Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Security Posture
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Cheltenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 1.34% - 1.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.55% - 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £538 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £665
75th Percentile £613 - £669
90th Percentile - - £670
Gloucestershire median daily rate £575 £900 £665
% change year-on-year -36.11% +35.34% +121.67%

All Generic Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 44 17 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 29.53% 27.42% 17.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 12 30
10th Percentile £156 £308 £361
25th Percentile £380 £522 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -21.43%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £669
90th Percentile £750 £676 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £456 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -14.72% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -9.72% +67.48% -73.35%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Security Posture

Security Posture
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 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CSOC
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team