Cybersecurity Contracts in Bristol

Cybersecurity
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 33 48
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 20 41 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.72% 3.88% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 4.66% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 38
10th Percentile £489 - £451
25th Percentile £500 £513 £565
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -4.00% +21.07%
75th Percentile £698 £750 £775
90th Percentile £750 £768 £804
South West median daily rate £625 £538 £625
% change year-on-year +16.17% -13.92% +11.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - £44.75 £76.55
25th Percentile - £51.88 £80.38
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £85.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.05% -
75th Percentile - £74.63 £92.16
90th Percentile - £76.65 £95.30
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £48.75 £75.25
% change year-on-year -32.31% -35.22% +21.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) AWS
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) LTE
2 1 (5.00%) 5G
2 1 (5.00%) LAN
2 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (5.00%) VPN
2 1 (5.00%) WAN
2 1 (5.00%) Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Legal
3 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Lead
3 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) DevSecOps Architect
3 3 (15.00%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Chief Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Project Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Project Leader
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Server Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Information Officer
5 1 (5.00%) PowerShell Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (15.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.00%) CESG
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Security Management
2 5 (25.00%) DevOps
2 5 (25.00%) Information Security
3 4 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (15.00%) Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) DevSecOps
4 3 (15.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (15.00%) ITIL
4 3 (15.00%) Migration
4 3 (15.00%) OWASP
4 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) CISM
3 5 (25.00%) CISSP
4 4 (20.00%) CEH
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (15.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (15.00%) CCSP
5 3 (15.00%) OSCP
6 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.00%) CCIE
6 1 (5.00%) CISA
6 1 (5.00%) CISMP
6 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.00%) ISACA
6 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (5.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) NIST
2 4 (20.00%) Def Stans
2 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.00%) COBIT
3 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (5.00%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft