Def Stans Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Def Stans skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Def Stans 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 0.80% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £575 £447 -
% change year-on-year +28.64% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheltenham

Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13 3 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 10.40% 4.35% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 8
10th Percentile £371 - £333
25th Percentile £380 £575 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +2.13% +17.50%
75th Percentile £488 £625 £681
90th Percentile £523 - £720
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £500 £675
% change year-on-year -5.00% -25.93% +68.75%

Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Def Stans relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Def Stans job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Def Stans
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team