Security Posture Contracts

Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies. 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 390 545 699
Rank change year-on-year +155 +154 -73
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 214 175 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.63% 0.88% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 120 107
10th Percentile £413 £400 £459
25th Percentile £425 £455 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £669 £658 £688
90th Percentile £780 £717 £805
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £520 £600
% change year-on-year -8.65% -13.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £94.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Posture.

Hourly rate trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 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 +177 185 £550 -8.33% 102
London +122 98 £600 +6.67% 45
UK excluding London +89 86 £475 -8.65% 60
Work from Home +113 64 £600 +9.09% 55
South West +59 42 £425 -35.85% 8
Midlands +34 17 £615 +17.14% 10
West Midlands +38 13 £616 +2.71% 8
South East +30 11 £800 +42.22% 21
North of England +26 11 £590 -11.94% 9
North West +10 9 £590 -9.75% 5
Scotland +22 6 £575 +26.37% 5
East Midlands +20 3 £400 -23.81% 2
Yorkshire +19 2 - - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.34%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 58 (27.10%) Azure
2 31 (14.49%) AWS
3 22 (10.28%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (6.07%) GCP
5 12 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.34%) AWS CloudTrail
7 5 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.87%) GitHub
8 4 (1.87%) IaaS
8 4 (1.87%) PaaS
8 4 (1.87%) SaaS
9 3 (1.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (1.40%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.93%) Google App Engine
10 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (19.16%) Firewall
2 30 (14.02%) Network Security
3 8 (3.74%) DNS
4 7 (3.27%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (3.27%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (2.80%) VPN
6 3 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.40%) SSL
6 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.40%) WAN
7 2 (0.93%) Internet
7 2 (0.93%) LAN
7 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.93%) Wireless
8 1 (0.47%) DKIM
8 1 (0.47%) DMARC
8 1 (0.47%) Modbus
8 1 (0.47%) MPLS
8 1 (0.47%) SAN
8 1 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.87%) Big Data
1 4 (1.87%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.80%) JIRA
2 4 (1.87%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.40%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.40%) GitLab
4 2 (0.93%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.47%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.47%) Git
5 1 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.47%) MSI
General
1 42 (19.63%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.55%) Finance
4 23 (10.75%) Banking
5 19 (8.88%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.27%) Legal
8 6 (2.80%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.40%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.47%) French Language
11 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (16.36%) Security Engineer
2 30 (14.02%) Architect
3 26 (12.15%) Lead
4 24 (11.21%) Analyst
5 19 (8.88%) SOC Engineer
6 18 (8.41%) Consultant
6 18 (8.41%) Security Architect
7 15 (7.01%) Security Manager
8 13 (6.07%) Security Analyst
8 13 (6.07%) Security Consultant
9 10 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (3.27%) SOC Analyst
12 6 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 6 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.34%) Information Analyst
13 5 (2.34%) Information Manager
13 5 (2.34%) Information Security Analyst
13 5 (2.34%) Information Security Manager
13 5 (2.34%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.40%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.93%) OAuth
2 2 (0.93%) OpenID
2 2 (0.93%) SAML
2 2 (0.93%) SPML
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.47%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.47%) EDI
3 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.62%) Management Information System
2 26 (12.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (6.54%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (5.14%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.67%) Cloud Security Posture
5 10 (4.67%) PKI
6 9 (4.21%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.21%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.34%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.87%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.87%) IoT
10 3 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.40%) Industry 4.0
10 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.40%) SCADA
11 2 (0.93%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.48%) Windows
2 15 (7.01%) Linux
3 4 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.47%) AIX
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (57.48%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (25.70%) Incident Response
3 53 (24.77%) Security Operations
4 45 (21.03%) SIEM
5 44 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (19.16%) Cloud Security
7 38 (17.76%) Risk Management
8 35 (16.36%) Information Security
9 34 (15.89%) Roadmaps
10 33 (15.42%) Threat Detection
11 31 (14.49%) Threat Intelligence
12 29 (13.55%) Computer Science
13 28 (13.08%) Analytics
14 27 (12.62%) Vulnerability Management
15 26 (12.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 26 (12.15%) Identity Access Management
16 24 (11.21%) Stakeholder Identification
17 23 (10.75%) Security Architecture
17 23 (10.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
18 21 (9.81%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.28%) Kusto Query Language
2 20 (9.35%) Python
3 8 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.80%) Java
4 6 (2.80%) SQL
5 5 (2.34%) Search Processing Language
6 3 (1.40%) Ruby
7 2 (0.93%) C
7 2 (0.93%) C++
7 2 (0.93%) Go
7 2 (0.93%) Perl
7 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.47%) Bash
8 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (25.70%) CISSP
2 52 (24.30%) Security Cleared
3 42 (19.63%) SC Cleared
4 34 (15.89%) Degree
5 27 (12.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (11.68%) CISM
7 24 (11.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 20 (9.35%) Azure Certification
9 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (7.01%) DV Cleared
11 13 (6.07%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (3.74%) CCNP
12 8 (3.74%) CISA
13 7 (3.27%) CEH
14 4 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (1.87%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.87%) CCSP
14 4 (1.87%) CREST Certified
14 4 (1.87%) GIAC
15 3 (1.40%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.82%) NIST
2 29 (13.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.01%) NCSC
4 13 (6.07%) GDPR
5 9 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.27%) GRC
7 6 (2.80%) NIST 800
8 5 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (2.34%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.87%) SLA
10 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.40%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.40%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.93%) PMO
11 2 (0.93%) QA
12 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.47%) COBIT
12 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.47%) ISA99
System Software
1 7 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.34%) Docker
2 5 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.40%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.47%) Firmware
4 1 (0.47%) Samba
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.07%) Terraform
2 9 (4.21%) Nessus
3 6 (2.80%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.87%) Ansible
4 4 (1.87%) QRadar
4 4 (1.87%) SCCM
4 4 (1.87%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (1.40%) CASB
5 3 (1.40%) OPNET
6 1 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.47%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.47%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.47%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.07%) Splunk
3 11 (5.14%) Google
4 10 (4.67%) Cisco
4 10 (4.67%) Palo Alto
4 10 (4.67%) Qualys
4 10 (4.67%) Rapid7
5 8 (3.74%) VMware
6 7 (3.27%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.27%) Juniper
7 6 (2.80%) ScienceLogic
8 4 (1.87%) CA
8 4 (1.87%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.93%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.93%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.93%) Sophos
9 2 (0.93%) Veeam
9 2 (0.93%) Veracode
10 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds