1099 Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in Burlington, NC

How big the Burlington market is

There are 90 information security analysts working in Burlington, NC. That figure counts every employment arrangement, W-2 and 1099 alike — BLS does not split the two. Applying 1099WORK's estimate that roughly 25% of information security analysts work on a 1099 basis puts the independent share near 23 people. Treat that as an order of magnitude, not a census. By headcount the market ranks 139th of the 244 metro areas where BLS publishes a figure for this occupation.

Concentration is the more interesting number. The location quotient is 1.17, meaning information security analysts make up a share of local employment 17% larger than they do nationally. Demand here is structural, not incidental. The metro's population is 183,000, up 6.7% since 2020.

Metros adding people this quickly tend to add employers faster than they add information security analysts.

Nearby markets for information security analysts

Contractors are not bound by a metro line the way a commuting employee is, and the neighbouring markets often price the same work differently. Within reach of Burlington:

What the tax side looks like in Burlington

Nothing is withheld from a 1099 payment. You pay self-employment tax at 15.3% on 92.35% of net profit, plus income tax, in four estimated payments a year. North Carolina adds its own income tax and its own estimated-payment schedule on top.

Before you sign

Labelling an engagement 1099 does not make it 1099 — the IRS weighs who controls the work, who supplies the tools and who carries the risk. For information security analysts the usual flashpoints are set schedules, employer-supplied equipment and exclusivity clauses. North Carolina also applies its own test, which can reach a different answer than the IRS does on identical facts.

The biggest 1099 occupations in Burlington

Across the 81 occupations 1099WORK tracks, Burlington, NC has an estimated 6,134 people working on a 1099 basis, out of 20,060 employed in those occupations altogether. The concentration is uneven: laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, secretaries and administrative assistants, and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers account for a disproportionate share, because those trades are structurally independent rather than incidentally so. The 1099 estimates below apply 1099WORK's per-occupation contractor share to BLS employment — they are estimates, and BLS itself does not publish the split.

Highest-paying independent work in Burlington

Software Developer leads on median pay in Burlington at $114,510, with the top decile at $160,160. The table below is filtered to occupations where independent work is genuinely common — a high median in an occupation that is 95% W-2 is not an opportunity. Remember that every figure is a W-2-and-1099 blend: to match them as a contractor, multiply by roughly 1.33 for payroll tax, unpaid time and self-funded benefits.

Finding Burlington engagements

1099WORK is a marketplace built for 1099 engagements specifically: companies post a defined scope, information security analysts keep one verified profile, and agreements, onboarding and payment happen in the same place. It launched as 1099REPS for independent medical sales reps and now covers the wider 1099 economy, Burlington included.