ISMS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for ISMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISMS over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 435 535
Rank change year-on-year +114 +100 -66
Contract jobs citing ISMS 25 30 82
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 75
10th Percentile £165 £525 £413
25th Percentile £344 £534 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £631
90th Percentile £608 £803 £715
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £74.79 -
UK median hourly rate - £73.20 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

ISMS is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,655 40,201
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.61% 89.64% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,641 15,361 29,229
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 502 523
10th Percentile £14.88 £18.49 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.13 £25.80 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

ISMS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISMS trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
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 ISMS.

ISMS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ISMS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISMS
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 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
1 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) SCCP
2 3 (12.00%) Network Security
General
1 10 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Finance
4 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.00%) Billing
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 5 (20.00%) Information Specialist
1 5 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) Fraud Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
3 3 (12.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Information Officer
4 2 (8.00%) Information Security Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Security Advisor
4 2 (8.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Information Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (68.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Wiki
3 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) Information Security
2 11 (44.00%) Information Security Management
2 11 (44.00%) Security Management
3 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (36.00%) Risk Assessment
3 9 (36.00%) Risk Management
4 6 (24.00%) Business Process Analysis
4 6 (24.00%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 5 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (16.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (16.00%) Internal Audit
6 4 (16.00%) Logistics
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Register
6 4 (16.00%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (12.00%) Information Security Governance
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) CISSP
2 11 (44.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 7 (28.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 6 (24.00%) CISA
4 6 (24.00%) CISM
4 6 (24.00%) CRISC
5 4 (16.00%) CGEIT
5 4 (16.00%) CLAS
5 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (12.00%) Degree
7 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (88.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (32.00%) NIST
3 5 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (12.00%) GRC
6 2 (8.00%) GDPR
7 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (4.00%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (4.00%) Rapid7