Security Advisor Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Adviser
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Adviser daily rate in Work from Home is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 457 623
Rank change year-on-year +115 +166 -136
Contract jobs requiring a Security Advisor 6 4 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.017% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £541 £540 £504
25th Percentile £550 £549 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.59% +12.89%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £578
90th Percentile £637 - £584
UK median daily rate £585 £575 £560
% change year-on-year +1.74% +2.68% +9.27%

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 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
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 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Security Advisor
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Advisor trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Advisor
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 Security Advisor.

Security Advisor daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Security Advisor 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 Security Advisor in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) ISMS
3 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) SCCP
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) Confluence
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis

Security Advisor 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 2 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) ISMS
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft