Security Posture Contracts in London

Security Posture
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in London. 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 296 418 541
Rank change year-on-year +122 +123 -94
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 98 77 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.55% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 0.79% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 53 47
10th Percentile £425 £425 £520
25th Percentile £494 £500 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £778
90th Percentile £785 £730 £800
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,852 9,722 14,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.04% 35.90% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,137 6,983 10,364
10th Percentile £300 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +10.34%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £700
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 113 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.15
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.72% +35.85%
75th Percentile £46.86 £64.50 £53.16
90th Percentile £67.00 £83.60 £71.55
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +42 18 £600 +5.26% 3
West London - 1 £450 - 2
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.06%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.31%) Azure
2 11 (11.22%) AWS
3 9 (9.18%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (7.14%) GCP
5 3 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.06%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.04%) Google App Engine
6 2 (2.04%) IaaS
6 2 (2.04%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.04%) SaaS
7 1 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.02%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.02%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.02%) AWS KMS
7 1 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.02%) GitHub
7 1 (1.02%) PaaS
7 1 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.24%) Firewall
2 6 (6.12%) DNS
3 5 (5.10%) Network Security
4 3 (3.06%) SSL
4 3 (3.06%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.02%) 4G
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.02%) DKIM
5 1 (1.02%) DMARC
5 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.02%) Modbus
5 1 (1.02%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.02%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) Big Data
1 4 (4.08%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.02%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) JIRA
2 1 (1.02%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.02%) GitLab
2 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.02%) Katalon Studio
General
1 22 (22.45%) Finance
1 22 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.29%) Banking
3 13 (13.27%) Public Sector
4 11 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.12%) Legal
6 4 (4.08%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Law
7 3 (3.06%) Marketing
8 2 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.02%) French Language
Job Titles
1 23 (23.47%) Security Engineer
2 21 (21.43%) Architect
3 11 (11.22%) Security Architect
4 10 (10.20%) Consultant
5 9 (9.18%) Analyst
6 8 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 8 (8.16%) Security Consultant
7 6 (6.12%) Security Manager
8 5 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) Azure Architect
9 4 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) GCP Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) IAM Specialist
9 4 (4.08%) Operational Security Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Operations Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Security Officer
9 4 (4.08%) Security Operations Manager
9 4 (4.08%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.04%) OAuth
1 2 (2.04%) OpenID
1 2 (2.04%) SAML
1 2 (2.04%) SPML
2 1 (1.02%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.02%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.22%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.16%) Cloud Security Posture
3 6 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.12%) Operational Technology
3 6 (6.12%) PKI
3 6 (6.12%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (3.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (3.06%) SCADA
5 2 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.04%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (2.04%) IoT
5 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.02%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.02%) STIX
6 1 (1.02%) TAXII
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.16%) Windows
2 6 (6.12%) Linux
3 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (41.84%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (26.53%) Security Operations
3 22 (22.45%) Information Security
4 20 (20.41%) Vulnerability Management
5 19 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (19.39%) SIEM
6 17 (17.35%) Incident Response
7 15 (15.31%) CI/CD
8 13 (13.27%) Security Testing
9 12 (12.24%) Cloud Security
9 12 (12.24%) Security Architecture
9 12 (12.24%) Threat Detection
10 11 (11.22%) Data Loss Prevention
11 10 (10.20%) DevOps
11 10 (10.20%) Security Monitoring
12 9 (9.18%) Agile
12 9 (9.18%) Computer Science
12 9 (9.18%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (9.18%) Penetration Testing
12 9 (9.18%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.31%) Python
2 5 (5.10%) Java
2 5 (5.10%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (5.10%) SQL
3 4 (4.08%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.04%) Ruby
4 2 (2.04%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (1.02%) Bash
5 1 (1.02%) C
5 1 (1.02%) C++
5 1 (1.02%) Go
5 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.02%) Perl
5 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.02%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (25.51%) CISSP
2 19 (19.39%) Security Cleared
3 17 (17.35%) SC Cleared
4 15 (15.31%) CISM
5 12 (12.24%) Degree
6 9 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (6.12%) CISA
8 5 (5.10%) DV Cleared
9 4 (4.08%) CEH
9 4 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (4.08%) GIAC
10 3 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (2.04%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.04%) CRISC
12 1 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (1.02%) CCSK
12 1 (1.02%) CREST Certified
12 1 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.35%) NIST
2 8 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.14%) GDPR
3 7 (7.14%) NCSC
4 5 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.10%) GRC
5 3 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (3.06%) NIST 800
6 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.04%) SLA
7 1 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.02%) ISA99
7 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.02%) QA
7 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.04%) Docker
3 1 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.16%) Terraform
2 4 (4.08%) QRadar
3 3 (3.06%) Nessus
4 2 (2.04%) CASB
4 2 (2.04%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.04%) SCCM
5 1 (1.02%) Ansible
5 1 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (1.02%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 34 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.16%) Qualys
3 6 (6.12%) Google
4 5 (5.10%) Rapid7
5 4 (4.08%) CA
5 4 (4.08%) Ping Identity
6 3 (3.06%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.06%) VMware
7 2 (2.04%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.04%) Checkmarx
7 2 (2.04%) Splunk
7 2 (2.04%) Veracode
8 1 (1.02%) Apple
8 1 (1.02%) BigPanda
8 1 (1.02%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (1.02%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.02%) Cisco
8 1 (1.02%) ForeScout
8 1 (1.02%) IBM
8 1 (1.02%) Juniper