Cybersecurity Contracts in Devon

Cybersecurity
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 29 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -5 -2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 7 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 4.67% 2.35% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 2.89% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £177 - £457
25th Percentile £224 £334 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £376 £510
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% -26.23% -18.40%
75th Percentile £409 £425 £713
90th Percentile £456 - £810
South West median daily rate £588 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -2.08% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 127 173 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 84.67% 81.22% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 105 120
10th Percentile - £146 £300
25th Percentile £145 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £525 £600 £654
90th Percentile £588 £675 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 6
10th Percentile - £17.76 £24.53
25th Percentile - £27.26 £32.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +54.84% -7.74%
75th Percentile £27.93 £72.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.00 - £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% - +23.70%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Devon

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Devon.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Devon

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Devon over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Devon

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Devon region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Exeter +9 5 - - 4
Plymouth - 1 £475 - 7
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (14.29%) Hackathon
3 1 (14.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
1 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) SIEM
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Game Development
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) VMware