% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.065% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 14
10th Percentile £694 £635 £628
25th Percentile £703 £663 £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £759 £800 £875
90th Percentile £761 £840 £963
UK median daily rate £900 £750 £695
% change year-on-year +20.00% +7.91% -4.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £100.00
UK median hourly rate - - £100.00

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 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 May 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 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
4 3 (50.00%) SIEM
4 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) LAN
4 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (33.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (33.33%) WAN
5 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 2 (33.33%) Citrix
5 2 (33.33%) CISSP
5 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (33.33%) CISM
5 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (33.33%) Nessus

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 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
3 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (50.00%) SIEM
5 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 1 (16.67%) Data Security
6 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 1 (16.67%) Information Management
6 1 (16.67%) Project Management
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) SOA
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) GCIA
2 1 (16.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (33.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (33.33%) Nessus
1 2 (33.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (16.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
1 2 (33.33%) VMware