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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 281 374 554
Rank change year-on-year +93 +180 -80
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 68 85 72
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.35% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 1.11% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 63 54
10th Percentile £419 £413 £414
25th Percentile £459 £455 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £667 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.00
25th Percentile £62.50 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £67.50 - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £94.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £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 4,234 7,672 13,998
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.91% 31.65% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 5,442 10,085
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £440 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £650
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 148 223
10th Percentile £15.73 £19.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.53 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +28.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.83
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.65
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

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 2 June 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (27.94%) Azure
2 14 (20.59%) AWS
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.35%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (7.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (7.35%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (5.88%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.94%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.94%) GCP
6 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 2 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.47%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (1.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.47%) IaaS
7 1 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.71%) Firewall
2 8 (11.76%) Network Security
3 4 (5.88%) DNS
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.47%) Internet
5 1 (1.47%) LAN
5 1 (1.47%) MPLS
5 1 (1.47%) NGFW
5 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.47%) VPN
5 1 (1.47%) WAN
5 1 (1.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.47%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.47%) GitLab
1 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.47%) MSI
General
1 15 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.59%) Finance
3 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Automotive
6 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Marketing
7 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 9 (13.24%) Architect
2 9 (13.24%) Security Architect
3 8 (11.76%) Analyst
3 8 (11.76%) Consultant
4 7 (10.29%) Security Consultant
5 6 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Security Analyst
6 5 (7.35%) Security Manager
6 5 (7.35%) SOC Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (5.88%) Information Analyst
7 4 (5.88%) Information Security Analyst
8 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.94%) IT Consultant
9 2 (2.94%) IT Manager
9 2 (2.94%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (2.94%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 5 (7.35%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.41%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.94%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.94%) PKI
6 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.47%) BYOD
6 1 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.47%) IoT
6 1 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.47%) STIX
6 1 (1.47%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Windows
2 3 (4.41%) Windows 10
2 3 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (27.94%) Information Security
3 14 (20.59%) Cloud Security
4 13 (19.12%) Penetration Testing
5 12 (17.65%) Threat Detection
6 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.71%) SIEM
7 10 (14.71%) Threat Modelling
7 10 (14.71%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (13.24%) Incident Response
8 9 (13.24%) Security Architecture
8 9 (13.24%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 8 (11.76%) Security Testing
10 7 (10.29%) DevOps
10 7 (10.29%) DevSecOps
10 7 (10.29%) Security Management
11 6 (8.82%) Analytics
11 6 (8.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 6 (8.82%) SOAR
11 6 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.35%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (5.88%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (4.41%) Python
4 1 (1.47%) Go
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) CISM
2 15 (22.06%) CISSP
3 12 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 9 (13.24%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (8.82%) Degree
7 5 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.88%) CEH
9 3 (4.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.41%) CREST Certified
9 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.41%) GCIH
10 2 (2.94%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.94%) CCNP
10 2 (2.94%) CISA
10 2 (2.94%) CISMP
10 2 (2.94%) CRISC
10 2 (2.94%) CSSLP
11 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (16.18%) NIST
2 4 (5.88%) COBIT
2 4 (5.88%) GDPR
2 4 (5.88%) NCSC
3 3 (4.41%) GRC
3 3 (4.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.47%) COSO
4 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) QRadar
1 4 (5.88%) SCCM
1 4 (5.88%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 3 (4.41%) Nessus
3 2 (2.94%) CASB
3 2 (2.94%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.47%) Nmap
4 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (33.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.24%) Qualys
2 9 (13.24%) Splunk
3 5 (7.35%) Rapid7
4 3 (4.41%) CA
4 3 (4.41%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.41%) VMware
5 2 (2.94%) Checkmarx
5 2 (2.94%) Cisco
5 2 (2.94%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.94%) Google
5 2 (2.94%) Juniper
5 2 (2.94%) Veracode
6 1 (1.47%) BigPanda
6 1 (1.47%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.47%) ForeScout
6 1 (1.47%) Okta
6 1 (1.47%) ScienceLogic
6 1 (1.47%) Workday
6 1 (1.47%) Zscaler