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 in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 107 160
Rank change year-on-year -11 +53 +32
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 11 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.53% 0.78% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.46% 2.46% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 13
10th Percentile £360 £440 £407
25th Percentile £489 £513 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £648 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £778 £697 £770
90th Percentile £878 £796 £903
London median daily rate £588 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Security Posture 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 753 731 1,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.38% 31.88% 34.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 493 826
10th Percentile £353 £350 £286
25th Percentile £456 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £710 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 10
10th Percentile £17.57 £19.00 £25.29
25th Percentile £24.28 £22.45 -
Median hourly rate £28.29 £25.40 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -27.43% -30.69%
75th Percentile £43.39 £27.00 £50.33
90th Percentile £86.43 £59.75 £70.25
London median hourly rate £28.29 £30.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.22% -13.83% -1.41%

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 9 August 2025.

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 9 August 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
City of London -4 10 £655 +0.77% 7
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 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) OCI
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Datadog
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Private Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Chief Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Report Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) OAuth
1 2 (18.18%) OpenID
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (18.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
2 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Key Management
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) SIEM
4 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CISA
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) OCP
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CEH
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) GSEC
3 1 (9.09%) ISACA
3 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (9.09%) SANS
3 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (9.09%) GDPR
4 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) CASB
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk