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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 354 454
Rank change year-on-year +76 +100 -41
Contract jobs citing Security Management 61 99 174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.42% 0.41% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.46% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 79 139
10th Percentile £470 £461 £410
25th Percentile £550 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £676 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +17.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £738 £748 £682
90th Percentile - £750 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £42.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.76% +52.73% -36.05%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £42.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +72.62% +52.73% -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 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 June 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 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Teamcenter
2 3 (4.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.67%) AWS
2 7 (11.48%) Azure
3 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.92%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.64%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (31.15%) Network Security
2 2 (3.28%) DNS
2 2 (3.28%) Firewall
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.64%) IP Telephony
3 1 (1.64%) NAS
3 1 (1.64%) SAN
3 1 (1.64%) SCCP
3 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Oracle Database
1 8 (13.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.28%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle8/8i Database
3 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.92%) Marketing
7 2 (3.28%) Billing
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.64%) Legal
8 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (39.34%) Architect
2 17 (27.87%) Security Architect
3 12 (19.67%) Lead
4 10 (16.39%) Consultant
5 7 (11.48%) Oracle Architect
6 6 (9.84%) Security Manager
7 5 (8.20%) Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Security Consultant
8 4 (6.56%) Lead Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Lead Security Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Oracle Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Risk Consultant
8 4 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Storage Architect
8 4 (6.56%) Storage Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.92%) Fraud Manager
9 3 (4.92%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.92%) Security Engineer
10 2 (3.28%) IT Analyst
10 2 (3.28%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) PyTorch
1 3 (4.92%) scikit-learn
1 3 (4.92%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.64%) LDAP
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.48%) Blog
2 7 (11.48%) Replication
3 6 (9.84%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.92%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.92%) NHS
5 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) Clustering
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Linux
2 1 (1.64%) CentOS
2 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.64%) Unix
2 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (59.02%) Information Security
2 34 (55.74%) Information Security Management
3 19 (31.15%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (31.15%) Risk Assessment
4 17 (27.87%) Risk Management
5 16 (26.23%) Architectural Patterns
6 15 (24.59%) Information Assurance
7 12 (19.67%) Data Protection
8 11 (18.03%) ISMS
8 11 (18.03%) SABSA
9 10 (16.39%) Security Architecture
9 10 (16.39%) TOGAF
10 9 (14.75%) Decision-Making
11 8 (13.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (11.48%) Data Privacy
12 7 (11.48%) High Availability
13 6 (9.84%) Due Diligence
13 6 (9.84%) Impact Assessments
13 6 (9.84%) Migration
14 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) SQL
2 7 (11.48%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (45.90%) CISSP
2 24 (39.34%) SC Cleared
2 24 (39.34%) Security Cleared
3 22 (36.07%) CISM
4 15 (24.59%) CISA
5 10 (16.39%) Degree
6 8 (13.11%) CREST Certified
6 8 (13.11%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (11.48%) CRISC
8 6 (9.84%) DV Cleared
9 5 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (8.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 5 (8.20%) Master's Degree
10 4 (6.56%) CGEIT
10 4 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (4.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (4.92%) SAP Certification
12 2 (3.28%) CSSLP
12 2 (3.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (40.98%) NIST
2 20 (32.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (31.15%) NCSC
4 7 (11.48%) GRC
5 5 (8.20%) COBIT
5 5 (8.20%) NIST 800
6 3 (4.92%) GDPR
6 3 (4.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (4.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 12 (19.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.03%) Oracle
3 7 (11.48%) SAP
4 3 (4.92%) Sparx
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco
6 1 (1.64%) AlgoSec
6 1 (1.64%) CA
6 1 (1.64%) Cadence
6 1 (1.64%) Citrix
6 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.64%) Genesys
6 1 (1.64%) HP
6 1 (1.64%) Meraki
6 1 (1.64%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.64%) Veeam