Cybersecurity Contracts in the South East

Cybersecurity
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 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 36 53 81
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 -6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 264 239 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.78% 4.10% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.63% 4.58% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 163 176
10th Percentile £375 £425 £310
25th Percentile £500 £488 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £588 £548
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +7.16% +27.06%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £625
90th Percentile £763 £784 £738
England median daily rate £582 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 3
10th Percentile £41.64 £28.15 £24.65
25th Percentile £81.88 £29.88 £28.63
Median hourly rate £87.23 £33.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +160.39% -8.22% +43.14%
75th Percentile £87.53 £39.00 £51.25
90th Percentile - £41.85 £59.35
England median hourly rate £83.63 £67.50 £50.56
% change year-on-year +23.90% +33.50% +6.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South East 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
Thames Valley +17 150 £573 +4.09% 81
Berkshire +19 122 £581 +0.96% 48
Hampshire +31 94 £625 +6.10% 56
Buckinghamshire +14 22 £536 +7.24% 20
Surrey -17 13 £500 -28.57% 21
Oxfordshire +8 6 £615 -21.90% 14
West Sussex -5 5 £575 +15.00% 14
Kent +2 1 £533 -28.52% 21
Sussex - 1 £600 -
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (16.29%) IaaS
1 43 (16.29%) PaaS
1 43 (16.29%) SaaS
2 26 (9.85%) Azure
3 12 (4.55%) AWS
4 6 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.14%) Azure API Management
8 2 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (0.76%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.38%) GCP
9 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 41 (15.53%) Broadband
2 39 (14.77%) 5G
2 39 (14.77%) Firewall
3 26 (9.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 24 (9.09%) Network Security
5 16 (6.06%) DNS
6 9 (3.41%) WAN
7 8 (3.03%) DHCP
8 5 (1.89%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.89%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.89%) VPN
9 4 (1.52%) LAN
10 3 (1.14%) Wireless
11 2 (0.76%) Internet
11 2 (0.76%) SSL
12 1 (0.38%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.38%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.38%) MPLS
12 1 (0.38%) SAN
12 1 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) Big Data
1 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Git
1 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.38%) GitLab
2 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 45 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.15%) Organisational Skills
3 39 (14.77%) Law
4 20 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.44%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.65%) Finance
8 6 (2.27%) Legal
8 6 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.52%) Automotive
9 4 (1.52%) French Language
9 4 (1.52%) German Language
10 3 (1.14%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.76%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (19.32%) Architect
2 45 (17.05%) Consultant
3 39 (14.77%) Penetration Tester
3 39 (14.77%) Security Penetration Tester
3 39 (14.77%) Security Specialist
3 39 (14.77%) Security Tester
3 39 (14.77%) Tester
3 39 (14.77%) Testing Specialist
4 38 (14.39%) Security Architect
5 37 (14.02%) Security Consultant
6 33 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 31 (11.74%) Analyst
8 26 (9.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 16 (6.06%) Lead
10 14 (5.30%) Security Analyst
11 12 (4.55%) Senior
12 11 (4.17%) ArcSight Consultant
13 10 (3.79%) Project Manager
14 9 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (3.03%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (16.29%) Web Services
2 2 (0.76%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) Kafka
3 1 (0.38%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.38%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.77%) Mobile App
2 37 (14.02%) Cyber Defence
3 30 (11.36%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (7.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 19 (7.20%) Data Centre
4 19 (7.20%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.55%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.65%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.89%) CSOC
8 5 (1.89%) IoT
8 5 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.52%) SCADA
10 3 (1.14%) PKI
10 3 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.38%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.12%) Windows
2 22 (8.33%) Linux
3 9 (3.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (20.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 52 (19.70%) OWASP
4 49 (18.56%) Application Security
4 49 (18.56%) Information Security
5 42 (15.91%) Penetration Testing
5 42 (15.91%) Security Testing
6 41 (15.53%) Security Architecture
6 41 (15.53%) SIEM
7 36 (13.64%) DevOps
8 26 (9.85%) Incident Response
9 24 (9.09%) Protective Monitoring
9 24 (9.09%) Risk Management
10 23 (8.71%) Identity Access Management
11 22 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 21 (7.95%) Incident Management
13 18 (6.82%) Impact Assessments
13 18 (6.82%) Mentoring
13 18 (6.82%) Risk Register
14 16 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.92%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.89%) Python
3 3 (1.14%) Java
4 2 (0.76%) C#
4 2 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.76%) PHP
4 2 (0.76%) Ruby
5 1 (0.38%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 162 (61.36%) Security Cleared
2 99 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 39 (14.77%) CREST Certified
3 39 (14.77%) GIAC
3 39 (14.77%) GPEN
3 39 (14.77%) OSCP
3 39 (14.77%) SANS
4 27 (10.23%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.68%) Degree
6 12 (4.55%) CISSP
7 10 (3.79%) CISM
8 9 (3.41%) CISA
9 8 (3.03%) ISACA
10 7 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.27%) CISMP
11 6 (2.27%) CRISC
12 3 (1.14%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.14%) PMP
12 3 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (21.97%) NCSC
2 53 (20.08%) GDPR
3 43 (16.29%) PCI DSS
4 41 (15.53%) NIST
5 17 (6.44%) NIST 800
5 17 (6.44%) RMADS
6 16 (6.06%) COBIT
7 12 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (3.41%) GRC
9 5 (1.89%) ISO 9000
10 2 (0.76%) QA
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.38%) IASME
11 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 15 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.76%) Docker
3 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.76%) XenApp
4 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (7.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.14%) Nessus
3 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.76%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.76%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.76%) Terraform
5 1 (0.38%) Ansible
5 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 51 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 39 (14.77%) Virgin Media
3 12 (4.55%) ArcSight
4 11 (4.17%) Cisco
5 9 (3.41%) VMware
6 7 (2.65%) Splunk
7 5 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.52%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.52%) Citrix
8 4 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.14%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.76%) AlgoSec
10 2 (0.76%) Juniper
10 2 (0.76%) Sage
10 2 (0.76%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.38%) Apple
11 1 (0.38%) BMC
11 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.38%) Remedy
11 1 (0.38%) Salesforce