Cybersecurity Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 23 37
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 +32
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 7 30 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.29% 6.76% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 8.36% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 27 33
10th Percentile £500 £278 £475
25th Percentile £503 £411 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.20% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £547 £550 £629
90th Percentile £555 £572 £650
South East median daily rate £526 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.33% +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 284 359 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 92.81% 80.86% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 249 632
10th Percentile £286 £254 £310
25th Percentile £363 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £586
90th Percentile £650 £655 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £514 £515
% change year-on-year -2.72% -0.19% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 19 8
10th Percentile - £15.85 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.20 £19.63 £13.17
Median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 £14.99
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% +83.52% +17.53%
75th Percentile £24.50 £29.38 £16.99
90th Percentile £50.89 £39.15 £20.25
South East median hourly rate £21.99 £54.62 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.75% +9.24% +122.22%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Buckinghamshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Buckinghamshire

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 July 2025. 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 -5 6 £523 -0.48% 22
Bletchley - 1 £550 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Presales Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Presales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (28.57%) CSOC
3 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Protective Monitoring
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (14.29%) Presales
5 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk