Infrastructure Security Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 441 609
Rank change year-on-year +112 +168 -121
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 12 14 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.056% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.059% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 9
10th Percentile £425 £600 -
25th Percentile £444 - £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £313
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +108.00% -27.33%
75th Percentile £538 - £375
90th Percentile £745 - £455
UK median daily rate £475 £615 £388
% change year-on-year -22.76% +58.71% -22.50%

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 13,766 23,608 42,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.27% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,304 16,691 30,789
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 541 595
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.71 £19.45
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.19 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Infrastructure Security Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Security Engineer
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 Infrastructure Security Engineer.

Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Security Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Infrastructure Security Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Infrastructure Security Engineer 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 Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) VMware
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (33.33%) SCCM
4 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (33.33%) Azure
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (25.00%) Banking
5 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (25.00%) Firewall
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) Linux
6 2 (16.67%) Python
6 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (16.67%) Rapid7
6 2 (16.67%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) YAML

Infrastructure Security Engineer 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 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (16.67%) Azure AKS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) YAML
2 1 (8.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) DevOps
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) DDoS Mitigation
4 1 (8.33%) Email Filtering
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security
4 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
4 1 (8.33%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (8.33%) Threat Management
4 1 (8.33%) Ticket Management
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (8.33%) MCSE
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (16.67%) vSphere
4 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (16.67%) Nexpose
3 1 (8.33%) vRealize
3 1 (8.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Rapid7
2 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) CA
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Okta
3 1 (8.33%) Qualys
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam