Cyber Threat Contracts in the South East

Cyber Threats
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat 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 167 220 255
Rank change year-on-year +53 +35 -49
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 33 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.10% 0.077%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.10% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 2
10th Percentile £544 £513 -
25th Percentile £587 £522 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £588 £850
Median % change year-on-year +36.17% -30.88% +70.66%
75th Percentile £850 £647 £875
90th Percentile - £675 -
England median daily rate £590 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -5.22% +3.75% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.70
25th Percentile £81.75 - £47.38
Median hourly rate £83.50 - £49.14
75th Percentile £85.25 - £50.27
90th Percentile - - £50.57
England median hourly rate £83.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber Threat 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 the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,573 1,980 2,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.47% 33.97% 34.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,340 1,705
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £359 £386 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 89 121
10th Percentile £11.72 £18.25 £16.11
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.19 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +144.19% -33.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat 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
Hampshire - 24 £800 - 2
Thames Valley +10 5 £570 +8.57% 3
Surrey +13 4 £850 +30.77% 7
Buckinghamshire - 4 £570 -
Berkshire -7 1 - - 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) AWS
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
1 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Lead
2 9 (27.27%) Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) SOC Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Security Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) SIEM Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 20 (60.61%) Cyber Defence
2 19 (57.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 11 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (72.73%) Protective Monitoring
3 23 (69.70%) SIEM
4 15 (45.45%) Incident Management
4 15 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 15 (45.45%) Mentoring
5 13 (39.39%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 13 (39.39%) Use Case
6 12 (36.36%) Case Management
6 12 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 12 (36.36%) Information Security
6 12 (36.36%) SOAR
6 12 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
7 11 (33.33%) CRM
7 11 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
9 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 3 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
10 1 (3.03%) Data Security
10 1 (3.03%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (93.94%) Security Cleared
2 28 (84.85%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (48.48%) NIST
1 16 (48.48%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.03%) LogRhythm
2 1 (3.03%) Netskope
2 1 (3.03%) TippingPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Trend Micro
2 1 (3.03%) Zscaler