Cybersecurity Contracts in Bristol

Cybersecurity
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 42 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 +26 -16
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 39 50 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.68% 4.13% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.66% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 39 25
10th Percentile - £473 £341
25th Percentile £513 £584 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +20.93% -7.73%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £600
90th Percentile £768 £835 £705
South West median daily rate £538 £650 £570
% change year-on-year -17.23% +14.04% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £44.75 £74.35 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £76.00 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £82.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £74.63 £93.13 -
90th Percentile £76.65 £97.25 -
South West median hourly rate £48.75 £75.00 £64.40
% change year-on-year -35.00% +16.46% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 878 1,072 1,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 82.91% 88.60% 87.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 728 833
10th Percentile £250 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £719 £657
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 210 105
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £66.13 £60.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% +35.00% +2.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £69.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.33 £67.70
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.61
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.43% +11.75%

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 10 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Bristol

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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 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Entra ID
3 4 (10.26%) GCP
3 4 (10.26%) OCI
4 2 (5.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) DNS
1 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.13%) DHCP
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.56%) Firewall
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Data Lake
1 4 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.56%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 11 (28.21%) Manufacturing
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.26%) Banking
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Electronics
5 2 (5.13%) Finance
5 2 (5.13%) Legal
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
5 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Lead
2 9 (23.08%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Lead Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Security Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Compliance Officer
6 3 (7.69%) Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Project Officer
6 3 (7.69%) Security Compliance Officer
6 3 (7.69%) Security Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Security Officer
7 2 (5.13%) Information Assurance Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Information Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Principal Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Principal Security Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) SIEM Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) SailPoint
2 4 (10.26%) OpenID
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) CESG
1 8 (20.51%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (12.82%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (10.26%) Blockchain
4 4 (10.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (7.69%) Onboarding
6 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.56%) CSOC
7 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (5.13%) Unix
2 2 (5.13%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Information Security
2 14 (35.90%) Information Assurance
2 14 (35.90%) Security Operations
3 9 (23.08%) SIEM
4 6 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 6 (15.38%) Use Case
5 5 (12.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (12.82%) Incident Management
5 5 (12.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
5 5 (12.82%) SOAR
5 5 (12.82%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (10.26%) CRM
6 4 (10.26%) Domain-Driven Design
6 4 (10.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 4 (10.26%) Machine Learning
6 4 (10.26%) Microservices
6 4 (10.26%) Protective Monitoring
6 4 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) C#
1 2 (5.13%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 20 (51.28%) SC Cleared
3 10 (25.64%) DV Cleared
4 9 (23.08%) CISM
4 9 (23.08%) CISSP
5 8 (20.51%) CEH
5 8 (20.51%) CISA
5 8 (20.51%) CISMP
5 8 (20.51%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (20.51%) ISACA
5 8 (20.51%) SSCP
6 1 (2.56%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (48.72%) NIST
2 15 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (23.08%) PCI DSS
4 8 (20.51%) GDPR
4 8 (20.51%) HIPAA
5 4 (10.26%) NIST 800
5 4 (10.26%) QA
6 3 (7.69%) Def Stans
6 3 (7.69%) PMO
7 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (2.56%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Docker
2 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
1 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) CyberArk
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle
3 2 (5.13%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.13%) SAP
3 2 (5.13%) Veeam
3 2 (5.13%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) Okta
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Splunk