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 in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 210 260
Rank change year-on-year +53 +50 -34
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 43 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.75% 0.14% 0.091%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.66% 0.42% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 8 3
10th Percentile £529 £513 £655
25th Percentile £582 £541 £719
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £625 £850
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% -26.47% +70.66%
75th Percentile £850 £663 £875
90th Percentile - £715 -
England median daily rate £590 £600 £663
% change year-on-year -1.67% -9.43% +20.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £58.80 - £46.70
25th Percentile £62.63 - £47.38
Median hourly rate £70.50 - £49.14
75th Percentile £78.63 - £50.27
90th Percentile £82.60 - £50.57
England median hourly rate £70.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber Threat 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,619 1,926 2,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.18% 34.06% 33.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 1,309 1,647
10th Percentile £206 £205 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +0.40% +7.82%
75th Percentile £609 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £719 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 94 116
10th Percentile £11.79 £17.85 £13.88
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £51.00 £53.44 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% +148.53% -37.68%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.86
90th Percentile £75.16 £75.00 £62.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

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 10 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South East over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 10 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
Hampshire - 28 £800 -
Thames Valley +15 11 £540 +0.47% 5
Berkshire -1 7 £540 +0.47% 4
Surrey +12 4 £850 +25.93% 2
Buckinghamshire - 4 £570 - 1
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 (2.33%) AWS
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (2.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) Network Security
2 1 (2.33%) Firewall
2 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 25 (58.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Telecoms
3 5 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Lead
3 6 (13.95%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 4 (9.30%) Senior
5 4 (9.30%) SOC Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Consultant
6 3 (6.98%) Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Lead Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) SIEM Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) Cyber Threat Specialist
7 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Architect
8 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (2.33%) Incident Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) SIEM Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.33%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 24 (55.81%) Cyber Defence
2 23 (53.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 15 (34.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.33%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Linux
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (93.02%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (65.12%) Protective Monitoring
2 28 (65.12%) SIEM
3 25 (58.14%) Incident Response
4 24 (55.81%) Mentoring
5 22 (51.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 22 (51.16%) Threat Intelligence
6 21 (48.84%) Information Security
7 19 (44.19%) Incident Management
8 17 (39.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 17 (39.53%) Use Case
9 16 (37.21%) Case Management
9 16 (37.21%) SOAR
10 15 (34.88%) CRM
10 15 (34.88%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (25.58%) Security Operations
12 9 (20.93%) Vulnerability Management
13 6 (13.95%) OSINT
13 6 (13.95%) Runbook
14 5 (11.63%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (81.40%) Security Cleared
2 32 (74.42%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (46.51%) NIST
1 20 (46.51%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kibana
1 4 (9.30%) logstash
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Tanium
3 1 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.33%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.33%) Netskope
3 1 (2.33%) TippingPoint
3 1 (2.33%) Trend Micro
3 1 (2.33%) Zscaler