Cybersecurity Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 45 80
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 +7
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 896 1,046 944
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.20% 4.61% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 5.18% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 725 699
10th Percentile £406 £363 £360
25th Percentile £500 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 39 20
10th Percentile £26.75 £25.00 £15.68
25th Percentile £35.64 £35.00 £27.25
Median hourly rate £83.77 £75.00 £59.96
Median % change year-on-year +11.69% +25.08% +26.23%
75th Percentile £87.46 £83.31 £68.30
90th Percentile £87.84 £83.40 £69.96
UK median hourly rate £82.34 £72.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.82% +82.45% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South West +21 264 £568 -12.69% 122
South East -2 218 £600 +1.59% 172
North of England -11 165 £573 +4.09% 211
Midlands -1 123 £550 -4.35% 146
West Midlands -2 105 £550 -4.35% 92
North West -11 104 £570 +3.64% 134
Scotland +36 86 £552 +10.30% 53
Yorkshire -4 53 £619 +7.57% 65
East of England -13 47 £575 +4.55% 62
Wales +6 20 £600 +60.00% 22
East Midlands +9 18 £500 -4.76% 54
North East +15 8 £563 +23.29% 13
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 12
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.12%) Confluence
3 17 (1.90%) CMS
4 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.33%) Apache
5 3 (0.33%) IBM HTTP Server
5 3 (0.33%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.33%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.11%) JBoss
6 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 22 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.23%) Acrobat
4 8 (0.89%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 140 (15.63%) Azure
2 64 (7.14%) AWS
3 33 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 27 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
6 20 (2.23%) SaaS
7 15 (1.67%) GCP
8 14 (1.56%) Power Platform
9 13 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.23%) IaaS
10 11 (1.23%) PaaS
11 7 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (0.67%) Akamai
12 6 (0.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (0.67%) Cloudflare
13 5 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.45%) AWS CloudTrail
14 4 (0.45%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 103 (11.50%) Firewall
2 82 (9.15%) Network Security
3 51 (5.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 37 (4.13%) DNS
5 27 (3.01%) WAN
6 18 (2.01%) DHCP
7 16 (1.79%) Wireless
8 15 (1.67%) TCP/IP
9 11 (1.23%) LAN
9 11 (1.23%) SD-WAN
9 11 (1.23%) SSL
10 9 (1.00%) VPN
11 8 (0.89%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.89%) HTTP
11 8 (0.89%) SAN
12 7 (0.78%) FlexRay
13 6 (0.67%) SMTP
14 5 (0.56%) FTP
14 5 (0.56%) HTTPS
14 5 (0.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.12%) Big Data
2 8 (0.89%) Data Lake
3 7 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (0.78%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.56%) Power BI
5 4 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.33%) MySQL
7 2 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.22%) Tableau
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (3.46%) JIRA
2 11 (1.23%) Bitbucket
3 8 (0.89%) CANoe
4 7 (0.78%) Git
4 7 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (0.33%) JUnit
6 3 (0.33%) Maven
6 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.22%) Jaeger
7 2 (0.22%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) Ant
8 1 (0.11%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.11%) GitLab
8 1 (0.11%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 240 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 129 (14.40%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (12.83%) Public Sector
4 78 (8.71%) Finance
5 34 (3.79%) Manufacturing
6 32 (3.57%) Legal
7 31 (3.46%) Banking
8 25 (2.79%) Telecoms
9 24 (2.68%) Automotive
10 21 (2.34%) Marketing
11 19 (2.12%) Military
12 18 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.56%) Local Government
14 13 (1.45%) Electronics
15 10 (1.12%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.00%) Retail
17 7 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
19 5 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (24.55%) Analyst
2 105 (11.72%) Architect
3 94 (10.49%) Consultant
4 72 (8.04%) Security Analyst
5 66 (7.37%) SOC Analyst
6 65 (7.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 65 (7.25%) Security Architect
6 65 (7.25%) Senior
7 64 (7.14%) Security Consultant
8 61 (6.81%) Security Engineer
9 58 (6.47%) Lead
10 56 (6.25%) Project Manager
11 48 (5.36%) Security Manager
12 45 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 44 (4.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 38 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 37 (4.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (3.68%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
17 32 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 32 (3.57%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.01%) Apache NiFi
2 17 (1.90%) SailPoint
3 15 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (0.67%) LDAP
4 6 (0.67%) Web Services
5 5 (0.56%) OpenID
5 5 (0.56%) REST
6 4 (0.45%) .NET
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.33%) CSS
7 3 (0.33%) DPDK
7 3 (0.33%) J2EE
7 3 (0.33%) Kafka
7 3 (0.33%) Middleware
7 3 (0.33%) Spring
8 2 (0.22%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.22%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.22%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 144 (16.07%) Cyber Threat
2 121 (13.50%) Management Information System
3 111 (12.39%) Cyber Defence
4 82 (9.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 73 (8.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 56 (6.25%) Security Posture
7 49 (5.47%) Operational Technology
8 45 (5.02%) CSOC
9 39 (4.35%) Data Centre
10 29 (3.24%) Cyberattack
11 25 (2.79%) Private Cloud
12 23 (2.57%) Distributed Applications
13 17 (1.90%) PKI
14 16 (1.79%) Public Cloud
15 13 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
16 12 (1.34%) SCADA
17 11 (1.23%) Cloud Native
17 11 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
17 11 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
18 10 (1.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 135 (15.07%) Windows
2 116 (12.95%) Linux
3 44 (4.91%) Unix
4 25 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 19 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (1.79%) Android
6 16 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.12%) Mac OS X
8 6 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.45%) CentOS
9 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.22%) AIX
11 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (25.78%) SIEM
2 213 (23.77%) Information Security
3 174 (19.42%) Incident Response
4 168 (18.75%) Security Operations
5 116 (12.95%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 111 (12.39%) Risk Management
6 111 (12.39%) Threat Intelligence
7 104 (11.61%) Use Case
8 103 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
9 99 (11.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 96 (10.71%) Incident Management
11 95 (10.60%) Mentoring
12 84 (9.38%) Agile
13 83 (9.26%) Vulnerability Management
14 82 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (9.04%) DevOps
16 80 (8.93%) Security Architecture
17 78 (8.71%) Protective Monitoring
17 78 (8.71%) SOAR
18 67 (7.48%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (3.91%) Python
2 29 (3.24%) PowerShell
3 21 (2.34%) Java
4 14 (1.56%) C#
4 14 (1.56%) C++
5 12 (1.34%) Bash
6 11 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (1.23%) SQL
7 9 (1.00%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.89%) C
9 7 (0.78%) VBA
10 4 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.33%) Go
11 3 (0.33%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.33%) PHP
11 3 (0.33%) Ruby
12 1 (0.11%) Bicep
12 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 445 (49.67%) Security Cleared
2 265 (29.58%) DV Cleared
3 168 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 120 (13.39%) Degree
5 78 (8.71%) CISSP
6 53 (5.92%) CISM
7 26 (2.90%) CISA
7 26 (2.90%) SANS
8 21 (2.34%) CEH
9 17 (1.90%) PMI Certification
9 17 (1.90%) PMP
10 16 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 14 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (1.56%) ISACA
13 13 (1.45%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (19.98%) NIST
2 93 (10.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (7.59%) NIST 800
4 55 (6.14%) GDPR
5 27 (3.01%) NCSC
6 21 (2.34%) PCI DSS
6 21 (2.34%) QA
7 19 (2.12%) HIPAA
8 18 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
9 17 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.79%) COBIT
11 12 (1.34%) Disclosure Scotland
12 10 (1.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 10 (1.12%) GRC
12 10 (1.12%) ISO 9000
13 9 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.45%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 61 (6.81%) Active Directory
2 41 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (2.57%) vSphere
4 22 (2.46%) Docker
5 11 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.23%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.00%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.45%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.22%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) Snort
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (2.68%) vCenter Server
2 21 (2.34%) SCCM
3 16 (1.79%) Terraform
4 14 (1.56%) Kibana
4 14 (1.56%) Kubernetes
5 13 (1.45%) logstash
6 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.78%) Ansible
7 7 (0.78%) Functional Safety
8 6 (0.67%) Nessus
9 5 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.45%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.45%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 4 (0.45%) VxRail
11 3 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.22%) Kiali
12 2 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 216 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.03%) Splunk
3 52 (5.80%) VMware
4 28 (3.13%) Cisco
5 23 (2.57%) Darktrace
5 23 (2.57%) LogRhythm
6 22 (2.46%) CyberArk
7 19 (2.12%) Atlassian
7 19 (2.12%) Tanium
8 18 (2.01%) FireEye
8 18 (2.01%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.90%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.34%) Adobe
10 12 (1.34%) Citrix
10 12 (1.34%) SAP
11 11 (1.23%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.12%) ArcSight
13 9 (1.00%) Oracle
13 9 (1.00%) Veeam
14 8 (0.89%) Google