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 in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 411 543
Rank change year-on-year +115 +132 -87
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 103 71 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.28% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.76% 0.78% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 53 40
10th Percentile £425 £421 £421
25th Percentile £475 £500 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £607
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.07% -8.45%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £675
90th Percentile £768 £700 £800
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Generic Skills
London

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,866 9,045 14,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.18% 35.97% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,124 6,564 10,277
10th Percentile £315 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £725
90th Percentile £850 £838 £813
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 105 201
10th Percentile £15.46 £18.37 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.79 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.00 £34.62 £42.02
Median % change year-on-year -22.01% -17.61% +20.47%
75th Percentile £50.25 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +46 21 £563 -6.25% 5
East London - 2 £540 - 1
North London - 1 £800 -
West London - 1 £450 - 3
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 5 (4.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.48%) Azure
2 13 (12.62%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.68%) AWS
4 8 (7.77%) GCP
5 6 (5.83%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.94%) Google App Engine
6 2 (1.94%) IaaS
6 2 (1.94%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.94%) SaaS
7 1 (0.97%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.97%) GitHub
7 1 (0.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.97%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.48%) Firewall
2 8 (7.77%) Network Security
3 7 (6.80%) DNS
4 5 (4.85%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.91%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.94%) SSL
6 2 (1.94%) WAN
7 1 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.97%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) Big Data
1 4 (3.88%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.97%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.97%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (4.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.97%) GitLab
2 1 (0.97%) Katalon Studio
General
1 26 (25.24%) Finance
2 25 (24.27%) Social Skills
3 16 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (13.59%) Banking
5 7 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.83%) Legal
7 5 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.88%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.88%) Marketing
9 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.94%) Law
11 1 (0.97%) Electronics
11 1 (0.97%) French Language
11 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.97%) Military
11 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (22.33%) Architect
2 22 (21.36%) Security Engineer
3 14 (13.59%) Consultant
4 12 (11.65%) Security Consultant
5 11 (10.68%) Security Architect
6 9 (8.74%) Analyst
7 8 (7.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 5 (4.85%) Senior
8 5 (4.85%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.88%) Azure Architect
9 4 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) GCP Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) IAM Specialist
9 4 (3.88%) IT Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) IT Security Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) SOC Analyst
10 3 (2.91%) Applications Engineer
10 3 (2.91%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) OAuth
1 2 (1.94%) OpenID
1 2 (1.94%) SAML
1 2 (1.94%) SPML
2 1 (0.97%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.71%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.80%) Cloud Security Posture
3 6 (5.83%) PKI
4 5 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.91%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.91%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.91%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.94%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.94%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.94%) IoT
8 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.71%) Windows
2 5 (4.85%) Linux
3 4 (3.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.91%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (38.83%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (22.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 21 (20.39%) Information Security
4 21 (20.39%) Security Operations
4 21 (20.39%) SIEM
5 18 (17.48%) Incident Response
6 16 (15.53%) Security Architecture
7 13 (12.62%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (11.65%) Cloud Security
8 12 (11.65%) Data Loss Prevention
8 12 (11.65%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (11.65%) Threat Detection
9 11 (10.68%) CI/CD
9 11 (10.68%) Threat Modelling
9 11 (10.68%) Zero Trust
10 9 (8.74%) Agile
10 9 (8.74%) Computer Science
10 9 (8.74%) DevSecOps
10 9 (8.74%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.56%) Python
2 6 (5.83%) SQL
3 5 (4.85%) Java
3 5 (4.85%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (4.85%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.94%) Ruby
4 2 (1.94%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.97%) Bash
5 1 (0.97%) C
5 1 (0.97%) C++
5 1 (0.97%) Go
5 1 (0.97%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.97%) Perl
5 1 (0.97%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (26.21%) CISSP
2 16 (15.53%) CISM
3 15 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.56%) Security Cleared
4 12 (11.65%) Degree
5 9 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (5.83%) CISA
7 5 (4.85%) CEH
7 5 (4.85%) GIAC
8 4 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.88%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.94%) CRISC
11 1 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.97%) CCNA
11 1 (0.97%) CCNP
11 1 (0.97%) CCSP
11 1 (0.97%) OSCP
11 1 (0.97%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.48%) NIST
2 11 (10.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.77%) GDPR
4 6 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (4.85%) GRC
6 4 (3.88%) NCSC
7 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (2.91%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.94%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.94%) SLA
9 1 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.97%) ISA99
9 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.94%) Firmware
3 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (6.80%) Terraform
2 4 (3.88%) Nessus
2 4 (3.88%) QRadar
3 3 (2.91%) SCCM
4 2 (1.94%) CASB
5 1 (0.97%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (40.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.71%) Qualys
3 7 (6.80%) Google
4 6 (5.83%) Rapid7
5 5 (4.85%) Atlassian
5 5 (4.85%) CA
5 5 (4.85%) VMware
6 4 (3.88%) Cisco
6 4 (3.88%) F5
6 4 (3.88%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.88%) Ping Identity
7 3 (2.91%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.94%) Checkmarx
8 2 (1.94%) Splunk
8 2 (1.94%) Veracode
9 1 (0.97%) Aruba
9 1 (0.97%) BigPanda
9 1 (0.97%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.97%) ForeScout
9 1 (0.97%) Workday