Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Cybersecurity
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 41 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 -17 +44
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 28 37 67
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.85% 4.22% 6.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 5.10% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 39
10th Percentile £347 £401 £446
25th Percentile £460 £569 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% - +7.28%
75th Percentile £711 £784 £800
90th Percentile £721 £795 £835
South West median daily rate £575 £650 £658
% change year-on-year -11.54% -1.14% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 13
10th Percentile - - £68.75
25th Percentile £85.00 £53.75 £78.75
Median hourly rate £90.00 £57.50 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -31.06% +39.00%
75th Percentile £95.00 £61.25 -
90th Percentile - - £85.68
South West median hourly rate £35.17 £57.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year -38.83% -31.06% +17.66%

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 675 725 920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.72% 82.76% 86.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 379 617
10th Percentile £250 £287 £305
25th Percentile £375 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £650
90th Percentile £743 £720 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 134 116
10th Percentile £12.82 £48.60 £23.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £64.06 £50.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £77.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cybersecurity

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Apache
1 1 (3.57%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) AWS
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.57%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (3.57%) Azure AI
4 1 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Big Data
1 1 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.57%) Hadoop
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Military
4 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Polish Language
5 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.57%) Automotive
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Security Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Information Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Auditor
6 1 (3.57%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.57%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Information Security
2 5 (17.86%) Agile
2 5 (17.86%) Decision-Making
2 5 (17.86%) Migration
2 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
2 5 (17.86%) Security Operations
2 5 (17.86%) SIEM
2 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 3 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (10.71%) Information Assurance
4 3 (10.71%) ITIL
4 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
4 3 (10.71%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (3.57%) Bash
4 1 (3.57%) C++
4 1 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) CISSP
5 2 (7.14%) CEH
5 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.57%) CISM
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.57%) NCSC
2 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) Grafana
1 1 (3.57%) Kibana
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) logstash
1 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco
2 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
2 2 (7.14%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) Foundry
3 1 (3.57%) Meraki