Information Security Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 374 539
Rank change year-on-year +61 +165 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Analyst 9 25 49
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.074% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 25 47
10th Percentile £480 £447 £450
25th Percentile - £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -21.54% +36.84%
75th Percentile £575 £525 -
90th Percentile £598 £600 -
UK median daily rate £538 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +7.45% -23.04% +36.84%

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%

Information Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Analyst
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 Information Security Analyst.

Information Security Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Information Security Analyst over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Information Security Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Information Security Analyst 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 Information Security Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Management
3 6 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (44.44%) SIEM
5 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
5 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (44.44%) GDPR
5 4 (44.44%) Privileged Access Management
5 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
5 4 (44.44%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (44.44%) Network Security
5 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
5 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
6 3 (33.33%) CISSP
6 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (33.33%) Azure
7 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
7 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
7 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
7 2 (22.22%) NIST
7 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 2 (22.22%) ITSM
7 2 (22.22%) Service Management
7 2 (22.22%) ITIL
7 2 (22.22%) Microsoft

Information Security Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) French Language
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Management
3 6 (66.67%) Incident Management
4 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
5 4 (44.44%) Data Protection
5 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
5 4 (44.44%) Privileged Access Management
5 4 (44.44%) SIEM
5 4 (44.44%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (22.22%) ITIL
7 2 (22.22%) ITSM
7 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
7 2 (22.22%) Service Management
7 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
2 1 (11.11%) CISMP
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) GRC
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Arqiva
2 1 (11.11%) VMware