Cyber Defence
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | 1.60% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 3.57% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £650 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 56 | 76 | 114 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 44.80% | 37.62% | 41.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 42 | 72 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £235 | £152 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £350 | £372 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £516 | £496 | £469 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.03% | +5.87% | -8.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £550 | £528 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £620 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £467 | £485 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | +7.78% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.40 | £23.03 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £18.10 | £25.00 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £39.50 | £57.50 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.30% | +9.52% | -38.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £66.25 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.50 | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £30.00 | £55.00 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.45% | +4.76% | +250.00% |
Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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: