Cybersecurity Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Cybersecurity
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 48 67
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 -23
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 3 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.60% 1.95% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 2.20% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 10
10th Percentile £543 £420 £518
25th Percentile £569 £425 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £580 £669
Median % change year-on-year +16.38% -13.27% +11.46%
75th Percentile £769 £625 £723
90th Percentile £788 £635 £725
East of England median daily rate £600 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% +17.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Cybersecurity 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 advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 411 499 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 82.20% 88.63% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 270 378
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £305 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £600 £625
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 145 235
10th Percentile - £13.34 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.60 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.14 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +63.03% +58.84% -15.16%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Cambridgeshire

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Cambridge -3 3 £675 +12.50% 6
Cybersecurity
East of England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Audit Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
66 Cybersecurity jobs in the East of England