Cyber Security Posture Contracts

Cybersecurity Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber 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 581 694 840
Rank change year-on-year +113 +146 -159
Contract jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 17 25 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.042% 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.13% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 9
10th Percentile £475 £525 -
25th Percentile £488 £588 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £750 £760
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £638 - £770
90th Percentile £650 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £613 -
% change year-on-year -20.41% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Cyber 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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Security Posture in the UK

Cyber Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Security Posture in the UK

Cyber Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Security Posture in the UK

Cyber Security Posture
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the UK 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
England +120 14 £588 -21.67% 13
London +95 7 £650 -13.33% 6
UK excluding London +71 7 £488 -20.41% 5
Work from Home +127 5 £588 -21.67% 9
South West - 4 £475 -
West Midlands - 2 £488 - 1
Midlands - 2 £488 - 1
South East - 1 £600 - 4

Cyber Security Posture
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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) IaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Architect
1 3 (17.65%) Lead
1 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
1 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Chief Risk Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Chief Security Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Compliance Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Information Governance Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Information Security Compliance Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Information Security Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Risk Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Security Compliance Officer
2 2 (11.76%) Security Officer
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (23.53%) Security Architecture
3 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
3 3 (17.65%) Information Security
3 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
3 3 (17.65%) SABSA
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Application Security
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Security
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (11.76%) Process Architecture
4 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (11.76%) SIEM
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) Ruby
1 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CISSP
2 6 (35.29%) CISM
3 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) CRISC
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
6 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
6 1 (5.88%) CCSK
6 1 (5.88%) CEH
6 1 (5.88%) CISA
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.88%) GIAC
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) NIST
2 3 (17.65%) GDPR
2 3 (17.65%) GRC
2 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (11.76%) NCSC
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) CyberArk