Cyber Resilience Contracts

Cyber Resilience
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Resilience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 600 783
Rank change year-on-year +82 +183 -129
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 76 116 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.19% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.22% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 67 52
10th Percentile £463 £463 £479
25th Percentile £560 £519 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £638 £638
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £706 £775 £771
90th Percentile £895 £807 £799
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £525 £638
% change year-on-year +23.81% -17.65% +24.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £65.03 £47.41
25th Percentile - - £48.86
Median hourly rate - £72.98 £55.22
Median % change year-on-year - +32.17% -
75th Percentile - £86.25 £66.37
90th Percentile - £88.50 £70.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.98 £55.22
% change year-on-year - +32.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Resilience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Resilience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Resilience.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Resilience.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Resilience within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +108 58 £640 -5.19% 22
UK excluding London +66 44 £650 +23.81% 11
London +84 27 £630 -6.67% 13
Work from Home +90 18 £656 +2.94% 10
Scotland +23 16 £638 +27.50% 1
North of England +40 12 £570 -0.87% 3
South West +18 12 £700 +17.65% 2
North West - 12 £570 - 2
South East +20 2 £738 +5.36% 3
Midlands - 2 £538 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £600 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £475 -

Cyber Resilience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.68%) Azure
2 8 (10.53%) AWS
3 3 (3.95%) GitHub
4 2 (2.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.63%) SaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.32%) IaaS
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.53%) Firewall
2 3 (3.95%) DMZ
2 3 (3.95%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (3.95%) VPN
3 2 (2.63%) Network Security
4 1 (1.32%) Internet
4 1 (1.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) JIRA
2 3 (3.95%) Git
2 3 (3.95%) GitLab
2 3 (3.95%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (22.37%) Public Sector
2 15 (19.74%) Finance
2 15 (19.74%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.26%) Financial Institution
4 4 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.95%) Banking
6 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (34.21%) Analyst
2 24 (31.58%) Architect
3 10 (13.16%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (13.16%) Technical Architect
4 9 (11.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 8 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (10.53%) Test Analyst
6 7 (9.21%) IT Manager
6 7 (9.21%) Security Architect
7 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Security Manager
8 5 (6.58%) Change Manager
8 5 (6.58%) Head of Security
8 5 (6.58%) IT Change Manager
8 5 (6.58%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 3 (3.95%) Consultant
10 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.95%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 15 (19.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (11.84%) CSOC
3 9 (11.84%) Operational Technology
4 6 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.95%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.95%) SCADA
7 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.32%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.32%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.47%) Windows
2 5 (6.58%) Linux
3 2 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (77.63%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (44.74%) Use Case
3 29 (38.16%) Information Security
4 26 (34.21%) Roadmaps
5 25 (32.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (32.89%) IT Strategy
6 23 (30.26%) Security Operations
7 22 (28.95%) Agile
7 22 (28.95%) Business Continuity
7 22 (28.95%) Data Protection
8 20 (26.32%) Business Strategy
8 20 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
8 20 (26.32%) Validation
9 16 (21.05%) Incident Response
10 13 (17.11%) Waterfall
11 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (14.47%) Risk Management
12 10 (13.16%) ITIL
13 9 (11.84%) Change Management
13 9 (11.84%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.95%) C
2 3 (3.95%) C++
2 3 (3.95%) Go
2 3 (3.95%) Java
2 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.95%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.16%) DV Cleared
2 10 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.89%) CISSP
4 5 (6.58%) CISM
5 3 (3.95%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.95%) Degree
6 2 (2.63%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (2.63%) CLAS
7 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (39.47%) NIST
2 13 (17.11%) NCSC
3 9 (11.84%) GDPR
3 9 (11.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (6.58%) GRC
5 2 (2.63%) JSP 440
5 2 (2.63%) RMADS
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.95%) AlienVault
2 3 (3.95%) ArcSight
2 3 (3.95%) Splunk
3 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.32%) Cadence
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco
4 1 (1.32%) Meraki
4 1 (1.32%) Planview
4 1 (1.32%) VMware