Security Posture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 134 149 153
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 -21
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 8 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.034% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% 0.11% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £775 - £531
25th Percentile £806 £663 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £913 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year +35.19% +3.85% +62.50%
75th Percentile £938 £688 £675
90th Percentile £944 - £688
South East median daily rate £800 £563 £540
% change year-on-year +42.22% +4.17% +16.76%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 800 944 1,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.88% 32.14% 31.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 622 696
10th Percentile £205 £280 £192
25th Percentile £280 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £514 £500
% change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 24 30
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +143.75% -21.57%
75th Percentile £59.97 £70.90 £26.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.57
South East median hourly rate £47.19 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -10.12% +144.19% -33.85%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire - 6 £913 - 1
Berkshire -4 2 - - 3
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco ISE
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 6 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Network Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Network Security Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Security Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Network Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
1 5 (62.50%) Time Management
1 5 (62.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Adaptive Security
3 1 (12.50%) Application Security
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) OWASP
3 1 (12.50%) Presales
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) SABSA
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (75.00%) CCNP
2 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) CISM
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (12.50%) CCSK
5 1 (12.50%) CCSP
5 1 (12.50%) CEH
5 1 (12.50%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) COBIT
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
1 6 (75.00%) Juniper
1 6 (75.00%) Palo Alto
1 6 (75.00%) ScienceLogic