Cyber Threat Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cyber Threats
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 289 365 560
Rank change year-on-year +76 +195 -115
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 52 92 63
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.39% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 1.22% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 68 55
10th Percentile £450 £486 £445
25th Percentile £525 £523 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £763
90th Percentile £690 £787 £778
UK median daily rate £584 £593 £625
% change year-on-year -1.56% -5.08% +16.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,304 7,539 13,934
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.17% 31.58% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 5,349 10,060
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £435 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £835 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 147 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.36 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +27.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.38 £62.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Cyber Threat
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Threat trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat.

Cyber Threat daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Cyber Threat daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat.

Cyber Threat hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Threat
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 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.69%) Azure
2 7 (13.46%) AWS
3 6 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.69%) SaaS
5 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) Firewall
2 9 (17.31%) Network Security
3 5 (9.62%) DNS
4 4 (7.69%) DHCP
4 4 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 4 (7.69%) VLAN
4 4 (7.69%) VPN
5 2 (3.85%) SSL
6 1 (1.92%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.92%) FTP
6 1 (1.92%) NGFW
6 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.23%) Finance
4 7 (13.46%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Banking
6 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Retail
7 1 (1.92%) Automotive
7 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.92%) Law
7 1 (1.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (19.23%) Analyst
2 9 (17.31%) Consultant
3 8 (15.38%) Senior
4 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) Security Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Architect
5 4 (7.69%) Integration Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Lead
5 4 (7.69%) SaaS Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Security Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Security Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (3.85%) Kafka
2 2 (3.85%) Middleware
3 1 (1.92%) .NET
3 1 (1.92%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 10 (19.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 9 (17.31%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (15.38%) Security Posture
5 4 (7.69%) Public Cloud
5 4 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (5.77%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.92%) PKI
8 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Linux
2 10 (19.23%) Windows
3 3 (5.77%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.85%) Unix
4 2 (3.85%) zOS
5 1 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.92%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (71.15%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (50.00%) SIEM
3 20 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 20 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
4 19 (36.54%) Information Security
5 15 (28.85%) Security Operations
6 14 (26.92%) Incident Response
7 13 (25.00%) Mentoring
8 12 (23.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 11 (21.15%) Computer Science
9 11 (21.15%) Use Case
10 10 (19.23%) SOAR
11 9 (17.31%) Decision-Making
11 9 (17.31%) Incident Management
11 9 (17.31%) Protective Monitoring
12 8 (15.38%) Change Management
12 8 (15.38%) CRM
12 8 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
12 8 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (5.77%) Search Processing Language
2 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 17 (32.69%) Degree
3 14 (26.92%) DV Cleared
4 8 (15.38%) CISSP
5 7 (13.46%) CISM
5 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
6 6 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (9.62%) CEH
7 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (9.62%) GCIH
7 5 (9.62%) GIAC
7 5 (9.62%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (7.69%) APMP
8 4 (7.69%) CCNA
8 4 (7.69%) MCSE
8 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (7.69%) PMP
9 3 (5.77%) GCIA
10 2 (3.85%) GSEC
10 2 (3.85%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (36.54%) NIST
2 10 (19.23%) NIST 800
3 8 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (7.69%) GDPR
5 3 (5.77%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.85%) Docker
3 2 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.85%) Snort
4 1 (1.92%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 8 (15.38%) logstash
2 6 (11.54%) Kibana
3 3 (5.77%) Terraform
4 2 (3.85%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.85%) Nessus
4 2 (3.85%) QRadar
4 2 (3.85%) SCCM
5 1 (1.92%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.92%) HP SIM
5 1 (1.92%) Puppet
5 1 (1.92%) SCDPM
5 1 (1.92%) SCVMM
5 1 (1.92%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (44.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) ServiceNow
2 6 (11.54%) Tanium
3 5 (9.62%) Splunk
4 4 (7.69%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.77%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (5.77%) Oracle
6 2 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (3.85%) Cybereason
6 2 (3.85%) F5
6 2 (3.85%) IBM
7 1 (1.92%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.92%) Cisco
7 1 (1.92%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.92%) Okta
7 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.92%) Symantec
7 1 (1.92%) TippingPoint
7 1 (1.92%) Trend Micro
7 1 (1.92%) Zscaler