Security Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Management
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 Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 351 460
Rank change year-on-year +70 +109 -61
Contract jobs citing Security Management 64 103 153
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.43% 0.42% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.47% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 81 122
10th Percentile £493 £500 £400
25th Percentile £550 £550 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £638 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +15.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £672
90th Percentile £750 - £749
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £35.70 -
25th Percentile - £36.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £38.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% -36.05%
75th Percentile - £40.25 £28.75
90th Percentile - £41.30 -
UK median hourly rate £81.71 £38.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.22% +40.00% -27.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Management 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 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Security Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
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 Management.

Security Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Security Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
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 Security Management.

Security Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Management
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 5 (7.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Teamcenter
2 3 (4.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.75%) AWS
2 9 (14.06%) Azure
3 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.69%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (29.69%) Network Security
2 2 (3.13%) DNS
2 2 (3.13%) Firewall
2 2 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.56%) IP Telephony
3 1 (1.56%) NAS
3 1 (1.56%) SAN
3 1 (1.56%) SCCP
3 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.06%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.13%) Metadata
4 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle8/8i Database
4 1 (1.56%) Power BI
4 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (21.88%) Finance
2 12 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.69%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Police
6 2 (3.13%) Billing
7 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Law
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (42.19%) Architect
2 20 (31.25%) Security Architect
3 12 (18.75%) Consultant
3 12 (18.75%) Lead
4 8 (12.50%) Security Consultant
5 7 (10.94%) Oracle Architect
6 5 (7.81%) Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (6.25%) Lead Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Lead Security Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Oracle Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Risk Consultant
7 4 (6.25%) Security Manager
7 4 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Storage Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Storage Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.69%) Fraud Manager
8 3 (4.69%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) Senior
9 2 (3.13%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.69%) scikit-learn
1 3 (4.69%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.56%) LDAP
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.94%) Blog
2 7 (10.94%) Replication
3 4 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.69%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.69%) NHS
5 2 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.56%) Clustering
6 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Linux
2 2 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (1.56%) CentOS
3 1 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Windows
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (62.50%) Information Security
2 38 (59.38%) Information Security Management
3 21 (32.81%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (28.13%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (28.13%) Risk Management
5 16 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 15 (23.44%) Data Protection
6 15 (23.44%) Information Assurance
6 15 (23.44%) ISMS
7 12 (18.75%) Security Architecture
8 11 (17.19%) SABSA
9 10 (15.63%) TOGAF
10 9 (14.06%) Decision-Making
10 9 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (10.94%) Data Privacy
11 7 (10.94%) High Availability
12 6 (9.38%) Computer Science
12 6 (9.38%) Impact Assessments
12 6 (9.38%) Risk Analysis
12 6 (9.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) SQL
2 7 (10.94%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (48.44%) CISSP
2 26 (40.63%) SC Cleared
2 26 (40.63%) Security Cleared
3 25 (39.06%) CISM
4 16 (25.00%) CISA
5 11 (17.19%) Degree
6 8 (12.50%) CREST Certified
6 8 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (10.94%) CRISC
8 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared
9 5 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (7.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 5 (7.81%) Master's Degree
10 4 (6.25%) CGEIT
11 3 (4.69%) SAP Certification
12 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (1.56%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (37.50%) NIST
2 23 (35.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (34.38%) NCSC
4 7 (10.94%) GRC
5 5 (7.81%) NIST 800
6 3 (4.69%) COBIT
6 3 (4.69%) GDPR
6 3 (4.69%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (4.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (4.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 12 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.19%) Oracle
3 7 (10.94%) SAP
4 3 (4.69%) Sparx
5 2 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (1.56%) CA
6 1 (1.56%) Cadence
6 1 (1.56%) Citrix
6 1 (1.56%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.56%) Genesys
6 1 (1.56%) HP
6 1 (1.56%) Meraki
6 1 (1.56%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (1.56%) Okta
6 1 (1.56%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.56%) Veeam