Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Security Posture
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.71% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £688 £600 £450
% change year-on-year +14.58% +33.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -48.46% - -

All Generic Skills
Bristol

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 224 247 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 31.77% 27.05% 25.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 90 200
10th Percentile £250 £145 £340
25th Percentile £394 £403 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -15.22% +13.52%
75th Percentile £575 £631 £675
90th Percentile £697 £725 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.37% -2.23% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 87 16
10th Percentile £6.00 £40.25 £58.38
25th Percentile £11.60 £67.50 £70.00
Median hourly rate £18.51 £70.00 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year -73.56% -16.07% +46.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £80.50 £75.00 £84.82
South West median hourly rate £19.62 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -71.98% - +27.27%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Bristol

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Security Posture

Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Advisor
1 2 (40.00%) Security Advisor
1 2 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Facilities Management
2 2 (40.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Due Diligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) CEH
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GRC
2 2 (40.00%) Def Stans
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft