Security Posture Contracts in the South East

Security Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 189 219 239
Rank change year-on-year +30 +20 -38
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 11 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.12% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 0.35% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 14
10th Percentile £413 £514 £437
25th Percentile £725 £523 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £563 £540
Median % change year-on-year +42.22% +4.17% +16.76%
75th Percentile £938 £641 £675
90th Percentile £940 £669 £688
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 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%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
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 Security Posture 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 +15 8 £913 +35.19% 4
Buckinghamshire - 6 £913 - 1
West Sussex +5 2 £425 -34.62% 4
Berkshire -4 2 - - 3
Surrey +11 1 £750 +34.83% 5
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Network Security
2 6 (54.55%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (54.55%) Cisco ISE
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
General
1 6 (54.55%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Security Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Network Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Network Security Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Network Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (9.09%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (9.09%) IoT
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (45.45%) Decision-Making
1 5 (45.45%) Time Management
1 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Management
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) OWASP
3 1 (9.09%) Presales
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) SABSA
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (54.55%) CCNP
2 6 (54.55%) DV Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
3 5 (45.45%) CISM
4 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (9.09%) CCSK
5 1 (9.09%) CCSP
5 1 (9.09%) CEH
5 1 (9.09%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) COBIT
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco
1 6 (54.55%) Juniper
1 6 (54.55%) Palo Alto
1 6 (54.55%) ScienceLogic
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft