Cybersecurity Contracts in Kent

Cybersecurity
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 34 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.49% 0.87% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.15% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 10
10th Percentile - £643 -
25th Percentile £526 £678 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £745 £320
Median % change year-on-year -28.52% +132.81% -36.00%
75th Percentile £539 £803 £448
90th Percentile - £831 £638
South East median daily rate £588 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +2.26% +4.55% +25.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.25
Median hourly rate - - £36.50
75th Percentile - - £37.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £85.38 £38.63 £36.50
% change year-on-year +121.06% +5.82% +3.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 139 174 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 67.80% 75.98% 84.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 129 208
10th Percentile £205 £121 £184
25th Percentile £218 £205 £287
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -17.65% +24.09%
75th Percentile £545 £525 £575
90th Percentile £656 £748 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £495
% change year-on-year -0.99% +2.02% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 12
10th Percentile £11.47 £37.48 £23.78
25th Percentile £15.00 £42.32 £26.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £54.95 £34.39
Median % change year-on-year -35.40% +59.77% -12.84%
75th Percentile £46.87 £57.12 £42.19
90th Percentile £62.96 £61.35 £45.83
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.26% +111.11% -15.89%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Kent region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Malling - 1 £533 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft