Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Threats
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £512 - -
25th Percentile £512 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 - -
75th Percentile £565 - -
90th Percentile £574 - -
South East median daily rate £524 £695 £388
% change year-on-year -24.64% +79.35% +3.33%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

Cyber Threat 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 107 140 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 26.75% 36.55% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 95 124
10th Percentile £171 £280 £217
25th Percentile £309 £411 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £560 £629 £625
90th Percentile £644 £724 £910
South East median daily rate £490 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.00% -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile - £22.43 £20.80
25th Percentile £15.13 £33.24 £21.25
Median hourly rate £15.25 £52.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.95% +118.75% +41.18%
75th Percentile £17.79 £55.63 -
90th Percentile £21.82 £56.75 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -34.58% +55.07%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 3 December 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 - 4 £543 - 3
Cyber Threat
South East

Cyber Threat
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 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (50.00%) CSOC
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft