Cybersecurity Contracts in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 54 85
Rank change year-on-year +8 +31 -4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,469 2,054 2,109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.97% 4.06% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 4.50% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 1,397 1,409
10th Percentile £400 £425 £383
25th Percentile £488 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +4.35% +12.20%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £688
90th Percentile £813 £790 £775
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 53 29
10th Percentile £26.75 £25.00 £16.10
25th Percentile £33.48 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £83.63 £67.50 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +23.90% +33.50% +6.44%
75th Percentile £87.46 £83.31 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.53 £87.45 £68.61
UK median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year +27.89% +41.62% -2.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London -5 584 £600 -4.00% 366
South West +25 279 £538 -13.92% 139
South East +17 264 £590 +0.43% 220
North of England -13 135 £575 +4.55% 305
Midlands +4 129 £600 - 155
West Midlands +5 113 £618 +2.92% 106
North West -19 76 £570 +3.64% 196
Yorkshire -6 51 £600 +9.09% 87
East of England -18 40 £600 +9.09% 86
East Midlands +16 15 £400 -23.81% 48
North East +25 8 £550 -12.00% 22
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.36%) CMS
3 15 (1.02%) Confluence
4 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) IIS
5 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.14%) nginx
5 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.068%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.068%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.068%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.068%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 45 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.068%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 269 (18.31%) Azure
2 140 (9.53%) AWS
3 74 (5.04%) SaaS
4 67 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (4.22%) IaaS
6 56 (3.81%) Entra ID
7 54 (3.68%) PaaS
8 51 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 47 (3.20%) GCP
10 25 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (0.88%) GitHub
12 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (0.68%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (0.61%) Power Platform
14 9 (0.61%) Serverless
15 8 (0.54%) AWS CloudTrail
16 7 (0.48%) Akamai
16 7 (0.48%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 166 (11.30%) Firewall
2 116 (7.90%) Network Security
3 60 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 49 (3.34%) DNS
4 49 (3.34%) WAN
5 43 (2.93%) Broadband
6 40 (2.72%) 5G
7 31 (2.11%) Wireless
8 27 (1.84%) TCP/IP
9 26 (1.77%) VPN
10 25 (1.70%) LAN
10 25 (1.70%) SD-WAN
11 22 (1.50%) DHCP
12 14 (0.95%) Internet
13 10 (0.68%) HTTP
14 9 (0.61%) SSL
14 9 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.54%) HTTPS
16 7 (0.48%) WLAN
17 5 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.11%) Big Data
2 21 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 14 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (0.54%) Power BI
5 7 (0.48%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.48%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.27%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.27%) MySQL
8 4 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.20%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.068%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.068%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.068%) DB2
11 1 (0.068%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.068%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (2.18%) Jenkins
2 24 (1.63%) JIRA
3 20 (1.36%) Git
4 19 (1.29%) GitLab
5 12 (0.82%) Artifactory
6 8 (0.54%) Subversion
7 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.27%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.20%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.20%) Xcode
10 2 (0.14%) Maven
10 2 (0.14%) RStudio
10 2 (0.14%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.068%) Appium
11 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.068%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.068%) Selenium
11 1 (0.068%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 326 (22.19%) Social Skills
2 219 (14.91%) Finance
3 153 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 69 (4.70%) Banking
6 55 (3.74%) Law
7 45 (3.06%) Legal
7 45 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 31 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 29 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (1.29%) Military
13 19 (1.29%) Police
14 17 (1.16%) Retail
15 12 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.82%) Local Government
15 12 (0.82%) Marketing
16 8 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 336 (22.87%) Analyst
2 206 (14.02%) Architect
3 163 (11.10%) Consultant
4 124 (8.44%) Security Architect
5 110 (7.49%) Security Consultant
6 108 (7.35%) Security Analyst
7 104 (7.08%) Lead
8 97 (6.60%) Project Manager
9 87 (5.92%) SOC Analyst
10 86 (5.85%) Security Engineer
10 86 (5.85%) Senior
11 82 (5.58%) Security Manager
12 77 (5.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 72 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 62 (4.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 60 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 56 (3.81%) Security Specialist
17 55 (3.74%) Security Project Manager
18 48 (3.27%) Penetration Tester
18 48 (3.27%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.20%) Web Services
2 28 (1.91%) SailPoint
3 17 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
4 11 (0.75%) .NET
4 11 (0.75%) Middleware
5 10 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (0.61%) LDAP
6 9 (0.61%) OpenID
7 8 (0.54%) OAuth
8 6 (0.41%) JSON
8 6 (0.41%) SAML
9 5 (0.34%) CSS
9 5 (0.34%) HTML
9 5 (0.34%) Kafka
9 5 (0.34%) REST
9 5 (0.34%) RESTful
9 5 (0.34%) YAML
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
11 3 (0.20%) iOS SDK
11 3 (0.20%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 159 (10.82%) Management Information System
2 156 (10.62%) Cyber Threat
3 127 (8.65%) Cyber Defence
4 112 (7.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 103 (7.01%) Security Posture
6 72 (4.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 58 (3.95%) Mobile App
7 58 (3.95%) Operational Technology
8 54 (3.68%) CSOC
8 54 (3.68%) Data Centre
9 38 (2.59%) PKI
10 29 (1.97%) Cyberattack
11 28 (1.91%) Private Cloud
12 27 (1.84%) Onboarding
13 21 (1.43%) Distributed Applications
14 20 (1.36%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
15 19 (1.29%) IoT
15 19 (1.29%) Product Ownership
16 18 (1.23%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 165 (11.23%) Windows
2 163 (11.10%) Linux
3 33 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.18%) Unix
5 20 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.95%) Android
8 10 (0.68%) Mac OS X
9 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (22.26%) Information Security
2 311 (21.17%) SIEM
3 234 (15.93%) Security Operations
4 231 (15.72%) Incident Response
5 207 (14.09%) Risk Management
6 177 (12.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 167 (11.37%) Agile
8 156 (10.62%) Security Architecture
8 156 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 154 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
10 138 (9.39%) Threat Intelligence
11 136 (9.26%) DevOps
12 122 (8.30%) Penetration Testing
13 120 (8.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 119 (8.10%) Use Case
15 112 (7.62%) Identity Access Management
16 111 (7.56%) Cloud Security
17 108 (7.35%) Roadmaps
18 98 (6.67%) Mentoring
19 96 (6.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (5.31%) Python
2 77 (5.24%) PowerShell
3 44 (3.00%) C#
4 41 (2.79%) Java
5 31 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.63%) SQL
7 22 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
8 20 (1.36%) C++
9 15 (1.02%) Bash
9 15 (1.02%) Go
10 6 (0.41%) Rust
11 5 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.27%) C
12 4 (0.27%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.27%) Swift
13 3 (0.20%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.20%) Ruby
14 2 (0.14%) Haskell
14 2 (0.14%) Perl
14 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 626 (42.61%) Security Cleared
2 324 (22.06%) DV Cleared
3 268 (18.24%) SC Cleared
4 206 (14.02%) CISSP
5 154 (10.48%) CISM
6 142 (9.67%) Degree
7 76 (5.17%) SANS
8 73 (4.97%) CISA
9 64 (4.36%) GIAC
10 62 (4.22%) OSCP
11 55 (3.74%) CREST Certified
12 48 (3.27%) GPEN
13 45 (3.06%) CEH
14 43 (2.93%) CRISC
15 41 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
16 39 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
17 36 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
18 28 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 19 (1.29%) ISACA
20 17 (1.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (19.13%) NIST
2 182 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 138 (9.39%) GDPR
4 117 (7.96%) NCSC
5 92 (6.26%) PCI DSS
6 68 (4.63%) NIST 800
7 41 (2.79%) GRC
8 33 (2.25%) COBIT
9 32 (2.18%) QA
10 25 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.57%) HIPAA
11 23 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 22 (1.50%) RMADS
13 17 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.75%) ISO 31000
15 10 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.68%) ISO 22301
15 10 (0.68%) ISO 9000
16 9 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 95 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.29%) Docker
4 18 (1.23%) vSphere
5 8 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.27%) XenApp
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
10 1 (0.068%) Ceph
10 1 (0.068%) Snort
10 1 (0.068%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.068%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.068%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 62 (4.22%) Terraform
2 49 (3.34%) Ansible
3 35 (2.38%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 21 (1.43%) vCenter Server
5 15 (1.02%) Puppet
6 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.68%) Nessus
8 9 (0.61%) SCCM
8 9 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.54%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.48%) ArcSight ESM
10 7 (0.48%) BladeLogic
10 7 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (0.48%) Kibana
11 6 (0.41%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.41%) logstash
12 5 (0.34%) QRadar
13 4 (0.27%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.27%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 295 (20.08%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.81%) Splunk
3 49 (3.34%) VMware
4 48 (3.27%) Cisco
5 39 (2.65%) Virgin Media
6 30 (2.04%) CyberArk
6 30 (2.04%) Darktrace
7 22 (1.50%) ArcSight
7 22 (1.50%) Citrix
7 22 (1.50%) Palo Alto
8 20 (1.36%) LogRhythm
9 18 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.16%) FireEye
10 17 (1.16%) Rapid7
11 15 (1.02%) Red Hat
12 14 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (0.95%) Google
12 14 (0.95%) Oracle
13 12 (0.82%) SAP
14 11 (0.75%) Qualys