Security Posture Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Security Posture
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the City of Westminster. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.27% 5.26% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.76% 13.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% - -
Central London median daily rate £568 £600 £663
% change year-on-year -5.42% -9.43% +4.54%

All Generic Skills
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21 23 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 47.73% 40.35% 68.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 31
10th Percentile £365 £356 £425
25th Percentile £431 £422 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -35.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile £606 £575 £938
90th Percentile £660 £647 £1,088
Central London median daily rate £550 £586 £600
% change year-on-year -6.18% -2.29% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 - £26.00
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -46.08%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Paddington -3 1 £700 +55.56% 1
Security Posture
Central London

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800