Security Posture Contracts in Central London

Security Posture
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 157 196
Rank change year-on-year +40 +39 -42
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 18 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.73% 0.39% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.39% 1.07% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 2
10th Percentile £478 £401 £433
25th Percentile £531 £454 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +20.00% -44.12%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £494
90th Percentile £683 £901 £498
London median daily rate £600 £569 £600
% change year-on-year +5.49% -5.21% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 754 1,399 1,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 30.79% 36.24% 35.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 961 1,204
10th Percentile £275 £313 £400
25th Percentile £425 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
London median daily rate £578 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 24
10th Percentile £13.08 £18.42 £20.53
25th Percentile £18.20 £24.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -27.08% +152.80%
75th Percentile £27.13 £84.89 £61.75
90th Percentile £47.98 £88.30 £64.78
London median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.71% -21.35% +36.92%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Central London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Central London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Central London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Central London

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
City of London +53 17 £600 +5.26% 3
West End of London - 1 - -
Security Posture
London

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure API Management
3 1 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Architect
1 4 (22.22%) Azure Architect
1 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Security Architect
1 4 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Information Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Security Officer
2 2 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
2 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Information Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (5.56%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) PKI
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) SIEM
3 5 (27.78%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (27.78%) Information Security
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Log Aggregation
4 4 (22.22%) Network Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
4 4 (22.22%) Threat Detection
4 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (22.22%) Zero Trust
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 3 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
5 3 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 2 (11.11%) SDLC
6 2 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) CISSP
2 7 (38.89%) CISM
3 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (11.11%) CISA
4 2 (11.11%) CRISC
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) GIAC
5 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
1 3 (16.67%) GRC
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) QRadar
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft