Cyber Defence Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Defence
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 46 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.62% 0.35% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 0.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
South East median daily rate £475 £700 £582
% change year-on-year -32.14% +20.27% -

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

Cyber Defence 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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 124 120 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 25.51% 42.25% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 84 135
10th Percentile £171 £265 £213
25th Percentile £363 £425 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -0.70%
75th Percentile £598 £630 £609
90th Percentile £638 £675 £937
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £481
% change year-on-year -7.14% +9.26% -6.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 16
10th Percentile - £51.38 £18.82
25th Percentile £15.62 £51.56 £22.21
Median hourly rate £16.71 £53.75 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.92% +123.96% +41.18%
75th Percentile £17.79 £56.56 £30.00
90th Percentile - £57.13 £41.25
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -26.32% +24.22%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Defence
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -3 3 £630 -6.67% 1
Cyber Defence
South East

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk