Cyber Threat Contracts in the City of London

Cyber Threats
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 163 195
Rank change year-on-year +52 +32 -53
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 13 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.59% 0.30% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.90% 0.84% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile £419 £487 £485
25th Percentile £544 £528 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +5.26% +17.75%
75th Percentile £775 £581 £556
90th Percentile £875 £638 £575
Central London median daily rate £650 £550 £523
% change year-on-year +18.18% +5.26% +17.75%

All Generic Skills
City of London

Cyber Threat 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 the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 685 1,311 1,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.97% 35.91% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 886 1,117
10th Percentile £263 £350 £406
25th Percentile £425 £499 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £700
90th Percentile £840 £850 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.69 £20.53
25th Percentile £16.00 £35.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £52.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.77% +8.33% +167.04%
75th Percentile £27.50 £87.16 £61.75
90th Percentile £54.95 £88.30 £64.78
Central London median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -34.29% -27.08% +140.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the City of London

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the City of London

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the City of London

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
2 3 (23.08%) Mimecast
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) International Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Information Security Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Security Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Security Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Security Operations
4 4 (30.77%) Incident Response
5 3 (23.08%) Business Agility
5 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) SDLC
6 2 (15.38%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CISM
1 3 (23.08%) CISSP
1 3 (23.08%) CRISC
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) FFIEC
2 2 (15.38%) GCIA
2 2 (15.38%) GCIH
2 2 (15.38%) GIAC
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
1 5 (38.46%) PCI DSS
2 3 (23.08%) ISO 31000
2 3 (23.08%) NIST 800
3 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) CSIRT
1 2 (15.38%) Nessus
1 2 (15.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (23.08%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (15.38%) Darktrace
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Netskope
3 1 (7.69%) Zscaler