Security Posture Contracts in England

Security Posture
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 530 658
Rank change year-on-year +177 +128 -71
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 185 133 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.63% 0.78% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 89 90
10th Percentile - £399 £459
25th Percentile £413 £500 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £750 £813
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
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 Security Posture 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 +122 98 £600 +6.67% 46
South West +59 42 £425 -35.85% 8
Midlands +34 17 £615 +17.14% 10
West Midlands +38 13 £616 +2.71% 8
South East +30 11 £800 +42.22% 21
North of England +26 11 £590 -11.94% 9
North West +10 9 £590 -9.75% 5
East Midlands +20 3 £400 -23.81% 2
Yorkshire +19 2 - - 1
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 4 (2.16%) Confluence
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.16%) Azure
2 24 (12.97%) AWS
3 11 (5.95%) Azure Sentinel
3 11 (5.95%) GCP
3 11 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (2.70%) AWS CloudTrail
4 5 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.16%) IaaS
5 4 (2.16%) PaaS
5 4 (2.16%) SaaS
6 3 (1.62%) GitHub
6 3 (1.62%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.08%) Google App Engine
7 2 (1.08%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.76%) Firewall
2 19 (10.27%) Network Security
3 7 (3.78%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (3.78%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (3.78%) DNS
4 6 (3.24%) VPN
5 3 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.62%) SSL
5 3 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.08%) WAN
7 1 (0.54%) 4G
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.54%) DHCP
7 1 (0.54%) DKIM
7 1 (0.54%) DMARC
7 1 (0.54%) LAN
7 1 (0.54%) Modbus
7 1 (0.54%) SAN
7 1 (0.54%) Wireless
7 1 (0.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.16%) Big Data
1 4 (2.16%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.54%) MySQL
3 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (2.16%) JIRA
2 3 (1.62%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.62%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.54%) MSI
General
1 39 (21.08%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.68%) Finance
3 22 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.89%) Banking
4 15 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.78%) Legal
7 6 (3.24%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.62%) Law
10 3 (1.62%) Marketing
11 1 (0.54%) French Language
11 1 (0.54%) Local Government
11 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (16.22%) Security Engineer
2 29 (15.68%) Architect
3 26 (14.05%) Lead
4 23 (12.43%) Analyst
5 17 (9.19%) Security Architect
6 16 (8.65%) Consultant
7 13 (7.03%) Security Analyst
8 11 (5.95%) Security Consultant
8 11 (5.95%) Security Manager
8 11 (5.95%) SOC Engineer
9 8 (4.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.78%) SOC Analyst
11 6 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 6 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.70%) Information Analyst
12 5 (2.70%) Information Manager
12 5 (2.70%) Information Security Analyst
12 5 (2.70%) Information Security Manager
12 5 (2.70%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.62%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.08%) OAuth
2 2 (1.08%) OpenID
2 2 (1.08%) SAML
2 2 (1.08%) SPML
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.54%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.54%) EDI
3 1 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.73%) Management Information System
2 17 (9.19%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (5.95%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.86%) Cloud Security Posture
5 9 (4.86%) Operational Technology
5 9 (4.86%) PKI
6 6 (3.24%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (2.16%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.62%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (1.62%) IoT
8 3 (1.62%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.62%) SCADA
9 2 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.08%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.65%) Windows
2 14 (7.57%) Linux
3 4 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.62%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.54%) AIX
6 1 (0.54%) Android
6 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (55.68%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (22.70%) Incident Response
3 41 (22.16%) Security Operations
4 37 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 36 (19.46%) SIEM
6 35 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (16.76%) Information Security
8 28 (15.14%) Roadmaps
9 25 (13.51%) Threat Detection
10 24 (12.97%) Cloud Security
10 24 (12.97%) Stakeholder Identification
11 23 (12.43%) Vulnerability Management
12 20 (10.81%) Analytics
12 20 (10.81%) Security Architecture
12 20 (10.81%) Threat Intelligence
13 19 (10.27%) CI/CD
13 19 (10.27%) Computer Science
13 19 (10.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 18 (9.73%) Penetration Testing
14 18 (9.73%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.27%) Python
2 14 (7.57%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (3.78%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.24%) Java
4 6 (3.24%) SQL
5 5 (2.70%) Search Processing Language
6 3 (1.62%) Ruby
7 2 (1.08%) C
7 2 (1.08%) C++
7 2 (1.08%) Perl
7 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) Bash
8 1 (0.54%) Go
8 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 40 (21.62%) CISSP
3 38 (20.54%) SC Cleared
4 23 (12.43%) CISM
4 23 (12.43%) Degree
5 18 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (8.65%) CompTIA Security+
7 13 (7.03%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (4.32%) CCNP
10 7 (3.78%) CISA
11 6 (3.24%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.24%) CEH
12 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (2.16%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.16%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.16%) GIAC
14 3 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (1.62%) CCSP
14 3 (1.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.30%) NIST
2 20 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (7.03%) GDPR
4 12 (6.49%) NCSC
5 6 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (3.24%) GRC
5 6 (3.24%) NIST 800
6 5 (2.70%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (2.16%) SLA
8 3 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.62%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.08%) QA
9 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.54%) COBIT
10 1 (0.54%) ISA99
System Software
1 5 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.70%) Docker
1 5 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.62%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.54%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (5.41%) Terraform
2 8 (4.32%) Nessus
3 5 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.16%) Ansible
4 4 (2.16%) QRadar
4 4 (2.16%) SCCM
4 4 (2.16%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (1.62%) OPNET
6 2 (1.08%) CASB
7 1 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.54%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.54%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 58 (31.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.03%) Splunk
3 10 (5.41%) Cisco
3 10 (5.41%) Google
3 10 (5.41%) Qualys
4 9 (4.86%) Palo Alto
5 8 (4.32%) Rapid7
5 8 (4.32%) VMware
6 7 (3.78%) Juniper
7 6 (3.24%) ScienceLogic
8 5 (2.70%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.16%) CA
9 4 (2.16%) Ping Identity
10 2 (1.08%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (1.08%) Checkmarx
10 2 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (1.08%) Veracode
11 1 (0.54%) BigPanda
11 1 (0.54%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.54%) Nimble Storage