Security Posture Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 374 543
Rank change year-on-year +98 +169 -75
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 65 81 76
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 1.04% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 61 58
10th Percentile £404 £413 £453
25th Percentile £450 £454 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £94.00
UK median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - -17.65%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,256 7,822 14,026
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.91% 31.57% 31.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,910 5,532 10,049
10th Percentile £325 £372 £361
25th Percentile £438 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £687 £650
90th Percentile £825 £794 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 152 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £14.08
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +30.88%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £84.42 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%

Security Posture
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 Posture.

Security Posture daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Posture daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 Posture.

Security Posture hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Posture
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 (1.54%) Confluence
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.77%) Azure
2 13 (20.00%) AWS
3 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (6.15%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (3.08%) GCP
6 2 (3.08%) SaaS
7 1 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.54%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (1.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.54%) IaaS
7 1 (1.54%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.38%) Firewall
2 6 (9.23%) Network Security
3 4 (6.15%) DNS
4 2 (3.08%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (3.08%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.54%) DKIM
5 1 (1.54%) DMARC
5 1 (1.54%) Internet
5 1 (1.54%) LAN
5 1 (1.54%) MPLS
5 1 (1.54%) NGFW
5 1 (1.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.54%) VPN
5 1 (1.54%) WAN
5 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.54%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.54%) GitLab
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.54%) JIRA
1 1 (1.54%) MSI
General
1 16 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Finance
3 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.69%) Banking
5 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Automotive
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Law
7 1 (1.54%) Marketing
7 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (26.15%) Security Engineer
2 10 (15.38%) Analyst
3 7 (10.77%) Security Analyst
4 6 (9.23%) Architect
4 6 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Security Architect
5 5 (7.69%) Consultant
5 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Information Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 2 (3.08%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.23%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (7.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.15%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (6.15%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.62%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.08%) Insider Threat
6 2 (3.08%) PKI
7 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.54%) BYOD
7 1 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.54%) STIX
7 1 (1.54%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Windows 10
2 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (47.69%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (26.15%) Information Security
3 13 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 12 (18.46%) Threat Detection
5 11 (16.92%) Penetration Testing
5 11 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (16.92%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (15.38%) SIEM
6 10 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 9 (13.85%) Incident Response
7 9 (13.85%) Security Testing
8 8 (12.31%) DevOps
8 8 (12.31%) Security Architecture
8 8 (12.31%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (10.77%) DevSecOps
9 7 (10.77%) Threat Intelligence
10 6 (9.23%) Application Security
10 6 (9.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 6 (9.23%) SOAR
10 6 (9.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (6.15%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (4.62%) Python
4 1 (1.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (23.08%) CISM
2 13 (20.00%) CISSP
3 12 (18.46%) Security Cleared
4 8 (12.31%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
5 6 (9.23%) Degree
6 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.62%) CREST Certified
6 3 (4.62%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.08%) CCNP
7 2 (3.08%) CEH
7 2 (3.08%) CISA
7 2 (3.08%) CRISC
8 1 (1.54%) CCSP
8 1 (1.54%) GCIH
8 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.54%) OSCP
8 1 (1.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (15.38%) NIST
3 4 (6.15%) GDPR
3 4 (6.15%) NCSC
4 3 (4.62%) GRC
5 2 (3.08%) COBIT
6 1 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.54%) COSO
6 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.54%) PMO
6 1 (1.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Docker
2 1 (1.54%) Samba
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) QRadar
1 4 (6.15%) SCCM
1 4 (6.15%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 3 (4.62%) Nessus
3 2 (3.08%) CASB
3 2 (3.08%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.54%) Nmap
4 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.85%) Qualys
2 9 (13.85%) Splunk
3 6 (9.23%) Rapid7
4 3 (4.62%) CA
4 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.62%) VMware
5 2 (3.08%) Checkmarx
5 2 (3.08%) Cisco
5 2 (3.08%) CyberArk
5 2 (3.08%) Google
5 2 (3.08%) Juniper
5 2 (3.08%) Veracode
6 1 (1.54%) BigPanda
6 1 (1.54%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.54%) ForeScout
6 1 (1.54%) Okta
6 1 (1.54%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (1.54%) Veeam
6 1 (1.54%) Zscaler