Red Team Contracts in England

Red Teaming
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Red Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Team 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 502 615 758
Rank change year-on-year +113 +143 -147
Contract jobs citing Red Team 33 48 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.095% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.11% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 9
10th Percentile £488 - £473
25th Percentile £553 £500 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% - +21.83%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £738
90th Percentile £661 - £850
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £525
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +7.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Red Team 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% -

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in England

Red Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Red Team in England

Red Team
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Red Team in England

Red Team
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 Red Team 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 +82 16 £590 -1.67% 5
North of England +30 7 £650 +10.92% 2
South West +24 5 £575 -11.54% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £650 - 2
North East - 2 £625 -
East of England - 2 £750 -
South East +25 1 £575 -3.77% 8
North West +7 1 £450 -23.21%
Red Team
UK

Red Team
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) GCP
3 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 12 (36.36%) Wireless
2 4 (12.12%) Firewall
3 2 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Burp Suite
1 3 (9.09%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (30.30%) Banking
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Penetration Tester
1 12 (36.36%) Tester
2 5 (15.15%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Applications Tester
5 2 (6.06%) Junior
5 2 (6.06%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Product Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Mobile App
2 11 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (27.27%) Security Posture
4 6 (18.18%) Operational Technology
5 5 (15.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (12.12%) IoT
7 2 (6.06%) Cyberattack
7 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
8 1 (3.03%) CSOC
8 1 (3.03%) Insider Threat
8 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Linux
1 17 (51.52%) Windows
2 3 (9.09%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (81.82%) Penetration Testing
2 23 (69.70%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (45.45%) Security Operations
4 13 (39.39%) Offensive Security
5 12 (36.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 10 (30.30%) Blue Team
7 9 (27.27%) Application Security
7 9 (27.27%) OWASP
7 9 (27.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (24.24%) Cyber Intelligence
8 8 (24.24%) Incident Response
9 7 (21.21%) SIEM
9 7 (21.21%) Social Engineering
9 7 (21.21%) Threat Detection
9 7 (21.21%) Threat Intelligence
10 6 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 6 (18.18%) Ethical Hacking
10 6 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (15.15%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) Python
2 8 (24.24%) C++
3 7 (21.21%) C#
4 6 (18.18%) Go
4 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 3 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (6.06%) C
6 2 (6.06%) Java
6 2 (6.06%) Perl
6 2 (6.06%) Ruby
6 2 (6.06%) Search Processing Language
6 2 (6.06%) Shell Script
7 1 (3.03%) Bash
7 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) CREST Certified
1 17 (51.52%) OSCP
2 13 (39.39%) GIAC
3 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 8 (24.24%) CEH
4 8 (24.24%) GPEN
5 6 (18.18%) CHECK Team Leader
6 4 (12.12%) CISSP
7 2 (6.06%) CISM
7 2 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.03%) Degree
8 1 (3.03%) ECSA
8 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (54.55%) NIST
2 3 (9.09%) NIST 800
3 2 (6.06%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.06%) SLA
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Nessus
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.03%) Qualys
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.03%) SAP
3 1 (3.03%) VMware