Security Monitoring Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 396 562
Rank change year-on-year +92 +166 -123
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 43 72 60
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.29% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.33% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 54 55
10th Percentile £460 £416 £455
25th Percentile £475 £516 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £525 £675 £675
90th Percentile £678 £801 £733
UK median daily rate £505 £600 £581
% change year-on-year -15.83% +3.23% +5.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security Monitoring 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 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +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% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Security Monitoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Monitoring trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Monitoring.

Security Monitoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Security Monitoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Monitoring.

Security Monitoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Monitoring
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 20 (46.51%) Confluence
2 18 (41.86%) SharePoint
3 17 (39.53%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.33%) IBM Notes
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 22 (51.16%) Azure
2 17 (39.53%) Azure Stack
3 5 (11.63%) AWS
4 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.98%) SaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.33%) IaaS
5 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.33%) PaaS
5 1 (2.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (46.51%) Firewall
2 17 (39.53%) BGP
3 3 (6.98%) WAN
4 2 (4.65%) LAN
4 2 (4.65%) Network Security
4 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.33%) VPN
5 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 20 (46.51%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.33%) Banking
4 1 (2.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft Engineer
2 9 (20.93%) Analyst
2 9 (20.93%) Security Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
3 6 (13.95%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Senior Security Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Lead
6 3 (6.98%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Head of Information
7 2 (4.65%) Head of Information Security
7 2 (4.65%) Head of Operations
7 2 (4.65%) Head of Security
7 2 (4.65%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) .NET
1 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (39.53%) Private Cloud
2 10 (23.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.98%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.65%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.33%) CSOC
5 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (48.84%) Windows
2 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) ITSM
2 17 (39.53%) Capacity Management
2 17 (39.53%) ITIL
2 17 (39.53%) Network Management
2 17 (39.53%) Service Management
3 16 (37.21%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (32.56%) Information Security
5 10 (23.26%) SIEM
5 10 (23.26%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (16.28%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (13.95%) DevOps
7 6 (13.95%) Incident Management
7 6 (13.95%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (13.95%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (13.95%) Security Operations
7 6 (13.95%) Use Case
8 5 (11.63%) Incident Response
8 5 (11.63%) Risk Management
8 5 (11.63%) Technical Analysis
8 5 (11.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) C#
2 1 (2.33%) Java
2 1 (2.33%) PHP
2 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) Ruby
2 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (62.79%) Security Cleared
2 18 (41.86%) DV Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) CISM
3 7 (16.28%) CISSP
4 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
5 4 (9.30%) CGEIT
5 4 (9.30%) CISA
5 4 (9.30%) CRISC
5 4 (9.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.33%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.33%) CCNA
7 1 (2.33%) CCSP
7 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.33%) Degree
7 1 (2.33%) GCIH
7 1 (2.33%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (39.53%) Government Security Classifications
2 11 (25.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (13.95%) NIST
4 5 (11.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (6.98%) NCSC
6 2 (4.65%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (4.65%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.33%) COBIT
7 1 (2.33%) GLBA
7 1 (2.33%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (2.33%) ISO 9000
7 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.65%) XenApp
4 1 (2.33%) Docker
4 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (39.53%) SCOM
2 3 (6.98%) Nessus
3 2 (4.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (4.65%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.33%) CASB
4 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.33%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (2.33%) QRadar
4 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (53.49%) Microsoft
2 17 (39.53%) Atlassian
3 4 (9.30%) Cisco
4 3 (6.98%) Databricks
4 3 (6.98%) Splunk
4 3 (6.98%) VMware
5 2 (4.65%) CheckPoint
5 2 (4.65%) Citrix
6 1 (2.33%) Axway
6 1 (2.33%) ForeScout
6 1 (2.33%) Lotus
6 1 (2.33%) McAfee
6 1 (2.33%) Netskope
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.33%) Trend Micro