Security Posture Contracts in the City of London

Security Posture
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture 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 Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 157 190
Rank change year-on-year +49 +33 -45
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 17 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.77% 0.41% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.49% 1.15% 0.33%
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
Central London median daily rate £600 £570 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% +20.00% -44.12%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 682 1,305 1,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.97% 35.88% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 891 1,104
10th Percentile £279 £350 £410
25th Percentile £425 £500 £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 £845 £860 £805
Central London median daily rate £575 £603 £575
% change year-on-year -4.56% +4.78% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 24
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.97 £20.53
25th Percentile £16.00 £31.31 £38.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £43.25 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.82% -9.90% +167.04%
75th Percentile £27.50 £88.30 £61.75
90th Percentile £54.95 - £64.78
Central London median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -34.29% -27.08% +140.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the City of London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the City of London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the City of London

Security Posture
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 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure API Management
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) DNS
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
1 1 (5.88%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
2 4 (23.53%) Financial Institution
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
1 4 (23.53%) Azure Architect
1 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Security Architect
1 4 (23.53%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Information Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Information Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (5.88%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (5.88%) Security Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (29.41%) SIEM
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) Information Security
3 4 (23.53%) Log Aggregation
3 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Threat Detection
3 4 (23.53%) Zero Trust
4 3 (17.65%) Information Security Governance
4 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
4 3 (17.65%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) Cloud Security
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (11.76%) Due Diligence
5 2 (11.76%) IT Audit
5 2 (11.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) CISM
1 7 (41.18%) CISSP
2 4 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (11.76%) CISA
3 2 (11.76%) CRISC
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
1 3 (17.65%) GRC
1 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (11.76%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) QRadar
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft