Information Security Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Security Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Security Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £625 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 331 419 563
Rank change year-on-year +88 +144 -96
Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Consultant 15 46 54
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 35 50
10th Percentile £550 £455 £500
25th Percentile £569 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £656 £775 £650
90th Percentile £702 - £725
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +14.29%

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%

Information Security Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Security Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Information Security Consultant
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 Consultant.

Information Security Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

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

Information Security Consultant
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 Information Security Consultant.

Information Security Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Information Security Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Information Security
2 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 7 (46.67%) CISSP
3 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (40.00%) NIST
4 6 (40.00%) CISM
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
5 5 (33.33%) CRISC
6 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (26.67%) Azure
6 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
6 4 (26.67%) DevOps
6 4 (26.67%) Project Planning
6 4 (26.67%) Security Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) SDLC
6 4 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (26.67%) Static Application Security Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Application Security
6 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (26.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
8 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (13.33%) Information Security Governance
8 2 (13.33%) ISMS

Information Security Consultant 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 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Front Office
3 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Automotive
3 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (6.67%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Blog
2 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (6.67%) IoT
2 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Information Security
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Application Security
3 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (26.67%) DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Project Planning
3 4 (26.67%) SDLC
3 4 (26.67%) Security Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Static Application Security Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 4 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
4 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) CISSP
2 6 (40.00%) CISM
3 5 (33.33%) CRISC
4 1 (6.67%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (6.67%) CISA
4 1 (6.67%) CLAS
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (40.00%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) COBIT
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.67%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) GRC
3 1 (6.67%) ISAE 3402
3 1 (6.67%) JSP 440
3 1 (6.67%) NCSC
3 1 (6.67%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (13.33%) Okta
4 1 (6.67%) Workday