Rapid7
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Rapid7 products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Rapid7 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Rapid7 LLC.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 678 823
Rank change year-on-year +127 +145 -162
Contract jobs citing Rapid7 31 34 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.057% 0.036%
As % of the Vendors category 0.17% 0.13% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 25
10th Percentile £275 £325 -
25th Percentile £425 £469 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £313
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +76.00% -39.02%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £488
90th Percentile £715 - £533
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £488 £313
% change year-on-year +0.51% +56.00% -28.57%

All Vendors
UK

Rapid7 is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,615 25,769 35,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.66% 42.83% 39.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 17,259 23,541
10th Percentile £260 £270 £288
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £649 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 711 897
10th Percentile £12.08 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.03 £15.04
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.63 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.58% +107.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £45.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £39.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -44.97% +108.56% -0.70%

Rapid7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Rapid7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Rapid7 in the UK

Rapid7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Rapid7.

Daily rate trend for Rapid7 in the UK

Rapid7
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Rapid7 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Rapid7 in the UK

Rapid7
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rapid7 within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 +121 25 £500 -9.09% 11
Work from Home +122 16 £500 -9.09% 4
London +98 14 £500 -10.71% 4
UK excluding London +61 13 £490 +0.51% 7
North of England - 6 £620 -
North West - 6 £620 -
Midlands +38 5 £425 +21.43% 5
West Midlands +32 5 £425 +21.43% 3
Scotland +31 2 £300 -45.45%

Rapid7
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.68%) SaaS
4 2 (6.45%) Mimecast
4 2 (6.45%) Sumo Logic
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) IaaS
5 1 (3.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Firewall
2 2 (6.45%) Network Security
3 1 (3.23%) DHCP
3 1 (3.23%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Advertising
4 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Security Engineer
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Lead
4 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) SOC Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Technologist
5 2 (6.45%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.68%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (38.71%) Incident Response
3 11 (35.48%) SIEM
4 10 (32.26%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (29.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (19.35%) Information Security
6 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
6 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
6 6 (19.35%) Threat Detection
7 5 (16.13%) Security Testing
8 4 (12.90%) Contingency Planning
8 4 (12.90%) Data Security
8 4 (12.90%) Patch Management
8 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 3 (9.68%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
9 3 (9.68%) Security Patching
10 2 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (6.45%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) CISSP
2 3 (9.68%) CISM
3 2 (6.45%) CISA
3 2 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) CCNA CyberOps
4 1 (3.23%) CEH
4 1 (3.23%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (48.39%) NIST
2 9 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.23%) GDPR
5 1 (3.23%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Samba
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Nessus
1 4 (12.90%) SCCM
2 2 (6.45%) Nexpose
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) Sophos
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
3 5 (16.13%) Qualys
4 4 (12.90%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (9.68%) Splunk
6 2 (6.45%) Checkmarx
6 2 (6.45%) Cisco
6 2 (6.45%) CyberArk
6 2 (6.45%) Darktrace
6 2 (6.45%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.45%) Varonis
6 2 (6.45%) Veracode
7 1 (3.23%) Veeam
7 1 (3.23%) VMware